5. Your background
•Your comfort level with social media
•Your thoughts on using social media in this
class
• Group up for tweeting
6. Twitter Review: @
@: used for names
@HowGen
@cafnr
@SNRadvising
Handles or usernames
Using the @ in the the beginning will tweet that
person.
Use @ anywhere else in the tweet as a mention.
7. Twitter Review: abbreviations
• RT: retweet
• MT: modified tweet
• h/t or via: giving credit to the original poster
• 140 characters…keep it shorter for easier RTs
• Use a link shortener like bit.ly
8. Twitter Review: favoriting
Represented by a star
Why favorite a tweet?
• Save a tweet for later
• Tell original poster you liked that tweet
9. Twitter Review: hashtags
#: makes a hashtag for keyword or topic
• Trending:
Making a stand for #Scotland
• Common search terms:
Time for a new #car
• Context:
My beautiful campus. #Mizzou
• Humor or irony:
Can’t wait for my 8am class! #fun
10. Good hashtags
• Does it already exist?
• Is it easy to understand?
• Is it short?
#amwriting (details)
#inbound14 (details)
#howtogetawaywithmurder (details)
11. First class tweet
• Tweet what you want to learn from today’s
class using the class hashtag
12. Your turn to respond!
• Answer a classmate’s tweet
13. The good
• Connection with people you admire or
organizations you respect
• Entertainment, news, companies
• Ability to write thoughts and feelings in a
concise way
• Online presence
14.
15.
16. The bad and the ugly
• Distraction
• Harassment
• Profanity
• Negative comments about classmates,
coworkers, teachers, bosses
• Anything illegal
• Threats
19. How to use Twitter
• Share links, photos, questions
• Build your community
• Have conversations
• Keep up with experts in your fields of interest
• Learn about prospective employers
• Track conferences whether you attend or not
• See breaking news as it happens
23. • Do I want my future
employer seeing
this?
• Do I want my
grandma seeing
this?
24. The reality
• If you don’t want it to be visible, don’t post it.
Anything posted is public, despite your privacy settings.
Even with apps like Snapchat, people can easily get
screenshots.
• Protect yourself. Use strong passwords.
• Look carefully at content before you click.
25. Does your online presence matter?
Yes, if you plan to work.
You might not get hired.
A third (34%) of employers who scan social media
profiles said they have found content that has
caused them not to hire the candidate
You might get fired: 10 people
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2013/04/16/how-social-media-can-help-or-hurt-your-job-search/
26. Use it to boost your network
You might get hired because of social media!
• Follow companies you’re interested in.
• Follow professionals you can model yourself after.
• Get to know more about the industry you plan to enter.
27. Manage your personal brand
• Google yourself
• Set up Google Alerts on your name
• https://www.google.com/alerts
28. Decisions, decisions
• What impression do you want to make?
• Who inspires you?
• How will you strengthen your brand?
29. Perception is everything
• Your social media presence shows your personality
• Your opportunity to make a good impression—or bad
30. Consistency
• Check all your social
media outlets
• Profile pic current
and attractive?
• Bio up-to-date?
• Do you post about
similar topics on all
of them?
http://www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo/25-photos-of-80s-hairstyles-so-bad-theyre-actually-good#3fi7t4u
31. In conclusion
•Use Twitter to learn Twitter
• Check hashtags and trending topics
• How can Twitter help you in this class? In
school? In your career?
• Keep all your social media clean
•Manage your personal brand