WEEK TEN

TWITTER

Launched in 2008 at SXSW Interactive Festival, the TWITTER craze has increased ten fold to events, government, personal use, and yes even libraries. Basically anyone who wants to express anything about anything can be on this thing. The bonus is you can pick and choose quite easily who to follow and vise versa. It is also an interesting way to have open public dialogue. The trick is to learn post lingo to best promote, communicate, and show your savvy.  

1) know your lists - who are you? As in what is your username and how can people search for you

2) know your audience - where are you? find your city code while your at it..

3) know your prefix - that is properly use the # option and @

4) know your medium - try your best to follow twittetiquette. There are countless articles on this all over the interweb, but here are my fav's:

- Re-tweet responsibly. The RT option can be a valuable way to support and share interests but remember that these are not your tweets, you are just passing the message, so do it with respect and cognisant.

 - @messages can be overwhelming for some of your followers if done too often. If you find yourself in @ mania, try a DM.

- keep it fun! and Try not to be a twit.

Here is an article that I found amusing although not really helpful but anyways: TWIT 
  

My favourite twitterers are: #sledislandfilm, #sledisland, #calgaryweather, #jburman

WEEK FOUR

FACEBOOK...                     

For myself, Facebook is mostly useful. As an event planner, audience surveys have shown that event goers hear about events more often via socialmedia sites like Facebook rather than radio, print, or even word of mouth. This makes it a very useful resource for marketing and spreading the word on grassroots sort of movements. Alternately, it is a medium that can be flooded by events, invites, and 'faux' supporters who are not interested in supporting outside of Facebook. That said, it has effectively changed communication for Cultural Industries and other industries alike allowing different groups to connect more pubilically than without, just another facet of the revolutionary internet.

My Favourite Facebook Groups:

Show Us Your Shorts - A Festival of Short Films

Sled Island Film

Give Back The Calgary Tower

Libraries