(For a better version of this presentation, please see: http://www.slideboom.com/presentations/64932/Taking-Twitter-Seriously) Learn how to make Twitter a useful tool for your own professional development, networking and feedback. This presentation was presented during Enriching Scholarship week at the University of Michigan.

1. Twitter taking it seriously chris myers gerald r ford school of public policy http://twitter.com/myersca [email_address]

2. what is twitter ?

3. i went mainstream lampooned advertised birthday

4. first impression my feet hurt can be useful

5. a definition microblog 140 characters a stream

6. terms tweet rt: re-tweet followers twitter stream @ replies Direct Message #hashtags

7. getting started account find friends tweet

8. two faces [You] twitter stream tweet tweet tweet tweet

9. two faces following stream tweet tweet tweet

10. tweet well personality sources participate

11. access web phone 3 rd party program

12. networking birds of a feather …

13. networking – seek twitter.grader.com google search wefollow.com

14. networking – how to answer questions gain respect ask questions

15. profesional development watch experts ask questions get feedback

16. informational tool search.twitter.com pulse / feedback

17. Instructional tool feedback / polling class discussion resources

18. Instructional tool – how to #hashtag encourage discussion encourage resources tools

19. watchout cisco fatty fedex design firm tweets public

20. follow me @myersca resources: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df5hp6hp_56hk84x2dv