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Free webcast (ASTD members) - Twitter 101: The Basics and Tips for Learning Use

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ET Presenter: David Kelly Twitter is an excellent tool to leverage for both personal and professional learning and growth, and more and more organizations are harnessing its power as part of learning programs. What is the platform's value? REGISTER NOW Open to all as part of the ASTD 2012 TechKnowledge webcast series

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Twitter and Presentations

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Presenting with Twitter can be challenging. Olivia Mitchell has written a fantastic free eBook “How to present with Twitter (and other backchannels” to help your speakers avoid the fate. Download a free copy. Check it out: [link] Also, check it Olivia's blog for great presentation tips: [link]

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Using Yammer (Internal Twitter)

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Yammer is an enterprise collaboration tool that lets you easily connect and share with the people in your company or organization (like an internal Twitter). The question is "What are you working on?". You must have a company email address and confirm membership to participate.

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#lrnchat - Chat about learning using Twitter

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#lrnchat is a place for people interested in the topic of learning who use the social messaging service Twitter to learn from one another and discuss how to help other people learn. The online chat happens every Thursday night 8:30-10pm EST / 5:30-7pm PST. Check it out: [link] (blog)

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Twitter As a Learning Tool. Really

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I'm still not convinced that "twittering" is a viable e-learning format. Check it out: [link] Southwest Airlines Twitters: [link] However, this article in ASTD Trends does have some good points - and some great resources for futher review. One good point: "Think before you tweet. Each tweet is a webpage. It can be Googled.

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Free PowerPoint Twitter Tools

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The PowerPoint Twitter Tools allow presenters to see and react to tweets in real-time, embedded directly within their presentations, either as a ticker or refreshable comment page. Require only PowerPoint for Windows and Adobe Flash to run. Check it out: [link]

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Jakob Nielsen Critiques Twitter

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Continuing my investigation on using Twitter. Twitter lets people know what’s going on about things they care about instantly, as it happens,” said Evan Williams, Twitter’s chief executive and co-founder. “In In the best cases, Twitter makes people smarter and faster and more efficient.”

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