eXtension Twitter information and related links

Submitted by Truffle Media N... on August 5, 2011 - 11:13am.

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Twitter eXtension CoP and network accounts

Animal Manure Management, @LPELC
Bee Health
Beef Cattle
Blueberries, @bluesberrybush
Child Care, @BetterChildCare
Climate, Forests and Woodlands
Community Planning and Zoning
Companion Animals
Cooperatives
Corn and Soybean Production
Cotton
Dairy Cattle
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, @eXtensionDEI
Drinking Water and Human Health
Entrepreneurs & Their Communities
Extension Disaster Education Network, @EDENtweets
Extension Master Gardener, @exemg
Families, Food and Fitness, @FFFCoP
Family Caregiving, @FamiliesCaring
Farm Energy
Floods
Food Safety
Freshwater Aquaculture
Gardens, Lawns & Landscapes, @exgll
Geospatial Technology, @eXGeospatial
Goats
Grapes, @eViticulture
Hogs, Pigs, and Pork, @USPorkCenter
Home Energy
Horses, @eXtensionHorses
Imported Fire Ants
Military Families, @MilFamLN
Organic Agriculture, @eOrganic_CP
Parenting, @JITParenting
Personal Finance, @moneyeXtension
Pest Management In and Around Structures, @URBANIPMtweets
Plant Breeding and Genomics
Science for Youth
Small Meat Processors
Wildfire
Wildlife Damage Management
Wood Energy

Cooperative Extension, @CESValue
Ask An Expert Wranglers, @AAEWranglers

Use and share consistent hashtags so tweets can be found in search.
Hashtags in the body of a tweet are a way for people to create communities of interest around specific topics.
#coopext (Cooperative Extension, Anne Adrian is the source, registered hashtag on Twubs),
#news (source Twubs),
#cesvalue (Cooperative Extension Service value, registered on Twubs)
#eXPD (eXtension professional development, Beth Raney is the source)
#fb (Facebook, source Twubs)
#tips (source Twubs)
#NeVC (National eXtension virtual conference, registered on Twubs)
#elearning (source hashtags.org)
#climate (source hashtags.org)
@AdobeConnect

Tip: Create a list of hashtags that are in general use and relate to your eXension community or network. Example
#organic

For top hashtags used on an account, see http://tweetstats.com/.

What is a #hashtag?
A user-created standard for identifying tweets belonging to a topic. Include the tag in your tweet and other people searching for the same tag will be able to find it. Register a hashtag on Twubs at http://twubs.com/registerhashtag. From twubs.com.
The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keyword or topic in a tweet. Any Twitter user can categorize or follow topics with hashtags. From hashtag.org.
Twilert can give Twitter alerts of keywords, brand names used in tweets. http://www.twilert.com/

Give your hashtag context
Most people won’t actually know what your hashtag means, so give a quick explanation in one of your tweets or, if you’re making a hashtag, make it very apparent what it’s talking about.
If you want to create a hashtag, be sure that it adds value.
Conferences and events rely on the hashtag system more than almost any other entity. It’s become standard to track the conversation about speakers and afterparties via a hashtag.

Event hashtags
If you’re about to put on an event or are looking to take your event to a new level, here are some useful tips for hashtag organization:
- Choose a single hashtag early. This may seem simple, but it is vital to get right. Choose a simple hashtag that represents your event or brand.
- Remind attendees of the hashtag constantly: On your website, on your Twitter feed, at the opening remarks, and throughout the day, make a friendly reminder about your hashtag and that you can track the conversation through it.
http://mashable.com/2009/05/17/twitter-hashtags/