What you need to know before going to your first Twitter meeting

A couple of days ago I went to a  book club meeting on Twitter to discuss  Seth Godin''s latest book, "Linchpin."   This twitter meeting was a first for me.  I,  like many of my friends, do not yet fully grasp the scope or power of social media.  But, I will not be totally left behind by technology.  I was told  by the organizer that the "hashtag" for the meeting would be sbbc ( for small business book club).  Nevermind I  didn't know that a pound (#) sign was called a hash tag.  So I googled  hash tags to learn.   With anticipation I logged onto Twitter at 7:58 pm but when I finally found the proper place to insert the hash tag, it was 8:23 pm and the discussion had already begun.   I finally made a comment some 30 minutes later just before the close of the hour.  I wanted the group to at least know that I had been there even if I was just lurking.  But when I made my comment I did not specify to whom my comment was addressed.   Of course I didn't know that the proper way to respond was to not blurt my comment INTO the universe but to indicate to whom the comment was addressed by putting a "@" with a name. And because I did not specify to whom the comment was to go it did not show up in the group's discussion.  Instead it sat on my twitter home page.

So while the book discussion was a bit off topic, my experience of figuring out how to use this media in real time was a great practice but scary run.  Kind of like learning to ski a few years ago. Same principle in that I had to lean into this experience just like leaning into the mountain and fighting against the fear that I might fall. What I got  from forging ahead was more confidence,  more skill,  less fear and the lizard brain got pushed back.   I am sure you've had a similar experience in life where what you need to know, you KNOW is within reach.  And you are trying to figure out how to get over yourself to access whatever it happens to be.
 
Here's what I can share with you --- a  well written free resource from fellow Third Triber Dave Charest to help you get started: http://caseacecopy.com/blog/twitter-guide-1

 Have any funny stories about your first experience on Twitter to share? Let me know if you want to meet on Twitter to discuss Dave's work. Hey maybe we can get Dave to meet us there.