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Twitter Canada exec visits 老司机直播's Rotman School of Management

Twitter Canada's managing director Rory Capern spoke about the future of the company and tech industry in Canada
Photo of Rory Capern
Rory Capern leads Twitter Canada's operations, focusing on media partnerships, marketing, communications, research and sales. He has a background in sales and business development in the tech sector with Google and Microsoft (photo by Geoffrey Vendeville)

In bursts of 140 characters or fewer, many University of Toronto students and faculty communicate their ideas to the wider world. 

For some, Twitter itself is a topic of study.

Mara Lederman, an associate professor at 老司机直播鈥檚 Rotman School of Management, has recently analyzed tweets about major U.S. airlines and their daily on-time performance as she studies the relationship between companies and consumers. Alex Hanna (), an assistant professor in 老司机直播 Mississauga's Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology and the Faculty of Information, has researched how Twitter responds to U.S. presidential debates.

On Thursday, Twitter Canada鈥檚 managing director, Rory Capern, stopped by 老司机直播 to discuss innovation in Canada and how one of the world鈥檚 most widely used social media platforms is changing. 

Canada offers an 鈥渁mazing market in technology,鈥 where some of the world鈥檚 brightest engineers can be found, Capern said.

For Twitter Canada, the country is also a laboratory where the company can test ideas without too many risks, he said.

Capern told the audience that Twitter has seen video consumption on the platform increase, especially in Canada, and so it is planning improvements to make it easier to watch and share videos. 

After the talk, Capern provided three tips for students and academics looking to grow their Twitter following.

Capern's three tips:

  1. Be deliberate about content: Capern said it helps to narrow the focus of your tweets to a few subjects that are important to you. 鈥淚 curate my feed in a way that my audience is going to find interesting,鈥 he said. Usually, he tweets about Twitter Canada, technology in Canada and his next greatest passion, golf.
  2. Frequency of tweeting actually makes a difference: Capern tweets regularly. 鈥淲hat I do and what the best practice is, is to tweet on a calendarized basis,鈥 he said. 鈥淏etween 8 and 10 in the morning is a very good time.鈥 
  3. Use the full canvas: Through force of habit, many Twitter users think of it as a medium for text rather than videos or pictures. But Twitter is becoming increasingly visual. 鈥淭hose tweets that have photos, articles and videos attached get more people鈥檚 attention,鈥 Capern said. 
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