Effective Use of the Twitterverse

for Professional Development

Alexandra Janvey@Alliebrwneyez

Monika Talaroc@monikatalaroc

Library 2.013 ConferenceOctober 19, 2013

Agenda

PART ONE

Twitter for PD | Polishing your Profile | Finding Folks to Follow

PART TWO

Hashtag Bootcamp | Twitter Lists | Tools for Tweeting

What is Twitter?

#baby breakfast pic.twitter.com/cuteBABY25z

Asking for #Advice

Crowdsourcing #resources

Conference #Backchannel

Need more reasons to use Twitter?

Learn from thought leaders

❖ Track trends in your field or subfield

❖ Post (or find!) a job

❖ Break up a tough workday with a bit ‘o silliness

Use a professional picture or avatar

Choose a handle that is as short as possible

Fill out your bio to let people know what you’re likely to tweet about

Let people know how to connect with you beyond Twitter

Finding Folks to Follow

Agenda

Avatar

Tweet Text

Mention of other users

Hashtag

Handle or username

Tweeters name

URL

Anatomy of a Tweet

Understanding #Hashtags

#Lib2013

Increases chances of tweets getting seen

❖ Avoid “hashtag pollution”

❖ Don’t use punctuation or spaces { ? , . ; ! ‘ }

It’ssofluffy #it

❖ Hashtags are not case sensitive

#LIBRARYSCHOOL #libraryschool

General #Hashtag Tips

Twitter Chats

Twitter Lists

Time-Saving Twitter Tools

Questions?

Thanks for listening!

Alexandra Janvey

Library Assistant, Long Island University

@Alliebrwneyez

Alexandra.Janvey@liu.edu

Monika Talaroc

Archivist, Honolulu Museum of Art

@monikatalaroc

about.me/monikatalaroc