The document outlines various tools for using Twitter effectively for health activism, including how to search Twitter, find and follow relevant people, use hashtags to participate in conversations, monitor trends, shorten URLs, take polls, manage events, and use mobile apps. It also demonstrates the Twitter management tool TweetDeck and provides a checklist of best practices for Twitter power users in health.

1. Twitter Power Tools for Health Activists
Presented by Shwen Gwee
(@shwen)
July 9th, 2009
Hosted by WEGO Health

3. Twitter – Basic Functions:
Post
@ Reply
+
Follow
Direct Message (DM) Unfollow
Favorite

4. Welcome to the…
http://www.briansolis.com/2009/05/gazing-into-twitterverse

5. Agenda:
I. Search
II. Twitter Search: Hashtags
III. Twitter Trends
IV. Finding & Following People
V. Various Twitter Tools
VI. Twitter Management Tools & Apps
VII. TweetDeck: Live Demo
VIII. Mobile Twitter Apps
IX. Question/Answer

6. Twitter Search:
Search
http://www.summize.com
http://search.twitter.com
http://Twazzup.com
http://www.TweetGrid.com
http://www.Spezify.com

7. Twitter Search

8. Twitter Search

9. Twitter Search

10. Twitter Search

11. Twitter Advanced Search
Search tweets for specific
terms that:
- Contain ANY of the words
- Contain EXACT phrases
- Contain ALL the words
- EXCLUDE certain words
Search tweets by FROM, TO,
or MENTIONING specific
people (e.g. @wegohealth)
Search tweets by people
who are from/near a location
(based on bio)
Search for tweets within a
range of dates
Search for tweets with a
POSITIVE or NEGATIVE
attitude or asked as a
question (?)
Search for tweets that
contain URLs/links

12. TweetGrid: Monitoring Multiple Feeds

13. Spezify: “Just Plain Cool” Search…

14. Spezify: “Just Plain Cool” Search…

15. Twitter Search: Hashtags
Hashtags
http://www.hashtags.org

16. Twitter Search: Hashtags
#Hashtags:
- “Hashtags are a community-driven convention
for adding additional context and metadata to
your tweets.”
- “They're like tags on Flickr, only added inline
to your post. You create a hashtag simply by
prefixing a word with a hash symbol:
#hashtag.”
- Acts like a reference label
- e.g. #health20 for the Health 2.0 Conference

17. Twitter Search: Hashtags

18. Hashtags.org:

19. Hashtags.org: #migraine

20. Using Hashtags: Twitter Conversations (#hcsm)

21. HealthSocMed:

22. HealthSocMed:

23. Hashtags.org: Trends

24. Twitter Trends:
Trends
http://www.TwitScoop.com
http://TweetMeme.com
http://www.Twendz.com

25. Twitscoop:

26. Twitscoop:

27. Twitscoop:

28. TweetMeme:

29. Twendz:

30. Twitter – Finding & Following People:
Finding & Following People
http://www.Twellow.com
http://www.WeFollow.com
http://www.Twibes.com
http://www.MrTweet.com
http://www.Tweepler.com

31. Twitter Followers:

32. Twitter Followers:

33. Twitter Followers: New Interface

34. Directories: www.Twellow.com

35. Directories: www.Twellow.com

36. Directories: www.WeFollow.com

37. Directories: www.Twibes.com

38. People Management: www.Tweepler.com

39. Tweepler:

40. Tweepler:

41. Twitter Tools:
Various Twitter Tools
http://bit.ly , http://ow.ly , http://tinyurl.com
http://www.TwitPic.com
http://www.TwtVite.com
http://www.TwtPoll.com
http://www.CoverItLive.com

42. Twitter URL Shorteners:

43. TwitPic: Linking Images

44. TwitPic: Linking Images

45. TwitPic: Linking Images

46. TwitPic: Linking Images

47. TwitPic: Linking Images

48. TwtVite: Event Management

49. TwtVite: Event Management

50. TwtPoll: Twitter Polls

51. TwtGrid: Twitter Polls

52. CoverItLive: Live Tweeting Aggregator

53. Twitter Clients:
Twitter Management Tools & Apps
http://www.TweetDeck.com
http://www.Twhirl.org
http://www.HootSuite.com
http://www.CoTweet.com*
*still in private beta

55. Meet TweetDeck:

57. Source: http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/tutorials/learn-how-to-use-tweetdeck-effectively-and-save-time

58. Source: http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/tutorials/learn-how-to-use-tweetdeck-effectively-and-save-time

59. Source: http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/tutorials/learn-how-to-use-tweetdeck-effectively-and-save-time

63. TweetDeck:
TweetDeck: Live Demo
Resource:
http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/tutorials/learn-how-to-use-tweetdeck-effectively-and-save-time
(shortened to: http://bit.ly/1uyqqF)

64. HootSuite:

65. HootSuite:

66. HootSuite:

67. Mobile Twitter Clients:
Mobile Twitter Apps
iPhone
http://TweetDeck.com/iphone
http://www.Twitterific.com
http://www.TwitterFon.com
BlackBerry
http://www.orangatame.com/products/twitterberry
http://tinytwitter.com/

68. Twitter on the Go: iPhone

69. Tweetdeck (on iPhone):

70. Twitterrific:

71. Twitter on the Go: BlackBerry

72. Twitter Power Tools Checklist:
 Listen to the community
 Join the conversation through RT, @reply or DM’s
 Establish reputation and expertise through “tweets”
 Manage Tweets through TweetDeck or HootSuite
 Search keywords via Twitter Search
 Follow people with similar interests – Directories, etc.
 Pose questions to the community – use TwtPoll
 Use URL Shorteners – Offer full text elsewhere
(e.g. a blog or website)
 Plan and Manage events using TwtVite
 Attend TweetUps

73. Questions:

74. Twitter Power Tools for Health Activists
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