1.Twitter Foundations Brian Smith McCallum eResources Librarian Arlington Heights Memorial Library 847.506.2658 [email_address] Twitter: @briansmccallum

2. Twitter: Background

Internet company

Founded in 2006

Based in San Francisco, CA

microblogging service

3. Twitter: What Is It?

Twitter is a real-time information network powered by people all around the world that lets you share and discover whats happening now.

4. Twitter In Plain English 5. Question of the 21 stCentury

Who uses Twitter?

6. Presidents:Obamaon Twitter 7. News Outlets:CNNon Twitter 8. Libraries:AHMLon Twitter 9. Celebrities:Lady Gagaon Twitter 10. Corporations:Starbuckson Twitter 11. Sign Up!. . .Youon Twitter 12. Twitter:Tweets

What are you doing?

Tweets =140-characterposts / updates

Tweets can includelinksto websites, pictures, videos, etc.

13. Twitter: # hashtags

A way tolabelandsearchfor tweets

Examples: #obama, #iphone, #quote

Seewww.hashtags.org

14. Twitter: Follow Others

Follow other Twitter users - - e.g., CNN

Login to your account and search for individuals, organizations, companies, etc.

SeeWeFollow( http://wefollow.com )

15. Twitter: @replies

Sendpublic messagesto other Twitter users

Type@usernameand your message

Example :

@ahmlDo you have a copy of The Help by Kathryn Stockett?

16. Twitter: Retweet (RT)

A Retweet is when you qoute verbatim another tweet or pass it along to your followers

Example:

RT@ahmlRegister to vote at the Library's Reception desk by October 5 . . .

17. Twitter: Direct Message (DM)

Private communicationbetween Twitter users who are respectively following one another.

18. Twitter:Search Engine 19. Twitter Search in Plain English 20. Twitter: Next Steps

Sign up for Twitter

Tweet!

Search for and follow others

Follow AHML:http://twitter.com/ahml

Tweet us . . .@ahml

21. Twitter: Resources

Presentation Links

www.delicious.com/briansmccallum/twitterclass

Presentation Slides

www.slideshare.net/briansmithmccallum

Twitter Help Center

http://support.twitter.com