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Social media for conference networking
How to hang out on Twitter in a way that is cool and useful.
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You…and you on the internet
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Today
Content:• You’re planning to go to a conference!• You’re at a conference!• You’re presenting at a conference!• You’ve just come back from a conference• You’re (gulp) running a conference!
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Today
Format:• Tweet what resonates• Use our hashtag (#iSkillsSM)• I’ll Storify and share
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Social media in 2014
• Twitter is king – but it works best when it’s not solo
• ‘The back channel’ is no longer hiding out back• Social media is accepted, even required in the
professional context – but work culture will still determine how and when
• Personal and professional do (and should*) blend
• It’s always, always a conversation
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You’re going to a conference!• Figure out your devices and apps• Laptop – cumbersome but fully loaded• Tablet - good compromise, but a pain if you have to do
any serious writing or if you’re using Google Docs• Phone – can use data (dangerous!), hard to follow
depending on screen size
• Twitter app• HootSuite• Many paid options, most under $5
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HootSuite
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You’re going to a conference!• Check out the program. • Who’s going to be there? Who do you want to meet?
• Add them. Say you’re looking forward to their session.
• Sometimes conference streams have their own hashtag. Save these to your devices.
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You’re at a conference!• Wifi
•Who do you want to meet?• Has an event been set up to facilitate this
meeting? If not – set one up!
•Interactive or break-out session? Consider using a GoogleDoc so the whole group can work together.
•Don’t keep a blog, but want to share your notes? GoogleDoc!
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Live tweeting a sessionvs. tweeting during a session
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Connecting sessions & projects
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Connecting sessions & projects
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Connecting sessions & projects
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Beware the TechnoMob
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But friendliness is really, truly the norm
You’re actually going to leave the convention centre!
• Because you need to eat, and you’re in a new city
• If you can plan something, great.
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You’re actually going to leave the convention centre!
•If you can’t plan anything, just put something out there – conferences are full of people at loose ends!• “#iSkillsSM attendees! Interested in information
literacy? Like tacos? Meet-up at El Rico tonight!”• “Any other iSchoolers at #iSkillsSM want to explore
the Market area?”
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You’re presenting at a conference!• Share your Twitter handle in your first slide
• Shorten your links (using http://bit.ly)
• Pre-schedule some tweets, if you’re mentioning reports or sites you recommend they check out (Twuffer)• Or have a friend tweet links as you talk. This is
probably less stressful, if you have the right
• Respond to people who engaged with your talk!
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The conference is over!• Make a to-do list within three days. • Who do you want to follow up with?
• Great to meet you – enjoyed your talk • What did you want to share with the audience of
other talks?• If you’re interested in topic X, there’s a
conference happening here next year you should really apply to…
• Which websites did you Favourite for later visiting?• What resonated, and can be put in to practice?
• If you’re going to blog, do it immediately.
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Blogging your notes
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Blogging your notes
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Storify – Tell a story!
@caropinto
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You’re running a conference!• Good for you. Only other conference organizers will ever appreciate your grueling efforts.
• Develop a communications plan. • Who tweets when and what do they share? • Do you want to highlight different sessions? • Do you want to gather feedback through Twitter?
Who will be keeping track of that?
• Put everything people need to know on their badge
•Make sure there’s time for less formal networking opportunities
•Wi-Fi is non-negotiable (but bad wi-fi is worse than none)
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Other tools• Blogging (WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr)
• Zotero or Mendeley
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Slideshare
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Diigo
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Draft
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Draft
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Other stuff:• 4Square
• Podcasting (Ardour, Podbean, Soundcloud)
•GoodReads
• Jing
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What’s ahead – The conversation
• The Public Journal of Philosophy & the work of Chris Long• Digital Dialogues (podcast) & Public Digital Scholarship
http://www.cplong.org/
• Eduhacker• Education and technology. Many pieces about using
social media in the classroom, as part of building your online presence