Deirdre Breakenridge

Someone asked the other day … are you always on Twitter? Hmmm … yes, I guess I’m on Twitter quite a bit. Twitter allows me to interact with so many friends/followers in different ways. Being on Twitter has taught me how to move my new friendships up the Twitter Relationship Stairway. In keeping with the idea of moving up the stairs, I wanted to share with my community an opportunity to take our relationships a step further. Being on Twitter is an excellent way to listen, learn, participate, make friends, bond and share incredible insight. And, as I review my calendar in the upcoming months, one more excellent way to move up the Twitter stairway is to meet my New York City friends/followers in person.

I had the honor and the pleasure of moderating @prsarahevans #journchat this past Monday night. It was an amazing experience that I will never forget. I’m very familiar with the Twitter chat session because of #PRStudChat. However, the #journchat community is considerably larger and moderating the conversation taught me a few more best practices with respect to creating and maintaining a dynamic community discussion. First and foremost, I want to thank so many of my colleagues/friends who showered me with incredible compliments that night. However, for the record, the true appreciation and the reason why I looked like I could “ROCK IT,” was a direct result of the passion, enthusiasm and incredible knowledge in this community. I just got the conversation started and the community did all of the work!