2015 Twitter workshop
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The document discusses how the author uses Twitter for various purposes in her life as a mother, academic, and community member. She views Twitter like a cocktail party where she drops in and out of conversations on different topics. She maintains multiple Twitter accounts for her work with various community groups and organizations. As an academic and researcher, she uses Twitter to stay up-to-date in her fields, promote her work, collect data, and build her research community. She provides tips for using Twitter at conferences and details how she manages her Twitter activity across her personal and professional roles.
2015 Twitter workshop
- 1. How I use Twitter (Twitter workshop) Twitter
- 2. Who I am Mother Academic Enjoyer of Social Media Promoter / (Wife) Researcher Active in Local Community GroupsWider Community Activity That last one is important I’ve been active online since I was 12 My online persona is as much a part of me as anything else I do It’s been cultivated and managed since thenNia Wearn, Games Design, Resident Nerd You can find me on most Social Media as Wormella
- 3. I see twitter like a fabulous cocktail party Put on your best dress, drop in an out of conversations, lurk and earwig on others, make friends, introduce people you know, swap between silly conversations and sensible ones..
- 4. I’ve been at this fabulous party for 8 years Some things have changed the same: Same Job @StaffsUni Same Husband @PistolPeteWearn Same picture of Batgirl as my profile picture I've been fairly consistent twitter usage in that time - one account but it has to do a lot of work My First Tweet
- 5. I actually use twitter for lots of different things every day Stafford District Arts Council Stafford Ladies Circle Staffs Games Tech Stafford Community Wardrobe Stafford branch of the Clandestine Cake Club My son has his own twitter account – he tweets about stuff he does #todayinnursery Afternoon Play (Birmingham’s premier boardgame club)At one point I thought it would be funny to tweet on behalf of a butternut squash in my fridge This many accounts takes a certain level of discipline They all their own ‘voice’ Some have their own guidelines to work towards Some of them are tweeted by multiple people With this in mind my own account is precious to me
- 6. @wormella – Why only one account for me?? (I’ve only got one Facebook account too) I love the points where tweeters overlap, or those little gems that emerge from talking to the person as opposed to the persona. - Which isn't to say I tweet everything - I often retweet things – depends on my mood - What I actually put online is carefully curated - I don’t use it for directly marketing things like our courses or social groups - I don’t use any social media for negative posts, ever I strongly believe in an authentic voice on social media, as you would in real life I’m rubbish at taking selfies I take a lot of pictures of food (but not good ones) I don’t tend to let games etc post to twitter
- 8. What do I use it for? Communication Community building Silly things Follow what’s happening Promoting Myself Other promotional / community building aspects Personal Tweets
- 9. Everyone loves a kitchen makeover People like talking – even grown up sensible people like to chat @mthwgeek is an editor at geek.com @darbotron Runs Arch Creatives in Leamington Spa
- 10. People I follow Friends & Family & local things Staffs Uni People & students News Services Fellow Academics & researchers Brands & Companies Interesting accounts – publications, conferences Parody and Comedy accounts Interesting people I admire Industry people (I used to organise them into lists – I gave up on that)
- 11. Who Follows Me To be perfectly honest I don’t really pay attention to this – I scan it occasionally for interesting people I should be following but I’m not. I keep two thing in mind when I tweet: 1) Everything lasts for ever on the internet 2) My Mother-in-law is watching I don’t get caught up on analytics either
- 12. Why use Twitter as a researcher? Twitter is my semi constant companion (that I can switch off) It’s very useful for real-time events like conferences It’s so full of cool and interesting people It takes a lot of effort to pump out witty tweets It isn’t full of tedious ‘banter’ It seems less invasive then Facebook and more personal then LinkedIn. It quite often makes me smile I’m incredibly nosy – twitter helps feed this =D
- 13. Things I like So much of my life / teaching / research overlaps it makes sense to only have 1 account I’ll save interesting things for later – very useful if I’m on my phone and I see something cool It means my likes are a little bit of everything – in line with the rest of my posts It also means RT’s can be a little random too – as can conversations that happen because of posts.
