Chamber Twitter Directory

Sharing a twitter account is NOT suggested, but it could technically be done with your most trusted staff at the Chamber.  The benefit is simply that people are able to follow one Chamber twitter account, but it's being populated with diverse information coming in from various staff members. 

Every person you entrust with this communication responsibility needs to know that "this" twitter account is strictly for business and not to be used for personal messaging or following others.  Stressing that it is purely for broadcasting important Chamber and community information is critical under a shared account. 

If they have the keys to the building... just maybe they can be trusted with the keys to twitter too? 

When you share a twitter account and a staff person leaves the Chamber, you would always want to change the password to the account.  This will assure that only current staff can post to twitter.

Check list for sharing a twitter account:

1. Write a policy for staff who will have access to twitter on behalf of the Chamber.
2. Include a paragraph about the topics they are allowed to report on for the Chamber.
3. Consider setting up your staff as though they are reporters for the community and Chamber.
4. You might consider assigning different people to tweet on events, new members, legislation, local issues and so forth.  Having a specialist assigned to each topic is ideal from my point-of-view.
5. I would strongly recommend having anyone who is allowed to post on twitter for the Chamber sign the policy mentioned above before providing the password to the account.