I love Twitter!

Emma Weber

I love Twitter!

That may surprise people. Especially if they know me well and know that I like personal connection; I never ‘Reply All’ to an email (why would EVERYONE want to know what I’m doing?), and I only check Facebook about once every 6 months.

Why then do I so love Twitter?

Because since my first Tweet 4 weeks ago I have learnt so much.

Accessing my Twitter page each day is like going into my own personal learning vault. It changes everyday with the people I admire sending me fresh information and insights. I never know quite what I will find. I can read as much or as little as I like and of course if it resonates with me I take the information away and put it into action, ensuring I complete the transfer of learning into something useful.

My favourite people to follow right now are:

@gihanperera – who is a Thought Leader on all things web based

@timferris – one of the world’s top learners for sure

@c4lph – Jane Hunt who is a learning and social media specialist

@TED-Tweets – ‘Ideas worth tweeting’

@rove1974 – who makes me laugh!

You’re welcome to follow me on Twitter…

@emmaweber

You can join Twitter and then see a full list on my profile of exactly who I’m following:

www.twitter.com

As a top tip, you can follow and un-follow depending on what your topic of interest is at any point in time. I’m learning about blogging and social media at the moment and so am following many in that field. Likewise, I’m following learning specialists so I can keep up to date with key trends and issues.

Let me know if you’re twittering or have a twitter experience to share.

Emma Weber is a recognized authority on the transfer of learning. As CEO of Lever–Transfer of Learning, she has helped companies such as Telstra, Oracle and BMW deliver and measure tangible business results from learning. She has also been a guest speaker at learning effectiveness conferences worldwide and authored the hugely successful book “Turning Learning into Action“. Much more detail around the issues and solutions examined in this article are available in the book – please feel free to download a free chapter. Emma and her team also developed Coach M, a coaching chatbot that delivers fully scaleable learning transfer. She is also a co-author of the books Making Change Work, and Designing Virtual Learning for Application and Impact. Her work and approach is also featured in Data and Analytics for Instructional Designers by Megan Torrance (Author), Foundations of People Metrics and Analytics – by Renjini Joseph and an ATD 10-minute case study series – Chatbot Coaching for Learning Transfer.