July, 2009 | Social Media University, Global (SMUG)

Twitter 152: Tweetcamp III

Here are the slides and the video Webcast window for Tweetcamp III (#tweetcamp3), which will be held Monday, July 13, 2009 from 3-4 EDT. Please note that the video window will not be live until the time of the program, but you may preview the slides if you wish.

Update 4:30 p.m. CDT July 13: We had some technical difficulties with uStream.tv (I’m fairly certain they were related to our firewall) so we had to do Tweetcamp III via phone conference instead of Webcast. I will probably do did an encore (or take a Mulligan) tonight from home that you can see below.

Update 7:30 p.m. CDT July 13: Hit play on the video below, and then you can follow along as I narrate the slides.

Tweetcamp III

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Here is the video window:

Credits:

Shwen Gwee (@shwen) coined (to the best of my knowledge) the phrase “Tweet Cred.” A term that needs no explanation. It’s just perfect.
Thanks to @vmontori @2healthguru @mrstreme @kamichat for providing real-time feedback during my first uStream.tv experiment. If we get the audio level right in Tweetcamp, it will be because of their help.
In addition to those listed above (and @EdBennett, @LeeAase and @MayoClinic), here’s a baker’s dozen of additional health-related Tweeps you might want to consider following to get started in Twitter: @danamlewis, @MeredithGould, @DaphneLeigh, @tstitt, @stephaniethum, @healthblawg, @consultdoc, @lsaldanamd, @crgonzalez, @brendafinkle, @mkmackey, @HealthSocMed, @ReedSmith. As you see who they are re-tweeting, you’ll discover even more interesting people to follow.
Finally, clicking this link to see the #tweetcamp3 chatter will identify some others with shared interests. After all, you all participated in the same event.

I welcome your feedback, either in the comments below or via a tweet using the #tweetcamp3 hashtag.

Tweetcamp III – Reserve Your Spot

On Monday, July 13 from 2-3 p.m. CDT I will be presenting Tweetcamp III (Twitter hashtag #tweetcamp3) as a training session for Mayo Clinic employees.

You are invited to join remotely. I’ll have details on that in a bit. But meanwhile, here is background on the agenda:

General principles of social media
1. The Dinner Party Rule vs. The Law of Large Numbers
2. How to avoid being “That Guy”
3. Be real and transparent
4. Give more than you take
5. Integrity
6. Mayo Clinic Employee Guidelines
Understanding Twitter
1. Why does it matter?
2. How is it different from Facebook, email, long-format blogs and other forms of electronic communication?
3. So what can you say in 140 characters anyway?
Case studies that show Twitter’s potential, or “A Series of Serendipitous Events”
1. Listening and connecting
2. Real-life meetings
3. How Twitter has contributed to Mayo Clinic’s reputation
4. Journalist interactions and media stories
5. Blogger interactions and resulting posts
How to Tweet Productively – it’s not an oxymoron
1. Understanding #hashtags
2. Twitter etiquette and building “Tweet cred”
3. Using Twitter with Yammer
4. The Twitter API
5. Twitter applications for desktop and mobile
6. Finding “Tweeps”
Assignments and Extra Credit

As we have done with previous Tweetcamps, #tweetcamp3 will be open to participation from outside of Mayo. If you would like to join via Webinar, please leave a comment with your name, city and location below. Here’s why:

Leaving your comment here helps to demonstrate the worldwide community connection potential of Twitter. Part of what we do in Tweetcamp is show how practical Twitter is for bringing a community of interest together on short notice. I will be asking people to introduce themselves at the beginning of #Tweetcamp3, but by leaving a blog comment it’s more of a permanent record to which we can refer.

By leaving your comment, you help show the reach of social media in general, and Twitter in particular…and in a forum to which you can refer later, to show your internal doubters what can happen in less than three days, over a weekend, via Twitter.

Check back here for details on how to participate, or follow the #Tweetcamp3 hashtag.

Update: Here’s the link for the Tweetcamp presentation and video Webcast. Go here at 3 p.m. EDT/2 p.m. CDT/Noon PDT to participate live, and join the discussion via Twitter at #tweetcamp3 or by entering the #tweetcamp3 room at Tweetchat.com.

Please do leave a comment below with your attendance plans, though, so we can have a record of the scope of participation.

Vacation Highlights

I was back at work today after spending the last few days in Indianapolis for Bible Bowl. We’ll be back to our regular social media coursework shortly, but here are a few reflections and memories from four days in Indy (and two days traveling there and back):

It was a joy to see our granddaughter, Evelyn, and her parents as they joined us from their home in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Here’s a picture of Evelyn after having gotten a hairdo from her mom in our hotel room:

Lisa and I were also glad to have three of our four parents and five of our six children be with us for this family getaway. We missed Lisa’s mom and our son Jake and wished they were there too, but we were thankful everyone else could make it.

Another highlight was that Joe and Bekah got to play in the National Bible Bowl 3-on-3 basketball tournament, which was held at Conseco Fieldhouse following a Sunday night WNBA game (Indiana vs. Atlanta.) Here’s some footage from the semifinal game, which they lost 15-10.

Finally, here’s the Austin Bible Bowl team photo taken after they were awarded their fifth-place medals (out of 120 teams) in the double-elimination tournament.

And here’s the story that ran in today’s Austin Post-Bulletin after an editor saw my #biblebowl09 tweets and assigned a reporter.

It was a great few days…but now it’s time to resume our regularly scheduled classes!

Bible Bowl Quoting Bee 2009

The National Bible Bowl competition, in which my kids participated over the last several days in Indiana, involves memorization of large sections of the Bible, at leas for those who want to be successful. Last year the assigned text was the Gospel of John, along with 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, 1 Peter and 2 Peter. This year the text covered six great prophets, and was taken from I Kings, 2 Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel and Jonah.

A relatively recent addition to the main competition is the Quoting Bee, in which participants are given a single verse reference, and within 10 seconds must begin to quote the verse, starting at the first word and ending exactly at the last word.

It’s hard enough to memorize an extended passage; pulling a verse right out of the middle of a chapter like Jeremiah 19:3 as my daughter Ruthie does in the video below (she’s the fifth contestant) is amazing:

Here is the climactic moment of the Quoting Bee, in which Ross Smith of Towne South (North Carolina) edged Breanna Hayes of Valley View (Dallas, TX) for the top spot:

Ruthie made it through six rounds of the qualifying contest and four rounds of the finals before making a mistake. She finished in a tie for sixth place.