Yesterday Twitter announced a major overhaul of their platform. Here is what you need to know and the impact of the new changes on events. I believe Twitter is event driven. I started saying this back in 2007, when not a lot of us event lovers were paying attention to this revolutionary social… Read more
Proxlet: Your Antiemetic Therapy for Twomiting
March 24, 2011 By
I’ve been talking about how Twomiting, the art of constantly tweeting when at conferences, should not be encouraged by event planners. OK but what about us followers, annoyed by others’ tweets? Well I am here today, dear reader, to introduce Proxlet. Proxlet is a great service to get… Read more
How to Better use Twitter Hashtags at Events
March 14, 2011 By
Live Tweeting through hashtags at events has become so annoying. Don’t get me wrong my dear reader. I still believe there is plenty of space for Twitter at events but not in the way most of us use it. Common scenario: #sxsw event. My stream is inundated with attendees of the popular… Read more
twitter Enters Presentations
June 24, 2009 By
Keynotetweet is a major step toward online/offline integration, with a touch of twitter coolness. Photo by smannium via Flickr The much discussed role of twitter during presentations, led us to believe that some piece of software was soon to be released. And there we go, keynotetweet… Read more
What I learned about Social Media
June 5, 2009 By
On the 28th of May I was invited by great planner Liza Bergman to participate at Masterclass Social Media in Amsterdam, here are video and presentation. I enjoyed the crowd and we also built a community for the event which I invite you to join. Julius Solaris @ Masterclass Social Media from… Read more
5 Ways to Visualize Twitter at Events
May 29, 2009 By
A lot of fuzz is being made about if tweets should be displayed at events or not. The answer is simple, Yes! And in a fancy way. Here goes a collection of what Julius Solaris, your host, thinks are the best tools to display live tweets at events. 5. Twitter Search + Firefox +… Read more
10 Ways to Measure Your Event (ROI) with Social Media
March 25, 2009 By
If your clients are obsessed with measurement and ROI when it comes to integrating Social Media into their event, here is how you can get rid of most of the criticism and secure your next success. Photo by Darren Hester via Flickr This post is inspired by MeasurementCamp, a great event in… Read more
The Art Of Listening And Science Of Responding
March 23, 2009 By
In this guest post Jeff Hurt, our favorite event planning and change thinker on twitter, discusses Using Social Media To Listen To Your Event Customers We’ve all experienced it. The hallways of the conference are buzzing with chatter about the event. Attendees are discussing what’s working,… Read more
10 Applications your Event Needs
January 30, 2009 By
As anticipated the webinar for Nielsen & co. was great yesterday. Here are the slides for my presentation. If you attended and had questions, now the time to comment. View more presentations from Julius Solaris. (tags: twitter events Update: Here’s a transcript of the presentation…. Read more
