How to Become the #1 Tweeter at a Conference
Monday, October 17th, 2011
In 2010, at MPI WEC, I unknowingly became the #1 tweeter in Vancouver, BC when I had no cell phone access and only wifi. The side benefits were hyper-networking by meeting people and gaining fans and trust with people I didn’t meet. Here’s the top 10 tips from my experience that I’m applying here at the GMIC conference.
- Find Power – bring an extension card and a power strip and you’ll make a LOT of friends.
- Connect to Wifi – When you walk into new venues, jump through the hoops to connect to wifi or bring your own if you can afford it, I’m a fan of the Sprint Overdrive now.
- Setup Multiple Inputs – I set up my phone and my laptop with TweetDeck.
- Tweetable Education – If it makes you go hmmm, then tweet it, great speakers have great quotes and facts and resources, tweet them.
- One Note- I use OneNote, to take notes, then use Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, Alt-Tab to switch to Tweet Deck and hit send, highly effective if you’re a fast typist.
- Note Taking – I view Twitter as my new retention tool as a way for me to pay attention and document what I’ll remember.
- Measure - look for top 10 stats or Tweeters on your hashtag. Use power+circle on the iPhone to take a picture of your stats and then post that to make it a contest and prop those who are top 10 tweeters, they usually appreciate someone noticing!
- Tweet pictures and videos – Learn functions like on iPhone to take unique photos on the floor and then tweet them, sharing the experience with others. Tweet funny details, wins and fails and give instant feedback to conference organizers if they are paying attention.
- Hyper-networking – Make new friends during sessions by replying and re-tweeting info that you think is cool, they appreciate it and you get another tweet.
- Tweetup – Create or help promote a tweet up (an impromptu gathering of people on twitter, some of my most valuable meetings to meet people more like me at conferences) gives you credibility for supporting social media and adding more tweets people want.
- BONUS TIP! HootSuite / Scheduled Tweets – @hduckworth used this technique at http://mpicascadia.com, Before the conference starts, pre-set a collection of tweets (in this case about her session) to go off on the days leading up to the conference, this gives you a collection of tweets without even thinking about them, just set it and forget it! (Can you name that commericial?)
That’s it, while you think you may have nothing to say, just pay attention, use the goal of retention to help you keep aware during a conference and sharing to add to your marketing value and you can get known as the #1 Tweeter and gain tangible and intangible benefits for learning this new broadcasting skill.
Posted with the permission of John Chen. Originally posted @ | http://blog.geoteaming.com/?p=34
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4 Responses to this article
Fun post – I like how down-to-earth your approach is to becoming the #1 conference tweeter.
Usually conferences attract large numbers of social media gurus, and the rest of us can feel a bit overwhelmed- but these are helpful tips. Thanks!
Some great insights here. If it makes you go hmmm, tweet it. So true. I saw a speaker recently who would say something and than say Tweet That…. as a reminder. I checked the tweet stream for the event and yes he was quoted a lot. Brilliant
I think a lot of attendees aren’t into twitter that heavily yet( depends on the industry) but when they are this will catch.
We can! We can! We can name the product! It’s the Ronco Rotisserie! More important, we CAN put all of these tips to use. Thanks for the prescriptive guide, Especially for the tip from the speakers’ POV. Great way to make sure you’re working all the angles during a presentation, even if you’re the one giving it. Much better than letting someone take over your feed!
Thank TrivWorks, I appreciate teh down-to-earth, even though I used to work at Microsoft, I know tha real genius is getting technology that people actually use.
Jody, if it makes you go hmmm, it’s amazing how in sync a group of people are with amazing quotes/figures/facts.
YiShun Lai, YOU ARE CORRECT! At NSA, they were promoting making ‘tweetable’ slides, one picture, one quote 140 chars or less.
Thanks all and keep on tweeting! @bigkid, John Chen, CEO, Geoteaming, Author of 50 Digital Team Building Games (Wiley and Sons), due May 2012!