A quick overview of Twitter best practices, tools and examples. I gave this presentation at the Comcast VolunTweetUp on August 20th at Bell Harbor Conference Center. I was part of a panel of social media trainers helping non-profits better use Twitter and similar tools to help their causes.

1. VolunTweetUp Twitter Best Practices, Tools, Examples

2. VolunTweetUp Don’t get overwhelmed! (easier said than done)

4. VolunTweetUp There are literally hundreds (if not thousands) of Twitter tools – choose them based on needs (just like home improvement projects)

5. VolunTweetUp How to get followers: Be interesting & relevant!

7. VolunTweetUp Managing the flow – use tool such as Seesmic or Tweetdeck

8. VolunTweetUp Other tools: Hash Tags What are Hash Tags? Simply a way of “tagging” or identifying a topic