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Twitter at Conferences: Tips for Organisers and Delegates

Dr Andrea Bundon

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

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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

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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

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Now that you have the network….

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Targeting shared audiences, Targeting influencers

Dr Andrea Bundon

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

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