Twitter and Tweet

This morning I attended a breakfast meeting on Social Media 101 - Isn't It Time You Took the Class? One of the presenter's PowerPoint slides was about the recent debacle at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas earlier this month. It seemed that the audience did not like the way the interview between Sarah Lacy of Business Week and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook founder fame was going. Thanks to technology, as in the form of Twitter, the audience took matters into their own hands.

So, here we are in the 21st century with all types of cool tools and technology to help us be better, more resourceful, more connected, more _____________(fill in the blank). In a few weeks, I am going to be a presenter, along with two Career Management Alliance colleagues, at the Kennedy/Alliance National Convention.

The thought crossed my mind...what if our audience doesn't like the way it's going or something? Not that I am counting on that, of course, but the reality is that in the "old days" (yesterday), you would attend a presentation and find it 1. interesting, motivating, engaging 2. a waste 3. boring and nod off 4. leave 5. worthy of a poor evaluation 6. other. And today, you can simply tweet as the presenters talk. And they won't even know it. What are you doing?

posted by: billiesucher

Comments

[Larry Lehmer]

You're right, Billie. That you're discussing back-channeling via Twitter puts you light years ahead of some businesses that don't even know what's being said about them in the front channel social media channels. My greatest concern about this phenomenon is that a basically useful technology being used in such a disruptive way may have a chilling effect on future potential presenters and may merely serve in the long run to stifle free speech rather than enhance an honest, creative dialogue.

[billiesucher]

Larry, appreciate your thoughtful comment...aun aprendo.

[Karen P. Katz]

A little bird tells me your Minneapolis program is gonna ROCK! Tweet, Tweet...Twitter, Twitter...

[billiesucher]

Thanks Karen - can't wait...and what I really find interesting is that this whole opportunity is rooted in one line from a blog post. Here's to blogging and building connections!