Mark Collier

A funny thing happened on the way to teaching this class introducing Austin musicians to Twitter… namely that I had to drive to San Antonio (at 7am) and back to Austin on the day of the presentation, and upon arriving back in Austin just before the talk I realized I’d left my Macbook in San Antonio. This is not nearly as romantic as leaving your heart in San Francisco. In fact, it totally sucked as I had no way to access the slides I’d prepared.

So, I just winged it which actually worked out just fine. I was really happy to meet some of the most interesting and creative folks in Austin and to do my part to help the Austin Music Foundation achieve it’s mission. If you search for AMFtwitter you’ll find many of the attendees and I’d encourage you to follow them and watch them kick ass for Austin Music!

I’ve embedded the slides below, as you can see these were really just my speaker notes and nothing special as far as fancy powerpoint goes. (read: they are damn ugly.) I’ve received a lot of requests for them, though, so I am adding them here as a reference. The talk was geared for people who had never used Twitter or were just getting started with it, to clear up a lot the confusion (RT@#WTF) that is leading a lot of people to give up before realizing the benefits.

I also am adding this video which I think gives a nice overview as well:

Please remember that the Austin Music Foundation really needs the support of the community to keep on truckin, so become a member or contact me about sponsorship opportunities anytime. And follow AMF on twitter! www.twitter.com/austinmusic

If you’d like to receive a beta invite to test out the AWE.SM URL shortening & analytic service I mentioned, just DM me (or send an @sparkycollier and I should get it). You can reach me at www.twitter.com/sparkycollier

Cheers,
Mark “Sparky” Collier