Sree Sreenivasan * @sree * sree@sree.net

Sree Sreenivasan (@sree) * Columbia University's first Chief Digital Officer and Columbia Journalism School professor. Technology evangelist/skeptic.
Bio and more at Sree.net

NEW SOCIAL MEDIA BLOG at CNET NEWS: http://cnet.co/sreetips
Twitter: @sree; Twitter.com/sree
Facebook: Facebook.com/sreetips & FB.com/sreenet

My Social Media Guide: bit.ly/sreesoc
My Twitter Guide for Skeptics & Newbies: bit.ly/twitterideas
You can ask me questions on VYou.com
My workshops around the country bit.ly/sreeworkshops

Recent Tweets @sree
Posts I Like
Who I Follow
Posts tagged "Twitter"
@SREE’S SOCIAL MEDIA GUIDE - a work in progress

==> SHORTCUT TO THIS PAGE: http://bit.ly/sreesoc <==

I am constantly updating, editing, adding to this list. Your feedback, suggestions and tips welcome, sree[at]sree.net or via @sree - mention this page.

-> MY WRITING GIG: SreeTips, a blog about social and digital media, on CNET News. Your tips, story ideas, interview suggestions, critiques all welcome. 

SAMPLE TWEET: Newish @CNETNews blog by @sree - all social, all the time: http://cnet.co/sreetips #sreetips

-> MY PRESENTATIONS:

-> EMARRASSINGLY NICE NYT ARTICLE BY @NYT_JenPreston: “When Twitter is a Work Necessity”

-> WELCOME, READWRITE READERS: Think Before You Tweet, and Other Good Advice From the Experts, by @CopeWrites

FIVE LATEST ADDITIONS BELOW: 

BELOW: Handouts, tip sheets & reading material | My technology columns | Change your media diet | Social media and job hunting | LinkedIn guides | Facebook guides | Foursquare guides | Google+ guides | Pinterest guides | Twitter guides and articles

==> Be sure to checkout my workshops - in-person and via webcast, including archived recordings: http://bit.ly/sreeworkshops

including: 

  • SOCIAL MEDIA WEEKEND: Feb 15-17, at Columbia Journalism School - three days of panels, workshops, social-media doctors, social media headshots and more. http://bit.ly/smwknd #smwknd
  • NYC: Smarter Social Media, four-night course over two months, March 14-May 2, 2013 - all levels welcome. http://bit.ly/cjsm2013a #cjsm
  • NYC & ONLINE: Social Media One-night Stand - advanced social media workshop, Thursday, May 16, 2013. http://bit.ly/cjsm2013b #cjsm
  • email me to get on the mailing list: sree@sree.net

Testimonials from two Pulitzer Prize winners, @NickKristof of NYT & @MorinToon of MiamiHerald - follow ‘em!

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==> SOCIAL MEDIA SUCCESS FORMULA: Make sure every one of your tweets, FB postings, etc, has at least one of these attributes (it you can do more, even better; if you can do seven or more in a single posting, let me know and I’ll tell the world!)…

  • helpful 
  • useful 
  • informative 
  • relevant
  • practical
  • actionable 
  • timely 
  • generous 
  • credible 
  • brief 
  • entertaining 
  • fun 
  • occasionally funny

==>What social media can do for media pros and others:

  • find new ideas, trends and sources
  • connect with readers and viewers in new ways
  • bring eyeballs, traffic and attention to their work 
  • help them create, craft and enhance their brands

If you’d like to be on my monthly e-mail with new tips, workshop listings, etc: sree[at]sree.net

Prof. Sree Sreenivasan
NEW: Chief Digital Officer, Columbia University
Professor, Columbia Journalism School
Twitter: @sree | Twitter.com/sree
Facebook: Facebook.com/sreetips | Facebook.com/sreenet
LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/in/sreenivasan
Google+: bit.ly/sreeg
SoundCloud: SoundCloud.com/sree
Tout: Tout.com/sree
Site: Sree.net 
Email: sree[at]sree.net 

==> Hope you will connect with me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/sree and on my new Facebook page at http://facebook.com/SreeTips (I post only tech tips and job leads there) and on LinkedIn page at http://linkedin.com/in/sreenivasan (I accept invitations from people I know; people I should know; people I’d like to know). 

HANDOUTS, TIP SHEETS & READING MATERIAL:

MY THOUGHTS ON THE CHANGING MEDIA LANDSCAPE:
In February 2012, I became a freelance blogger for CNET News, writing SreeTips, a blog on social media. You can see the full collection here. 
Four lessons from a single successful tweet * 20 biggest tech innovations of my lifetime that I actually use * 8 social-media changes since the 2008 elections *
Hashtags on TV: A right way and a wrong way * 3 Lessons from Linsanity * How to profit from the Storyteller Uprising 

From 2009-11, I helped put together DNAinfo.com, a Manhattan hyperlocal site I helped create with Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts (whose family recently bought the Cubs and Wrigley Field). Here are some of the 100+ columns I wrote for the site.

