Tweeting  during  workshops   www.thesiswhisperer.com  

 

Twitter  is  a  surprisingly  good  tool  for  taking  notes  and  sharing  them  during  workshops   and  lectures.  This  is  the  virtual  equivalent  of  passing  notes  in  the  back  of  the  class  often   results  in  interesting  online  conversations.  Tweets  work  better  when  they  are  ‘thick’   rather  than  ‘thin’*  -­‐  in  other  words,  information  dense.  Here  are  some  examples.     Announcing     Check  with  the  presenter  they  are  ok  with  you  tweeting,  then  find  out  if  there  is  a   #hashtag  for  the  event.  If  not,  write  a  tweet  about  where  you  are  and  make  up  a  hashtag   to  use.  If  you  know  fellow  tweeters  are  in  the  room,  mention  them  in  your  tweet  so  you   can  all  use  the  same  one,  like  so:     I’m  at  @thesiswhisper’s  workshop  “Write  that  journal  article  in  7  days.  Hashtag   #7daypaper  cc  @jasondowns  @anitranot  #phdchat     I  included  “#phdchat”  at  the  end  of  the  tweet  because  lots  of  PhD  students  hang  out   there  and  this  will  alert  them  that  I  am  doing  something  interesting.  Follow  up  with  a   tweet  that  includes  a  link  to  the  workshop  description  (if  there  is  one)  and  what  you   might  tweet  about;  this  gives  people  a  reason  to  ‘tune  in’  to  you,  like  so:     The  @thesiswhisper  says  it  can  take  only  a  week  to  write  a  paper   http://www.slideshare.net/ingermewburn/write-­‐that-­‐journal-­‐article-­‐in-­‐7-­‐days-­‐ 12742195  I  will  share  her  tricks  on  #7daypaper                 Note:  I  didn’t  start  that  last  tweet  with  @thesiswhisperer.  If  I  did  that,  my  tweets  would   be  effectively  invisible  to  anyone  who  wasn’t  following  both  of  us.  For  a  fully  private   conversation,  use  the  Direct  Message  function.       Listening   There’s  a  couple  of  ways  to  make  informative  tweets  as  you  listen.  As  a  summary:     Now  @thesiswhisperer  is  talking  about  journal  descriptions.  It’s  important  to  read   them  or  else  you  risk  rejection  #7daypaper     Picking  out  a  quotable  quote:     “There  are  two  ways  to  think  about  writers”  says  @thesiswhisperer  “plotters  and   pantsers”  #7daypaper       A  reflection  on  what  you  heard  or  did:     We  just  did  a  spider  diagram  exercise:   https://sites.google.com/site/twblacklinemasters/using-­‐a-­‐spider-­‐diagram-­‐to-­‐ make-­‐research-­‐questions  It  really  helped  me  clarify  my  paper  outline  #7daypaper    

 

Enjoy  your  workshop!     *  http://silverinsf.blogspot.com.au/2009/02/difference-­‐between-­‐thin-­‐and-­‐thick.html     Note:  This  handout  is  released  under  the  creative  commons  share  a-­‐like  attribution  license.   You  may  circulate  and  change  it,  but  be  cool  –  acknowledge  Dr  Inger  Mewburn  as  the   original  author.