NASW ScienceWriters 2009 workshop "Social Media for Beginners -- How, Where & Why to Dive In" with Robin Lloyd and Christie Nicholson

1. SOCIAL MEDIA why, where and how?

2. “ Information consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it.” — Herbert Simon, 1981

3. “ There’s no such thing as information overload, there’s only filter failure.” — Clay Shirky, 2008

4. Social media is simply this: a way to receive , consolidate and share information

5. FROM TWEET TO STORY

17. SET UP YOUR ACCOUNT

18. LIVE-TWEETING

20. SciAm event on origins

22. STORM CHASING

23. ALEXIS MADRIGAL

24. PHIL PLAIT

25. People to Follow

26. GROUP TWEETS

27. GROUP TWEETS