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The Art of the Backchannel at Conferences: Tips, Reflections, and Resources

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I've been thinking about how to best incorporate the back channel or in this case Twitter. Two recent blogs, " How To Present While People Are Twittering " and " Trends in Leadership Conferences " are the most recent blog posts packed with advice. How can we use back-channels as a progressive force at conferences?

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Reflections from Global s London Summit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I vlogged it here: Download cultureshock.wmv. I vlogged some of the friday night informal dinner - global dining partners - Download globaldinningpartners.wmv. One might think that it would be difficult to sustain a truly interactive experience, but the way Ethan and Rebecca facilitated - it was an intense day-long conversation.

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Intermediated Conferences and Backchannels

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm thinking of ways to integrate the chat with the phone discussion -- similar to what I experienced and learned about during Nancy White's Online Facilitation Workshop last fall. See Dave Winer's comments here, or as someone on the vlog list "Fighting for civilty using rudeness."

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Web Video for Social Benefit Sector: Some learnings.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was up too late editing a screencast to do a content analysis yesterday, instead I found a great thread on Nonprofits and Vlogging over at Social Edge facilitated by Patrick O'Heffernan. " (I can't resist adding: 5 billion channels and nothing to watch!). It's called Web Video for the Social Benefit Sector.

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It's all about the learning and insomnia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Her additional points about the use of Chat/IRC, Videocasts, VOIPcasts, Podcasts, and Visual Facilitation spurred some additional reflections (boy I feel a writely document coming on.) "Back Channel" or Chat/IRC - I've put myself on both sides of this back channel experience and have obsessed a little bit about it.