twitter – stay up to date + create network
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Presentation on creating a research network, enhancing your online reputation and filtering information using twitter for Course Professional use of internet and social media for university faculty staff University of Fort Hare and University of Limpopo, South AfricaTRANSCRIPT
Twitter – stay up to date + create network
mirjam schaap, September 2013 Course Professional use of internet and social media for university faculty staff University of Fort Hare and University of Limpopo, South Africa
creating a research network enhance your online reputation (tweet / retweet) filter (follow selected people / organisations)
Create a twitter account
Go to www.twitter.com Enter your name, e-mail address and password click the „Sign up for Twitter‟ button.
• Choose a username for your twitter account. Twitter will propose a username, change this or accept.
• It’s best to use your own name (or an abbreviation) but this isn’t compulsory.
finding relevant people to follow
Choose 5 people to follow (or more if you want). Type in names of friends, colleagues, well known people
in your domain, or key words associated with your research area to find accounts to follow. You can also find out who is being followed by people
you respect and follow some of them. Inspiration can be found here:
● http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2011/09/02/academic-tweeters-your-suggestions-in-full/
● http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/ten-african-business-leaders-and-thinkers-to-follow-on-twitter/28605/
Atonomy of a tweet
Compose a tweet
Start with ‘headline’ to direct people ● Practicing advanced search in course professional
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Refine: add mentions (@) and tags and shorten
● Practicing advanced search in course professional use internet and #socialmedia by @mirjamschaap in #polokwane http://bit.ly/15ldDxw
Nice resource
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/files/2011/11/Published-Twitter_Guide_Sept_2011.pdf
Enjoy our 3 days sharing and learning !
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