Twitter users critique keynoter in real time

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Dan Updegrove <updegrove () gmail com>
> Date: November 25, 2009 10:57:09 AM EST
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Twitter users critique keynoter in real time

> Dave,
>
> For IP?
>
> At an October conference of university web designers, the keynote
>
> -- http://2009.highedweb.org/davidgalper.aspx
>
> was not well received; audience found speaker to be several years  
> behind current practice. Attendees had an active Twitter back  
> channel during the conference, so critiqued speaker (humorously ...  
> savagely) in real time. Twitter commentary went viral, with non- 
> attendees (both in the hotel and back on campuses) commenting
>
> -- http://wthashtag.com/transcript.php?page_id=5224&start_date=2009-10-06&end_date=2009-10-06&tz=2%3A00&export_type=HTML
>
> Some issues:
>
> * Would real-time feedback improve such a presentation? If so, how  
> can such feedback best be transmitted to the speaker -- via  
> moderator? directly on presentation screen? via dashboard that  
> aggregates audience reactions?
> * Do conference attendees now expect a live back channel, and is  
> there an emerging protocol, or etiquette, for such a channel?
> * What are the implications of having a permanent and Google- 
> searchable transcript of audience commentary?
> * When presentations, audience commentary, and hallway chatter are  
> available in real time over the Internet, why bother to attend?
>
> This particular debacle, and the phenomenon of real-time feedback on  
> conference speakers -- and university instructors -- are in The  
> Chronicle of Higher Education:
>
> (1) 	November 17, 2009 - Conference Humiliation: They're Tweeting  
> Behind Your Back
> Tweckle (twek'ul) vt. to abuse a speaker only to Twitter followers  
> in the audience while he/she is speaking....
>
> http://chronicle.com/article/Conference-Humiliation-/49185/
>
> (2) 	November 22, 2009 - Teaching With Twitter: Not for the Faint of  
> Heart: Students are emboldened, but they can also hijack discussions
> http://chronicle.com/article/Teaching-With-Twitter-Not-for/49230/
>
> Cheers -- and best wishes for a happy Thanksgiving.
>
> Dan
>
> Daniel A. Updegrove
> Consultant on IT in Higher Education
> http://web.me.com/danupdegrove/
> (512) 331-5098
> (512) 423-7785 cell



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