As you may know, I write a monthly column for Event Solutions‘ Trend Report. For the January issue I’ve focused on a topic that has been hotly debated online. Should back channel conversations on Twitter be brought to the front channel at events? What is a backchannel? A backchannel is basically a conversation or series […]
Between Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and blogs (to name a few), all of us are building friendships and business relationships online. And sometimes there are times when we want to share things with our new contacts…like a thank you for writing something nice about us or a book we just finished reading that we know our […]
Congratulations to everyone who was nominated for the 2009 EventProfs Blog Awards! As you know, all nominated blogs were announced and voting was opened to the public to vote on their favorite blog in each category. Our goal with the awards was to create a platform to introduce new and not-so-new blogs to event professionals. […]
No, this has nothing to do with events…that is, unless you plan to wear them to one. But I just came across these amazing thigh high socks. And for no other reason than I think they’d be a great conversation starter at a social media event, I bought them. Shortly after placing my order I […]
1. Join the conversationBack when I started eventprofs’ weekly chats, there were only a small handful of organized Twitter discussions…now there are over 55, and counting! Each chat is highly targeted to a segment of the Twitter population. For example, there are chats for fathers, association managers, caterers, feminists…and yes, even Anthropology in Product Management! […]