When Twitter Came Back Into My Life

Last Saturday saw the successful launch of our new Saturday club and the labour of love that we are committed to does not end with one basic launch.  March is membership renewal month in our college and then there is effort required to keep the club viable when most of the students go off on their summer break.  All of these have to be factored in now and sometimes one see's the need to fill gaps because of intuitive recognition that certain actions have to be taken.

I have not been back to Twitter in ages and my Twitter account says November 2016 as the date I last posted at my personal account @cityvp  So it is that I have seen that our club can do with a Twitter presence and this month I became what we will call at our club "The Tweetmaster".  In next to no time I have shot of some 130 tweets recognizing that I do not need some grand Twitter strategy but sufficient application of time to build miniscule relationships with students of the college who utilize the site.  So it is that I created :

http://www.twitter.com/sbotoastmasters

When I compare it with the existing Twitter site the club had since 2012 http://www.twitter.com/sbotoastmaster - it is easy to see how people who thought Twitter was a good idea for them, quickly abandon it because for it to be effective, it requires constant curation and relational touches.  Just as much as the camera I purchased to begin capturing photographic shots to add visual connection to that curation.  The great thing about also being unofficial photographer of our club meetings is that I (who is camera shy) can escape actually being in them - and ultimately that is not about my need for privacy but because it is the students and advisors of the club who are more important than making this a showcase for my own images (in relationship to the club).