davidalston wants to know how to improve Twebinars going forward. Thoughts from anyone who attended? Start a plurkshop on the topic?

129 responses to this plurk.

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  July 02, 2008 at 18:19 AmberCadabra Hi David! Great to see you here. I loved the Twebinar. I'd love to see more live Q&A/discussion
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:20 AmberCadabra maybe even responding to questions that are submitted in advance if live is too hard to follow
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:22 davidalston has feed back thus far - feedback posts thus far - tinyurl.com/667f9n
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:23 davidalston Hi Amber - thanks yes others had similar feedback.
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:23 bruceturner says wifi at the coffeshop was a mistake. slow video buffering meant that I missed the end of each video segment.
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:24 davidalston We have most of the content pre-taped from the pros but might be able to include more Brogan live time for Q&A perhaps?
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:26 davidalston Hey there Bruce. Yeah, others with Wifi connections had similar problems. Probably should recommend larger bandwidth on next one.
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:29 georgedearing is didn't get to spend 2 much time on the last one..are there pen slots for other speakers,,have someone in mind
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:31 justinmwhitaker I liked the twebinar. Think the videos should be available before hand so people can follow along without having to stream...
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:32 myklroventine thinks the Twitter widget displayed was hard to follow and a bit distracting.
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:32 myklroventine says I was on a fast connection, so had no video problems.
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:32 justinmwhitaker also, need an interface which allows the video and the chat on the same screen. spent too much time flipping and lost some converstation
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:34 davidalston George, sorry you missed parts of the last one - gonna get the link to the rebroadcast soon to share so can catch up.
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:34 myklroventine thinks there should be a twitter account/tag for discussions about the twebinar from folks involved & a diff 1 for tech complaints.
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:35 davidalston George - as for speakers we are keeping a list for the next series so let me know. david [at} radian6.com
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:36 davidalston Justin, good thought only if the videos aren't in sync the concurrent convo could become confusing. Am I right?
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:37 davidalston Twitter stream in the same window was definitely brought up as well. We are looking into that - the one we had onscreen was up and down
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:38 georgedearing says thanks David..also, what if a client wanted 2 launch its won twebinar series..that something you guys do?
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:38 davidalston myklroventine - good point on the sep tech address - had lots of votes for that.
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:40 Connie David, thanks for polling the community here. Love the way Radian6 engages with social media.
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:41 davidalston georgedearing - you aren't the first to ask today Let's chat and see what's possible. chrisbrogan thoughts from Crosstech?
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:42 davidalston thanks connie - well I really loved how your plurkshop idea took off and wanted to try it out myself. Lovin' it.
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:44 Connie says the plurkshops have been amazing. Love to have you join us. I did not get to attend Twebinar last time. Won't miss another one!
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:44 myklroventine thanks davidalston for listening
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:44 ggroovin wishes perhaps there had been fewer speakers speaking more deeply. Found the Twebinar didn't engage me as much as had hoped for that reason.
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:48 AaronMSB thinks you should have a separate tag for technical difficulties so the real conversation isn't overwhelmed by "Mine isn't working."
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:50 davidalston Thanks connie Yes we'd definitely love to have you part of the next Twebinar conversation (and interviewed for a future series perhaps?)
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:51 vargasl says what I loved about the twebinar was diverse speakers-not all A-Listers!
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:51 davidalston myklroventine - thanks for your ideas - I love listening - comes with the territory I guess
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:52 davidalston ggroovin - I hear ya. I found the longer interviews would also give more time for Twitter discussion too.
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:53 AmberCadabra davidalston The case studies were particularly valuable. The SM space in general needs more and more testimonials about what's working
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:53 AmberCadabra and even what has bombed. i'd find that interesting.
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:53 davidalston aaronMSB - Great point. Myklroventine and others mentioned that as well. Should be easy enough to do.
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:54 davidalston loves that all of this great feedback will be here in one list for me to work from for the next twebinar. Lovin' the plurkshop.
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:54 fweetieb is i agree that live Q&A would have been nice. Good variety in speakers...
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:55 Kerryg bit too much content, not enough depth. Including the twitter stream on scream with with vids would major improvement as would a live Q&A.
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:55 fweetieb thinks the main issue i heard from attendees at my office was too many screens to follow
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:55 davidalston vargusl - Thanks. With so many great speakers to shoot at the conferences we shot at it was hard to stop at 30 or so
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:56 fweetieb but thats the nature of twitter...for good and bad
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:56 davidalston wishes there was a reply button on plurk.
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:57 davidalston AmberCadabra - thanks - I think case studies really are great for "turning on the lightbulbs" for those just wading into social media.
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  July 02, 2008 at 18:58 davidalston fweetieb - we may look for a way to integrate the screens somehow - we have a thought on this but open to ideas.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:00 pchaney says I love the concept. Blogged about it. I think using Plurk would make thread easier to follow.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:00 pchaney says I think some type of app combining twitter and summize screens would make for better following.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:00 davidalston kerryg - thanks - sums it up well in this plurkshop thus far. Interviews were prerecorded but maybe could feature deeper ones?
