Comments on: Live Tweeting From Conferences http://heidiallen.id.au/live-tweeting-from-conferences/ New Media in Health and Publishing Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:59:06 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Heidi Allen http://heidiallen.id.au/live-tweeting-from-conferences/#comment-2734 Heidi Allen Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:05:50 +0000 http://heidiallen.id.au/wordpress/?p=16#comment-2734 some good tips there - although with including your name may take up too many characters, I would say it can be assumed that if you're tweeting it's your interpretation of the comments. The use of a universal hashtag is definitely a problem. With negative comments, my rule is not to say anything I wouldn't say to someone's face. Great comment. Thanks some good tips there – although with including your name may take up too many characters, I would say it can be assumed that if you’re tweeting it’s your interpretation of the comments. The use of a universal hashtag is definitely a problem. With negative comments, my rule is not to say anything I wouldn’t say to someone’s face. Great comment. Thanks

]]> By: @psweetman http://heidiallen.id.au/live-tweeting-from-conferences/#comment-2731 @psweetman Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:13:42 +0000 http://heidiallen.id.au/wordpress/?p=16#comment-2731 Another tip is to work out a way early on how you can comment on the conference without it being thought to be the speaker talking. When live tweeting I prefaced my comments with (PSw) so that it was clear, but you could also preface each of speaker's comments with their name. The problem with that method is that it takes precious characters from your 140. My second tip is to use another hashtag if there is more than one workstream / workshop. That way people watching will know which room you are in, otherwise the twitterstream can be very messy and unclear. My third tip that you may want to consider is that livetweeting is valued by the presenters, but not all will be able to cope with very negative remarks. Encourage your followers to tweet constructively and everyone will get something out of the back-channel. Great article! Another tip is to work out a way early on how you can comment on the conference without it being thought to be the speaker talking. When live tweeting I prefaced my comments with (PSw) so that it was clear, but you could also preface each of speaker’s comments with their name. The problem with that method is that it takes precious characters from your 140.

My second tip is to use another hashtag if there is more than one workstream / workshop. That way people watching will know which room you are in, otherwise the twitterstream can be very messy and unclear.

My third tip that you may want to consider is that livetweeting is valued by the presenters, but not all will be able to cope with very negative remarks. Encourage your followers to tweet constructively and everyone will get something out of the back-channel.

Great article!

]]> By: Four Steps In Using Twitter for Research http://heidiallen.id.au/live-tweeting-from-conferences/#comment-22 Four Steps In Using Twitter for Research Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:48:11 +0000 http://heidiallen.id.au/wordpress/?p=16#comment-22 [...] if you let them know you’ll be posting on a particular topic that may not be relevant to them (eg conference proceedings) and let them know when to follow you back should they want to.  Comment by Teresa Blaes on my [...] [...] if you let them know you’ll be posting on a particular topic that may not be relevant to them (eg conference proceedings) and let them know when to follow you back should they want to.  Comment by Teresa Blaes on my [...]

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