The document discusses using social media and Twitter for outreach purposes. It provides an overview of what social media and Twitter are, how farmers are using mobile phones and social networks, and tips for using hashtags, retweeting, shortening URLs, and following others on Twitter. It encourages participants to follow the Twitter account @socialnetdemo to engage in the discussion.
In a nutshell, it’s people getting together because they share a common bond in some way, shape or form
In a nutshell, it’s grassroots marketing primarily using the Internet
Also called the Social Web or Social Internet
Examples of many Web 2.0 tools currently available We are focusing on four tools today: Social Networks, Wikis, Micromedia, and Social Bookmarks
Wordpress.com Blogger.com Twitter.com Show fyi.uwex.edu/edtech blog – point out Facebook privacy tips
Show personal twitter account (firefox) – add a status Show facebook status update Show cets twitter account (chrome)
Up from 11% in 2008 Fall 2009
Facebook (up from 26 in 2008)
Click on socialnetdemo to follow it
Twitter is its own cottage industry, spawning many products to manage twitter and/or enhance it
Notes: You choose who to follow You may block someone from following you (good for spammers) You can text message your tweets, sending your tweet as an SMS (text) message to 40404 To include a URL in your tweet, I suggesting using TinyURL.com to shorten it You may want to use a desktop organizer for Twitter TweetDeck.com manages Twitter and Facebook status messages Outlook 2007 plug-in: TwInBox http://www.techhit.com/TwInbox/twitter_plugin_outlook.html USA.gov best practices (includes security advice and records retention suggestions) http://www.usa.gov/webcontent/technology/microblogging/twitter.shtml
USA.gov best practices (includes security advice and records retention suggestions)
This is an account that you all can use to try Twitter out and give some feedback about the presentation, if you care to.
Show handout – refer to it Cross-Reference the demos for afternoon This slide won’t be shown, BTW