Twitter, Facebook and Blogging

& How To Use Them in Extension

Twitter, Facebook and Blogging

& How To Use Them in Extension

Barbara Chamberlin Ph.D, Media ProductionsSonja Serna, ACES IT

Pamela Martinez, Media Productions

Barbara Chamberlin Ph.D, Media ProductionsSonja Serna, ACES IT

Pamela Martinez, Media Productions

OverviewFacebook Twitter Blogs

What they are

FB sites, Tweets and Blogs we can use

How to get started

Discussion: Which is right for me and the information I want to distribute

facebookfacebook

Social networking website

Users create profile and “friend” others

Create fan pages, groups and events

Join networks by city, workplace, school, interests

Several privacy options available

What is it?

Features

Status update

Post and share images and photo albums

Instant messaging (chat) and email

Create events and invite others

Post links (websites)

Post to another user’s wall

Privacy and Permissions

Profile and Contact Information

Everyone

Friends and Networks

Friends of Friends

Only Friends

Customize groups or user(Allow or Hide)

Fan Page or Group?Pages

ideal for Extension offices, organizations, clubs

intended to help promote, advertise and communicate

Groups

can be created by any user

ideal for officers, committees, boards

used as a space for members to share opinions and interest in a subject

can be kept “closed”

Who is using it?Look to your left, look to your right! Several ACES folks have personal Facebook pages.

Fan Pages include NMSU, NM 4-H, National 4-H, Harding County (personal page), Food Safety Education

Groups include eXtension, agriculture, food safety, horticulture, and several “interest” groups

Getting StartedTechie Talk, Training & Support: Social Networking Part II in February

Visit the ACES Technology Help Desk or with your IT Road Warrior

Drop by the ACES Technology Help Desk table for a quick demo and how-to

Resources

Friend the NMSU ACES-IT page for resourcesand tips

twittertwitter

a microblogging site

a social network

has a 140 character limit

What is it?

Direct responses via @ replies

Direct messages (short email 140 character limit)

Favorites - bookmarking

Retweets - reshare or redistribute info

Features

Photo sharing

TwitrPix, Twitgoo, yfrog, twic.li/,Flickr, Mobypicture, Posterous, SmugMug, ow.ly, Twitpic

Video sharing

TwitVid, Twiddeo, Twite

3rd Party Twitter Apps

Twitter via the Web (twitter.com)

Desktop Apps

Twitterific

TweetdeckSeismic

Mobile appsiPhone, Smartphones, BlackBerries, Text messages

Twitter Devices

Follow individuals of interest

Follow full lists (groups)

Following Options

Industry Peers and Professionals Lists

Experts Lists

Recognize and Reward Customers Lists

Niche Lists

Employee Directory Lists

Political Campaign Lists

Location-Based Lists

Event Attendees and Live-Tweeters Lists

Self-Serving Lists

Promote Your Affiliation Lists

Twitter Lists (Groups)

http://listorious.com/scgardeningnews/cooperative-extension

http://listorious.com/urbangarden/universityextension

http://wefollow.com/

Searching for People or Lists

http://twitter.com/USDAgov

http://twitter.com/USDAFoodSafety

http://twitter.com/AgribizNews

http://twitter.com/BeGrowCreate eExtension Initiative

http://twitter.com/osuextensionguyOklahoma State University AG Communications

http://twitter.com/JacksonUKCESHorticulture Agent for the University of Kentucky Extension Service

http://twitter.com/UAF_ExtensionCooperative Extension Service Agent with the University of Alaska Fairbanks

Extension Twitterers

bloggingblogging

What are Blogs?

online journals (web-logs)

post text, photos, videos, links

turned into RSS feeds easily

Why use blogs?ideal for lengthy posts (>140 characters)

ideal for content, rather than simply pointing to content

great for continuing stories

enable commenting, details

tags group similar content

Finding blog content

use any search engine and search content

you may not realize you’ve found blog content. RSS feeds are the key to finding ‘fresh’ content, and blogs are a part of that.

search within blogger and wordpress

Setting up a blog

blogger.com

wordpress.com

both are free, easy, and beautiful

when to use which?when to use which?