On the other screen: "Twitter Is Like..." (a meme started by Peter Bromberg)

Tweet What? 6 Sweet Ways to Connect in 140 Characters or Less Julie Strange, Maryland AskUsNow! & Amy Kearns, CJRLC Tweet this session: #tweetw09

History The Idea

We like it like that...

The Main Idea Connections Collaborations Conversations

Connections

Collaborations

Conversations

http://www.flickr.com/photos/resers/2372054611/

Grand Rapids (Michigan) Public Library

Twitter it! Twitter search is the new Google

Twitter search is the new Google

Who is doing it?

Hillside Junior High School (Idaho) http://twitter.com/HillsideLibrary

not just for planned events!

Thanks to John Fink @ McMaster

Ask for feedback! (and get it!)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eclecticlibrarian/3425197245/

Follow "Things" http://twitter.com/OCLC

http://twitter.com/OCLC

Be everywhere at once

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7326810@N08/1268572888/

Locate the locals http://www.flickr.com/photos/tachyondecay/2333753688/

The Six+ Sweet Ways... 1. use it for reference 2. connect for customer service 3. broadcast news & events 4. solicit feedback 5. broaden professional network 6. be everywhere @once 7. harness the hive 8. "water cooler" 9. "Twitter it" 10. know first! 11. locate the locals 12. general silliness

1. use it for reference

2. connect for customer service

3. broadcast news & events

4. solicit feedback

5. broaden professional network

6. be everywhere @once

7. harness the hive

8. "water cooler"

9. "Twitter it"

10. know first!

11. locate the locals

12. general silliness

How might you use it? let's brainstorm!

Resources http://delicious.com/strangelibrarian/twitter Common Craft, Twitter in Plain English, quick video on Twitter: http://commoncraft.com/twitter Twitter Fan Wiki http://twitter.pbwiki.com Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Twitter

http://delicious.com/strangelibrarian/twitter

Common Craft, Twitter in Plain English, quick video on Twitter: http://commoncraft.com/twitter

Twitter Fan Wiki http://twitter.pbwiki.com

Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Twitter

Follow Us! Julie Strange @strnglibrarian http://strangelibrarian.org [email_address] Amy Kearns @akearns http://www.cjrlc.org [email_address]

Julie Strange @strnglibrarian http://strangelibrarian.org

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Amy Kearns @akearns http://www.cjrlc.org [email_address]