A Tweet a day helps you work, rest and play: @paulbernalUK on why he tweets (WIT#23)
Dr Paul Bernal is a lecturer in IT, IP and Media Law at the UEA Law School. He tweets as @paulbernalUK, and blogs at http://paulbernal.wordpress.com Tweets by @PaulbernalUK Why I tweet It’s hard to explain exactly why I tweet: there are so many reasons. I tweet to learn. I tweet for work. I […]
Police Foundation Deputy Director @jonbcollins weighs up the pros and cons of Twitter (WIT#22)
Jon Collins, Deputy Director of the Police Foundation, on why he tweets. Tweets by @jonbcollins To Tweet or not to Tweet? When I sat down to write this post I was confident I would be able to dash something off in a few minutes. After all I spend quite a bit of time […]
Probation Chief @CEOLewis on why she tweets
Sally Lewis, Chief Executive of Avon & Somerset Probation Trust, on why she tweets. Tweets by @CEOLewis Why I tweet There are, pretty much, only two reactions I get from people outside the “twittersphere” when they learn that I tweet. Friends and acquaintances tend ask, “isn’t it just about following people like Lady […]
Dr Anne Brunton, @CriminologyUK, tweets because she loves a Twitter “free-for-all” (#WIT20)
Dr Anne Brunton, @CriminologyUK, is a Criminal Justice and Organisational specialist. She describes herself as intelligent, analytical, funny and very angry – almost always in post production. You can see an example of her work here (p.35) Tweets by @CriminologyUK From Compuserve to Twitter Twitter was an unknown world to me when I joined. However, […]
Response Inspector @InspBatcheler on why she tweets from the frontline (#WIT19)
Jane Batcheler, @InspBatcheler, is a response Inspector for Sussex Police. Tweets by @InspBatcheler Starting out I may not have started my Twitter life for most altruistic of reasons but I’m glad I did. I’ve always been passionate about the role of the response Police officer – we are first to most things – the fight on Friday […]
Sara Williams, @lincolnslawyer, says anyone can join the Twitter party (WIT#18)
Sara Williams, @lincolnslawyer, is a pupil barrister at 5 St. Andrew’s Hill, who specialises in criminal law. Tweets by @lincolnslawyer Twitter is for… Twitter. A couple of years ago I would never have thought I’d be part of such a phenomenon. Isn’t Twitter just for computer geeks and wizz-kids? Apparently not. I tweet regularly […]
Prison Coach @Clare_McGregor on why she tweets
@Clare_McGregor is a self-employed consultant who has spent most of the last two years developing a coaching service in Styal prison for free. Read her Blog about this work. Tweets by @Clare_McGregor Hello. What do you do? Be wary of sitting near me on a train or standing next to me in a queue. I […]
Probation Hostel @SWMPTrustAPLive on why they tweet (WIT#16)
An anonymous tweeter based in a West Midlands Probation Hostel, @SWMPTrustAPLive, writes about why s/he tweets. Tweets by @SWMPTrustAPLive First steps When I first dipped my toe into the twittersphere as @SWMPTrustAPLive it is fair to say I caused a few ripples. In fact ripples might be understating it slightly. Panic is perhaps a more accurate […]
Tweet Kred: Understanding your online influence
In the last post of my how to get the most out of Twitter series, I looked at assessing the impact of your Tweets. I discussed a whole range of utilities which promise to measure how influential you are on social media. I confessed to having dabbled with Klout, PeerIndex and Kred which all claim to analyse […]
Leading desistance academic @fergus_mcneill on why he tweets (WIT#15)
Fergus McNeill, @fergus_mcneill, leading academic on desistance – how and why offenders give up committing crime – writes on why he tweets. Tweets by @fergus_mcneill Why I tweet I have to admit that I can’t remember why I signed up to Twitter, but I do remember exactly when it sprang into life for me, and when […]
Police social media pioneer @SuptPayneWMP on why he tweets (#WIT14)
Superintendent Mark Payne, @SuptPayneWMP, one of the first police officers to pioneer the use of Twitter to engage with local communities, writes about why he tweets. Tweets by @SuptPayneWMP Communication with the public is critical for police The general public are without a doubt the single biggest asset available to police officers as we try […]
Why I Tweet: Sue Clifford Chief Exec of @NoOffenceCiC (#WIT13)
Sue Clifford, @NoOffenceCiC, on how Twitter enables No Offence’s members from 25 countries to participate in debate on criminal justice issues. Tweets by @NoOffenceCIC Hooked on Twitter As a ‘middle aged’ mum of 4, I have been dragged kicking and screaming into the world of technology and in particular ‘social media’ I remember many years ago […]
