@mwesch used social media tools to turn what could have been a boring university lecture class into an experience that harnessed the power of students knowledge, connections and imagination.

His views on education are refreshing. The outcome from the class is fascinating.

While watching this video, I kept thinking of more ways that a small group of people can do more than we had imagined.

I look forward to seeing your comments about how you will use this in your network, relationships, groups, business and life.

Please put your @ handle in your comment so we can follow you on Twitter.

Twitter influencing the world stories are becoming more common.

I foresee the day soon where stories like this will be about as boring as a story of a reporter using a car or telephone, but right now.. HOW COOL!

Twitter in Congress

A tweet from @CoachDeb caught my attention:

@johnculberson u just became my FAVORITE Tweeter! TX 4 keeping America informed while the lights went out on Congress by #Pelosi

I hadn’t seen the event live, but following Congressman Culberson told me more

I will let you click through to see how Twitter is a tool for democracy. My objective is show how easy it was for me to get news.. even when I wasn’t paying much attention.

Should you trust Twitter.. The Exxon Mess

As soon as I finished catching up on Congress through Twitter, I noticed a message from @BenMack to read this post from @jowyang

How “Janet” Fooled the Twittersphere She’s the Voice of Exxon Mobil

The lessons learned section at the bottom of the story are a must read

Twitter is not just for telling your tweeps about your cat, hat and TV watching plans (I’m watching The Cat in the Hat.. how did you know?). All these tweets are bits and pieces of what is really going on in our lives and some of it is very important.

But remember, Twitter is much like hanging out in a downtown shopping district of a large city. You’ll find some bargains, can meet up with friends, and meet new ones (even better on Twitter). But watch out for the guy that is selling watches and handbags. They may not be the real.

Share your Twitter Makes the the News story below.. not just a story about Twitter.. but Twitter helping the news spread faster, or best of all getting the story out that we might not have heard otherwise.

What’s your favortie story of how Twitter changed the world?

I doesn’t have to be about you. You don’t need to be the person in the story, or breaking the news. We are all reporters now!

Just scroll down and post your comment so we can include you in the our book. We know that the tweets of all of us will give us a better book. We are writing Twitter style.

Be sure to include your @ name so we can follow you.

We’ve got a great line up for the TwitCast tonight.

With you on board, it will be even more AWESOME

The TwitCast is a live radio show, hosted on the Internet. Just go to http://TwitCastRadio.com to listen LIVE over the internet. You can get your own free account account so we’ll be able to see your user name and chat with you live during the call. Otherwise, just use this post to share your comments.

If you have a BlogTalkRadio account, it’s that same username… If you are creating a new one.. use your Twitter handle so we’ll all know who’s who. (this isn’t a rule.. you know how we feel about rules.)

Next step will be to Tweet to your followers. The bigger the crowd we get, the better the social experitment will work.

August 1, 2008 4pm Hawaii / 7pm PST / 10 EST Call-in Number: (646) 378-1641 or listen LIVE over the internet using Blog Talk Radio http://TwitCastRadio.com Comment on this post before and during the call using your Twit ID & name so we’ll have an organized place to pull from for the published Twitter Handbook.

Here’s the agenda.. Tweet away on:

	Special guest Rodney Rumford @Rumford will be with us. One of the smartest social marketing strategists on the planet
	A second guest, Matt Brown @MattSurfs popular speaker on social media from California will also be adding to the discussion on social media
	@CoachDeb is in the house tonight, back with me to put down a few more idea for our book
News of the Twitter Handbook… including a social engineering experience live during the call.

You may have seen some of the twitter sized events, promotions and happenings we be doing during the writing of Twitter Handbook.

Now’s YOUR chance to get in on this .. big time.

Now, one IMPORTANT REQUEST.

We need our feedback. The experience start now

Before you leave this page, place a comment here. In your comment, share anything you think might help bring more people into the movement, onto the TwitCast, or into our group.

If you can’t think of a great idea, post a comment about other comments, or ASK A QUESTION to help us clarify and refine this experience.

Your input is important. .. you see why when you join us tonight.

@WarrenWhitlock

Here at last!  Here at last!  Let the Twitter Handbook Cover Design Contest begin! To vote, simply add a comment below (to keep it as easy as possible, please start your comment with "Entry 5" or whichever cover you like best).

