1. Social Media for the North West VCS Workshop Building a network on Twitter @VSNWnews

2. Agenda Why you should use How to sign up What to say How to find people including decision makers, partners and supporters How tweeters find you Twitter do’s and don’ts

3. Why you should use To support your organisation’s strategy Reach others fast Promoting events, campaigns to a wide audience – the power of retweeting! To make connections/have conversations Find information To find a speaker for your conference

4. What to say We think that... Come to our event Details of our latest campaign Our research shows that... Join in conversation - #3Social Ask questions... and offer answers X Just to sell something

5. Finding people Decision makers Partners Supporters Potential partners and supporters Colleagues Other groups in your area

6. How tweeters find you Find them and who they follow Retweeting Have something to say! Use hashtags # Go to events

7. Do’s and Don’ts Post at least once a day Space your tweets out For retweets, send out tweet in main part of the day Keep it short Be yourself X Follow everyone X Keep selling X Overtweet X Tweet when annoyed or think your tweet can’t be seen

8. What would you like to know?