Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn
The new Social Media workshop kicked off its first meeting in May. Meeting attendees talked about their personal experiences with social media and what they’d like to get from these workshops. The similarities and differences between the major social media, specifically Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn, were explained. Ways to build your network of followers / friends / connections on social media were reviewed and we discussed these techniques.
We also discussed various ways to get followers (on Twitter or Instagram), friends (or Facebook), and connections (on LinkedIn), and reasons/ways to communicate with those you’ve connected with, or those that are connecting with you. We outlined typical concerns with privacy issues on each platform, and ways to privately message (Direct Message or Instant Message) others on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. There was a discussion of the hashtag, its role as a search index tool, and how results can be useful / meaningful / effective in your life and in building your own network. A roundtable dialog followed about a number of issues/concerns that others have concerning social media in general and about these platforms specifically.
Finally, we decided to make the next meeting (June 24th) all about Twitter. At the next meeting, each person’s Twitter account will be examined and ways to improve effectiveness from the user’s perspective will be discussed. We will also cover the following: How Hashtags Help, Finding Followers Fast, Writing for thousands to see, What to look for…and why, and Posting to Twitter AND Facebook at the same time.
Next meeting: June 24th, 6:30pm – 8:00pm., at the DACS Resource Center, 198 Main Street, Danbury. Open to all DACS members.