Why Use Twitter
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The presentation by Lauren Pressley discusses the diverse uses of Twitter, including networking, real-time updates, and as a human search engine. It highlights Twitter's ability to connect users with friends, colleagues, and ideas while providing a platform for experimentation. The document suggests that individuals should explore Twitter to discover its potential benefits for their personal and professional lives.
Why Use Twitter
- 1. why use twitter? a slideshare presentation by lauren pressley
- 2. that’s a common question lately
- 3. …with no easy answer…
- 4. twitter is different for different people
- 5. a place to hang out
- 6. stay online throughout the day: find out what people are thinking about learn what your friends do in moments of down time laugh at brand-new memes share photos and blog posts in real time
- 7. a place to meet people
- 8. lots of people use twitter! old friends classmates colleagues family potential friends
- 9. a place to network
- 10. follow colleagues! find out what’s going on in colleagues’ work lives share ideas and brainstorm find out who will be at conferences find people to co-present or write with
- 11. a human search engine
- 12. add enough people and you have your own search engine! ask for recommendations on products ask if people have tried your idea ask for input for presentations
- 13. a window to what people are thinking
- 14. twitter has a tracking feature that lets you see what people are saying about your topic of interest! track a word like “library” and see every time the word is mentioned!
- 15. a way to bridge internet and phone
- 16. you can see your messages on the internet and on your phone! see family members and close friends on your phone and everyone else on the web if you’ll be away from the web, you can get all your tweets on your phone standard rates do apply
- 17. a place to experiment
- 18. twitter is still fairly new, you can come up with new uses! try an account for marketing purposes see how it works for business communications see if you think the text message feature is useful share your successes with the twitter community!
- 19. what could it be for you?
- 20. you’ll have to give it a go to find out!
- 21. photo credits Question: http://flickr.com/photos/mworrell/266913194 Rubic’s cube: http://flickr.com/photos/bitterlysweet/33358201/ London: http://flickr.com/photos/olivierclaurent/764482764/ Cheers bar: http://flickr.com/photos/itodd76/750818704/ Meet: http://flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/253927535/ Network: http://flickr.com/photos/beija-flor/194769725/ Human Search Engine: http://flickr.com/photos/c2k2e/108326319/ Windows: http://flickr.com/photos/marioraffin/368414252/ Internet & phone: http://flickr.com/photos/daviddmuir/407164501/ Experiment: http://flickr.com/photos/malingering/1337570468/ Lady: http://flickr.com/photos/meredithfarmer/464784222/ Twitter whale: http://flickr.com/photos/injelea/2116719153/