Twitter is a social media platform that allows users to post messages called tweets. Tweets can contain up to 140 characters and can include hashtags to categorize messages by topic or keywords. Over 300 million people use Twitter to share news and engage in conversations on a variety of topics ranging from current events and politics to entertainment and sports. Users can follow accounts that interest them to receive tweets and can interact by replying to or retweeting other tweets.

1. Twitter Me This...

2. #inov8week

3. What’s Twitter?
#inov8week

4. Twitter (v):
(of a bird) Give a call consisting of repeated
light tremulous sounds
Synonyms: chirp - tweet - chirrup - chatter -
warble

5. @Twitter (N):
Twitter is an information
network that brings people
closer to what’s important to
them

6. Twitter is _______

7. Twitter is _______
News

8. Twitter is Politics
_______

9. Monday
Night
Twitter is _______
Football

10. Walking
Twitter is _______
Dead

11. Twitter is Starbuck
_______

12. Who Uses Twitter?

13. 300,000,000
People

14. Who Uses Twitter?

15. How do you
use Twitter?

16. #TwitterBasics

17. Q: How many
characters are you
allowed for each tweet?

18. Q: How many
characters are you
allowed for each tweet?
140

19. To Tweet or
Retweet?

20. Tweets are original
posts that you send
Ex.

21. Retweets (RT) are other
people’s tweets that
you repost
Ex.

22. What does @ Do?

23. @ is a public reply back
to another tweet
Ex.

24. What does DM stand
Direct Message or a
private tweet between
two people

25. What’s a #?

26. Hashtags are an easy
way to group
conversation on Twitter

27. Hashtags are an easy
way to group
conversation on Twitter
#Election

29. = Public

30. = Public
= Private

31. #BrandTweets

32. @Starbucks
Mix of brand &
charitable content

33. @Starbucks
Mix of brand &
charitable content

34. @Starbucks
Mix of brand &
charitable content

35. @BrighthouseCare

36. @BrighthouseCare
I

37. @BrighthouseCare
I
They responded

38. @BrighthouseCare
I
They responded

39. @DisneyParks

40. @DisneyParks

41. @DisneyParks

42. @DisneyParks

43. Q: How Many Tweets
per Day?

44. Q: How Many Tweets
per Day?
500,000,000

45. #BreakingNews

46. News
breaks
first on
Twitter

47. Then
Reported
by MSM

48. I don’t find the news,
the news finds me.
@JeremiahOwyang

49. #HudsonCras

50. #HudsonCras

51. #HudsonCras

52. #OBLKilled

53. #OBLKilled

54. #OBLKilled

55. #ArabSpring

56. #ArabSpring

57. #ArabSpring

58. #ArabSpring

59. #ArabSpring
#jan2

60. #TwitterStories

61. 佳栄
FISHERMEN
sell their catch
before their
boats return to
port.

62. FRANCIS KARIUKI
uses Twitter to find
lost sheep and scare
off thieves

63. "Sh*t, I need
a kidney."
- Chris

64. #GettingStarted

65. 3 Easy Steps...
1. Choose a user name
2. Add Your Email Address
3. Choose a password

66. On Your Mobile...

67. Ok, now what?

68. Follow
Your
Interests

69. Discover
Your
World

70. #inov8week

71. #ThankYou