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Tweet Me Right - SoCon11
As promised – below are the tweets from my session at SoCon11 on Saturday plus a few follow-ups tweets. Thanks to the attendees who made it a great session. And special thanks to my Twitter moderator Jay Lambert @lambertjay who was awesome as you’ll see from the tweets!
I’ve reordered the tweets and grouped related tweets together to make the stream easier to read.
LambertJay: Moved to room 3019 RT @KellyVandever: Involve your audience! Use Twitter backchannel! Tweet Me Right session #tweetrt #Tweetrt
LambertJay: Vandever – #SoCon11 Read Cliff Atkinson’s The Backchannel – Tweet Me Right #Tweetrt
LambertJay: Vandever – #SoCon11 Backchannel is things going on outside of speaker addressing audience; back of the room, water cooler, Twitter #Tweetrt
LambertJay: Vandever – #SoCon11 When should you incorporate Twitter in a speaking session? Depends on your audience. Some might not be ready. #Tweetrt
LambertJay: Vandever – #SoCon11 But some audiences will surprise you and embrace Twitter. Talk to them about it. #Tweetrt
judiknight: Starting Tweet Me Right session with Kelly Vandever #tweetrt #
LambertJay: Vandever – #SoCon11 If encouraging tweets during session, give instructions up front -> the hashtag, RT if have same question, etc. #Tweetrt
WendyKinney: #SoCon11 #Tweetrt @KellyVandever Retweets from the audience let the speaker validate the relevance of questions. WLK-the question I didn …
LambertJay: Vandever – #SoCon11 To engage audience before session, promote the entire event! Know your material & audience. Start tweeting b4 #Tweetrt
LambertJay: Hey @DawnGartin – do you have a #Tweetrt question? 🙂 #Tweetrt
@DawnGratin is a mutual friend of @LambertJay and I. Jay knew Dawn wasn’t able to come to #SoCon11 so he asked if she had a question. There have been cases where a person unable to attend an event has been following the Twitter stream and tweeted a friend at the event to request the friend ask a question — the person outside the room gets to benefit from & interact with the session. How cool is that?!
WendyKinney: #Tweetrt does is matter if the Tweet begins with the #? @KellyVandever #SoCon11
KellyVandever @WendyKinney answer to ? placement of hashtag- anywhere OK. Some people use it as part of sentence, some lead w/it, Tweetchat puts at end.
WendyKinney: Put things on the screen that the audience can tweet. @KellyVandever #Tweetrt #SoCon11
LambertJay: Vandever – #SoCon11 Include soundbites in your session which you know are tweetable (and retweetable) #Tweetrt
WendyKinney: Search.Twitter.com and TweetChat.com are the places to find out if your hash tag is available #Tweetrt #SoCon11 @KellyVandever
LambertJay: Vandever – #SoCon11 Spend time before session listening/following what’s being said on session hashtag. Interact. #Tweetrt
LambertJay: Vandever – #SoCon11 Use Twitter in advance to set the tone of your session #Tweetrt
LambertJay: Vandever – #SoCon11 Don’t open your session with the Twitter logistics; still have a good opening first #Tweetrt
LambertJay: Vandever – #SoCon11 Include Twitter breaks in your session to answer questions, etc. Enlist a Twitter moderator to help out. #Tweetrt
LambertJay: RT @WendyKinney Search.Twitter.com & TweetChat.com are places to find if your hashtag is available #Tweetrt #SoCon11 @KellyVandever #Tweetrt
LambertJay: RT @WendyKinney: #SoCon11 #Tweetrt @KellyVandever Retweets from the audience let the speaker validate the relevance of questions. #Tweetrt
WendyKinney: @KellyVandever losing eyecontact with tweets is the same as when the audience is taking notes. Get used to it. #Tweetrt #SoCon11
LambertJay: Vandever – #SoCon11 Have to get over people ‘not paying attention’ to you; if tweeting, they are still engaged. Serve your audience #Tweetrt
chenwilliams: #Tweetrt Tip: tweetworthy = content, tweetable = characters #SoCon11
KellyVandever RT @chenwilliams: #Tweetrt Tip: tweetworthy = content, tweetable = characters #SoCon11 – I really like how you summarized this point!
LambertJay: Vandever – #SoCon11 Tweets tell you what audience getting from your presentation. How valuable! #Tweetrt
WendyKinney: @KellyVandever answering all the questions in Twitter brings more benefit to your extended audience. #Tweetrt #SoCon11
judiknight: Ability to Look inside the brain of audience while presenting. @Kellyvandever @lambertjay #tweetrt #socon
LambertJay: Vandever – #SoCon11 doesn’t recommend posting tweets behind you as you speak; some comments can fluster you #Tweetrt
chenwilliams: What you say may not = what people hear, but you can see if you #Tweetrt #SoCon11
LambertJay: RT @chenwilliams: What you say may not = what people hear, but you can see if you #Tweetrt #SoCon11 #Tweetrt
Retweets from a mutual friend of @LambertJay & @KellyVandever who couldn’t make #SoCon11. Thanks for the RTs Dawn!
dawngartin: RT @LambertJay: Vandever – #SoCon11 To engage audience before session, promote the entire event! Know your material & audience. Start tweeting b4 #Tweetrt
dawngartin: RT @LambertJay: Vandever – #SoCon11 Include soundbites in your session which you know are tweetable (and retweetable) #Tweetrt
dawngartin: RT @LambertJay: Vandever – #SoCon11 Use Twitter in advance to set the tone of your session #Tweetrt
dawngartin: RT @LambertJay: Vandever – #SoCon11 Include Twitter breaks in your session to answer questions, etc. Enlist a Twitter moderator to help out. #Tweetrt
dawngartin: RT @LambertJay: Vandever – #SoCon11 Have to get over people ‘not paying attention’ to you; if tweeting, they are still engaged. Serve your audience #Tweetrt
Thank you tweets.
KellyVandever: #socon11 – thanks to attendees at #tweetrt breakout session – I appreciate you playing along!
KellyVandever: @lambertjay – Thanks for being an awesome Twitter moderator & twitter today during #socon11 #tweetrt! You rock!
LambertJay: Thx. Had fun! RT @KellyVandever: @lambertjay – Thanks for being awesome Twitter moderator & twitter today during #socon11 #tweetrt You rock!
Follow up conversation.
LambertJay Vandever – #SoCon11 How come up with tweetable bites without sounding canned? #Tweetrt
KellyVandever: @LambertJay -re your question how 2b tweetable w/out sounding canned- #tweetrt -hmmm be sincere, humorous, giving – what r your thoughts?
LambertJay @KellyVandever Provide 1-line summaries of your key points. Include a cool statistic on occasion. These are easy to tweet. #Tweetrt
KellyVandever: Well said! RT @lambertjay: @KellyVandever Provide 1-line summaries of key points. Include cool statistics. These are easy to tweet. #Tweetrt
WendyKinney: Lucky you! Get @KellyVandever ‘s slides from #Tweetrt #SoCon11 HERE>> http://bit.ly/e4Xyxc (expand)
There are still a few points before concluding this series. More to come on follow up after your program!
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