Google Wave vs Twitter at conferences
7th November 2009, 03:29 pm
By:Charlie Osmond @cosmond
http://blog.freshnetworks.com/2009/11/google-wave-vs-twitter-at-con...
Too many images to scrape here but go to the url - what a powerful way to attend a conference and then share with the team back home! - Dorothy
Twitter has quickly become the must-have channel for conference back-chat. Reading what other people tweet during a speech provides an extra dimension as you get a sense of what the audience is thinking. And just like passing notes in class, it’s also a lot more fun than simply sitting and listening. (and empowering – remember that Facebook interview from SXSW’08?)
Twitter is also a great way to attend a conference without actually being there – just follow a conference hashtag (e.g. #smib09 or #figarodigital) and find out all the gossip and the key points from the comfort of your desk.
But watch out Twitter. Google Wave is going to take this digitally-enabled conference back-channel a step further.
At the recent Ecomm conference delegates were provided with Google Wave accounts. What resulted was a fantastic showcase of collaboration and crowd-sourcing. Sprinkeled with a good dose of integrated offline and online real-time social media. <– way too many social media buzzwords.
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