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CREATIVE LAB Workshop: Twitter for Beginners - Getting Started

Do you panic when people ask you about Twitter? Do hashtags and handles scare you off? Have you yet to grasp how you as a creative could benefit from tweeting? If your answer is yes to these questions this is the perfect opportunity for you to get to grips with this social media platform.

SAF is organising a 2-hour beginners’ workshop run by Emily Benet, a writer and social media trainer, on Wednesday 1st April 2015 at 6.30pm-8.30pm. The workshop will cover:

Introduction to Twitter

Why be on Twitter

Elements of a Tweet

Choosing content

How to gain followers

The participants are encouraged to bring their handheld devices – mobile phones or tablets to engage with the content throughout the session and put the training straight into practice.

Previous workshop participants have been from a wide range of creative areas from jewellery design to film and from individual artists to small creative companies.

Event details: Twitter for Beginners - Getting Started

Date: Wednesday 1st April 2015 

Time: 18:30 – 20:30

Price: £15 SAF-members and Students, £30 Non-members

Location: Bankside Community Space, 18 Great Guildford Street, London, SE1 0FD

This workshop will accommodate a limited number of delegates so please book early to secure your place!

Book your ticket here.

For further information please contact: adevents@southwarkartsforum.org

About Emily Benet: Emily is an author and social media enthusiast. Her first book Shop Girl Diaries began as a weekly blog, and was commissioned as a book and a short film. The blog won the Completely Novel Author Blog Awards and has been featured in guidebooks including Blogging for Creatives. She signed a 2 book deal with Harper Collins after getting a million hits on her serialised online novel The Temp. Emily has written on the benefits of using social networks, including Twitter, for several publications including Publishing Talk and Writers & Artists. Her guidebook Blogging for Beginners is available online.

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