Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Online First™ Getting Started: Social Media for Academics. Twitter has a definite image problem. It first penetrated the public consciousness in a way which has left it defined by celebrities and, particularly for academics, this is unattractive. If you want to persuade academics to use it, it’s important to illustrate that the academic twittersphere (I hate the term but have yet to come across a better one) has some quite specific characteristics. Perhaps by demonstrating some of the varied kinds of high-quality interaction you get on there e.g. #phdchat discussions, the feeds of high profile academics who are engaged users, the possibility for crowd-sourcing.
It’s difficult to convey the point of Twitter. Therefore it’s important to convey that you really do have to try it properly (i.e. fill out your profile, add a picture, find relevant people to follow, have some conversations, explore a hashtag and do some retweeting) before you’re in a position to make an informed decision. Scientists On Twitter: 30 Biologists And Chemists To Follow. The Power of Twitter in Information Discovery. It surprises me how many really smart people I meet still doubt the power of Twitter. It seems the urge to be a naysayer of Twitter is really strong for some. I think some of this stems from the early days of Twitter when it was presumed that it was a technology to tell people what you ate for lunch. Twitter never seemed to really take the offense in PR and marketing.
I guess it wasn’t in their DNA. Right now the most important role to hire in Twitter would be a seasoned marketing professional who could proactively change the conversation about Twitter and educate people about its significance as an information sharing tool. They need a stronger campaign about consumption rather than sending Tweets. Consumption, consumption, consumption. I’ve written extensively about Twitter’s use cases, but it’s biggest power is in information sharing. 1. When we found stuff we liked we “bookmarked” it so that we could come back to the website later. And the company that helped websites publish RSS? 2.
Best Practices for Twitter for Healthcare and Pharma Professionals. Paper. Tweeted. CNN ECOSPHERE. Sign petitions using twitter. Welcome to BubbleTweet! Create screencasts and screen recordings the easy way. Visualizing The Web And Social Networks. May 26, 2010 Posted by Suzanne Marlatt Edelman Digital, Chicago Follow on Twitter @edelmandigital Seeing is believing and visuals are powerful. I’ve collected a few visualization tools for Facebook, news feeds, and Twitter to let you view networks and conversations at a glance. Mentionmap Mentionmap is a web app for exploring the Twitter users and hashtags that mention your account most.
Twitter Venn Twitter Venn is a Venn diagram based on three Twitter search terms. The Health Tweeder The Health Tweeder is a health specific visualization tool that displays the top discussed health keywords within certain Twitter networks. MSNBC Spectra MSNBC Spectra is a visual newsreader that you can customize to your news needs. Friendwheel Friendwheel is a Facebook app that shows you the connections you have within your Facebook friend community and it also shows mutual friends within connections. Google Play Google Play is a fun way to display your Google Reader feeds in a slideshow format. Likebutton.me.