New survey: How people are using Twitter at conferences
May 27, 2009
Wow. Some academics have written a paper about tweeting at conferences (thank you @tonyramos for tweeting about it).
I’m more impressed that somebody would write such a paper, than by the paper itself.
The paper reports on a survey of tweeters at five different conferences.
Should you display the live twitter stream on a large screen?
May 20, 2009
Twitter is now a reality at many conferences. Now the question is: should you display a live twitter stream on a large screen so that everyone (not just the tweeters) in the audience can see it?
Sir Ken Robinson speaking at "Hacking Education" organised by Union Square Ventures. Photo used with permission from Fred Wilson
Having twitter on a large screen can enrich the conference experience. Here’s a report from the Museums and the Web conference 09: [Read more]
8 things I learnt about using twitter as a participation tool
March 1, 2009
Today, I presented a session remotely at the Presentation Camp at Stanford University, California. My session was on “How to engage your audience with Twitter” and I tried to do exactly that during my presentation.
Here’s what I learnt from my experience:
1. Design your presentation for Twitter
Is Twitter a good thing while you’re presenting?
February 26, 2009
I’ve recently written two guest posts on Twitter and presenting. On Laura Fitton’s Touchbase blog, I looked at the benefits for the audience and the speaker of people twittering while you speak and how to manage it.
On Chris Spagnuolo’s Edgehopper blog, I went to the next step and explored how you can use Twitter to engage your audience.
Both posts have generated a lot of buzz on Twitter and there’s a ton of comments on the TouchBase blog. There’s many useful points in the comments and I have summarized the main issues below: [Read more]
