Here are a few easy steps for your #Ecsite2016 Twitter posts at the Ecsite Annual Conference next week - boost your reach and share learnings with your peers!
Tips for your tweets
- The conference hashtag is #Ecsite2016 - use it at all times!
- Tweets about sessions also need to include the hashtag of the room in which the session is taking place (otherwise conversations from different parallel sessions get all jumbled up). You can find room hastags in the online & paper programmes and they'll be present in each space too.
- Know that tweets containing pictures and videos are more likely to get relayed by our @Ecsite community manager.
- A Twitter wall will show live tweets at the convention centre, and we'll publish a little thank you tweet at the end of each day, mentionning the keenest Twitterers.
- We'll also be putting together a daily Storify summary, with a chapter for each session.
- And... why not attend the Professional development through Twitter session on Thursday 9 June at 14.30 in #hall2?
Convenors and speakers, give your audience a little help
At the start of the session, take a minute to help the audience with:
Hashtags
Remind them that each tweet needs to contain #Ecsite2016 + the hashtag of the room in which the session is taking place.
You can suggest content-related hashtags, for instance #rri if you're going to cover Responsible Research and Innovation.
Twitter handles
For those speakers who have Twitter accounts: let participants know what your user name is.
We've put together a simple powerpoint template to convey that information if you'd like. It's also a good idea to add hashtags and your Twitter handle in the footer of each of your presentation's slides.
A note on sharing
The Ecsite community is based on peer learning and a culture of openness. By default, participants will feel free to share session contents (for instance to take pictures of your slides and post them on social media). If you'd like some of what you say or show to stay confidential, please say so in the session.
