
There’s been much written about the Web Summit in the last few days and yes, it was a brilliant event, being described as the ‘Ploughing Match for nerds’ (The ploughing match is the biggest agricultural 3 day festival in Ireland,…
There’s been much written about the Web Summit in the last few days and yes, it was a brilliant event, being described as the ‘Ploughing Match for nerds’ (The ploughing match is the biggest agricultural 3 day festival in Ireland,…
It’s R in the #AtoZchallenge and today I’m focusing on Reluctant Speakers. I used to be a reluctant speaker. It seems strange now but I was 29 when I delivered my first presentation. 29! I had gone all the way…
Do you tweet at conferences? Have you been a speaker at a conference and noticed people typing on their laptops or seemingly texting on their phones – how have you felt? Is it rude to tweet/text/use facebook at a conference?…
As I mentioned in my previous post, I feel organisers of conferences should be utilising the twitter tool for so many positive reasons, reasons that are also advantageous for the attendees. Here’s some tips on how to get it right.…
I have been to four very different conferences lately and 3 of the 4 were not using twitter to its full beneficial use at all. These three did not announce the hashtag, I had to ask what it was (one…