6. Twitter at Conferences: Tips for Organisers and Delegates

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Twitter at Conferences: Tips for Organisers and Delegates

Dr Andrea Bundon


Conferences are short-term events Twitter can help you leverage conferences to have long-term effects Requires advance planning



Registration Include ‘what is your Twitter handle?’ Start tweeting as sessions are organised and papers accepted

Planning

Create event Twitter account • Email address? • Handle? • Hashtag? • Who???

Build-up to event

Include Twitter handle in ALL communication

Start tweeting updates

Retweet accounts that will have

similar audiences


Post conference

During conference

Post handle and hashtag everywhere!

Create lists of Twitter names of

presenters by session

Have assigned ‘tweeter’ in every room

TWEETWALL






Now that you have the network….


Targeting shared audiences, Targeting influencers

Dr Andrea Bundon


Who will be interested in sharing your work? How, where and when do they communicate? How can you help them?



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6. Twitter at Conferences: Tips for Organisers and Delegates

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