Comments on: Would You Include Twitter as a Fellow Panelist? http://deswalsh.com/2008/04/25/would-you-include-twitter-as-a-fellow-panelist/ Social Media for Real Business Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:47:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Marty Collins http://deswalsh.com/2008/04/25/would-you-include-twitter-as-a-fellow-panelist/comment-page-1/#comment-1417 Marty Collins Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:03:02 +0000 http://deswalsh.com/?p=130#comment-1417 Nice write up Des. I was at the Twitter session and am not a Twitterer. I went to the session to understand better if I should start or if there is an opportunity I'm missing in my Social Media plan. I agree with Jeremiah, while entertaining there was no real business value to the session. People left the session the same way they came in, either loving Twitter and reconfirmed in that love or still shaking their heads saying "I still don't get it." The Twittering on the screen was very distracting. You have a room full of Web 2.o people who like to make their voices heard. I think backchannels are very useful to get sessions back on track. But having the twitters on the screen completely takes away from the session message. Sessions should deliver on the abstract that sold the session in the first place. The Twitter session didn't do that. That's my criteria, did I get what they promised me??? Nice write up Des. I was at the Twitter session and am not a Twitterer. I went to the session to understand better if I should start or if there is an opportunity I’m missing in my Social Media plan. I agree with Jeremiah, while entertaining there was no real business value to the session. People left the session the same way they came in, either loving Twitter and reconfirmed in that love or still shaking their heads saying “I still don’t get it.” The Twittering on the screen was very distracting. You have a room full of Web 2.o people who like to make their voices heard.

I think backchannels are very useful to get sessions back on track. But having the twitters on the screen completely takes away from the session message. Sessions should deliver on the abstract that sold the session in the first place. The Twitter session didn’t do that. That’s my criteria, did I get what they promised me???

]]> By: Jeremiah Owyang http://deswalsh.com/2008/04/25/would-you-include-twitter-as-a-fellow-panelist/comment-page-1/#comment-1414 Jeremiah Owyang Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:37:12 +0000 http://deswalsh.com/?p=130#comment-1414 To me, it's really a twitter meetup, or a twitter experiment, when you put the back channel as close as we did on stage. As a result, there were funny comments (that added no value, but were somewhat distracting) so you'll need to set expectations up front to your audience and the conference organizer before doing this. BTW Des, I met someone who is moving to Australia and will be doing some tech work, and she asked who she should meet and I immediately said you. This was after my panel yesterday. To me, it’s really a twitter meetup, or a twitter experiment, when you put the back channel as close as we did on stage.

As a result, there were funny comments (that added no value, but were somewhat distracting) so you’ll need to set expectations up front to your audience and the conference organizer before doing this.

BTW Des, I met someone who is moving to Australia and will be doing some tech work, and she asked who she should meet and I immediately said you. This was after my panel yesterday.

]]> By: Making Time to Read and Comment on Other Blogs : Thinking Home Business http://deswalsh.com/2008/04/25/would-you-include-twitter-as-a-fellow-panelist/comment-page-1/#comment-1403 Making Time to Read and Comment on Other Blogs : Thinking Home Business Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:35:54 +0000 http://deswalsh.com/?p=130#comment-1403 [...] some time researching, completing and publishing one blog post, but it was on another blog (see Would You Include Twitter as a Fellow Panelist?), not [...] [...] some time researching, completing and publishing one blog post, but it was on another blog (see Would You Include Twitter as a Fellow Panelist?), not [...]

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