A short guide for faculty on how to use Twitter at conferences. You are welcome to use this in your faculty development sessions in keeping with the Creative Commons license conditions. While this presentation was built off of my personal experience using Twitter at conferences, and seeing how others use it, there is one citation that might be helpful (if your faculty ask for it): Veletsianos, G. (2012). Higher Education Scholars’ Participation and Practices on Twitter. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 28(4), 336-349. (Available at: http://www.veletsianos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/scholars_on_twitter_veletsianos.pdf)

1. How to use Twitter
at Conferences
By:
Dr.
Janet
Corral
University
of
Colorado
School
of
Medicine

2. Twitter is used to…
Share what you’ve learned with
your network

3. Twitter is used to…
Comment on presentations

4. Twitter is used to…
Quote the keynote speaker

5. Twitter is used to…
Extend the discussion

6. So how might you
participate?

7. 1. Sign up for Twitter
(www.twitter.com)

8. Tip:
Look
in
the
conference
program!
2. Find out the hashtag for the
conference
(a hastag is the #confname used to tag posts)

9. 3. Engage by:
* “Retweet” or “RT” is forwarding
someone else’s tweet through your
Twitter account, and out to your
network.
Posting!
Replying!
Retweeting!*

10. Optional: Use a tool like Tweet
Deck to follow your posts +
conference conversations

11. Now get out there, and
be a part of the
conversation!
Now get out there, and
be a part of the
conversation!
Now get out there, and
be a part of the
conversation!
Now get out there, and
be a part of the
conversation!