1. Women’s Alliance for Democracy and Justice Twitter Training

2. Twitter Overview

3. Why Twitter Follow the News Engage with People Around Mutual Interests
Drive People to Content or News Stories
Have Fun

4. Who’s On Twitter
VS.

5. What do YOU want from Twitter
How Does It Meet Your Objectives?
Is Your Audience on Twitter?
What will you Tweet about?

6. Using Twitter Effectively
Follow
Find Users and Hashtags
Create Lists
Create
Find Content to Share
Consider Your Voice
Engage
Reply and Mention other users
Participate in Trending Topics

7. Twitter Basics

8. Demonstration: Setting up your account
How to Tweet, Retweet, Quote Tweet etc.
How to find people to follow
How to search for people and hashtags
Creating Twitter Lists
Notifications
Direct Messages
Using the Mobile App

9. Engaging With Twitter

10. Tips for Creating Content
Have a Voice and Be Authentic
Incorporate Photos and Video
Share Links with Commentary
Use Action Verbs/Call to Action
Superlatives
Talk to Your Audience
“How to” Posts
Ask for Retweets
Use Hashtags Judiciously
Tweet 4-5 Times per Day
Keep it Short: 100 Characters

11. Tips for Building a Following
Tweet valuable content
Ask questions and engage
Participate in Chats/Live Tweet Events
Be yourself
Follow others
Tailor your bio when at an event
Use popular hashtags
RT and mention other users

12. Tips for Using and Creating Hashtags
Search for Hashtags others are using. Often one hashtag will lead you to others you might be interested in.
Check out Trending Topics for popular hashtags
Tweets are more successful if they use 1-2 hashtags, but no more.
People make up hashtags all the time, but if you want it to stick, use it consistently and try to build a group that uses it.

13. Hashtags to Use/Follow
#resist
#TheResistance
#dumptrump
#trumpcare
#impeachtrump
#trumprussia
#fakenews
#stillwithher
#NoBanNoWall
#LoveTrumpsHate
#Russiagate
#Potus
#nevertrump
#notmypresident
#donaldTrumpthemovie
#Trumpyourcat

14. Tips for Live Tweeting Prepare for your event
Research Hashtags and Twitter handles of speakers beforehand.  Write them down outside of your phone!
Make some educated guesses about what content your audience will find valuable.
Bring your charger or a USB power pack. Tweeting is a battery suck.
Sit up front so you can take good pictures.
Be selective, only share insightful points from the session.
Share your perspective.
Follow (and use) the hashtag and RT other’s posts.
Share a tweet or two after the session when you’ve had time to process.

15. Tools of the Trade Hootsuite TweetDeck TweetBot Klout Tweetreach
Tweetchat
Rite Tag
Hashtagify.me
Thunderclap
Periscope