By Laura Hyde
For those of you who aren’t aware, Twitter is a social network, a micro-blog, and an instant messaging service which allows users to communicate with friends, colleagues and anyone else you find interesting in ‘real time’.
We use Twitter to share information information about Chain Reaction and Community Links, and as a way to connect with the Chain Reaction and linksUK communities. While we are a small team, we are aware that its not always apparent who is behind the tweets, so for your interest here is our quick guide “Who’s Who Behind the Tweets”
linksUK/ linksuk
This is the official twitter stream of linksUK, the national team of innovative east London charity Community Links. Sharing experience from the ground up, this twitter stream features news and updates across Community Links. The ‘tweeter’ on this stream is mainly Richard McKeever
Chain Reaction /chainreaction
The official Twitter stream of Chain Reaction, a unique project of Community Links based on a very simple idea – that none of us on our own can change the world. News, ideas and connections are shared here with the Chain Reaction community. Laura Hyde is the main ‘tweeter’
Richard McKeever / RMLondon
The personal twitter stream of Richard McKeever, the publications manager for Community Links, and who works on communications for both linksUK and Chain Reaction. Richard manages and contributes to the linksUK blog and is the behind the tweets on the linksUK twitter stream.
Laura Hyde / laurahyde
The personal twitter stream of Laura Hyde, the Events Manager and comms person on the Chain Reaction project. Laura is the main tweeter on the Chain Reaction twitter stream, and is also often behind Chain Reaciton blog posts. (Laura prefers her photos in black and white)
Aaron Barbour / APB1212
Aaron is the Research and Policy Manager at linksUK, the national team of Community Links. Aaron is also a public speaker and one of the main contributors on the linksuk blog
Need Not Greed Campaign / NeedNOTGreed
The official twitter stream of the just launched Need NOT Greed UK campaign to move people out of poverty by changing the black economy. The tweeter behind this stream is Maeve McGoldrick, Campaign’s Co-ordinator at LinksUK.
If you are a Twitter user please get in touch and follow our “tweets”.
