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Jun 24, 2019 15 tweets 6 min read
Our final thread on 'Twitter for science organizations' ! @PrinSciAdvGoI 🥁
Thread1:bit.ly/2KTX4nN
Thread2:bit.ly/2wT1dQH
Thread3:bit.ly/2Rzy9r0
Today we discuss Interactions & Mistakes. But before that, let's talk a little more about hashtags Hashtag choices - Here is a tweet that is part of a series of live-tweets by @NCBStheory during the annual Monsoon School on the Physics of Life, held at the @NCBS_Bangalore campus.
Lets look at what this tweet did right and not-so-right
Jun 17, 2019 11 tweets 4 min read
⏰ Monday morning and time to discuss more about threads, discussions, dashboards and images! This thread is the third part of a series on how science organizations can best use Twitter. @PrinSciAdvGoI
Thread 1 👉🏽 bit.ly/2KTX4nN
Thread 2 👉🏽 bit.ly/2wT1dQH Lets start with threads - Even though twitter is known for brevity and wit, some replies are hard to contain within a single tweet. In such cases, it is useful to make a chain of tweets known as a tweet thread. Depending on the interface, there are two major ways to make threads-
Jun 10, 2019 9 tweets 4 min read
Happy Monday! Here is the second thread on Twitter for science organizations. Today we will discuss tweets - how to craft them, how to use hashtags, mentions and quote tweets @PrinSciAdvGoI

For our first thread in this series click here - The one thing to take away from this thread is this - All tweets are public interactions. Not only are they interactions with the public, but tweets are also public information. A social media rep speaks on behalf of the organisation. Keep personal opinions for personal accounts
Jun 3, 2019 9 tweets 3 min read
Following an interaction with the @PrinSciAdvGoI we will be doing a series of twitter threads on how science organizations can best use Twitter to leverage their social media presence. Once a week, starting with this thread, we will deal with some salient points that twitter handle managers should keep in mind when they interact with the public. If you are a Public Information/Outreach/SciComm/Communications person, please feel free to comment and interact!