Comments on: To Tweet Or Not To Tweet? The Dilemma of an Association Blogger http://geeksoapbox.com/2009/07/to-tweet-or-not-to-tweet-the-dilemma-of-an-association-blogger/ The Off-Ramp on the Information Superhighway Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:23:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kivi Leroux Miller http://geeksoapbox.com/2009/07/to-tweet-or-not-to-tweet-the-dilemma-of-an-association-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Kivi Leroux Miller Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:59:20 +0000 http://geeksoapbox.com/?p=391#comment-278 Glad you enjoyed the slideshow and thanks again, Maddie, for passing it on to the association community! Glad you enjoyed the slideshow and thanks again, Maddie, for passing it on to the association community!

]]> By: TSL http://geeksoapbox.com/2009/07/to-tweet-or-not-to-tweet-the-dilemma-of-an-association-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-277 TSL Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:33:05 +0000 http://geeksoapbox.com/?p=391#comment-277 Thanks for the tweet and comment, Maddie! I used to use the "dual dashboard" thing to manage my Twitter accounts (TweetDeck for my own because it ROCKS, and twhirl for the corporate one). Sadly, though, my PC was unable to keep up with the rigors of running those programs, Outlook, Sharepoint, and all the other stuff I use (darn that IT Department!). So now I'm *carefully* toggling back and forth on both in TD. ;-) Thanks for the tweet and comment, Maddie!

I used to use the “dual dashboard” thing to manage my Twitter accounts (TweetDeck for my own because it ROCKS, and twhirl for the corporate one). Sadly, though, my PC was unable to keep up with the rigors of running those programs, Outlook, Sharepoint, and all the other stuff I use (darn that IT Department!). So now I’m *carefully* toggling back and forth on both in TD. ;-)

]]> By: Maddie Grant http://geeksoapbox.com/2009/07/to-tweet-or-not-to-tweet-the-dilemma-of-an-association-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-276 Maddie Grant Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:36:38 +0000 http://geeksoapbox.com/?p=391#comment-276 Thanks for the link love! The issue of how to balance personal and professional is definitely a tricky one. I personally think that over time, as more and more organizations embrace Twitter, there will be more people tweeting on behalf of their org which will solve the problem you describe - basically you can have someone responsible for maintaining an umbrella account under which individual staffers tweet with their own voices (@NASEtweets, the account for the National Association of Self Employed, a group I work with, is a great example of this). This also means that if individuals come and go you still have the collective voice. Having a strong presence purely personally is another issue - I had the same thing, and then was lucky enough to morph it into a business. But any blogger has a personal brand that's important to nurture. I guess only time will tell whether people figure out good ways to manage multiple accounts, and I think Twitter apps that help you do that will only get better and better. Another thing you can do is use one kind of dashboard (say Hootsuite) for the professional account(s) only, and something totally different (say Tweetdeck) for your personal. This is exactly the kind of thing that Twitter's open platform allows, namely developers to find really useful tools to manage known issues, so I for one will be keeping a close eye on how these tools improve over time... Thanks for the link love! The issue of how to balance personal and professional is definitely a tricky one. I personally think that over time, as more and more organizations embrace Twitter, there will be more people tweeting on behalf of their org which will solve the problem you describe – basically you can have someone responsible for maintaining an umbrella account under which individual staffers tweet with their own voices (@NASEtweets, the account for the National Association of Self Employed, a group I work with, is a great example of this). This also means that if individuals come and go you still have the collective voice.

Having a strong presence purely personally is another issue – I had the same thing, and then was lucky enough to morph it into a business. But any blogger has a personal brand that’s important to nurture. I guess only time will tell whether people figure out good ways to manage multiple accounts, and I think Twitter apps that help you do that will only get better and better. Another thing you can do is use one kind of dashboard (say Hootsuite) for the professional account(s) only, and something totally different (say Tweetdeck) for your personal. This is exactly the kind of thing that Twitter’s open platform allows, namely developers to find really useful tools to manage known issues, so I for one will be keeping a close eye on how these tools improve over time…

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