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Twitter Essentials: Fast-track Your Way To Harnessing Twitter for Personal and Business Goals

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (ET)

Sault Ste. Marie, ON

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"Facebook is for people you used to know. Twitter is for people you want to know."
- Tim O'Reilly
"Twitter is the water cooler for connected free agents." - Mark Kuznicki
I like Twitter - a lot, and feel Twitter can benefit businesses, organizations and individuals here in Sault Ste. Marie. That's why I have organized a course on Twitter.

Who Should Sign Up

Twitter, at first glance is a simple tool to master, but without guidance it can take months to start getting real value for time invested. The purpose of this course is to avoid the time suck to ramp up on how best to use your time on Twitter.

The course is geared to anyone new to Twitter, including those who are using Twitter and feel they aren't getting enough out of it.

Unemployed or Laid Off? Sign Up for Free

The Sault has been recently hit hard by a series of layoffs. If you are looking for a job, you can sign up for free. Just let me know what your situation is when you sign up and you're in, subject to spots remaining.

What You Will Learn

Participants will learn by doing:

  • How Twitter differs from other social networking tools
  • How Twitter is being used by citizens, business people, government officials, media and others
  • How to create a suitable presence on Twitter
  • How to use a Twitter client application to better manage conversations and relationships
  • How to find people they want to converse with
  • Proper Twitter etiquette
  • Examples of Twitter postings
  • Discover 3rd party tools to enhance their Twitter experience

My Personal Twitter Experience

I had signed up to Twitter long ago, but didn't "get it" until I used Twitter during the last federal election while promoting the vote swap / vote reform campaign (more info and video of presentation). Since then, I've been using Twitter extensively, building a network that is generating work opportunities, helping me find quick answers, getting support on products, making new friendships and taking part in exciting initiatives. Some examples of of how Twitter has been good to me:

Course Outline

2 hrs total, though I am open to stretching it to as much as 2.5 hours for my first class. Everyone gets their own computer in a comfortable setting. See what the computer lab looks like.
  • Intro: What is Twitter?
  • Examples of Twitter usage
  • Setting up your account
  • How to find followers / people to follow, conversations of interest
  • Twitter client tools to get the most out of your Twitter time, with focus on PeopleBrowsr
  • Exercises posting to Twitter
  • Questions, concerns
  • Conclusion, wrap-up

 

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