Do you Tweet? New campaign - childminders reject agencies!!

**sarah707** · 19-02-2013, 08:16 PM

I have taken our rejection of the 'More Great Childcare' plan onto Twitter - well dp has to be perfectly honest!

Childminders reject agencies!

Childminders reject agencies - Support Campaign on Twitter | Twibbon

There is a twibbon to add to your profile ... and lots of Twittering to be done!

@dofe is a good place to start...

Then tweet to all your Twitter friends... and some news agencies might like to receive Tweets from childminders... and lots of other early years agencies such as NCB, Parenta, Nursery World etc are all on Twitter and are all supporting childminders...

Let's use this new fangled social media to our advantage

**jo.jo76** · 19-02-2013, 08:21 PM

I joined and got my twibbon earlier, just haven't figured out how to tweet yet! lol I'll get there!

**sarah707** · 19-02-2013, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by jo.jo76

I joined and got my twibbon earlier, just haven't figured out how to tweet yet! lol I'll get there!

I am struggling a bit too ... we will get there together!

Oooh! Exciting moment! I have just found out that I can link the forum and the forum blog straight to Twitter via a little link at the bottom of the posts / blogs!!

**mum24** · 19-02-2013, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by jo.jo76

I joined and got my twibbon earlier, just haven't figured out how to tweet yet! lol I'll get there!

I got a twitter account about three years ago and have never used it

No idea how to, will have to learn,

**FussyElmo** · 19-02-2013, 09:12 PM

Sarah is the app ok? Just went to do it and it said to give the app permission to tweet on my behalf.

**sarah707** · 19-02-2013, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by FussyElmo

Sarah is the app ok? Just went to do it and it said to give the app permission to tweet on my behalf.

It is being re-tweeted by people -that's as far as I understand and nobody has reported a problem

It's all been done through official sites which gave excellent support and are giving us feedback.

I will ask nige to look tomorrow x

**Ripeberry** · 19-02-2013, 11:37 PM

I'll give it a go.

**Ripeberry** · 19-02-2013, 11:43 PM

All done. Handy that you can re-size it and position it :-) @UncleGargy

**caz3007** · 20-02-2013, 08:30 AM

My hubby is on twitter, but I dont, will have a look at it at the weekend and get him to show me or see if he will link it to his page or whatever they are called...lol

**mama2three** · 20-02-2013, 08:34 AM

Sorry everyone , that is completely beyond me! i shall continue to fight the corner using the older fashioned methods of voice , pen and paper ....i have sent a few emails which is about as technologically advanced as I can manage. Its great that so many 'avenues' are opening up for us to spread the message though.

**loocyloo** · 20-02-2013, 09:00 AM

Originally Posted by mama2three

Sorry everyone , that is completely beyond me! i shall continue to fight the corner using the older fashioned methods of voice , pen and paper ....i have sent a few emails which is about as technologically advanced as I can manage. Its great that so many 'avenues' are opening up for us to spread the message though.

same here! i struggle greatly with facebook! emails & forums i have mastered, but i like pen & ink too !!!

but i agree, its fantastic that there are so many ways we can spread our message

well done everyone. keep going!

**FussyElmo** · 20-02-2013, 09:29 AM

Originally Posted by sarah707

It is being re-tweeted by people -that's as far as I understand and nobody has reported a problem

It's all been done through official sites which gave excellent support and are giving us feedback.

I will ask nige to look tomorrow x

I have done it

**SammySplodger** · 20-02-2013, 09:36 AM

Have been tweeting about our issues for weeks, without a twibbon thingy :-)

**sarah707** · 20-02-2013, 07:12 PM

Originally Posted by FussyElmo

Sarah is the app ok? Just went to do it and it said to give the app permission to tweet on my behalf.

We've tested it a few times today and chatted to the tech guys and they assure me it's fine.

They say it might be something in your privacy settings because it's not set up to do strange things unless you tell it to - if that makes sense!!

Please let me know if you have any more problems

**sarah707** · 20-02-2013, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by SammySplodger

Have been tweeting about our issues for weeks, without a twibbon thingy :-)

Whooooo!

It was Nige's idea so I left him to run with it - it's half term and he had spent the morning making playdough and Lego towers with the little ones so I think he wanted some down time.

I thought with it being bright red it might get our message out there and noticed!