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:04 davidalston pchaney - yes, thanks for that blog (saw it on the BB while camping this weekend) - I'm thinking plurk might be cool as well.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:05 davidalston pchaney - yeah - the 3 screens were a bit hard to manipulate - especially from an admin side too (cool hat pic btw)
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:06 justinmwhitaker davidalston thinking that if Chris is there saying "we are going to do part 3" again, then people can run their local copy
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:07 justinmwhitaker and then participate in the conversation via the browser. I could also resize the player and the browser so I don't miss abything
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:07 LaraK says keep speaker IDs on screen so we know who is who (switching over to Summize screen meant missed some screen ID slates)
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:07 pchaney likes his cool hat. Should see the straw one too.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:09 davidalston justinmwhitaker - hmmm, interesting. Will have to look into that as that would have some advantages.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:09 davidalston larak - yes, that was another great idea and a simple one to do too. Will do for sure.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:10 davidalston pchaney - is that an Indiana Jones one? I'll have to update my pic with mine on too
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:10 AaronMSB wishes that I didn't have to refresh in order to see new responses in plurkshops
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:11 AmberCadabra AaronMSB you won't have to anymore. Check out DebInDenver's tonight
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:12 bruceturner AaronMSB If you view from the timeline, you won't have to reload.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:13 davidalston aaronMSB - I'm using a firefox plugin for auto-reloading that helps a bit - tinyurl.com/32wqmn
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:13 AmberCadabra davidalston that's a great little plugin too
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:14 AmberCadabra codyrobert helped create a quick app that reformats the plurk page into a more IRC chat style window but is still live in the timeline.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:14 AmberCadabra davidalston you guys certainly aren't getting much help from Twitter lately LOL
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:16 AaronMSB says thank davidalston. Yet another reason why I need to kill Safari and resurrect Firefox.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:19 davidalston aaronMSB - Firefox still gives me issues on occasion but less so now that I'm on 3.0
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:20 davidalston ambercadabra - that was another reason I wanted to test drive plurk today
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:21 Connie David, I would love to be on the speaker roster for one of the Twebinars. Let me know how I could contribute to the discussion.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:22 AmberCadabra As a Connie fan to the hilt, I wholeheartedly endorse that idea!
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:23 AaronMSB says davidalston. I'm downloading now. They were down earlier today. Looks good, plus I can brush up on my Czech with the Čeština version.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:23 Connie BTW, David we have already talked about doing a plurkshop on social media measurement after I mentioned Radian 6 several times.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:23 Connie Care to host that plurkshop for us? I'll gladly be a participant rather than moderator if you're available. We haven't set a time.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:24 AmberCadabra DavidAlston you'd be perfect!
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:26 davidalston connie - would love to have you part of the Twebinar discussion during this series too. On Twitter for sure.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:27 Connie Just keep Twitter running for me, David, and I'll be glad to be part of that Twebinar.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:27 davidalston connie - Yes I would love to host the social media measurement plurkshop. I was interested in getting involved after reading the thread...
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:28 davidalston ambercadabra - you are too kind
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:28 Connie Wonderful, David. I mentioned Radian6 the other night and everybody wanted to know more. AmberCadabra and DebinDenver are scheduling.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:29 davidalston connie - If I could keep Twitter running I could probably achieve hero status - but alas I am just a mere mortal
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:30 AmberCadabra I'm scheduling? LOL well DavidAlston if you're really interested in hosting a plurkshop perhaps next week, i'll defer to your schedule
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:32 davidalston ambercadabra - let me check the schedule...just a sec.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:33 AmberCadabra Connie - i have a feeling this one's gonna be a big 'un.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:36 davidalston ambercadabra - my schedule is wide open every afternoon next week for a social media monitoring plurkshop - let me know.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:37 davidalston waynesutton - did you happen to make the twebinar last week - any feedback?
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:39 AmberCadabra davidalston fantastic! How about next Thursday, you pick the time. I'll email you with a few other details abt the chat thing
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:41 davidalston ambercadabra Thursday it is then. 2PM EDT would be great. Let me know if this works.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:42 davidalston thinks today's workshop on feedback on the Twebinar series is wrapping up? Anyone else on their ideas?
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:45 davidalston loves all of the feedback on how to improve for the next Twebinar. Any other thoughts?
