Everyone, One more thing to add. You might want to check out TweetCrunch, a blog dedicated to Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce, Tumblr, etc.
http://tweetcrunch.com/ Jim Spadaccini Ideum "ideas + media" 4895 1/2 Corrales Road Corrales, NM 87048 phone: 505-792-1110 fax: 505-792-1111 portfolio & blog: http://www.ideum.com Try RSS Mixer: http://www.rssmixer.com On Sep 18, 2008, at 3:48 PM, Amy Fox wrote: > I've never posted anything on a listserv, so here goes. > I'm Amy Fox, the University of Washington museology graduate student > with an > unhealthy obsession for Twitter. Stan Orchard kindly mentioned my > thesis > research account ( http://twitter.com/museumtweets ) My followers > list on > that page is the most complete list of museum Twitter accounts as > far as I > know. Searching for museums can be tricky for a few reasons, so if > anyone > else has accounts I haven't yet discovered please let me know and I > will > update sometime in the next week. > > My tips for starting to "tweet" are to watch for a while, both > museums and > individuals in your target market. Decide what you want to > accomplish with > this account. Do you want to start conversations? Do you want to post > updates about events? Trivia and information? Will it be another RSS > feed? I > suggest a mixture of all of these, but do whatever feels comfortable > and > whatever best fits into your mission. Then start to update. Try > using the > @username feature to start conversations with your audience. > > Here are some of the ways I have observed museums using Twitter, to > give > some ideas: > > Blog feed > Website Links > Podcast/Video Links > Trivia/Facts > Contest > Exhibit/Object/Animal updates > Special Event Notices/Reminders > News - Specific to Museum (articles, etc) > News - Related news (about museum's topic, genre, etc) > News - Local but unrelated other than location (The town fair is > going > on this weekend!) > Unrelated (Weather, Chatty, Personal/Random non-museum related) > Question / Input requested (What do you think about x?) > Local Events > Recruiting (Jobs, volunteers, etc) > Social Networking (Check this out on our: Facebook, Myspace, > YouTube, > Flickr) > Staff Update (What the staff is doing - going to a conference, > meetings, > etc) > Window into - Museum halls/rooms - (We just saw saw visitors > doing this, > etc.) > > I'm in the process of writing my thesis, so if you are interested in > my > observations once I am finished, please let me know. I also love > talking to > museum people about micro-blogging and social networking, so feel > free to > contact me via e-mail or on my personal Twitter account, > http://twitter.com/eneriyma > > Since I'm only an observer, I have no behind the trenches experience > and I'm > not an expert by any means. But Twitter has some pretty amazing > potential to > connect people and ideas. > > Amy Fox > > amy.i.fox at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
