By Whymark Austen, Director, Professional Development, APRA Canada | Prospect Research Officer, Western University
APRA Canada hosted a lively Twitter Talk on February 12, 2014 as part of APRA International’s inaugural Education Week which gave APRA members access to complimentary professional development activities over 10 days (10 – 24 Feb. 2014).
Researchers from both Canada and the United States participated in the hour long discussion which generated 264 tweets and addressed subjects ranging from research metrics and goals to preferred sources and prospect management.
Fun Twitter Stats
- 150 Original Tweets (56% of total tweets)
- 35 Retweets (13.26%)
- 79 @Message Tweets (30%)
- The “Most Influential” participants included Marc Smith, Director, Social Media Research Foundation (5,653 followers); Helene E Brown, Founder of the Helen Brown Group (1,192 followers); and Liz Rejman, Head of Development, Museum London and former APRA-C board member (937 followers)
- The most tweets were racked by Tracey Church, APRA Canada President (33 tweets); Marianne Pelletier (32 tweets) and Sarah McCarthy (30 tweets)
I would like to thank all who were able to participate, especially Sarah McCarthy who graciously agreed to be our chief moderator.
In the upcoming months, APRA Canada will organize some webinars prior to the national conference in October. News of the webinars will be e-mailed to members, announced through social media, and published on the APRA Canada website in the upcoming months. We hope you will be able to join us!