Comments on: Tweets from the SNCR Symposium in Cambridge Friday http://techprgems.com/2008/11/tweets-from-the-sncr-symposium-in-cambridge-friday/ Conversations about PR, social media, technology and marketing -- with a special focus on the social media community in Greater Boston Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:44:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tim Allik http://techprgems.com/2008/11/tweets-from-the-sncr-symposium-in-cambridge-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-1147 Tim Allik Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:52:54 +0000 http://techprgems.com/?p=1258#comment-1147 Doug and Beth, thanks for sharing your thoughts. Doug, I agree that following via hash tags makes more sense (although I still find it disjointed and not particularly useful). Beth, you're right that live Tweeting is good for the event from a promotional perspective. I came at this from my own personal experience. I was hoping to use my Tweets as an outline for my blog posts - but this plan backfired on me. The bottom line may be that it's necessary to have dedicated Tweeters and dedicated bloggers -- and not try to combine the two. Doug and Beth, thanks for sharing your thoughts. Doug, I agree that following via hash tags makes more sense (although I still find it disjointed and not particularly useful). Beth, you’re right that live Tweeting is good for the event from a promotional perspective.

I came at this from my own personal experience. I was hoping to use my Tweets as an outline for my blog posts – but this plan backfired on me.

The bottom line may be that it’s necessary to have dedicated Tweeters and dedicated bloggers — and not try to combine the two.

]]> By: Beth Dunn http://techprgems.com/2008/11/tweets-from-the-sncr-symposium-in-cambridge-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-1146 Beth Dunn Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:11:58 +0000 http://techprgems.com/?p=1258#comment-1146 I do enjoy following events I can't make it to via others' live-tweeting, if it's done well. I live-tweeted the SNCR symposium (just the daytime) for the @SNCR twitter account, and SNCR got a good deal of attention and new followers because of it. So I think it's good for the event, good for the organization putting on the event (again, if done well, which I hope I did). I agree, however, that it diminished my own grokking of what's being said. I'm thinking too much about "What can I Twitter based on this presentation?" and less about "What does this mean to me?" I do enjoy following events I can’t make it to via others’ live-tweeting, if it’s done well. I live-tweeted the SNCR symposium (just the daytime) for the @SNCR twitter account, and SNCR got a good deal of attention and new followers because of it.

So I think it’s good for the event, good for the organization putting on the event (again, if done well, which I hope I did). I agree, however, that it diminished my own grokking of what’s being said. I’m thinking too much about “What can I Twitter based on this presentation?” and less about “What does this mean to me?”

]]> By: Doug Haslam http://techprgems.com/2008/11/tweets-from-the-sncr-symposium-in-cambridge-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-1145 Doug Haslam Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:54:06 +0000 http://techprgems.com/?p=1258#comment-1145 FWIW, I never read blog posts compiling Tweets. They just look weird. Nor do I try to Tweet everything I want to say at an event, it's just too much for me (and for readers), especially with a number of people (like you) doing it better than me. Third, some people watching outside might like a little play by play, but adding opinion nd Using Twitter search to view all Tweets tagged "SNCR" was more valuable in my opinion, to get a more rounded view of what's going on. FWIW, I never read blog posts compiling Tweets. They just look weird. Nor do I try to Tweet everything I want to say at an event, it’s just too much for me (and for readers), especially with a number of people (like you) doing it better than me. Third, some people watching outside might like a little play by play, but adding opinion nd

Using Twitter search to view all Tweets tagged “SNCR” was more valuable in my opinion, to get a more rounded view of what’s going on.

]]> By: Tim Allik http://techprgems.com/2008/11/tweets-from-the-sncr-symposium-in-cambridge-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-1142 Tim Allik Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:55:42 +0000 http://techprgems.com/?p=1258#comment-1142 That's not to malign either Albert or Trace, by the way! Each gave fantastic presentations and did some video interviews at the SNCR event, which I look forward to watching. That’s not to malign either Albert or Trace, by the way! Each gave fantastic presentations and did some video interviews at the SNCR event, which I look forward to watching.

]]> By: Tim Allik http://techprgems.com/2008/11/tweets-from-the-sncr-symposium-in-cambridge-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-1141 Tim Allik Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:52:57 +0000 http://techprgems.com/?p=1258#comment-1141 This was an experiment in live Tweeting. I've always said that it's distracting and a waste of time and I hold my ground on that one based on my experiment. Look at my two SNCR blog posts here on Tech PR Gems- one consisting of live Tweets, the other based on notes that I took during the second half of the event. I think you'll agree that the post on community building holds more value. But I couldn't have done it if I live Tweeted. I found that live Tweeting distracted my thinking process. As I Tweeted I actually lost focus on the presentation. In contrast, as I took shorthand notes that only I could make sense of, my focus increased. I'm already on the record saying that I've never gained anything of substance from reading live Tweets of events. Now I can say that I've never contributed any substance either. This was an experiment in live Tweeting. I’ve always said that it’s distracting and a waste of time and I hold my ground on that one based on my experiment.

Look at my two SNCR blog posts here on Tech PR Gems- one consisting of live Tweets, the other based on notes that I took during the second half of the event. I think you’ll agree that the post on community building holds more value. But I couldn’t have done it if I live Tweeted.

I found that live Tweeting distracted my thinking process. As I Tweeted I actually lost focus on the presentation. In contrast, as I took shorthand notes that only I could make sense of, my focus increased.

I’m already on the record saying that I’ve never gained anything of substance from reading live Tweets of events. Now I can say that I’ve never contributed any substance either.

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