June 1, 2009

University of Dayton volleyball head coach Kelly Sheffield is the latest Flyer to join the Twitter social networking revolution. Tweet with the "Sheff" about his thoughts on Flyer volleyball and the upcoming season.Visit Twitter.com/DaytonVB today!

What Is Twitter?
Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length which are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users who have subscribed to them (known as followers). The service is free to use over the Internet and mobile phones.

How to set up your Twitter account:
1. Visit www.twitter.com and click "Get Started."
2. Enter your name and email address, and choose a username and password.
3. If you would like to send and receive Twitter updates from your cell phone, click "settings" in the top right of your browser window and then click on the "devices" tab.
4. Enter your phone number as instructed (for U.S. phones, you will need to enter "+1" before your area code) and click the box that reads "It's okay for Twitter to send messages to my phone."

Twitter does not send third-party texts to your phone; you are ONLY accepting text message updates from people and groups you choose.

Users must create an account to join Twitter. Once logged in, fans have the choice of following other users, and they can activate their mobile devices to receive tweets as other users, including the Flyer Women's Volleyball account, post them.

How to receive Dayton Volleyball Twitter updates:
1. Visit Twitter.com/DaytonVB and click "follow" under the photo. 2. To receive updates to your cell phone, click the link that says "Device Updates OFF" and switch the button that pops up to "ON." You will now receive text messages from the women's volleyball team on your phone.