This one-day workshop aims at introducing the social networking platform Twitter to the new user.
By the end of this workshop you will have:
Created your own twitter account (added a photo, written a short bio).
Started following a group of profiles
The power of twitter, it's role in the #jan25 Egyptian revolution
Why use Twitter? Benefits of using Twitter.
In what ways Twitter can and is being used.
What's a tweet (140 characters)
How to create an account on twitter.
How to write an effective short bio.
Selecting an photo for your twitter profile.
Using Twitter - Twitter Features
Timeline
Following (let participants follow one another!)
Tweeting
hashtag (it's like a compact form of tags in blogs!)
@Mentions
@Replies
Favorite (somehow similar to Like in Facebook)
Retweeting (RT)
Messages (Direct Messages and how they work, how they differ from Facebook messages, SMS or email (they can vanish, one copy only is available))
Lists
Trending
Photos in tweets (Twitpic)
Abbreviated URLs in tweets
Real time (updates just pop in!)
The @ and # symbols
Permalink of a tweet
Search
Keywords
hashtag
@
Saved search
Advanced search
Viewing replied on tweets.
Comparison between blogging, tweeting and social networking website (Facebook, LinkedIn).
Twitter from cell phones
Twitter mobile applications (BlackBerry, iPhone, iPad, Android)
Texting (SMS)
Promoting your Twitter profile (using the Follow button in your blog and elsewhere)
Themes and custom designs
Contests on Twitter
Google Real Time search and its relationship with Twitter.
The literal meaning of the words twitter and tweets.
Handouts containing all slides of the presentation
PowerPoint presentation for the workshop.
The Twitter Help page.