Know/respect your fellow attendees A benefit of tweeting from an event is that you can gain a large amount of quality Twitter connections in a short amount of time. Just as people will see your Twitter handle in the event’s livestream, discover your work and follow you if it is relevant to them (which is likely since you are both interested in the same conference), you should follow other people whose handles appear in the livestream. This increases the chances that other event-goers will discover you and you can make connections that overflow into offline meetings. Watch for statements that triggered interest among your followers or that many people in the event’s livestream retweeted. To the extent that it’s possible, reply to those who tweeted the same statements, either agreeing that an important point was made or by asking a follow-up question of your own. If the conversation gets interesting, you can tell everyone who is at the event to take it offline by tweeting something like, “Let’s talk more about this during the coffee break in the main lobby!” Take selfies with other attendees and tweet them, with conference hashtags and Twitter handles, so they appear on both of your feeds, and in the conference feed/archive. Chances are that someone will be live blogging the conference as well. This means that they will be recording more of what is said and in more detail. Look around for — instance by glancing at the hashtag stream for live bloggers. After vetting them, — share the links to these blogs with your followers. It’s a great idea to give your audience different perspectives on the event. Reconnect with your new followers by sending a “thanks for connecting at name]” tweet once the event is over. Part of tweeting from an event is about using the platform to make connections that can last beyond the event or even grow into organizational partnerships and collaborations.
Know/respect your fellow attendees A benefit of tweeting from an event is that you can gain a large amount of quality Twitter connections in a short amount of time. Just as people will see your Twitter handle in the event’s livestream, discover your work and follow you if it is relevant to them (which is likely since you are both interested in the same conference), you should follow other people whose handles appear in the livestream. This increases the chances that other event-goers will discover you and you can make connections that overflow into offline meetings. Watch for statements that triggered interest among your followers or that many people in the event’s livestream retweeted. To the extent that it’s possible, reply to those who tweeted the same statements, either agreeing that an important point was made or by asking a follow-up question of your own. If the conversation gets interesting, you can tell everyone who is at the event to take it offline by tweeting something like, “Let’s talk more about this during the coffee break in the main lobby!” Take selfies with other attendees and tweet them, with conference hashtags and Twitter handles, so they appear on both of your feeds, and in the conference feed/archive. Chances are that someone will be live blogging the conference as well. This means that they will be recording more of what is said and in more detail. Look around — for instance by glancing at the hashtag stream — for live bloggers. After vetting them, share the links to these blogs with your followers. It’s a great idea to give your audience different perspectives on the event. Reconnect with your new followers by sending a “thanks for connecting at name]” tweet once the event is over. Part of tweeting from an event is about using the platform to make connections that can last beyond the event or even grow into organizational partnerships and collaborations.
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