Twitter Workshop reveals how best to use micro blogging tool
Morgan PR is delighted to have brought in one of our associates,
Mary Thomas, from Concise Training to deliver the nuts and bolts of using the different aspects of Twitter. Mary delivers
1-2-1 online training on a host of software applications and her expertise as a trainer compliments the strategic input I deliver to help delegates understand what Twitter can achieve.
What was good fun was while Mary and I see eye to eye on most aspects of Twitter and tweeting, we didn’t always agree – we prefer
SocialOomph and she likes
FutureTweets and while we think automation is a useful tool, Mary is wary!
Our varying views were useful for the delegates as chatting to them during the half day workshop it was clear that they naturally favoured one approach or the other. Incidentally Mary is
@concisetraining on Twitter and I am
@nigel_morgan and also offer
@DailyPRTips (and would also recommend you follow
@dianemorgan00, my wife and fellow director who is rocking on Twitter!).
Getting to grips with Twitter on our Twitter Workshop in Newbury were:
Marianne Creaney from the press office of the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce, whose tweets can be found at
@TValleyChamber and her colleague, head of marketing, Ginette Gower, who is tweeting as
@GinetteGower . The Chamber are tweeting more and more and wanted to be sure they were doing everything to ensure this tool serves the interest of its members.
Property magnate, 4Networker, social networker and all round good guy Juswant Rai will be known to many as a great Twitter already, however, he is the one and only
@JuswantRai on Twitter and says he learned new tricks on the workshop! This is an important point – no matter how long you have been using Twitter, there are always new innovations and tricks to learn!
The universal appeal of Twitter makes it perfect for niche markets, which is why Valerie Nesbitt wants to use it to promote
Justhands-on.tv The UK's first on-line TV website devoted to patchwork, quilting and
mixed media textile arts. Her Twitter identity is
@valerienes and there is a great video on her website recorded by
Bizview.tv, who also kindly suggested she attend our Twitter Workshop to learn more.
Grammar to Go is a terrific website offering help to individuals and businesses who know how important grammar is and is run by the friendly grammar angel Jane Penson. Morgan PR has been helping with the company’s social media strategy and exciting things are in the pipeline. You should definitely follower the grammar angel that is
@janepenson and also
@grammartogo for brilliant daily grammar tips.
We met recently with the wise
Business Link advisor Roz Jones in Newbury and after talking about our workshops she was keen to attend and is Twittering as
@roziejo . Business Link is a useful free service that has advisors, like Roz, who are brimming with advice and expertise and Twitter would be a fabulous channel to push some of this out to businesses yet to benefit from the service.
Carolyne Wahlen is a Human Resources guru who appears on Twitter as
@PreventativeHR which neatly reflects her business-winning metaphor of likening good preventative HR to safe sex – you should practice both unless you want to deal with the consequences! It never fails to raise a smile, but makes a really important point – you might get away with failing to take the appropriate precautions, but sooner or later... Carolyne’s company is
Gap HR if you are worried you are having unprotected HR with your staff!
Last and by no means last is someone who is revolutionising the workplace to improve the health of employees and productivity, while reduces absenteeism and the associated costs. Diksha Chakravarti runs
Fix Me, an organisation that works with businesses to avoid back problems and repetitive strain injuries, and can help those already suffering. Diksha’s Twitter name is
@fixmediksha and she plans to spread the important word through Twitter.