Twitter as a workforce development tool in the AOD sector

Presenter: Matt Gleeson

VAADA Conference 2013

@regenuchttp://www.facebook.com/ReGenUC

Acknowledgements

• Ray Stephens• Paul Aiken• Brandon Jones• Venetia Brissenden• ReGen’s Senior Management Team and Board• @ReGen UC’s Twitter audience

https://twitter.com/Post a question

@regenuc “question text” #vaada13

For the newbies...

• Follow at least 5 AOD tweeters.

• Just follow their tweets for a little while without saying anything (say a week) Trust me you will already be learning stuff.

• Say something.  Tell them who you are and what you are doing there, you will learn lot more. 

Some recommended follows:

@regenuc@vaadaenews@stonetree_aus@FAREaustralia@NDARCNEWS

What is Twitter?• Social networking &

microblogging tool

• Largely text based

• Postings of 140 characters or less

Some terminology

Tweet = a message of 140 characters or less

Friends = People you follow

Followers = people who follow you

Timeline = a chronological ordering of tweets

Some Twitter Conventions

@ = @ReGenUC (a profile)

# = #VAADA13 (a searchable term)

RT = Retweet (quoting someone else's tweet)

MT = Mention (mentioning another profile)

#FF = Follow Friday ( a recommendation to follow)

Workforce development

New Information

Dissemination

Integration into practice

Review

It’s not an ideal world...

Timely and Motivated

Photo Credit: Tyler Bowman

Case Scenario 1:I need it now!

Reach more people

Case Scenario 2:Conference Reporting

Tips for Conference Organisers• Publicise the hash tag early

• Ensure the hash tag is short

• Supply free wi-fi for attendees

• Provide conference updates via Twitter

Organisations

• Provide staff members attending conference with a mobile device

• Let staff know of any communications policies they are required to observe

Presenters

• Provide shortened URL’s in your slides that support your point.

• Tweeters can include these links in their tweets further informing their audience

Attendees

• Practice writing in 140 characters or less

• We haven’t covered it today but Twitter clients like Hootsuite can be really useful as can Lists

• Don’t be self conscious (if other conference attendees are looking at you they are probably just jealous of the iPad)

Some Resources

Injecting Advice – Twitter for Drugs workers http://bit.ly/cg4xS7

ReGen - Social Networking: Innovation in Education and Advocacyhttp://bit.ly/Y6opQd

Russell Webster – Why I Tweethttp://bit.ly/S6reUh

Any questions?