TWITcast tonight - July 11, 2008 (Friday night) with @CoachDeb and @WarrenWhitlock

Topic: Twitter Handbook - Q&A Open Call!
What’s your greatest question about Twitter.com that you want answered?

We’ll answer it on the call, here, or via a tweet.

Join us tonight
1pm Hawaii
4pm Pacific
7pm Eastern

Place 2 listen
http://TwitCastRadio.com

@AdamDesAutels show recording there now from last Friday night.

If you’d like to reserve your seat to see any of the sites we pull up while Warren & Deborah chat about Twitter - or answer Q&A how-to questions on Twitter you can also register at:

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/205579434

Feel free to invite a friend, and tweet this blog post so we can turn this into a TwitCast Party

Remember - YOU are what makes these TWitCasts work!
We need your involvement, participation, and tweets so the collective intelligence that is the Twitterverese in order to be able to answer any question asked via the comments on this blog post to help finalize the Twitter Handbook published book.

So - post your greatest question on Twitter in the comments to this post & we’ll get them answered tonight.

What do you want to know about Twitter?

Do you want to know how to personalize your Twitter profile?
How to use your mobile phone with Twitter?
How to write influential tweets so people will listen?

@rands writes in an excellent post called “We Travel in Tribes”

Don’t Give Me What I Asked For, Give Me What I Want

When I ask a question, I’m looking for an answer in one of three ways:

1. Specifics.
2. Like or Related.
3. Rock My World.

Read more at randsinresponse

We’ll be getting together again to write the Twitter Handbook LIVE with you, the Twitterverse.

Register for the Twebinar based portion of this broadcast & get Call-in Number emailed directly to you.

Twebinar Registration here

See below for additional registration details

Last month during the 1st TwitCast, we talked about “What’s the use of Twitter?” Including the following topics/conversations:

What is Twitter

What are Hashtags

How to use Summize.com

How Twemes.com can be used

Is Twitter really “more than just chat”?

Can Twitter really useful for business?

& so much more as the community got involved

We had such great participation from the Twitterverse, which made the 1st ever TwitCast a huge success!

Adam Des Autels & Roger Bauer took it to the next level, as Adam helped to reply back to questions and comments as he tracked the conversation on Twemes & then Roger created a great video after it was over explaining the apps we talked about so that you, the Twitter user could make use of the services for your business or personal use on Twitter.

Warren & I (CoachDeb) have a solid belief about the Twitter Handbook. And that is:

The community involvement is what will make the Twitter Handbook a far better published book than if he and I were to sit down and start typing on our own.

Ever since we each joined Twitter - we’ve both learned everything about Twitter - by using it and interacting with the community filled with brilliant minds and wonderful souls - all willing and eager to participate and help one another out - either in sharing the best resources, or by teaching one another whatever they need to know.

This week - we come together again - to talk about Twitter, what it is, and what types of Twitter apps there are that you can start using to enhance your Twitter experience.

We’ll be meeting slightly later than last time in order to accommodate those requests from the West Coast, and down under who couldn’t join us to participate.

Join us if you can participate LIVE! Here are the details of this Blog Talk Radio Show:

Friday June 13, 2008
5pm HI / 8pm PT / 11pm ET
Call (646) 378-1641

Topic: Twitter Applications (AKA: “Twitter Apps”)
What’s YOUR Favoriate App?

Blog Talk Radio Show on Twitter

Use Time / Date Converter to find time in your neck of the woods

REMEMBER - whether you can join us LIVE or not - be sure to:
Add your favorite app in the comment box below so we can see which apps are most popular - and perhaps learn about new apps that the community is using and loving so others may learn how to enhance their Twitter experience.

Here’s a recap of how to use Hashtags & twemes which will be important once we begin the conversation announcing the hashtag we’ll use for this chapter of the Twitter Handbook.

Thank you Roger Bauer for creating a great video recap of the TwitCast held last month.

Here’s a story of Twitter marriage proposals on Twitter.

markdavidson: @DaisyAvenue Will you marry me? Please DM me with your response. Thank you.

Get the rest of the story here:

If you have a romance story to share for the Twitter Handbook, post a comment here. (don’t forget your @ handle)

Carol Dickson-Carr, @caroldc posted a video about finding balance and getting the most from your social media time.

A Holistic Approach to Leveraging Your Talents