Comments on: Guest Post: 7 Ways to Use Twitter to Engage Your Audience

By: Morgan

Morgan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:23:58 +0000

This is a great post, I think some of the points in this post: http://www.ecrowds.com/5-ways-better-engage-your-twitter-audience do a good job of adding to the ideas you've listed here. It's an interesting article that explores general Twitter best practices. I'd also recommend checking out a few tools that can help analyze Twitter influence: Twitter Analyzer (a really user friendly analytics tool) - http://twitteranalyzer.com/ TweetVolume (to assess hashtag and brand presence) - http://www.tweetvolume.com/ Thanks again for this post!

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By: Carol

Carol — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:44:24 +0000

Thanks for your brave and creative ideas for using Twitter!

Very unique and helpful… I’m passing it on.

Thanks again, will look forward to staying in touch (via Twitter!)

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Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:31:28 +0000

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By: Frank Pearse

Frank Pearse — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:41:45 +0000

Thanks for the post.

Have you walked into the back of a University Lecture hall recently? Many (most?) students are eagerly typing away on their laptops. If the lecturer believes they are typing notes, then I guess they are living in a dream world. The same is true for pretty much any presentation you see these days. Computers, Phones, IPods etc. etc. they are all being used! You present some excellent ideas for acknowledging that these items are there and using them in a meaningful way. Thanks for the tips, I will be using them when presenting to the toughest audiences…teachers!

By: Beth Kanter

Beth Kanter — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:40:15 +0000

Thanks for these engagement tips! I’ve taught a lot of online learning courses and webinars – where you have people on a phone line AND a back channel. I’ve used all of the above, but have not done that with Twitter while presenting in a room. I’m going to try at my next presentation.

One engagement activity – is to have the audience type in just three words about how they are feeling about the content so far, or if you are teaching a topic to type in words they think that describe.

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Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:44:17 +0000

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By: Olivia Mitchell

Olivia Mitchell — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:04:40 +0000

Hi Jennifer, Many people are worried that Twitter might distract the audience. And I'm sure it happens in some cases. But often, it's the opposite - sharing thoughts and ideas via twitter is another way for the audience to engage with your content and they actually focus more. In a guest post on the TouchBase blog I've researched the benefits of having your audience twittering while you speak. Olivia

By: Jennifer Fong

Jennifer Fong — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:15:50 +0000

This is a very thought-provoking article. I have done massive amounts of training in front of live audiences, virtual classrooms, phone training, etc. And personally I use Twitter almost daily. My only thought regarding using Twitter during a presentation is I worry about the distraction that Twitter provides. Is the solution to the fact that SOME people will be on Twitter during your presentation to invite them all into the distraction? I would be more inclined to set up an online chatroom focused exclusively on the event. If I were doing a virtual presentation, I would use a virtual classroom tool that provided a spot for chat. While I wouldn’t discourage the practice of using Twitter to discuss an event, I would worry about it distracting people from their ability to engage effectively.