- 14. Classic conference usage: Pre Tweets & Promotion I’ve got a panel accepted on a conference in August – a quick tweet that generated a RT from the conference and a little bit of love on Twitter (from some staff & students, the other panellists and other people I know will be at the conference) Why Tweet? It’s a quick reminder to everyone that I’m doing things and I’m an active part of my field It’s the kind of conference where the social media isn’t an afterthought There’s a facebook page & event up too – but that goes hand in hand with the world I work in
- 15. Classic conference usage: Follow the Hashtag Classic issue – where you let people construct a hashtag – remember this if you ever host an event Co-Author actually at the conference It’s worth bookmarking hashtags for conferences to go over later. It’s a great way to see who is active in your field at a specific conference Sometimes it can take a little bit of detective work. Someone else who was there also collected all of his tweets on a ‘storify’
- 16. Research usage - #StaffsPGR I like to think of it as our little staffs uni club house for all the cool research peeps The community feeling and support is a good thing – and a useful nudge at times. It’s nice to see what other people are doing at the university – I’m keen to be part of an active research community at the university. I think it’s important the outside world see what we’re up to as well (this is the downside of cosy little Facebook groups)
- 17. Research Usage - #niaphd I use twitter as my personal PhD aide-memoire - Things I’ve seen of interest or relevance - Musings - Reminders to the outside world – and myself – that I am doing things on top of everything else - Pulls together my thoughts – quickly (and publically – which I find helpful for accountability) - Makes me feel part of something bigger
- 18. Research Usage – Data Collection I’m stating to see innovative uses of Twitter for research One of my co-authors on a paper did a ‘sentiment’ analysis on game jams themes I’ve used it myself to try and collect data and quick thoughts’ – but found engagement was low in my particular study What I did get out of it was interesting and seemed truthful I’m still working out how to engage subjects (and my students) with Twitter There’s some much potential beyond networking and procastination
- 19. How do I tweet? On the Go:- Smart Phone (I’ve got a Samsung Galaxy S5) I actually use the twitter app because it allows me to easily swap accounts At a Desk:- My @wormella account is always logged in I also use Tweetdeck on my PC – very useful for searches, hashtags & multiple accounts I’ve actually played with a lot of different apps over the years for twitter and twitter / facebook integration but I’ve found the official Twitter app to be the best. I just use a link to the mobile version of facebook to save space on my phone now
- 20. How do I tweet – At a Conference Always Tweet Something If there’s a Hashtag (and especially if there’s a ‘twitter wall’ and tweets with that hashtag are posted up in the room Sometime these tweets are about lighter things (or the buffet) If I can I’ll tweet about travelling to a conference too Conference accounts are run by people too – probably the person in charge – someone worth being noticed by I find tweets a useful hook for networking (usually over lunch) – or the person you want to talk to is surrounded by others and you can’t get to them – or your having another equally wonderful conversation with someone. It’s also useful to follow up with people after the fact.
- 21. At a Conference cont… I sometimes take photos and post them up, sometimes I try and tweet useful things but I find I get distracted if I’m trying to do too many things. Usually I take a notebook and squiggle notes as I go – If I get a chance I’ll write this up on my blog – my blog posts also outputs to twitter I also do a few other housekeeping things: Follow people who also tweet about the conference Follow anyone for panels and presentations I’ve enjoyed / found interesting If I’ve met someone / got a business card I follow that up on LinkedIn. If I really like someone and find them an interesting human being and it seems appropriate I’ll add them on Facebook. If it’s an academic on my field I’ll follow them on Research Gate / Academia.Edu I’ll try and do this at the end of every day if I can – but I don’t leave it too long Any of these things gives the person in question a notification – useful to remember.
- 22. Why the Twitter Love? Drop in Drop Out I have limited head space for research (and limited time too) I’m also pretty lonely as one of a handful of researchers in my department Twitter gives me the chance to drop in and out of the research headspace I can in a second get an overview of what everyone else in my field is up to (What ever field that happens to be today) Sometimes it also give me a break to see what’s happening outside of my field
- 23. Twitter downfalls? It’s not great for file sharing Things move quickly – if you like it – click the heart! If you post something you’ve no idea what will happen to it (probably nothing – but you never know) Everything can be a little bit transient - which is also a good thing Facebook groups are better for a lot of conversation and sharing elements – but they can a little bit overwhelming You can pick it up, and put it down – but don’t forget about it
- 25. Accounts I love – here’s 50 suggestions https://twitter.com/Wormella/lists/twitter-workshop/members And of course you can find me online @wormella =D