Twitter to manage a group project

Use Twitter to make managing a group of people a little easier. Here’s how.

The versatility of Twitter makes it easy to carry out a group conversation over the internet and mobiles simultaneously. So if team members are in different locations, they can share ideas, update their progress and ask for help in real time and everything is documented for later review.

This example comes from Craig Childs at LifeHack.org. Let’s say Craig’s business partner, who is scouting locations for a photo shoot, can keep Craig and another photographer up to date with his progress. While he is shooting off updates from his mobile about good and bad locations, Craig and the photographer can share thoughts online, while Craig’s partner stays in the loop.

Twitter also allows you to send Direct Messages to a particular user. So if Craig’s business partner needs to run an idea past him, personally, without any employees reading in, they can do it. After all is done, the team can head back home and look over the updates, choose what’s working and discuss everyone’s Twittered ideas.