[NFBMI-Talk] Fw: Upcoming Twitter Chat, May 13 #NFB21

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From: "National Federation of the Blind" <webmaster at nfb.org>
to: Georgia Kitchen <gkitchen at sero.email>
Subject: Upcoming Twitter Chat, May 13 #NFB21
Reply-To: "National Federation of the Blind" <webmaster at nfb.org>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2021 21:00:53 +0000

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Join Our Twitter Chat: Answer Six Questions about National Convention

Join the National Federation of the Blind on Twitter, Thursday, May 13, 
from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. eastern, to talk about the upcoming virtual 
national convention 
<https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=21178&qid=5309846>. Follow along 
using the hashtag #NFB21. This email includes the questions for the 
chat that anyone can answer, Twitter chat tips, and more general tips 
on using Twitter. Let’s get social and talk about convention! The 
questions for the chat are listed below.

Q1: Please introduce yourself and let us know what year was your first 
National Convention? #NFB21
Q2: For someone who hasn’t attended before, how would you describe 
convention? #NFB21
Q2a: If you haven’t attended before, what questions do you have about 
convention? #NFB21
Q3: What topics would you like to hear about during general session? #NFB21
Q4: How are you making this year’s virtual convention feel like the 
ones we’ve had in person? #NFB21
Q5: What sessions and activities are you excited about? #NFB21
Q6: Since you get to choose your meal this year, what will you be 
having as your banquet dinner? #NFB21

Twitter Chat Tips

A Twitter chat is a scheduled, organized, topical conversation on 
Twitter centralized around a specific hashtag. Here are some helpful 
tips to participate:

   * Find the chat either by searching for the hashtag or going to the 
@NFB_Voice profile <https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=21169&qid=5309846>.

   * In every response during the Twitter chat, include the designated hashtag.

   * Include the question number in your response. For example, 
question one may be, "Q1: Introduce yourself." Start your reply with A1 
to coordinate your answer to the corresponding question.

   * Engage with others in the chat. The chat isn’t only for answering 
the set questions but also to encourage, support, and assist others who 
are part of the chat. Tweet, reply, retweet.

General Twitter Tips

The idea behind Twitter 
<https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=21170&qid=5309846> is to very 
concisely say what you are thinking or doing, in 280 characters or 
less. When you sign up for Twitter, you’ll create a username or handle. 
This is what people will associate with you along with the name you 
list. For example, our National Federation of the Blind username is 
NFB_Voice. In your profile, you’ll be able to add a little more 
information about yourself such as a brief bio, your picture, and your 
location. When you create a tweet, which is what posts are called on 
Twitter, it will be listed under your profile. By placing the @ symbol 
in front of a username, you can tag (mention) another user in your tweet.

   * A follower is someone who follows you on Twitter and sees your 
updates on their home feed; you can follow people back to see their 
tweets in your home feed.

   * Your home feed displays a stream of tweets from accounts you have 
chosen to follow on Twitter.

   * Retweet (RT) is a way for someone to share a tweet from another 
user’s account.

   * A hashtag is when you use the # symbol in front of any word or 
phrase to tag your tweets. When someone clicks that hashtag, they see 
your tweet along with everyone else’s tweets using that same exact term.

   * Be sure to turn on the feature to compose image descriptions, or 
alt-text, which can be found in settings. If you create a post with an 
image, a field will then populate to include the description.

   * If you are using Twitter on your iPhone or Android, the Twitter 
app is fairly accessible. On iOS, Twitterrific is another popular app 
that has taken accessibility very seriously. On your desktop computer, 
you can use Twitter by going to the website twitter.com. You can also 
choose to download a client called TWBlue. Because of Twitter’s 
decisions about what to allow outside apps to access, these clients are 
not always up-to-date with your direct messages, but they do provide an 
ad-free and easy-to-access way of reading and writing tweets.

We hope to see you on Twitter!
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