Twitter is all the rage, but is it right for government communications? This session takes you through the basics of Twitter and provides actionable steps to get started, along with real-life examples of government and social change agents using the service.

1. Session Title : Leveraging Twitter in the Workplace: Efficient or Time Waster? Presented by: Tamera Kremer June 3, 2009 Government 2.0 and Social Media Conference

2. It's one of the fastest-growing phenomena on the Internet. ~ New York Times

8. The only hard & fast rules of Twitter interactions? Add value or don’t participate Be a real person Not everyone is going to care about what you have to say

9. Who’s Tweeting? What’s happening in 140-characters?

11. Government Tweets

17. Participatory Tweets

18. So… there are a lot of diverse conversations happening in 140-characters…

22. Assuming the Pros outweigh the Cons, now what ?

23. Building a strategy: Figure out what works for you

31. Thank You! [email_address] Twitter.com/tamera www.wildfirestrategy.com