I have another blog post coming up tomorrow, but I just wanted to quickly share with the #SAchat community that we have made a huge splash at ACPA (and NASPA and ACUI actually) this month!  Based on statistics and information from http://wthashtag.com/acpa10:

From March 17^th to March 24^th, using Twitter and the (#ACPA10) hashtag, there were:

* 2,726 tweets
* 305 unique contributors* 389.4 tweets per day (average)
* 36.2% come from “The Top 10″ (listed below)
* 21.9% are retweets (or forwarded / reshared tweets)
* 47.1% are mentions (have other people mentioned in the Tweets)
* 27.5% have multiple hashtags (for example #reslife, #c3, etc.)

The top ten Twitter participants were:

1. @ACPAConvention
2. @ericstoller
3. @JeannetteMarie
4. @EdCabellon
5. @MikeSevery
6. @BeccaFick
7. @JennaMagnuski
8. @LeahWescott
9. @jchan027
10. @clconzen

To read a transcript of all the tweets from the opening session to the closing session, click here.  If you want information, or need source info, visit: http://wthashtag.com/acpa10

Kudos need to be given to Tom Jackson (@ACPAprez, now @tomjackjr) and Eric Stoller (@ericstoller) for their work on pushing the envelope to get social media (Twitter in particular) on the forefront of the Student Affairs radar.  Their efforts has helped changed the way we interact at ACPA!

While most folks were NOT on Twitter during the conference, there were 305 people who were on it, which is a step in the right direction.  Let’s keep the momentum going and encourage all your colleagues to join Twitter and participate in an upcoming #SAchat!