So this month's RCSLT Bulletin stars Your's Truly! And I'm writing about advocating Twitter. I've had many of my own cohort join recently and start to develop their own personal Twitter accounts to being professional SLT accounts and so I thought I'd write a post to help those starting out on Twitter as an SLT to use it to the best of its ability...
However, as a believer of "if someone's already done something, and done it well, why do it again?" I would like to direct everyone to @SLPTanya's blog where she outlines Twitter in a 101 full explanation format! Go visit it at: Twitter 101 - LINK!
But for those in need of a quick how to, I recommend searching for the following hashtags:
#slpeeps #slt2b #slp2b #slpbloggers
Once there, add many SLTs/SLPs, read a wealth of recent tweets, and favourite or retweet those you like the best. Reply to people to add to discussion and write tweets to ask for advice, (making sure you add #slpeeps or #slt2b or #slp2b at the end!) or write tweets to update on your daily ongoings, recent evidence base discoveries or general SLT thoughts :)
Glad to see so many #slt2b's and #slp2b's using Twitter and would suggest encouraging any SLTs/SLPs to get involved in such an active community!
Thanks so much for the shout out, Gemma! We're always looking for more people to spread the word about how useful social media is for speech and language professionals :)
ReplyDeleteGreat advice about just asking us all on Twitter too. We are one of the best linked professions due to the widespread use of only a few key hashtags to mark tweets. New people to Twitter: USE THIS!!
I know it can feel odd to do so, but feel free and open to approach anyone on Twitter, including me (@SLPTanya) but I'm certainly not the only one who can answer Qs about Twitter and lend a hand. If you put my or Gemma's (@GemSLT) twitter name in any tweet, we'll see it. Or if you put one of her above hashtags in a tweet, MANY people will see it and we're a pretty helpful bunch.
It's not a clique, though it may seem that way when you casually observe us chatting with each other. No one will think it rude or odd for you to pop into a conversation or talk to us directly. Also, if you REALLY need an answer, it's best to throw someone's name into the tweet and they'll respond to you to answer whatever Q you have :)