From PodCamp Ohio 2. Each slide transitions to the next with a sliding effect, revealing it to be a giant, seamless template. "Don't spam me, bro!" Tips, tricks, tools, and thought-provoking ideas for building a community around your organization through Twitter, but minus the spamming.

1. Tweeting for Your Organization Daniel J. Lewis(“the Ramen Noodle”)

2. Who am I? theRamenNoodle.com AreYouJustWatching.com DJosephDesign.com @theRamenNoodle

3. Don’t spam me, bro!

4. You already know this Twitter is a service for friends, family, and coworkers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

5. Case studies Zappos ComCast Qwest HR Block

6. Twitter connects real people in direct communication

7. It is not about how many followers you have

8. Bad uses Bulk-following Nothing interesting Not listening Not conversing

9. 4 best-practices Follow real people Be interesting Listen to others Engage in real conversations

10. Follow People Twitter search (RSS) Seesmic Desktop & Tweetdeck WeFollow.com MrTweet.com

11. Return-following Care! Avoid private accounts?

12. Being interesting Not just a newsfeed Beyond the “front page” Share funny events Post pictures Ask questions

13. Play games TwitPic Tuesday Find-It Friday Create-a-Caption Idea/photo submissions Offer rewards

14. Listening Ask and answer Know what people are saying Don’t always try to defend Respond in real conversation

15. Listening Not an advertisement Be human! Laugh! Encourage more community Retweet(ability)

16. Scalability Have staff ready to manage Remember personality

17. Openness Uncontrolled environment Policies to permit openness Tweets won’t be reviewed or edited

18. Stalk me theRamenNoodle.com AreYouJustWatching.com DJosephDesign.com @theRamenNoodle