E-mail and Texting are being used in “Two Way Keynotes” a la Larry Chaing

I just got back from the National Speakers’ Association convention in Orlando, where I attended Larry Chaing’s workshop – What They Don’t Teach You at NSA.

In that workshop, he asked attendees to text or email questions to him, AS HE WAS SPEAKING. Novel approach! He called it the 2 way keynote, which extends this whole social media concept of ‘conversation’ to another level. He took a break in his talk to read the questions texted to him, and he answered them. New way of keeping a record of the questions, heh?!

Another way this can be done is by having a compatriot monitor the text messages, emails and tweets, so as not to distract the speaker. Or to have them project on the screen.

Interactivity at its best! Kudos Larry.

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Managing your inbox: great tip for all your social media notifications

Social media is here to stay. With social networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn, we are able to stay in touch with our friends and business associates better than we have ever done before. We are also connected by a lot of groups. But what about all those notifications??? They are slamming our inboxes.

What to do? Simple.

Set up a rule to have those notifications automatically placed in a folder.

This is a great way to organize and manage your social media time. Instead of having to drag and drop social media notifications, or to be tempted by wanting to read something that looks interesting, you know exactly where to go when you are in your Social Media mood, or when you have set time in your schedule to manage your online networks.

I tried this simple solution, and it has worked fabulously for me. Let me know how it works for you!

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