How Speakers Can Manage Twitter- and Live to Talk About it
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
photo by Sean Dreilinger
Pretend you’re a speaker approaching the stage at a big conference. As you walk up to the stage, you notice two big screens–one for your Powerpoint presentation, the other for Twitter.
Guess what? You’ve got company. Your audience will be joining you on stage, tweeting about your presentation.
Public speaking is nerve wracking enough. Now speakers will get to deal with Twitter and a new era of “participatory” presentations. Right now the “Twitter factor” in speeches is microscopic, mainly confined to a scattering of techie conferences. But it’s coming.
As usual, it’s starting with the tech savvy types who are itching to join what they see as a public “conversation.” The more voices, the merrier (see a recent post in the Pistachio blog). Corporate speakers cringe; they see a public brawl coming. (more…)