This is always a good plan when using ANY new tool, but particularly good advice when implementing new technology. Let the technology work for you, not the other way around.

Mike

Thank you for tweeting out the highlights of some of these presentations. For those of us in the “virtual third world” having a person in the face-to-face audience like you is really important. If the event strategy includes spreading content as far and wide as possible – I think having someone tweet out the key points or highlights is of equal importance to having a moderator that bridges the virtual (or remote) audience and the face-2-face audience.

Also, thank you for making the effort to merge the virtual stream with the face-to-face stream to create better (multi-media) notes. Those diagrams are really, really great. Even among the boxes and the moving truck, I could see that I was missing out on some great content.

Originally, I was just collecting these tweets and others for my personal notes. Then, I realized that there were so many great ideas and frameworks coming out of this event. These ideas and tools are more useful in everyone’s hands than in just the hands of a few.

Thanks again for your tweets and your comment, Jeff.

– Sam

Obviously, I was onsite attending the event and turned up my tweet volume on the second day of the event.

Here’s an interesting twist that I did onsite. I was in @KellyAGraham and @deTomasi “nuts and bolts” workshop on Virtual Events. Kelly & Helaine were sharing some detailed check lists and timelines that were like tiny eye charts on the screen. However, those lists held a wealth of information for those who plan virtual events. I was sitting four rows back and couldn’t read them because the text was so small. So I logged into the Stream57 livestream of the event and pulled up their PPTs on my computer while I tweeted and attended in person. I was then able to read the text, take screen shots and share those valuable charts with my followers in real time. I ended up sharing 10 different checklists and timelines in all.

Those people sitting in the row in front of me thought I was taking pictures with my iPhone and tweeting them. They couldn’t figure out how I was getting such good pictures.

So, even when you’re in a face-to-face meeting, sometimes the virtual livestream is of value to those present too.