the do's and don'ts of live-tweeting
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A short presentation detailing some common do's and don'ts of live-tweeting events and conferences.TRANSCRIPT
Meghan Granito
@MeginSeattle
June 2014
The Do’s and Don’ts of Live-Tweeting
What is Live-Tweeting?
• Twitter defines live-tweeting as:• (v.): To engage on Twitter for a continuous period of time
—anywhere from 20 minutes to a few hours—with a sequence of focused tweets
• Live-tweeting can occur during many types of events, conferences, television shows, etc.
• Simple etiquette surrounding live-tweeting
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Do Use the Conference Hashtag
• Connect with other conference attendees
• Keep up with the sessions
•Give credit to speakers
•Hashtag should be provided by conference organizers
• If one is not provided, do a quick Twitter search
• Pro-tip: Save the hashtag as a Twitter search for easy access
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Do Retweet and Favorite Others
• As your scrolling through tweets from the conference, retweet or favorite tweets that really stick out to you
•Great way to connect with fellow conference attendees,
• Encourages further discussion, post-conference follow up, and more
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Do Give Credit to Speakers
• Know the Speaker’s Twitter handle, if available
• Tweet quickly before the session and include the title of the presentation, speaker/handle and conference hashtag
• Always try to fit the speaker’s handle into a tweet
• If you can’t, no worries—just use the conference hashtag
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Do Share Your Opinion
• Live-tweeting is great resource for folks that couldn’t make the actual conference and are keeping up with the hashtag from home
•While it’s important to give credit to the speaker and to share direct quotes from sessions, it’s also beneficial to tweet your take on what the speaker has shared
•Disagree with something a speaker says? Don’t be afraid to share that…just remember to be respectful and professional
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Don’t Use the Hashtag to Troll/Spam
•What is spamming?
•What is trolling?
•Only tweet conference-related items with the dedicated hashtag
• It’s not the time to tweet out unrelated statements or links—it clogs up the feed and is too self-promotional for anyone’s good
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Do Follow Up
• Take some time post-conference/event to read through the conference hashtag
• Remember great nuggets of information for future use
•Did a session resonate with you? Write a blog post
•Was there a speaker that you’d like to chat more with post-event? Reach out via Twitter or email
•Don’t be afraid to follow up with the folks who also live-tweeted the conference @MeginSeattle
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THANK YOUQuestions? Contact Meghan!
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @MeginSeattle
LinkedIn: /meghangranito
Blog: Social in the 206