Shorty Awards Highlights

Watch the highlights of the 5th Annual Shorty Awards on our YouTube channel or see the entire ceremony at LiveStream.

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The Shorty Interview
with Roanoke College

What's your best tweet?
The latest and greatest one!
What are six things you could never do without?
Students, Donors, Faculty, Staff, Alumni and Our Community
What's your favorite Twitter app?
Hootsuite. We love it!
Twitter or Facebook?
Both, for sure. We want to reach everyone in their preferred medium.
Is there someone you want to follow you who doesn't already? If so, who?
All of our students and parents! Most of them do, but there are probably a few who don't.
Why should we vote for you?
Because we are the smallest school in the top 6, but we have a loud voice! (And, we feature our followers' tweets on our home page.)
Terms you wish would start trending on Twitter right now?
What inspires you to tweet?
Our people, of course! They are inspiring.
Ever get called out for tweeting too much?
No, except for the final stretch of #shorty award voting, we try not to over-tweet our welcome.
140 characters of advice for a new user?
Don't just speak out to people, listen to them, too! Make lists to follow different groups of people.
Who is the funniest person on Twitter that you follow?
@oatmeal Pretty funny stuff. We love the technology cartoons.
What is one of the biggest misconceptions of Twitter?
That it's only for tech geeks.
What are some big Twitter faux pas?
Typos, Auto posts from Facebook, Not using #hashtags

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