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TweetCamp San AntonioJuly 18, 2009
O i i l t ti L h d J b Cl b J 12 2009
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Who Am I?
Process Improvement Champion – I want things to work better for YOU!
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Can I Use Twitter (and other Social Media)
To Help My Career?
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YES!(the short answer)
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(the long answer)
•Branding & Exposure (make yourself easy to find!)
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(the long answer)
•Community
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(the long answer)
•Opportunity & Serendipity
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(the long answer)
•Communication
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What could go wrong?
1.Technology
Over 8 million users, most of whom sent multiple messages a day, to dozens or hundreds of followers.
What happens when its all a little too much?
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Fail Whale
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2. Like any tool….
…There is a right way and a wrong way…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN2HAroA12w
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So how do we do it right?
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Find the right people to follow!
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How do I find them?
•People you know – LinkedIn!
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How do I find them?
•People who blog in your knowledge domain
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How do I find them?
•Who are they following?
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How do I find them?
•And –oWho is Tweeting in your areas of interest?
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Your Target Companies!!!!!!
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Target Company Example
MichaelPBrennan: @bellware Overwatchreceived official buy off from the VP to sponsor Lean Software Austin, and wants to help put an event together
Opportunity knocks!
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YOUR TARGET
COMPANIES!!!!!!
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Make Yourself Easy To Find
•Make your Tweets Public•Make sure your bio is available•Make sure your resume is public
(-job, -jobs, -apply, -sample, -samples)
•Give them ways to contact you•Make yourself identifiable•Cross-branding is important! Link them all!
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Be sure to fill out Bio and URL
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Picture Yourself! hhh
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Cross Branding
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Cross Branding
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What to Tweet?
•Tweet about things you know•Tweet about things you learn•Tweet links to Brand U•Personal stuff is OK, but BE
PROFESSIONAL!•Limit your output to what matters
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Serendipity
•I Tweeted about author Neil GaimanRT From Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) via Twitter: Read (and please pass along) this by @Doctorow NOW: US, UK, Canada et al vs the blind on copyright. I'm with the blind.
•A person whom I had a job interview with a couple of weeks back Tweeted About his 3-year-old son’s love of Ice Road Truckers
•Things happen….
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Serendipity
Get Hired Event
@dlairman Have a great time. Looks like it's hosted by @ScottIngram, who I've met a few times, great guy.
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Organization
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http://www.tweetdeck.com/beta/
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Seesmic Desktop
http://desktop.seesmic.com/
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Bits of Twitter Wisdom Around the Web
Twitter's got versatilityhttp://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/silverman/6255196.htmlAll You Need to Know to Twitterhttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/technology/personaltech/07basics.html?_r=4&em
Articles that helped me get started
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Bits of Twitter Wisdom Around the Web
http://bizzantik.com/?p=124
The One Thing Twitter Forces Us To Do
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Bits of Twitter Wisdom Around the Web
Time Article - Using Twitter and Facebook To Find a Jobhttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1903083-1,00.html
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A Contrary View
Why Twitter has Jumped the Sharkhttp://www.binarywave.com/blogs/eshupps/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=9c93c708%2De5ce%2D4714%2Dbdea%2D499330361130&ID=199•Spam•Short Attention Span•The “Next Twitter”
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Twitter and Malware
Twitter message could be cyber criminal at work
http://door64.com/blog/n/10887
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Questions?
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Don’t Hesitate to Contact Me!