I’m heading out to Utah for EVO ’10: The Evolution of Women in Social Media in a couple of weeks. I’ll be speaking on the Small Business Success panel, and I can’t tell you how excited I am to get out!

Since my kids are so young and we live far away from all our family, traveling to live events just hasn’t been an option for me in the past. EVO will be the first conference I get to attend since I’ve had my business, and the thought that I finally get to meet so many people in real life that I’ve come to admire and respect via twitter and the online world is just thrilling!

I really appreciate this blog post since I’ve been looking around the web for recommendations like yours about how to make the most out of live events. I’ve printed out this post and am doing my “homework” now so I can be fully intentional at EVO.

I also want to tell you how awesome you are for pointing out the difference between “attention” and “intention.” I know that by following your suggestions and by being intentional about who I want to meet, what I want to accomplish, and what I want to learn, I’ll come away very happy and pleased with the whole experience.

Thanks again for such a great blog!

Lara Galloway
The Mom Biz Coach
http://www.mombizcoach.com

The comment you mentioned is my mistake. It was supposed to read “can not support the marketing strategy of using Twitter for event promotion ENOUGH”! I am a big supporter of using Twitter fore event marketing. (editing right after this) Thanks for pointing it out. I wonder how many other people read that and never said anything…

There are a couple choices for moderating Twitter feeds at live events. ParaTweet and Twubs are both applications that allow a user to filter profanity, pause the Twitter stream, or even approve/deny specific updates before they hit the screen. However, there may be some that consider this censorship and could have a negative impact, too.

Time will tell what is the most effective I suppose.

I find one of your comments interesting “I can not support the marketing strategy of using Twitter for event promotion.” Just wondering – why not?

The comment you mentioned is my mistake. It was supposed to read “can not support the marketing strategy of using Twitter for event promotion ENOUGH”! I am a big supporter of using Twitter fore event marketing. (editing right after this) Thanks for pointing it out. I wonder how many other people read that and never said anything…

There are a couple choices for moderating Twitter feeds at live events. ParaTweet and Twubs are both applications that allow a user to filter profanity, pause the Twitter stream, or even approve/deny specific updates before they hit the screen. However, there may be some that consider this censorship and could have a negative impact, too.

Time will tell what is the most effective I suppose.

I find one of your comments interesting “I can not support the marketing strategy of using Twitter for event promotion.” Just wondering – why not?

Live Tweets at Events – Tool or Distraction? via @MarketLikeAChik [link to post]

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For the Speaker side of the equation, if someone is constantly reading Tweets and loses their place during a session I would be pretty irritated. This is where a conference blogger or community manager would come in handy to monitor the tweets, comments and feedback…don't ya think?

As An Attendee:
I tweet information as I get it from speakers and as I find it resourceful. I use the conference hashtag and ultimately, find that my followers like it and find it resourceful too. I also get the chance to meet fellow conference attendees whom I've never met before by the simple fact that we're following the hashtag and we like one another's tweets. Often times, we tweet each other to meet in the lobby at some point.

As A Speaker:
I don't look at the Twitter stream unless we're talking about Twitter. Only then do I stop to look at tweets. I do ask folks to DM me or text me their questions (in the event someone's embarrassed to speak up). This works, and I look to take questions as I receive them. Otherwise, I avoid looking at the twitter stream as I find that my audience finds it distracting at times and well, it just doesn't look good on camera If it's a panel on the other-hand well then it's fair game because the focus isn't on me 24/7.