Presented by Anjum Najmi and Ephraim Freese at the UNT Digital Scholarship Co-Operative's Day of DH 2013. The presenters discussed how to get started in Twitter, described the basics of establishing an account, following others, developing followers, writing Tweets, and using hashtags (#), and discussed practical uses for the social media platform for academics and professionals. This workshop was intended for beginners who are curious about Twitter and looking to get started, but we encouraged more advanced users to attend to brush up on their practice and share their knowledge and experience. This event was cosponsored by the UNT Libraries' Digital Projects Unit and the Digital Scholarship Co-Operative for the international Day in the Life of Digital Humanities (Day of DH).

1. Getting started on
--- Twitter
Communities and Conversations…
Presented by
AnjumNajmi& Ephraim Freese

2. Social Media

3. Why Use Twitter?
 Keep track of people connected to you
professionally
 Opportunities to build and maintain
professional relations
 Forum for collaboration

4. What is Twitter?
 Twitter is a tool for micro blogging
 140 character limit
 Difference between?
 Tagging a subject, hashtag (#)
 Tagging a user, mention/reply (@)
 Retweet

5. Creating an Account

6. Creating an Account (cont.)

7. Creating an Account (cont.)
 Full name
 Typically your first and last name; this will be visible in your public
profile
 Username
 Must be unique. The system will do an auto-check for availability.
 The path to your public profile will be: http://twitter.com/Username
 When tweeting, your username will appear as @USERNAME
 Password
 This MUST be at least 6 characters with some level of complexity.
 HINT: Try using a combination of letter, numbers, and symbols
**Note
 as you fill out the form the system will show a green check mark next
to each box letting you know the information is correct/accepted and
a red box if incorrect/unaccepted along with an explanation.

8. Creating an Account (cont.)

9. The Captcha

10. Finding Resources to Follow

11. Your Twitter Main Page

12. Managing Friends

13. Trends

14. Trending with Occupy…
 The most popular Occupy-related tags within the first month:
 #occupywallstreet
 #occupywallst
 #ows
 #occupy
 #occupyboston
 #takewallst
 #p2
 #nypd
 Other/later tags:
 #occupyla; #occupydenton
 #99percent
 #s17

15. Managing Multiple
Accounts/Sites
 HooteSuite
 TweetDeck
 Evernote

16. HootSuite Homepage

17. HootSuite Streams/Profiles

18. Shutterstock, 2013
Questions…