Comments on: Meet a Presenter's Nightmare (or Friend): The Backchannel

By: The bite of the backchannel « The mongoose librarian

The bite of the backchannel « The mongoose librarian — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:37:20 +0000

[...] The bite of the backchannel Posted July 27, 2010 Filed under: Cam23, Miscellany | Tags: backchannel, thing 5, twitter | I attended an Institute of Historical Research conference a few days ago on the impact of newspaper digitization for researchers working on the 18th and 19th centuries. It was a lively, fascinating day, and I enjoyed some of the best lunchtime conversations I’ve ever had at a conference. I also spent the greater part of the day feeling quite shaken, as I’d just had my first negative experience of the Twitter backchannel. [...]

By: Mobile Phone back channel at concerts « Kevin's Blog

Mobile Phone back channel at concerts « Kevin's Blog — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:03:52 +0000

[...] a chance to tailor their presentation to the audience … or giving the audience a chance to gang up on the presenter if things don’t go [...]

By: “Remain Calm”…and other writing on my wall « Talking and typing about…

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:11:12 +0000

[...] Save the Commentary – All of those electronic tools mentioned above also allow for a back channel of commentary during meetings, presentations, etc. This one is closely linked to ‘be helpful’ above. Does the commentary you might add help everyone to move forward? If not, it may be better to resist the temptation and leave it out. For more on the good and bad of back channel chatter, check out this post on WebWorkerDaily. [...]

By: The Backchannel « Organizations and Markets

The Backchannel « Organizations and Markets — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:32:53 +0000

[...] Atkinson’s new book (summarized here) makes me think I should have a private Twitter window open during my lectures. “Presenters [...]

By: TonyCurtis

TonyCurtis — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:49:08 +0000

That's a great story. I have to wonder again about the true interest in the audience and maturity level. If you REALLY wanted to listen to the speaker, how much attention would one pay to the twitter?

Thank goodness I haven't dealt with this yet in my auditorium speeches...

By: TonyCurtis

TonyCurtis — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:43:35 +0000

This applies to small meetings and conference rooms on the job. Hearing 2 out of 4 people in the room suppress a giggle can mean a joke was just relayed, and you lost an extremely captive audience.

On a side note, has anyone noticed how social media is "permitted" to let down our language barriers? I really don't see the need to call someone what she did in a conference, or for him to use that word to call her out. It makes me feel that the bar or seriousness was lowered. It's not about censorship, just how professionally you want to be regarded.

By: arthurficial

arthurficial — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:49:22 +0000

This is a great post. I learnt a few things. Thank you for that. Myself and a colleague recently managed to get a gig tweeting live from an awards ceremony, and a good number of our tweets were retweeted by people actually attending the ceremony.

I originally called it the "second layer", but I like the phrase "backchannel". very apt and appropriate.

After the tweeting gig, it dawned on me that this is a potentially new dimension to marketing. The backchannel is not only honest, but it is REAL. So if you see yourself keeping your ORM in check, make sure you keep the backchannel from crucufying you - in real time.

By: Meryl K Evans

Meryl K Evans — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:42:16 +0000

Imran, I caught Danah's story. Thanks for linking it here so others can see another example of what can go wrong.

By: Imran Ali

Imran Ali — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:21:12 +0000

Hey Meryl – take a look at http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2009/11/24/spectacle_at_we.html a really useful perspective from danah Boyd on how an unruly backchannel can really hurt a speaker.