Launchpad Job Club June 12, 2009

Who Am I?

Process Improvement Champion – I want things to work better for YOU!

Can I Use Twitter To Help My Career?

YES!(the short answer)

(the long answer)

•Branding & Exposure•Community•Opportunity & Serendipity•Communication

How Do I Get Started?

Be sure to fill out Bio and URL

Picture Yourself! hhh

Mobile?

What to get?

What could go wrong?

1. Technology

Over 8 million users, most of whom sent multiple messages a day, to dozens or hundreds of followers.

What happens when its all a little too much?

Fail Whale

2. Like any tool….

…There is a right way and a wrong way…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN2HAroA12w

So how do we do it right?

Find the right people to follow!

How do I find them?

• People you know – LinkedIn!• People who blog in your knowledge domain• Who are they following?

How do I find them?

• And – – Who is Tweeting in your areas of interest?

Your Target Companies!!!!!!

Target Company Example

MichaelPBrennan: @bellware Overwatch received official buy off from the VP to sponsor Lean Software Austin, and wants to help put an event together

Opportunity knocks!

YOUR TARGET

COMPANIES!!!!!!

Organization

http://www.tweetdeck.com/beta/

Seesmic Desktop

http://desktop.seesmic.com/

What to Tweet?

• Tweet about things you know• Tweet about things you learn• Tweet links to Brand U – cross-branding is

important!• Personal stuff is OK, but BE PROFESSIONAL!• Limit your output to what matters

Serendipity

• I Tweeted about author Neil GaimanRT From Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) via Twitter: Read (and please pass along) this by

@Doctorow NOW: US, UK, Canada et al vs the blind on copyright. I'm with the blind.

• A person whom I had a job interview with a couple of weeks back Tweeted About his 3-year-old son’s love of Ice Road Truckers

• Things happen….

Bits of Twitter Wisdom Around the Web

Twitter's got versatilityhttp://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/

silverman/6255196.htmlAll You Need to Know to Twitterhttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/

technology/personaltech/07basics.html?_r=4&em

Articles that helped me get started

Bits of Twitter Wisdom Around the Web

http://bizzantik.com/?p=124

The One Thing Twitter Forces Us To Do

Bits of Twitter Wisdom Around the Web

Time Article - Using Twitter and Facebook To Find a Job

http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1903083-1,00.html

A Contrary View

Why Twitter has Jumped the Sharkhttp://www.binarywave.com/blogs/eshupps/

Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=9c93c708%2De5ce%2D4714%2Dbdea%2D499330361130&ID=199

• Spam• Short Attention Span• The “Next Twitter”

Questions?

Don’t Hesitate to Contact Me!