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I really enjoy Twitter. A large part of this enjoyment is the people that I follow — I have found some great people on Twitter. In fact, I follow so many great people that it took forever to limit it to 5. The good news is that this will be a series: There will be many more of these posts in the future.

@BertDecker – Bert Decker is a really nice guy. In addition to that he is the founder and CEO of Decker Communications. He has spent his life teaching people the joy of learning how to deliver effective presentations. He will help you too: Just tweet him a question and be ready to learn. Get started by following him and reading his blog.

@BetsyWeber – Betsy Weber reminds me of the Tasmainian Devil from the Bugs Bunny cartoons: She is a bundle of energy. As the chief evangelist for TechSmith (the makers of Camtasia) she travels a lot and tweets all about it. If you are a user of Camtasia, Jing or Snagit you want to follow her she is a great source of information. If you aren’t a user of TechSmith products (you should be) you should still follow her adventures.  Plus, she is just plain fun! Be sure to follow her and read her blog.

@JanSchultink – Every once in a while you meet someone like Jan. It doesn’t happen that often which makes it really special. Jan is an ex-McKinsey consultant and is a bonafide expert on using slideware (PowerPoint and Keynote) effectively — “Effectively” is the key word. He runs a boutique consulting firm Axiom One and blogs at Stickyslides. His blog is full of great advice and examples on creating slides that help make your message sticky.

@LisaBraithwaite – Lisa is a public speaking coach who believes that public speaking is fun. That’s right “fun.” You know what? I totally agree with her. I think this attitude is one of the reasons that I enjoy following her so much. Lisa will teach you a lot about public speaking even if you never meet her in person. She does this through her tweets and her outstanding blog: Speak Schmeak. You need to follow her on Twitter and subscribe to her blog.

@MichaelHyatt – Michael is the CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers. He is also a very, very, nice guy. Michael is very active on Twitter and has a great blog: MichaelHyatt.com. He writes on various subjects: blogging, books (naturally), fitness and leadership. The blog contains some great getting started posts. They are accessable from the About page. You simply must follow Michael on Twitter and read his blog.

These are good folks and you should follow them on Twitter. If you don’t know what Twitter is then read Michael Hyatt’s excellent The Beginner’s Guide to Twitter. You can go a long way using the advice Bert Decker gives: Use your real name in your userid, use a real picture of yourself and put relevant information in your profile.

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