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A quick overview of Twitter best practices, tools and examples. I gave this presentation at the Comcast VolunTweetUp on August 20th at Bell Harbor Conference Center. I was part of a panel of social media trainers helping non-profits better use Twitter and similar tools to help their causes.

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Twitter Best Practices, Tools, Examples

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Don’t get overwhelmed! (easier said than done)

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• Broadcast information

• Engage others

• Listen/Respond

Twitter Mantra: Interact & use as 2-way communication tool

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There are literally hundreds (if not thousands) of Twitter tools – choose them based on needs (just like home improvement projects)

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How to get followers: Be interesting & relevant!

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• RSS News Feeds

Google Reader/News Alerts

MyYahoo.com

• Mashable/TechCrunch

• Alltop/Topix

Tools to help you be/stay interesting and relevant

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Managing the flow – use tool such as Seesmic or Tweetdeck

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Other tools: Hash Tags

What are Hash Tags? Simply a way of “tagging” or identifying a topic

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Use Multimedia! • Tools to upload/tweet images & video instantly• We are increasingly dealing with audience used to images

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Final Thoughts/Advice: • It’s OK to initially dip your toes• Ask community for help (they will!)• Identify key goals for social media strategy• Have fun!

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• @David_Kaufer

• @DiscoverTERIS

Thank you for this opportunity! I look

forward to Tweeting with you all!

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