"Getting Started With Twitter" presentation by Keith Engwall, given at MDMLG in Ypsilanti, MI 03-14-2013

1. Getting Started With Twitter
(so THAT’S what I’m supposed to do
with this thing)
Keith Engwall
Assistant Professor, Web & Emerging Technologies Librarian
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
engwall@oakland.edu
@librariandad

2. A Little Background

6. Twitter Tips
• Treat Twitter as a resource
• You don’t have to tweet to use Twitter
• Follow people for what they have to say

7. Anatomy of a Tweet

8. AUTHOR’S NAME AUTHOR’S USERNAME
TWITTER HANDLE WHEN POSTED
TOPIC WHOM
KEYWORD
HASHTAG MENTION
TWEET IS
(abbreviation) TO/ABOUT
140
CHARACTERS
OR LESS
SHARED BY POST TWEET: SHARE THIS
REPLY TO RETWEET FAVORITE
RETWEETED BY
(you subscribe “@nygenome (with people “LIKE” / SAVE
THIS TWEET THIS TWEET THIS TWEET
to their feed) @EricTopol…” who follow you)

9. Twitter Glossary
• FOLLOW: subscribe
• TWEET: 140 character message
• USERNAME (@librariandad): twitter handle
• RETWEET: share tweet
• HASHTAG (“#hcsm”): keyword (abbreviated subject)
• MENTION (“…@librariandad…”): whom tweet is to/about…
• REPLY (“@librariandad…”): tweet back “to” someone…
• FAVORITE ( ): like / save tweet
https://support.twitter.com/articles/166337-the-twitter-glossary#

10. Twitter Tips
When you see a tweet of interest…
• Click on the author to find more about them
• Click on users “mentioned” in tweet
• Click on hashtags to find related tweets
• Retweet
• Favorite
• Reply

11. Creating Twitter Account

20. Twitter Tips
• Search for people to follow by interest keywords
• Don’t follow people just because they’re friends
• Create separate Twitter accounts for different
purposes
• One Twitter account per e-mail address
• Gmail: user+alias@gmail.com -> user@gmail.com

21. Twitter Interface

32. Twitter Tips
• Review your e-mail notification settings
• Use lists to fine tune your twitter feeds
• Occasionally check your followers to see if they’d be
good to follow back

33. Twitter Apps

53. Twitter Tips
• Try the official Twitter app first
• Test only one app at a time
• Pay attention to the setup steps
• Check your Twitter account for a while after using a
new app
• Revoke access to any app you decide not to use

54. Q&A