Six ways journalists (and others) can use Twitter better * Twitter Myths & Misconceptions * Five Things I’ve Learned from Japan Quake | Egypt, Libya, etc * The Geolocation Wars * What a Non-journo Can Teach Journos About Social Media * Twitter Comes of Age. Again * Much Ado About Tweeting * Facebook’s Coming Privacy Changes *  Please Stop Oversharing *  Identity in the Age of Facebook * Why Profile Photos Matter * Lessons from a Week without Newspapers * Thoughts About Personal Branding * Thoughts About the iPad * Thoughts about Google TV * Thoughts on Six Months of DNAinfo.com | COLUMN EDITOR, @MPVdna

CHANGE YOUR MEDIA DIET (sites you should be reading):

SOCIAL MEDIA & JOB HUNTING/CAREER MANAGEMENT (also see LinkedIn guides below):

LINKEDIN GUIDES (see social media and career management info above):

FACEBOOK GUIDES:

FOURSQUARE/GEO-LOCATION GUIDES:

GOOGLE+ GUIDES & ARTICLES:

PINTEREST GUIDES & ARTICLES:

TWITTER GUIDES & ARTICLES:

BUSINESS & TWITTER:

TWITTER TOOLS/SERVICES TO KNOW:

GUIDES/RATINGS FOR TWITTER TOOLS

SOCIAL-MEDIA GRAPHICS & VIDEOS


World Map of Social Networks

World Map of Social Networks

love and hate on twitter

More to come. Your feedback and tips welcome, sree[at]sree.net or @sree.

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Lance Armstrong, Truth and RTs

From Time.com’s compilation of best tweets about Lance on Oprah:
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/01/18/the-19-best-tweets-about-lance-armstrongs-oprah-interview/ 

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What happens when you win the Masters
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@NickKristof is the most generous person on Earth

In my social media workshops, I talk about the importance of being generous to others and not constantly pointing to yourself and your work. I learned the value of generosity - again - earlier today. 

As someone who devotes so many of his NYT columns saying nice things about folks around the world, it’s not surprising @NickKristof is also generous on social media. Here’s one tiny example.

And below is a screen grab of what happened within minutes of his tweet - amazing. Throughout the day, new followers arrived, thanks to Nick. [The tweet above is a newish embedded tweet, which means you can click on the link or reply, RT, favorite, etc directly on it - here are the official instructions.]

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She’s right, of course.

What @wordwhacker posted on Twitter today.

I am embedding this using #newtwitter, “embed this tweet” code.

Very impressive - all the links - reply, retweet, favorite, follow and the names and hashtags above - are live within the tweet. Nice!

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From My Social Media One-Night Stand →

readnomad:

“Prof Sree at Columbia spends at least 3-4 mins per tweet to make them Library of Congress-worthy.”

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-Just one of the many tweets from last night’s Social Media One Night Stand, hosted by Columbia Journalism School Professor Sree Sreenivasan. Sree compiled a list of all the tweets from the evening via Storify. Check it out, and learn about social media!

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More proof about the value of having your work retweeted by influential folks. 

I sent out a tweet at 1:06 pm. At 1:17 pm, @MahSabbagh, a current @columbiajourn student and very active Saudi Twitter and blogger, retweeted my post. At 1:19, I picked up a new follower in Saudi Arabia.

I only noticed the connection because the notice of @MahSabbagh’s RT and @AiiizAlSofyani’s follow came back-to-back into my email.

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For some time today, Twitter was dealing with a bug in its code, affecting  followers and followees. Among other things, all &#8220;follow&#8221; numbers in profiles was reset to zero (as you can see above).  Here&#8217;s what the official Status.Twitter.com blog had to say: We identified and resolved a bug that permitted a user to “force” other users to follow them. We’re now working to rollback all abuse of the bug that took place. Follower/following numbers are currently at 0; we’re aware and this too should shortly be resolved. Here&#8217;s the coverage at DNAinfo about the ruckus. I first read about the bug in Mashable, in a post and tweet by editor-in-chief Adam Ostrow.

For some time today, Twitter was dealing with a bug in its code, affecting  followers and followees. Among other things, all “follow” numbers in profiles was reset to zero (as you can see above). 

Here’s what the official Status.Twitter.com blog had to say:

We identified and resolved a bug that permitted a user to “force” other users to follow them. We’re now working to rollback all abuse of the bug that took place. Follower/following numbers are currently at 0; we’re aware and this too should shortly be resolved.

