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After 110 Pages of Tweets is Twitter Worth It?

On March 5, 2010 - I celebrated my first Twitterversary. It came and went without much fanfare as I forgot that it happened. However, I thought it was worth reviewing my progress over the past year. In my first 365 days, I wrote 2,743 tweets - which is about 110 pages

Posted on 5 Apr 2010
By Samuel J Smith
In social media

Game Changer For Small Events: Zerista’s Mobile Community Platform

Did you hear that Zerista launched a new mobile community for events last week? It could be a game changer for small events – giving them access to event technology that was previously too expensive.

This new mobile platform is a mashup of Ning, Eventbrite, Twitter and Foursquare for small groups. Plus, it has a self-service setup AND they are making it free for groups with less than 250 people.

Said another way: Zerista can do schedules, messaging, backchannel, take payments, support checkin, send invites, maps and browse member lists and probably other stuff, too.

Watch the video from the DEMO Conference last week to get an overview:

Posted on 29 Mar 2010
By Samuel J Smith
In Mobile

Free Webinar: Beyond Social Media – Uncover New Ways To Connect, Engage and Educate Your Audience Physically And Virtually

This morning, I joined Jeff Hurt (Velvet Chainsaw Consulting) and Michael McCurry (Experient) in a webinar called: Beyond Social Media: Uncover New Ways To Connect, Engage and Educate Your Audience Physically and Virtually. The webinar was organized by InXpo and was part of their InXpoLive program. The webinar gave

Posted on 18 Mar 2010
By Samuel J Smith
In social media

Building A Digital Game Plan For Events

On 1 March 2010, I made a presentation at MPI’s European Meetings and Events Conference in Malaga, Spain on “Building a Digital Game Plan”. The idea behind the presentation was to get the audience to think about how to get the audience to think about the opportunities that technology can bring

Posted on 5 Mar 2010
By Samuel J Smith
In strategy

Staying Connected to 5 Conferences While Packing Boxes

I am in full blown moving mode. We are moving from Switzerland to the United States. As I write this, I am sitting on the floor of my empty apartment with only the wifi access remaining. Our furniture is loaded into a container that is starting a six week voyage

Posted on 24 Feb 2010
By Samuel J Smith
In social media

Lessons in Engaging Attendees from Event Camp NYC 2010

On Saturday, the self-organized twitter group #eventprofs organized its first conference. The event was called Event Camp and was centered around Social Media in Events. This was supposed to be an unconference - but was really more of a tribal meeting in my mind. [See Mike McCurry's post for more] You

Posted on 9 Feb 2010
By Samuel J Smith
In social media

Is Your Event Technology Vendor Prepared for the Moment of Truth?

Are you ready to embrace Attendee 2.0? Maybe you are considering a combination of mobile phone applications applications, backchannels, hand-held devices, mobile texting or social media tools for your next event. While any of these technologies - if implemented correctly - will be sure to enhance the event experience, you need

Posted on 1 Feb 2010
By Samuel J Smith
In other

iPad: It Just Works…But Will It Work For Events?

Today, Steve Jobs announced Apple’s latest product the iPad. For most of us “shiny object people” this was a much anticipated announcement. Why? Well - Apple products have been known to change the way that we interact with technology and experience life. Look at the iPhone, the iTouch, the itunes store and

Posted on 27 Jan 2010
By Samuel J Smith
In event tech trends

How to Increase Social Media (and Technology) Adoption at Events

In my opinion, some event organizers are throwing technology at their events in the same way that the zookeeper throws a big chunk of raw meat to the lions. They lob it out there on the floor, stand back and see what happens. While the lion might jump on that piece

Posted on 5 Jan 2010
By Samuel J Smith
In social media

Seven Event Insights from the Frozen Tundra

Last week, I was in the frozen tundra of Minneapolis talking with people about meeting design and event technology. The events people there are creative, innovative and energizing. In the discussions, we pushed and pulled on the future of event technology in meetings and events. We talked about technology adoption, the

Posted on 21 Dec 2009
By Samuel J Smith
In other

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