1. Twitter anyone? Sue Newell Chief Operating Officer Faculty of Health and Social Sciences Leeds Metropolitan University

2.  Opening an account  Start connecting  Posting  Retweeting  Hashtags #, @mention and DM’s  Twitter search  Twitter etiquette and #FollowFriday What are we going to cover

3.  https://twitter.com/ https://twitter.com/  Open an account  Use your own name or as close as you can, so that people can find you  I wanted suenewell, but could only get suzynewell now there are so many users (200 + million active users)  Your username then becomes your twitter URL  http://www.twitter.com/suzynewell http://www.twitter.com/suzynewell  Don’t forget a profile picture you cant build a good network if you just use the default egghead  You can also set up your privacy settings, but remember if you lock your posts only your followers can see it, which may restrict you as you try to build a network Opening an account

4.  Not sure how to begin, find me from the URL and follow me, then send me a message  Not sure what to say try #ARCSAM @suzynewell and lets see if we can get a conversation going  (more about the symbols shortly….) Start connecting

5.  A tweet is an update that is up to 140 characters long, you can post images, texts and links( to e.g Utube videos) jokes,quotes,blogs.  [hint if you want to “retweeted” keep to 120] so someone add to it a small comment  Why use it?  hundreds of thousand of tweets are sent every minute,  its quick, becoming the place where news breaks first.  it’s a place to do business Posting

6.  This a way of sharing something you have found interesting with your network of followers  It is always nice to thank people who retweet your content.  Always check links you are retweeting yourself, your followers wont thank you for linking to bad or inappropriate content, it reflects on you Retweeting

7.  @ mention is simply including someone's tag in the post @suzynewell, that means I can then read the conversation and others can contact or follow me. It’s a way of promoting others and extending your network  DM is a direct message One 2 One to a person  #Hashtag for example #ARCSAM, #twittertips, is a way of linking to a topic, no rule here just start using one, but if you want it unique its worth searching for it first  @replies; hovering over a tweet and pressing reply will start the message with that persons tag. If you want more exposure remember to type something before the @reply that way your whole network can read it not just your mutual followers Hashtags #@mentions and DM’

8.  You can search for people that you know, or interesting people to follow  #hashtags, to join a conversation about a topic  Links Twitter search

9.  Please and thank you go a long way when you are building relationships and it’s the same on twitter.  #FollowFridayor #FF you will see all over Twitter, is used for people to recommend others  But it shouldn’t just be a list of names keep it personal say who and why e.g looking for others interested SAM try @suzynewell #ARCSAM Twitter etiquette and #FollowFriday

10. Thanks for your time