Here’s the coverage at DNAinfo about the ruckus.

I first read about the bug in Mashable, in a post and tweet by editor-in-chief Adam Ostrow.

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Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz becomes the first Fortune 200 CEO to tweet his resignation. See NYT coverage: http://nyti.ms/aEnemh

Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz becomes the first Fortune 200 CEO to tweet his resignation.

See NYT coverage: http://nyti.ms/aEnemh

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Name davefleetLocation TorontoWeb http://davefleet.comBio Account Director for Social Media at Thornley Fallis Communications; blogger; running nut; Brit-nadian (Brit in Canada) Jan. 12, 2010, 4&#160;pm: http://twitter.com/davefleet/status/7685567713

Name davefleet
Location Toronto
Web http://davefleet.com
Bio Account Director for Social Media at Thornley Fallis Communications; blogger; running nut; Brit-nadian (Brit in Canada)

Jan. 12, 2010, 4 pm: http://twitter.com/davefleet/status/7685567713

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I tell my students their tweets should be helpful, useful, friendly, humble, generous&#8230; To help them understand what I mean, I collect examples of tweets that match that criteria, though showing them the opposite of such tweets (scroll down here) is sometimes more effective. When I saw a tweet that said &#8220;Feeling very happy about my awesome company&#8221; I knew I&#8217;d have to add it to my collection of disappointing tweets. But I was even more disappointed to see who it was from: @Ev, Evan Williams, a Twitter co-founder. I have been generally very impressed by the tone of all of Twitter-the-company activities on line. They&#8217;ve a lot to be proud of and have avoided being arrogant and show-offish, including the founders, Williams; @Biz, Biz Stone; and @Jack, Jack Dorsey. So this particular tweet seems out of character. It could be tongue-in-cheek or somehow ironic, but I don&#8217;t think so. Especially when you consider his previous tweet was: &#8220;The food is amazing &#8212; as is the company &#8212; at the Twoliday Party. Well done, team&#8221; and his next tweet was: &#8220;Listening to Ira Glass tell stories, live. Sounds different when you can see him.&#8221; [I presume the Twitter folks won&#8217;t even notice this post, but if I disappear off Twitter, you&#8217;ll know why &lt;grin&gt;.] Post your comments below.

I tell my students their tweets should be helpful, useful, friendly, humble, generous… To help them understand what I mean, I collect examples of tweets that match that criteria, though showing them the opposite of such tweets (scroll down here) is sometimes more effective.

When I saw a tweet that said “Feeling very happy about my awesome company” I knew I’d have to add it to my collection of disappointing tweets. But I was even more disappointed to see who it was from: @Ev, Evan Williams, a Twitter co-founder.

I have been generally very impressed by the tone of all of Twitter-the-company activities on line. They’ve a lot to be proud of and have avoided being arrogant and show-offish, including the founders, Williams; @Biz, Biz Stone; and @Jack, Jack Dorsey. So this particular tweet seems out of character. It could be tongue-in-cheek or somehow ironic, but I don’t think so. Especially when you consider his previous tweet was: “The food is amazing — as is the company — at the Twoliday Party. Well done, team” and his next tweet was: “Listening to Ira Glass tell stories, live. Sounds different when you can see him.”

[I presume the Twitter folks won’t even notice this post, but if I disappear off Twitter, you’ll know why <grin>.]

Post your comments below.

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WEBCAST: Twitter for Skeptical Journos

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Twitter for Skeptical Journalists: A web-based presentation about Twitter for journalists who are skeptical of Twitter (recorded on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2009, via new web-conferencing service, DimDim).

*** Watch the archived recording at this link.

Host Sree Sreenivasan of Columbia Journalism School leads a conversation on what’s to like and not like about Twitter and how journalists can use it to generate new story ideas; to connect better with audiences; and to bring eyeballs to their work.

Also participating: Marci Alboher, journalist/lawyer/author. She is the former Shifting Careers columnist and blogger for The New York Times; she now writes the Working the New Economy blog for Yahoo!s Shine. She just became a Senior Fellow at Civic Ventures, a nonprofit think tank best known for its awards to social innovators over the age of 60. She’s the author of a book Sree recommends to a lot of folks: One Person/Multiple Careers: A New Model for Work/Life Success. 
Twitter: @heymarci | Web: http://heymarci.com

ALSO USEFUL:

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Questions to sree[at]sree.net

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TWITTER TROUBLE: Even tech experts need to watch what they&#8217;re doing on Twitter. Here&#8217;s what can easily happen: you think you&#8217;re sending direct messages, but they turn out to be regular tweets the world can see.

TWITTER TROUBLE: Even tech experts need to watch what they’re doing on Twitter. Here’s what can easily happen: you think you’re sending direct messages, but they turn out to be regular tweets the world can see.

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