Top 10 Things to love about Twitter. Gives tips and ideas for both newbies to Twitter and experienced Twitterati. Presentation is tailored for non profits using Twitter

1. Twitter Ten Thing to Love About Twitter

2. Top Ten Things to Love About TwitterWebinette We’ll be starting soon – at 10 am PT/ 1pm ET Audio will be through your computer speakers – turn it up! The hashtag will be #Twitter10 (if you don’t know what a hashtag is don’t worry –we’ll cover that.)

3. Before we start…

4. #10 Quickly digest a lot Since it’s only 140 characters per tweet you can scan numerous posts quickly and take in a lot of information.

5. #9 Connect with awesome people @billgates @kanter @roseannecash Because Twitter is an open network you can listen to and connect with people that you otherwise wouldn’t have access to.

6. #8 Catch a trend You can hear what is trending by scanning tweets or checking out the trending topics.

7. #7 Event networking Use a #hashtag to connect with other attendees before, during & after an event.

8. #6 Makes you a better writer Tweets are short and sweet. You have to speak to your audience if you want anyone to click or listen.

9. #5 Superhighway to your website Get more people to your website and blog by publicizing it on Twitter. And if your post is good people will tweet it for you.

10. #4 Twitter chats #NPCons #NPTalk #SMChat #YNPChat #SocEntChat #SMNPChat One of the best ways to meet people & build a community on Twitter is through a Twitter chat. There are over 508 unique chats!

11. #3 Power of lists Create lists to track topics, people, geography, actions or however you want to sort people. Go directly to them to filter content.

12. #2 Real time news Twitter is the source for on the ground reporting when things happen. Use hashtags, search terms or follow people and be in the know quicker.

13. #1 The people! Thanks to Twitter I’ve met (online & in person) tons of wonderful people! #AwesomeSauce

14. Questions?

15. Thank you! Keep the conversation going and connect with each other via #Twitter10 Please take 3.5 minutes and give me feedback via survey Stay in touch: Twitter.com/zanarama