This is primarily done in the communications medium of face-to-face and not in text - until Twitter . Twitter is powerful enough to use right now, but will become even more of a relationship builder as people use the 'group' function. That means you can talk to the world, but gather people in your community (or in Seth Godin's view ' Tribes ') of interests to dialogue and influence. Last weekend we had our great annual conference of Speakers Roundtable , (my You build relationships through spontaneous, casual, open and 'dialogue' communications. There was lots of interest

Much ado over a Twittering Congress. Last week during the President's address to the joint session of Congress, some members Twittered through the speech . Traditional presenters bristled with comments like: "if someone is Twittering during a presentation, it means that the speaker is not keeping their interest and attention. People have been making color commentary Almost immediately, two basic attitude camps sprang up among pundits: 1. How dare they!

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Business speakers (and leaders, keynoters, politicians, Pastors and, well, everyone…) need to be aware that like it or not, Twitter is coming to their speaking experience. Be Aware, and Beware! There's been a lot of buzz - and new insight - into what to do about people twittering while you are speaking. Here's why: The great majority of Twitterers, and bloggers for that Olivia Mitchell did an outstanding guest blog on Laura Fitton's Pistachio site, and the next day on Chris Spagnuolo's Edgehopper , wrapping up a busy week with her own summary post. All great

You may be wondering why something as seemingly simple as Twitter causes so much confusion and consternation among business people. Perhaps, it best likened to a tool like a hammer which is simultaneously simple and powerful. So too with Twitter. After all, a hammer can be used to put up a basic bookshelf or to build an entire home that will house a family for a lifetime. Everything depends on whether you wield that hammer in an awkward, solitary way or use it skillfully and cooperatively with a team of other like-minded folks.

Home Presentation eBook Blog About Best Posts Content PowerPoint Nervousness Delivery Audience Contact Browse > Home / Audience / 8 things I learnt about using twitter as a participation tool 8 things I learnt about using twitter as a participation tool March 1, 2009 by Olivia Mitchell Welcome to this blog - my aim is to make a difference to the success of your presentations. My session was on “How to engage your audience with Twitter” and I tried to

You have become a fixture on Twitter in the past year (BTW, I love your Tweets). How do you see the rise of social media tools like Twitter and Facebook see Twitter (not Facebook) as the dominant communication tool for both text It’s a powerful business/personal communication medium Good friend and communicator Chris Spagnuolo has a great blog called Edgehopper (that's his frog above) - and he was nice enough to interview me . In case you missed it: Ten Questions with Bert Decker (1) In

You ask your audience a question; they can answer using Twitter, text messages, or the web. This tool is very simple to use, yet fun and potentially quite powerful. Twitter Hashtags. Why not ask a modern audience to Tweet their questions with a special Twitter hashtag for panel discussions? Your audience has the technology. They're carrying smart phones.

I haven't been posting to this blog as frequently as I like due to spending more time with Twitter.  I've found that Twitter allows me to quickly share articles and resources that I've come across without spending quite as much time writing and researching for a more thoughtful post here on my Typepad blog.  I've moved the Twitter feed up to a more prominent location on this blog so that you can see some of the topics that I'm covering there.  Typepad has integrated I've also updated the footer on this blog to allow for you to re-tweet a post that you find interesting. 

How I Discovered This Video Offers Another Proof of the Power of Social Media SW Florida online marketing maven and real estate professional, Chris Griffith , clued me into this cool and compelling video which does a terrific job of dispelling doubts about the power and impact of social media. since she was an early and prolific user of Twitter, I then invited her to do a guest post on Content Marketing Today: Want to Connect Your Content, Your Projects, and Your Life to the World? So, it’s only natural to share it on my blog. But, there’s more.