The assignment: 20 tweets about the live event Super Bowl 54 on February 2, 2020. My thoughts are following.

Going into this assignment, I thought “How hard could this be?” I’m not a big Twitter user, but I have tweeted before. After this assignment, I’ve realized I have lots to learn if I were to do this professionally.

1. If tweeting at a live event, and interviewing others or getting reactions, you need obvious credentials. I was in Walt Disney World Sunday afternoon of the Super Bowl and saw many KC and SF fans. I decided to talk to them; but it took a long back story of WHY I was doing this to have them agree to getting a video or picture taken. All were willing, but I realized a press credential or ID tag would have made this all easier.
2. I have realized it is hard for me to be witty/funny. It’s not a natural for me. How important is that with tweeting for a company?
3. Trying to focus and type and get things right while having noise and cheering all around was hard. Several times I left off the #msuno tag, so I would retweet; and then miss some of the action. It demands concentration.
4. It was hard to know what to tweet about. The actual game plays/scores? The crowd reaction? My own thoughts? I suppose you really need to focus on what your organization wants; I ended up doing a little bit of all to make the experience broad.
5. I do not know the rules of tweeting! Is there a style manual? I was unsure over tweeting abbreviations, numbers, times, emojis; and if every tweet needed to be identified as Super Bowl.

LIKES: I thoroughly enjoyed this whole adventure. Of course, I was three hours from the action in Florida, and it was all quite exciting. I liked talking to random people, and getting spontaneous videos and reactions. I liked putting down my thoughts quickly without having to agonize over every word; there wasn’t time. I laughed as a few of my own personal friends on twitter thought I had discovered some new love of Super Bowl football as I kept tweeting; that reaction was personally gratifying because I knew the tweets were being read.

DISLIKES: It was hard to focus around so many people; hard to type precisely on my small phone with one finger, and hard to concentrate amongst the noise. I felt pressure to be clever with the tweets; yet that is not a developed skill. It was hard to get exact names of players, and the exact information as I don’t know inherently know about football. Knowing the beat and subject certainly would make a difference. I also disliked my discovery on how I didn’t know the twitter rules/protocol. What type of grammar is acceptable? How many personal opinions do I write?

I have much to learn about this form of communication, and I am looking forward to learning how to use this effectively.

LINK: twitter handle: jennifer K @thesixknights

Jennifer K (@thesixknights)2/2/20, 10:34 PMCelebrating the KC victory in Florida – SUPER BOWL 54 is on the books . #msunopic.twitter.com/LVNOQQe4LX