[nabs-l] Need More Of You On Twitter - Washington Seminar Resources

[Kerri Kosten]

Hi:

I totally agree! I love twitter!

Kerri

On 1/26/10, Mika Pyyhkala <pyyhkala at gmail.com> wrote:
> Good Afternoon,
>
> This message is being sent to both the national and Massachusetts student
> lists.
>
> First, we need a lot more of you to join the Twitter social networking
> service.  This can be done at:
> http://twitter.com/signup
>
> The reason we need a lot more of us on Twitter, among other things, is
> so that when someone is trying to advocate that a company or
> organization increase accessibility or otherwise end a discriminatory
> practice, that we have large numbers of people expressing support for
> that.  This is often done by each person sending, what they call in
> Twitter lingo, an at reply to the organization.  It essentially means
> you are sending a somewhat public message to the organization.  Its
> also important that we create buzz on the internet about our upcoming
> Washington seminar events.
>
> I wanted to also bring to your attention a number of Twitter resources
> relating to the 2010 Washington Seminar and related weekend events
> that have recently been created.
>
> A hashtag of
> #NFBWS10
> has been set up for the event.  A hashtag is simply a way of
> categorizing mesages regarding a topic.  You enter the above hashtag
> in your Twitter post or tweet, and then someone can search on that
> hashtag to get more information and related posts or tweets about
> whatever it is the tag is about.  Anyone can read these so tagged
> tweets or posts at the web page:
> http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23nfbws10
>
> For example you might tweet:
> "Making last minute appointments for California's #nfbws10 legislative
> meetings."
>
> In the above example on the Twitter service someone can click on the
> #NFBWS10
> which would appear in the system as a link and find related posts.
> You might think that some posts like the above are mundane and boring,
> and maybe on some level they might be, but they show internet buzz and
> chatter is building about the event.  They also connect people who may
> be going to the event or who may be reading about it for the first
> time.
>
> Many of our representatives in Congress are also on Twitter, and we
> can create tweets or posts linking their Twitter accounts to ours when
> we meet with them to highlight our legislative issues.  Also many of
> the organizations that will address the NABS conference on Sunday are
> on Twitter, and this is a quick way to ask them questions, give them
> feedback, etc.
>
> The NFB of Massachusetts has also set up a Twitter list (lists are a
> new feature in Twitter) for those attending the event.  The list is
> located at
> http://twitter.com/nfbma/nfbws10
> Someone can go to this web page and both see who will be attending, as
> well as read the posts (tweets) of the attendees.  Note that when
> accessing the list, people will see all Tweets not just those with the
> hashtag.  The list could also be used for networking or other efforts.
>
> Finally I've set up a shortened URL that points directly at the NFB
> 2010 Washington Seminar official web page agenda:
> http://bit.ly/nfbws10
> (note the above is all in lower case and unlike most of the other
> resources noted in this message it is case sensitive, again all lower
> case)
> This provides a short web page address that you can easily remember,
> and give to people who may need to access fact sheets, or the agenda.
> You may also want to put this short web address in some of your
> Twitter posts or tweets.
>
> NABS has a Twitter page which you can read and follow at:
> http://twitter.com/nabslink
>
> In conclusion, the most important thing you can do is begin
> participating in these social networks such as Twitter and Facebook in
> order to move our agenda forward, as well as educate your own networks
> of contacts about what we are doing.  On top of that, you may well
> find other interesting uses for these web sites.  Once you join the
> sites, you will pick up jargon like hashtags, trending topics, at
> replys, status updates, and soon be an expert in such things.  Email
> while still widely used is ever so gradually (depending on what group
> we are talking about) being replaced by communication in more
> collaborative social networking services that essentially permit a 1
> to many conversation and interaction.  In some newer conferences, for
> example, tweets are used to solicit questions from the audience, and
> also to give the event a sort of presence on the internet.
>
> Thanks to those of you who who have already gotten involved in
> creating buzz about Washington Seminar on Twitter and other social
> networks.  I look forward to seeing many of you this weekend, and
> remember its still really not too late to make plans to attend if you
> find you are able to do so at the last minute.
>
> The weekend is a fun event like a mid year convention, and of course
> you can experience all Washington DC has to offer while visiting.
>
> Best,
> Mika Pyyhkala
> President
> National Federation of the Blind of Massachusetts
> pyyhkala at gmail.com
> http://twitter.com/pyyhkala
> http://twitter.com/nfbma
> http://twitter.com/nfb_voice
> http://twitter.com/nabslink
>
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