Comments on: Feedback, please on draft recommendations: how progressives can use Twitter strategically http://www.talesfromthe.net/jon/?p=348 Jon's blog, currently experimenting with a readable but rather gray theme Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:47:17 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jean Riquelme http://www.talesfromthe.net/jon/?p=348&cpage=1#comment-10444 Jean Riquelme Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:36:31 +0000 http://www.talesfromthe.net/jon/?p=348#comment-10444 Progressives should organize so that messages are delivered in accessible language(s) and leverage the voices of the seldom heard. We should seek out ways to get elders, immigrants, poor people, students and the incarcerated to have a voice in twitter, even if they can't twitter themselves. I could envision a progressive twitterer wearing a tag or t-shirt at events, meetings and in the neighborhood that offers to tweet for the twitterless Progressives should organize so that messages are delivered in accessible language(s) and leverage the voices of the seldom heard. We should seek out ways to get elders, immigrants, poor people, students and the incarcerated to have a voice in twitter, even if they can’t twitter themselves. I could envision a progressive twitterer wearing a tag or t-shirt at events, meetings and in the neighborhood that offers to tweet for the twitterless

]]> By: jon http://www.talesfromthe.net/jon/?p=348&cpage=1#comment-10443 jon Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:31:59 +0000 http://www.talesfromthe.net/jon/?p=348#comment-10443 Thanks for the feedback, Ivan - and others via email and Facebook. Here's the revised recommendations: <ol> <li><strong>adopt and improve on Twitter best practices</strong>: insiders providing information regularly, backchannels at conferences and workshops, regular Twitter-based chats by organizations and bloggers, a wiki with contact lists and learning materials, developing skills pitching to journalists who prefer Twitter, using Twitter to help with Digg (<a href="http://www.renodiscontent.com/2009/02/05/digg-it-a-proposal/" rel="nofollow">1</a>, <a href="http://www.talesfromthe.net/jon/?p=343" rel="nofollow">2</a>, <a href="http://womensrights.change.org/blog/view/can_social_media_save_the_day_the_evolution_of_topprog_digg_amp_fem2" rel="nofollow">3)</a>, etc.</li> <li><strong>refine techniques for Twitter-based "flash actions"</strong> (<a href="http://www.renodiscontent.com/2008/08/05/political-activism-on-twitter-the-story-of-dontgo/" rel="nofollow">1</a>, <a href="http://ericodom.blogivists.com/2008/08/07/is-dontgo-an-astroturf-movement/" rel="nofollow">2</a>, <a href="http://blog.twittervotereport.com/latest-news/" rel="nofollow">3</a>, <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/allyson-kapin/radical-tech/motrins-pain-viral-video-disaster" rel="nofollow">4</a>, <a href="http://www.renodiscontent.com/2009/02/10/taxcuts-creating-twitter-hashtags-that-inspire-action/" rel="nofollow">5</a><a href="http://womensrights.change.org/blog/view/can_social_media_save_the_day_the_evolution_of_topprog_digg_amp_fem2" rel="nofollow">)</a>. Social computing technologies are tools; we need to learn to use them effectively.</li> <li><strong>use Twitter to engage with communities currently marginalized by the "progressive blogosphere"</strong>. We propose a new <strong>#p2</strong> ("progressives 2.0") hashtag to help enable this.<em> </em></li> </ol> Next steps: <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23p2" rel="nofollow">discussions on #p2</a> and an upcoming "TweetChat", details TBD. <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23p2" rel="nofollow">Watch for it on Twitter.</a> There was a *lot* of skepticism about it about outreach to conservatives and libertarians. So while we included a brief discussion of this as a future possibility, we didn't make it a recommendation. Thanks again! The final version is much better than the one originally posted here ... as always, review makes a big difference! Thanks for the feedback, Ivan – and others via email and Facebook. Here’s the revised recommendations:

  1. adopt and improve on Twitter best practices: insiders providing information regularly, backchannels at conferences and workshops, regular Twitter-based chats by organizations and bloggers, a wiki with contact lists and learning materials, developing skills pitching to journalists who prefer Twitter, using Twitter to help with Digg (1, 2, 3), etc.
  2. refine techniques for Twitter-based “flash actions” (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Social computing technologies are tools; we need to learn to use them effectively.
  3. use Twitter to engage with communities currently marginalized by the “progressive blogosphere”. We propose a new #p2 (”progressives 2.0″) hashtag to help enable this.

Next steps: discussions on #p2 and an upcoming “TweetChat”, details TBD. Watch for it on Twitter.

There was a *lot* of skepticism about it about outreach to conservatives and libertarians. So while we included a brief discussion of this as a future possibility, we didn’t make it a recommendation.

Thanks again! The final version is much better than the one originally posted here … as always, review makes a big difference!

]]> By: Ivan Boothe http://www.talesfromthe.net/jon/?p=348&cpage=1#comment-10409 Ivan Boothe Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:51:47 +0000 http://www.talesfromthe.net/jon/?p=348#comment-10409 This looks like a great starting point. In particular I'm working on compiling good examples of the second item you list, so I'll be interested to see any analysis of these. And Tweet-pitching to journalists sounds like it will be an interesting back-door for nonprofits/activists in the know to increase their chances of coverage. This looks like a great starting point. In particular I’m working on compiling good examples of the second item you list, so I’ll be interested to see any analysis of these. And Tweet-pitching to journalists sounds like it will be an interesting back-door for nonprofits/activists in the know to increase their chances of coverage.

]]> By: Liminal states » How progressives can use Twitter: a strategic perspective (DRAFT) http://www.talesfromthe.net/jon/?p=348&cpage=1#comment-10403 Liminal states » How progressives can use Twitter: a strategic perspective (DRAFT) Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:26:11 +0000 http://www.talesfromthe.net/jon/?p=348#comment-10403 [...] CURRENTLY BEING REVISED SUBSTANTIALLY.   New recommendations here.  Thanks all for the [...] [...] CURRENTLY BEING REVISED SUBSTANTIALLY.   New recommendations here.  Thanks all for the [...]

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