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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Day 3 agenda/ outlines

  1. Review of professional adoptions
  2. @Scott Williams
  3. Debriefing
  4. Adoption interviews
  5. Trump assignment
  6. Reading assignments--tweet by tomorrow--Does this hold up with Trump's election?
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

 

Outlines

Adoption
5-10 min Presentation --show screen shot of twitter page, sample tweets
Potential questions --see paragraphs guides below
3-page paper to prof--due day of presentation
At top--Your  name, professional's name, professional's twitter name
Paragraph 1--Who they are, what they do
Paragraph 2--how use twitter, how long used, use other social media?
Paragraph 3--Their comments on value of twitter to professional
Paragraph 4--How they've seen it change, what see in the future?
Paragraph 5--Their advice on using twitter
Outline to every member of class--one page--bullet points covering essential information 

Comparison paper of class speakers


3-page paper --due Jan.7.
At the top—list speakers, pro sites-your name, date
  1.  intro—twitter use in your major—1 paragraph
  2. key points of two speakers
  3. compare and contrast
  4. what means to you as a pro and tweeter in future
  5. lessons learned

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

twictionary "twerms" to know

The list keeps getting longer

  1. at reply @
  2. auto-follow
  3. bio
  4. bit.ly
  5. blog
  6. direct message (dm)
  7. Fail Whale--when twitter crashes
  8. follower
  9. #FollowFriday
  10. following
  11. hashtag
  12. Hootsuite
  13. link
  14. retweet (RT)
  15. RSS feed
  16. tweeple
  17. tweeps
  18. tweet
  19. tweetdeck
  20. tweeting
  21. tweetup
  22. twebie
  23. twitizens
  24. twitterholic
  25. twitterphobic
  26. twitpic
  27. twitter stream
  28. twitterverse
  29. web widget
  30. vlog
  31. tweetstorm
  32.  

Twitter tips from a pro

By @okieprof
It's always a pleasure to have colleague and broadcasting professor Desiree Hill @dezhill speak to my classes. She brings solid journalism experience combined with enthusiasm for learning and determination to stay up to date. Students benefit from her practical pointers on working in today's media mixed-up world, based on her research and experience.
After each speaker, the class debriefs, and here is a summary of each student's comments, recorded by @johngardener358.

Takeaway tips from @dezhill by #clarkclass 7.0

  • Authenticate, Authenticate, Authenticate.
  • Everyone is a journalist.
  • Represent your employer.
  • Writing style tailored to your followers and niche.
  • Hijacking a hashtag.
  • Don’t get too involved with trolls.
  • Uphold yourself to a standard.
  • Create your own brand.
  • Feeling saucy.
  • Be careful on what you put on social media.
  • Phone has become your broadcasting station.
  • Credibility.
  • Don’t write anything that you would not say in public.
  • Lead story is every story.
  • Always respond even if it is just a thank you.
  • List of what you can/should tweet.
  • Credibility.
  • Be professional.
  • Crowd sourcing.
  • If you’re on social media you are a journalist.
  • How much Twitter has changed.
  • Spending too much time on social media/ balance it out.
  • How many times you should tweet in a day.
  • Be careful on what you post about yourself.
  • Assume anything you put online can become viral.
  • Content!

Monday, December 19, 2016

Changing politics, the presidency, journalism--twitter

@realDonaldTrump on twitter
It doesn't matter your political views. Trump's impact, including the unbridled use of twitter will be studied and written about for years. For discussion--what should the class assignment be?

Top twitterers


100 top twitterers

Day 2 Reading, tweeting

Read and tweet about each, by 8 am tomorrow
  1. Trends ahead in 2017 -- http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomward/2016/11/22/5-social-media-trends-that-will-change-the-game-in-2017/#25c424ef1d99
  2. 2016 trends  -- http://sproutsocial.com/insights/social-media-trends/
  3. Forbes -- http://www.forbes.com/sites/jaysondemers/2016/08/01/the-top-7-social-media-marketing-trends-dominating-2016/#b42f1b65da7f 
  4. Boost traffic with quotes--http://boostblogtraffic.com/tweetable-quotes/

Day 2 Agenda

  1. Review home pages
  2. Review potential pros
  3. Reading review
  4. Follow all
  5. Retweet
  6. Bitly https://bitly.com/
  7. Reading/tweeting assignments
  8. Jill Castilla
  9. Harold Story
  10. Debriefings
  11. Trump discussion?
  12. Tweet deck https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/
  13. Who is @ScottWilliams ? One fact about him today. 
  14. What have you learned?