crowdsourcing

I frequently give “Cool Stuff” presentations at my library’s weekly management meetings. Tomorrow’s presentation focuses on Twitter - so I thought I’d gather some ideas on Twitter use from my fellow Twitter users. Here’s what I asked: “working on a twitter presentation for management - anyone want to share what you like about twitter?”

Within 20 minutes, I had received over 23 answers! Look at the interesting variety of answers:

• amylibrarian - “keeping informed on technology and library issues”
• digitalsista - “twitter is a resource on news and local grassroots activities”
• pghgurl30 - “I like it cuz I can follow a variety of people easily, librarians, blogfriends”
• Jill_HW - “Twitter = Instant support, feedback, solutions, etc.”
• book_luvr - “I learn so much from all of you that I follow! I’m able to share with staff here.”
• kenleyneufeld - “I find Twitter useful for professional networking.”
  
• julian2 - “The conversation is very quick and enriched.”
• jessewilkins - “more specifically crowdsourcing of links to resources.”
• ehampton - “quick and easy networking!”
• strnglibrarian - “the networking! the instant news! the connection to the outside world (from anywhere). are the first things that come to mind”
• baldgeekinmd - “twitter can be quick and dirty, reach many easily and frustrating when it is not working right.”
• bschu1022 - “The networking! I can get an answer to a question (in seconds!) from colleagues around the world & not just by email or phone!”
• MyCreativeTeam - “twitter likes: follow/pitch journalists, query experts, gather blog fodder, promote blog via twitterfeed, quick friend contact”
• sarchet62 - “I’m following as many health care providers I can find on twitter and learning learning learning helps in my work!!” and “if all you did was follow news channels the tweets are worth it”
• bckhough - “Twitter made this year’s ALA my best ALA experience yet. It added an energy or connectedness that has been missing”
• NikkiPilkington - “Quick and easy way to get marketing messages out to interested people”
• coyenator - “connecting with people, cross-pollinating ideas, apps, experience, info, tools, innovations, and of course, opinions!”
• znstrk - “quick responses when you ask a question, and interesting tweets from others.”

Themes that stand out: crowdsourcing, news, networking, sharing ideas and messages, staying connected. This quick question turned into an amazing crowdsourced answer the question “why do you use Twitter?”

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