• Always remember to include the event hashtag (#BCIPS) and one or two related hashtags (copy from the list below to stay accurate) so you and others can find your tweet later. 
• Tag (@) the speaker (see who’s on Twitter below) or their organization and others who might want to join. 
• Like, retweet, and respond to other participants’ tweets! (Add hashtags and tags!) 
• Use visuals as much as possible: graphics, photos
• Link to resources from CLP, BC, and others 

Further down this page, you’ll find sample tweets and content to tweet during the week ahead of the symposium and during the event itself.

• Tom Burke — chancellor of Kern Community College District (bio) 
• Sonya Christian — president of Bakersfield College (@BAKcollege) (bio/@SonyaChristian) 
• Linda Collins – Executive Director of Career Ladders Project and Learning Works (@clporg) (bio/@LindaCLPandLW)
• Kristin Clark — president of West Hills College Lemoore (@WHCLemoore) (bio/@DrKristinClark) 
• Lori Bennett — president of Clovis Community College (@ClovisCCC) (bio)
• Kevin Tallon — principal of Wasco High School (@wascohighschool) 
• Christian Chavez — student trustee of KCCD from Porterville College
• Steven Holmes — political science professor and president of the academic senate at Bakersfield College
• Joe Wyse — president Shasta College (@ShastaCollege)  (cv)
• Jackie Cruz — vice president, advancement, Hartnell College (@HartnellCollege) (bio)
• Noemi Donoso — senior vice president, Wonderful Education (bio)
• Craig Hayward — dean of institutional effectiveness, Bakersfield College (bio/@doc9x) 
• Justin Derrick — principal of McFarland High School Early College (@McFarlandHigh)  
• Kris Grappendorf — chair of Kinesiology Department, CSU Bakersfield (@CSUBakersfield)
• Joanna Schilling — president of Cypress College (@CypressCollege) (bio)
• Samantha Pulido — president of Bakersfield Student Government Association (BCSGA) (@SamanthatPulido5)
• Joseph Jones — president of Fresno Pacific University (@fpu) (bio)
• Wolde-Ab Isaac — chancellor of Riverside Community College District (@RCCDistrict /@RCCSocialmedia) (bio)
• Gregg Camfield — provost, executive vice chancellor of UC Merced (@UCMerced)  (bio)
• Lynette Zelezny — president, CSU Bakersfield (@CSUBakersfield) (bio)
• Mary Barlow — superintendent of Kern County Office of Education (@KCSOS)  (bio)
• Rudy Salas – 32nd California Assembly District (bio/@RudySalasJr)
• Lande Ajose — senior policy advisor, higher education, for Gov. Gavin Newsom (@CAGovernor @GavinNewsom)  (bio/@Lande_Ajose)
• Eloy Oakley — chancellor of the California Community Colleges (@CCGRAdvocates @CalCommColleges) (bio/@EloyOakley)
• Tony Thurmond — state superintendent of public instruction (bio/@TonyThurmond), represented by chief deputy superintendent Lupita Cortez Alcala (bio) 

Hashtags help others to see your tweets. At the event, use the hashtag #BCIPS as much as possible, but also use hashtags related to the topic of your tweet: 

If you’re not yet on Twitter, here are two resources to help you get started: a quick presentation created by CLP, and a two-minute video (created by UC Irvine). 

• Frame your subject intentionally: Make sure everything in your photo belongs there, get as close as you possibly can, and put a focal point in the top third or bottom third of the image (the “rule of thirds”). 
• Be aware of lighting (try to exclude ceiling lights, and make sure your subject isn’t backlit). 
• Sometimes a generic photo is great (the college marquee, backs of students’ heads while they’re working intensely), and it almost always works better than a photo of a big room full of people.
• Show action: Shoot people when they move their hands, engage with others, collaborate, talk, look up from their work. 
• Try new angles, especially when you can’t follow the other tips. For example: if you’re shooting a group posing for you, drop to the floor and shoot upward—or climb up and shoot down; if you’re shooting a long view, try crouching way down; and look for pleasing lines, reflections, shadows, symmetry, etc.
• Take lots more photos than you think you might need so you can choose the best one.