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OBJECTIVES

Gain an understanding of Twitter

Gain an understanding of Twitter’s popularity

Gain an understanding of how collegiate athletic compliance departments use

Twitter

Set-up Twitter Account

WHAT IS TWITTER?

Online social

networking

Mircoblogging

service

TWITTER’S POPULARITY

500 million registered

users

340 million tweets daily

63% of Twitter users

are under thirty-five years old

One of the ten most visited

websites

“Known as the SMS”

HOW DO ATHLETIC COMPLIANCES USE TWITTER?Educate student athletes and coachesInform student athletes and coaches

TWITTER IN ACTION BY BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY

BellarmineCompliance @BUKnightsComply

NCAA student-athletes who place bets of any kind on the Super Bowl will lose one year of eligibility. Soooo not worth it. #dontbetonit

ATHLETIC COMPLIANCE ON TWITTER

Division I

• University of Kentucky

• Duke University• Stanford

University• Oklahoma

University• Michigan

University

Division II

• Bellarmine University

• McKendree University

SETTING-UP TWITTER ACCOUNT

Name-

• Jessica Chandler

Email

• chandlerjb@umsl

Password

• BASKETBALL

Username

• UMSLCompliance

SETTING-UP TWITTER ACCOUNT

Let’s Get Started.