Comments on: How to attend a conference when you’re not there – use Twitter hashtags

By: June 2010 - Places to Connect and Learn

June 2010 - Places to Connect and Learn — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:54:06 +0000

[...] the very active #TBEX hashtags and mentions on Twitter (we follow hashtags all the time in order to attend conferences without actually getting on a plane,) make sure you keep an ear out for links to the Web livestream [...]

By: May 2010 Tourism Currents Newsletter - Let's Meet IRL (in real life)

May 2010 Tourism Currents Newsletter - Let's Meet IRL (in real life) — Sun, 22 May 2011 21:42:02 +0000

[...] we follow tourism events via Twitter hashtags, we see the thumbnail avatars of a growing cadre of social media-conversant tourism pros, but [...]

By: February 2010 - Special Event Promotion

February 2010 - Special Event Promotion — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:48:03 +0000

[...] — Speaking of following a hashtag (here is Sheila’s blog post about how to do that to “attend” conferences from afar) a brand-new, bi-monthly, hashtag-driven Twitter [...]

By: Want to connect with Midwest bloggers? This Iowa event is for you | Sheila's Guide To The Good Stuff

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:51:55 +0000

[...] about a cool conference in Iowa that is all about connecting and educating Midwest bloggers. I followed the conference hashtag on Twitter during last year’s version of it and was impressed, so I asked Jody to tell us a little bit [...]

By: Five quick ways to use social media for festivals and events | Sheila's Guide To The Good Stuff

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:37:11 +0000

[...] Make sure your followers know to use it; if you can get folks to use it, it will be easier to monitor your event as it occurs (I use hashtags all the time to follow conferences from a distance.) [...]

By: Announcing a new Tourism Currents workshop at BlogWorld and New Media Expo | Sheila's Guide To The Good Stuff

Fri, 28 May 2010 13:51:41 +0000

[...] and be immersed in how they communicate. I’m always chuckling when I listen in on non-geek conferences via Twitter hashtag and hear them exclaiming over tools and methods that they’re hearing about for the first [...]

By: Sheila Scarborough

Sheila Scarborough — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:09:37 +0000

Hi Jim Bob,

Thanks very much for stopping by, and mentioning Twapperkeeper and TweetChat – I did forget to mention those.

Once the organization gets more than a few people using the hashtag (and Twitter itself, for that matter) the more value there is in the backchannel discussions. The trick is to get people onto Twitter before the conference even starts – or right at the beginning – and make sure that everyone knows what a hashtag is and how to use it. People catch on quickly once it gets going.

By: Jim Bob Howard

Jim Bob Howard — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:43:33 +0000

Hi Sheila,

I know I’m a bit late weighing in on this topic, but I only just found you “at” the last SMBAustin…

One thing you mentioned is that hashtag searches on Twitter only go back two weeks. True, but there’s a free service you can use to archive them longer than that: http://twapperkeeper.com/

Between that and TweetChat, you can maximize the involvement of your event backstream, and use it to build momentum for an upcoming large event, or recruit eavesdroppers into your next monthly/weekly event.

Monitoring the backstream also allows you to “hear” what take-aways folks find most useful for your event. Hire someone to monitor the backstream hashtag during your event and you can include non-attenders in the conversation whenever it would mutually benefit both audiences.

Blessings,
Jim Bob

By: SOB Business Cafe 10-23-09 | Liz Strauss at Successful Blog

SOB Business Cafe 10-23-09 | Liz Strauss at Successful Blog — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:56:18 +0000

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By: Sheila Scarborough

Sheila Scarborough — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:52:22 +0000

Hi Brooks,

Happy to plug TweetChat, and have fun with your new project.