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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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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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)

• LinkedIn

• 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

•Pinterest

• 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

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