Real Time Science: WA-BC Restoration 2012

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How can scientists use twitter as a tool? How live tweeting and the use of twitter can break down the geographic barriers of scientific collaboration. A simple how-to, as a part of the Social Media for Scientists Symposia at WA-BC AFS/ SER NW/BC joint annual meeting in Victoria, BC. Check out the wiki for resources to help you get started with social media at http://restoration2012.wikispaces.com/

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by Jessie Hale

#rest12

What is Twitter?

Twitter is what you make of it, what you view depends on who you follow

What is a tweet?Handle

What is a tweet?

Avatar

What is a tweet?

Hashtag

What is a tweet?

Link

What is a tweet?

Mention

Hashtags & Handles:Twitter Jargon

Hashtags & Handles:Twitter Jargon

Hashtags & Handles:Twitter Jargon

How to Use Hashtags

Conferences

How to Use Hashtags

Networks

How to Use Hashtags

Keywords & Topics

What is Live Tweeting?

• Live-tweet (v.): to engage on Twitter for a continuous period of time—anywhere from 20 minutes to a few hours—with a sequence of focused Tweets

The World’s Deepest Tweet: #DeepSeaChallenge

The World’s Deepest Tweet: #DeepSeaChallenge

Why Should you Live Tweet?

“Twitter provides one the most important online tools

to bring together researchers despite

discipline or geography to share information about

science” – Dr. Craig McClain

What should you live tweet about?

• Summarize

• Add

• Ask questions

• Images

Live Tweeting Best Practices

• Use a hashtag to announce to your followers that you will be live tweeting a certain conference

• Each tweet should stand alone as much as possible

Live Tweeting Best Practices

• Laptop distracting to others, sit it back

• Polite to ask presenter

• If you are in a conference where you are worried about the presenter or the audience not knowing what you are doing, ask for announcement of hashtag

• Just do it!

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