Introduction to Twitter - 2014 October, Manor Park and Hempstead Fields Residents Association

1. Introduction to Twitter
Wendy Tagg
The Small Print
Please note that you are responsible for your own Twitter use and Information
and Communications Technology security. Wendy Tagg has put together the
presentation and notes based on her own personal experience but she and
the Residents Association cannot accept responsibility for any loss, damage
or omission that may result from their use.

2. Aim and objectives
Aim:
• enabling everyone to get started with Twitter.
Objectives
• will know how to set up an account
• will know how to see and send tweets
• have an awareness of things that can go wrong.
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3. ? What is your name
Have you used Twitter
What do you want to use Twitter for
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4. What is Twitter?
The timeline is a stream
of tweets from people
you have followed
Images are from my
laptop. You can use it
on a phone too.
A tweet can be up to 140
characters long
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5. What can I do with 140 characters?
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6. Setting up your account
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7. If you haven’t got an account, sign up
On later visits sign in.
Probably your real name
e.g.
Wendy Tagg
(with space)
Some people prefer an
alternative name.
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8. Create account
• On next page, select unique
username (e.g. WendyTagg with
no space). They'll tell you if the
username you want is available.
• Check your name, email address, password, and username.
• Select Create my account.
• You may be asked to complete a task to let Twitter know that you're
human.
• Twitter sends confirmation email to the address you entered on sign up.
• Click link in email to confirm your email address and activate the account.
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9. Account details
Photo displayed beside
each tweet.
Choose settings
Scroll down and save
Choose
profile
Only add
information that you
are happy to share
on line
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10. Seeing and sending Tweets
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11. Find people to follow
e.g.s Uckfield – tweets containing Uckfield
or
@UckfieldNews to find account
Select someone’s name to
see info and options
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12. Follow
Select Follow to add their tweets
to your timeline
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13. Your timeline
@UserName - Mentions another
Twitter user.
#HashTag is used to group
items from the same topic –
e.g. railway incident or TV
show
You don’t have to read your whole
timeline – just dip in when you feel
like it
Respond to tweets.
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14. Tweeting
Type your tweet
You can add
a photo if you
wish
This shows how
many characters
you can type in
If you start typing # or @, Twitter
offers you options.
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15. Tweeting a link
You can copy this link (highlight
and press CTRL+C) and paste
(CTRL+V) into your tweet OR
Select the Tweet
button to display this
box
Now you can tweet the link
– you will need to give
permission in next screen –
only give it if you trust site.
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16. Notifications – Others’ responses to your tweets
Shows a number if you
have new notifications
Notifications tell when you
have been mentioned,
when your tweets have
been retweeted etc.
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17. Getting Help
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18. Getting Help
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19. What can go wrong?
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20. You are speaking to the world
• If info is private or sensitive – don’t put it in a tweet.
• Don’t tell Twitter that you are on holiday.
• Beware there are a lot of sensitivities out there.
• Your boss, mum or kids might be listening.
• Many tweets are wrong – fact check before retweeting.
• Libel and contempt laws apply to tweets too. Try this quiz
http://accidentaloutlaw.knowthenet.org.uk/
• Even if it’s legal, it might come across as rude or creepy.
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21. Think before selecting a link
Beware:
- Promises of freebies and giveaways
- Tweets that seem out of character
- Naughty pictures and gossip about celebs.
Don’t click the link
unless it’s
respectable
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22. Trolls
• People who try to upset others by posting nasty messages to
get a reaction.
• Usually cowardly and hidden behind fake I. D.
• They feed on reactions.
• Leave them to starve under
their bridge.
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23. ? Any questions
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24. Over to you
• I will be available for a while in ?
• This weekend, try doing something with Twitter that you didn’t
do before
• We will send some links etc.
• Please follow the link to the questionnaire and fill it in – I’m
learning too – I want to know:
• how to improve future sessions
• how to use the survey tool!
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