007 - ASA Social Media Pre-Conference Workshop 06. Twitter for Academics

Session Submission Type: Workshop

Abstract

In this hands-on workshop, we’ll work with Twitter, taking the steps necessary to establish your academic brand presence on this social media platform. We’ll explore the following skills:
• Selecting an appropriate user ID or “handle”
• Creating a useful Twitter profile
• Writing style when limited to 140 characters
• Following other Twitter personalities
• Retweeting tweets and direct messaging
• Integrating your Twitter presence into your WordPress.com blog

Sub Unit

• Courses

Session Organizer

• Dustin Kidd, Temple University

Leader

• Jessie Daniels, City University of New York-Graduate Center