1. 101 WHAT THE TWEET? An introduction to the social network. Tweet ? #Tw101VPA Margaret Portier @tophile Jennifer Liddy @jennliddy

2. What is a social network?  A network of people who are linked together through relationships with others.  Social networking is engaging with other members of your network.  Social media is the platform for two-way information exchange.

3. A short intro. What is ?

4. Start an account. www.twitter.com

5. What is a Tweet? 140 character status update.

6. Composing A Tweet  140 characters  May contain:  URLs  #hashtags  Mentions  Retweets  Modified Retweets  Add an image  Add a location

7. Compose a tweet! Try it out! Hello world!

8. What are #Hashtags? Keywords or phrases.

9. # What are #Hashtags?  Any term preceded by a #  Can be a phrase with no spaces or other punctuation  Keyword  People interested in the same topic can find you  Identifier  Conference (ex. #ALA11)  Class (ex. #rotoloclass)  Chat (ex. #libchat)  Not case-sensitive

10. Compose a tweet that includes #Tw101VPA. Try it out! #Tw101VPA

11. What is a Mention? A way to interact with other Twitter users.

12. @ Mentions  Using @ and a Twitter username, you can send a message to another user.  Used for:  Tagging  Giving credit  Sharing information  Replying  Here’s the tricky part:  Using @username within a Tweet, is public. Anyone who follows you will see it.  Using @username as the very first characters in a Tweet make it semi- private. Only those who follow you both will see it in their timelines, but anyone can find it in a search.

13. Examples!

14. What is a direct message? Private message to another user.

15. Tweet @ us! Try it out! @tophile @jennliddy @tophile @jennliddy

16. Sharing someone else’s Tweet with your followers. What is a Retweet? Look what @bandier Tweeted! This is the user I follow. This is where I can interact.

17.  Click on Retweet  Copies the exact text of the Tweet  Add a note or mention without changing the original Tweet, use RT  Good manners  If you want to add a personal note or comment and have to modify the original text, use MT instead of RT Retweet and Modified Retweet Retweet (RT)Modified Retweet (MT)

18. DON’T PANIC!  Using the Retweet function is easy!  Don’t worry about using RT or MT until you are comfortable with Retweet  Twitter programs have different ways of Retweeting  Hootsuite  Tweet Deck  Twitter.com  Twitter for Mac

19. Search for the hashtag #Tw101VPA. Find an interesting Tweet. Retweet it! Try it out! Retweet!

20. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO USE ? Tweet us any time @tophile and @jennliddy #Tw101VPA Huh? Margaret Portier @tophile Jennifer Liddy @jennliddy