how to join a twitter town hall with assistant secretary brenda dann messier
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Presenters:
Nell Eckersley, Director, NYSED ACCES Regional Adult Education Network of New York City
Jackie Taylor, President Elect, COABE; Advocacy Chair, National Coalition for Literacy
Agenda and YOUR Goals
Getting Started in Twitter
Tools, Tips, & Strategies
How to Join a Twitter Town Hall With the Assistant Secretary
Next Steps
What are YOUR goals for this session?
(5 minutes)
Poll Question:
How comfortable and knowledgeable do you feel using twitter?
a) Don’t know, never tweeted
b) Not comfortable at all
c) Somewhat comfortable
d) Very comfortable
e) I live for Twitter!
Get started in Twitter
Twitter is a free social networking website that lets users share short messages, known as “tweets” with their circle of friends and followers.
Who uses Twitter?
Why use Twitter?
From where can one tweet?
How do I sign up?
Anatomy of a TweetUser
NameAvatar
/ Logo
“handle
”
Hashtag
Link to more
information or
photo or
video
Anatomy of a ReTweet
Indicates it has been
“retweeted”
More
resources
Hashtags
Twitter handle
How do I participate?On site
What to bring
Follow #adulted and #coabe12
When to arrive
Grow your following
Off siteTweet Qs using #adulted and #coabe12
Follow @NCLAdvocacy and @COABEnews for in-depth coverage of the Town Hall.
Follow someone who you know will be attending. Mention them in your tweets with your questions, character count permitting.
Q & A
We may have time to take some questions.
Click the Hand icon if you have a question. We’ll then unmute your phone.
What are your next steps?
Sign up for Twitter
Follow 10 new people to grow my PLN
Practice tweeting and retweeting
Sign up for a desktop manager
Follow hashtags
Learn how to tweet from my phone
Participate in a twitter chat like #edchat
Archive tweets
Other
Questions or Comments?
Nell Eckersley
@LACNYCnell
Jackie Taylor
@jataylor10 or @NCLAdvocacy
See you in the Twitterverse!