If we believe everything that we encounter in the media then we would KNOW that the use of Social Media is the beginning of the long slide down the road to perdition, which can lead to embarrassment, job loss, imprisonment and even worse. We’ve read it in the mainstream media, so it must be true. However, social media offer possibilities other than the inane, the scurrilous or defamatory. Here’s the first of two sessions that look at the way in which Twitter can be used for professional development.