1. Twitter 101

2.  Submit questions on the right 
 Email follow-up questions to
TGorman@NPR.org or tweet them
to @gteresa
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4. Why are we talking about this?
Breaking News
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5. Why are we talking about this?
Story Ideas
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6. Why are we talking about this?
Behind-The-Scenes
Access
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7. Why are we talking about this?
Live Reporting
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8. Why are we talking about this?
Easter Eggs
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9. What is Twitter?
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10. What is Twitter?
Twitter is ___________
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11. What is Twitter?
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12. What is Twitter?
• Your ideas:
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13. Are you signed up?
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14. Sign up (or clean up) your Twitter account
1. Sign up
 Keep it simple: Just use your name
Examples:
 @nathanbernier, @markbashore,
@JaneLindholm, @WESAErika…
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15. Sign up (or clean up) your Twitter account
2. Add a picture
 Keep it simple: Show your face – similar to a
headshot
 You are not an egg
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16. Sign up (or clean up) your Twitter account
3. Fill out your bio
 Include where you work and what you do
 Include a link to your bio or website
 Check with your station to see if “retweets are not
endorsements” is needed
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17. Examples
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18. Walk Through Twitter.com
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19. Frequently Asked Questions
1.What are those @ and #
things?
2.What do I Tweet?
3.How do I keep up?
4.How do I get more followers?
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20. @ vs #
@: A way to reference or reply
to someone on Twitter
#: Hashtag is used to mark key
words or topics in a tweet
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21. Frequently Asked Questions
What do I Tweet?
 Tweet your beat
 But you can have fun
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22. What NOT to do
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24. Frequently Asked Questions
How do I keep up?
 Twitter
Lists
 HootSuite/TweetDeck
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25. Frequently Asked Questions
How do I keep up?
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26. Frequently Asked Questions
How do I keep up?
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27. Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get more followers?
 Tweet your beat
 Be local, relevant and useful
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28. Next Steps:
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29. Set up your phone
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30. Experiment with search and advanced search
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31. Experiment with search and advanced search
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32. Questions?
Optional:
Want personal Twitter account feedback?
Email or tweet your account to @gteresa,
tgorman@npr.org
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