Twitter For Conference Interactivity
Mark Kobayashi-Hillary, 08/07/2010, posted in "Analysis"
Mark Kobayashi-Hillary is an author, blogger, and advisor on technology, globalisation and corporate change. He has written several management books, including ‘Global Services: Moving to a Level Playing Field’, ...more info
Mark Kobayashi-Hillary is an author, blogger, and advisor on technology, globalisation and corporate change. He has written several management books, including ‘Global Services: Moving to a Level Playing Field’, ‘Who Moved My Job?’, and ‘Building a Future with BRICs’. He is a regular contributor to Silicon.com and Computer Weekly and blogs about the politics of globalisation for Reuters. Mark is a board member of the UK National Outsourcing Association and a committee member of the British Computer Society ELITE group. He has advised the United Nations on the development of the IT industry in Africa, the Indian government on service exports, and the British government on developing a hi-tech economy. Mark is a visiting lecturer on the MBA programme at London South Bank University. ...less info
Have you been to a conference recently where Twitter was used to create more interactivity?
I’ve been to a few. It’s easy to do at all the social media events. Just put up a big screen and agree on a hash-tag and everyone will make comments. Whether it’s anything useful is another matter entirely. I’ve also been to some events where Twitter was introduced as a good idea, yet the people in the audience had no idea how to use it despite their supposed status as leaders within the world of IT.
So I was thinking about this when I was asked by the National Outsourcing Association to add some ideas to their annual summer party. It’s usually a great event, full of people from the tech industry, and usually on a London rooftop somewhere drinking in the sun.
The party is going to take place next week on July 15 in London, but the part I managed to add starts from 4pm. It’s going to be some really interesting tech leaders speaking ‘TED-style’ for just 10 minutes each one after the other… so it’s a full-on session of ideas, with questions from the audience all being taken via Twitter.
Take a look at the speakers here. If you want to ask them a question – right now – then just ask it on Twitter and use the hashtag #noaeue. Live commentary of the event will be published on the day on the account @thenoa, so follow that user if you can’t make it in person.
- BBC, Michael Stock, Stretch Project Director, Head of Partnership & Contract
- Department for Work and Pensions, James Gardner, CTO
- Marks & Spencer, Darrell Stein, Director of IT and Logistics
- Symbian, Ian McDonald, Head of IT
- BT, Sarah Manning, Head of Services Improvement and Supplier Management
- Centrica, Kevin Devoy, Manager, Procurement and Supplier Management
- Guardian Media Group, Andy Beale, Technology Director
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