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:46 AaronMSB says Thanks for doing this. If anyone wants to talk more about this in the future, you have a guaranteed fried acceptance with me. (i'm easy)
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:46 davidalston Thanks AaronMSB
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:47 chrisbrogan says sorry I missed the conversation. I was in the ocean, teaching my daughter how to body surf.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:48 chrisbrogan says I'm trying to read 70+ comments really fast. These Plurkshops are neat.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:49 davidalston chrisbrogan - I knew you were and glad you have been spending time with the fam. All the feedback recorded here so no prob. Lovin plurk.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:50 AmberCadabra davidalston all good. I'll shoot you an email and start telling folks to join us.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:50 pchaney thinks davidalston is da bomb for doing this plurkshop. Lends credibility to the concept.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:50 davidalston chrisbrogan - really great way to sum up some helpful feedback for us to use on the next twebinar. Thx to all for their thoughts.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:51 pchaney asks chrisbrogan what he thinks as well.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:51 davidalston pchaney - I have you to thank for raising the awareness of the concept since it was your post on the weekend that made me aware. thx
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:53 davidalston ambercadabra - sounds great. david [at} radian6.com is how to reach me when you have the deets. thx for everything today.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:55 DaveMurr is I thought the Twebinar was a successful medium to connect and network with new people. I know I met a ton of new friends.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:56 chrisbrogan feels happy to better understand these plurkshops things, and grateful for people's twebinar feedback.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:56 DaveMurr feels that twitter may not have been the best application to carry conversations of the webinar, maybe Plurk is better for that?
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:56 davidalston chrisbrogan - excited about the feedback today and have some ideas to share with you when you are back from well-deserved vacay with fam.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:57 chrisbrogan shares the term "Plurkinar?"
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:57 davidalston davemurr - thx Dave. Yes a lot of people were saying they picked up many new follows as a side benefit.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:59 davidalston chrisbrogan pchaney - actually I think Paul through out the term already this weekend in his post. Like it.
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  July 02, 2008 at 19:59 davidalston davemurr - after this plurkshop today I'm starting to think the same thing
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  July 02, 2008 at 20:02 Connie David, just sent you a private msg. If you can't see it in main timeline, change setting at right to only private plurks.
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  July 02, 2008 at 20:06 chrisbrogan says Okay, gotta bag. Have fun, tough guys. : )
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  July 02, 2008 at 20:07 jalperin thinks Twebinars would be more useful if they were just multi-hour, but not real-time. Peruse at leisurely pace, review as necessary.
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  July 02, 2008 at 20:12 davidalston connie - just sent you back a message - hope it worked
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  July 02, 2008 at 20:13 davidalston jalperin - Hmm, tell me more - would we miss the "shared moment" feedback on Twitter that way tho?
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  July 02, 2008 at 20:20 davidmullen says had trouble paying attn to twitter side and really absorbing the video portion. i stopped with twitter and just watched video.
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  July 02, 2008 at 20:24 davidalston davidmullen - good point, certainly was a challenge. Perhaps we could shift back in forth with a bit of overlap somehow?
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  July 02, 2008 at 20:28 davidmullen says could work. i understand its a work in progress. i'll give it some thought and share any ideas i have with you and chris.
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  July 02, 2008 at 20:29 bethharte says Sorry to be late to post, and maybe this was covered. But it seemed like Twitter was used to just recap the Twebinar. Not to converse.
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  July 02, 2008 at 20:31 bethharte says I thought it was interesting w/lots of great info., but I didn't need a recap of it as I was watching it. Maybe I am missing the ponint?
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  July 02, 2008 at 20:31 fatwolf55 says I come from china.And i need David Alston's Email.We are translating his article,and we want to publish it.so i need to contact him.
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  July 02, 2008 at 20:43 jblossom says blogged most of my thoughts earlier tinyurl.com/4cgwld
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  July 02, 2008 at 20:44 jblossom says summize helped to organize comments but signal-to-noise ratio was rough to handle
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  July 02, 2008 at 20:47 bethharte says summize is good, but it's still not a conversation. I like the idea of a live Q&A.
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  July 02, 2008 at 20:48 bethharte says or perhaps, watch the webinar and then tweet/plurk the Qs in for As from Chris?
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  July 02, 2008 at 20:50 jblossom says bethharte agreeing that the lack of a conversational mode with presenters was huge minus. Need a chat plugin for webcon to make it work
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  July 02, 2008 at 21:03 davidalston bethharte - great ideas. Definitely looking at ways to shift the focus to and from the content and conversation would make sense.
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  July 02, 2008 at 21:04 davidalston bethharte - agreed we could have had more directed convo. We may try to do more live on the next one.
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  July 02, 2008 at 21:05 Connie likes that you are tweaking the twebinars by asking for customer input.
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  July 02, 2008 at 21:05 davidalston jblossom - thanks for the post of feedback. I had read it but couldn't comment because the captcha was busted at the time.
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  July 02, 2008 at 21:07 davidalston fatwolf55 - david [at} radian6.com is how to reach me. Someone did contact me already about the translation - was it a colleague of yours?
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  July 02, 2008 at 21:08 davidalston connie - this is such a cool way to focus some great feedback. Gears are in motion in my head for other great uses
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  July 02, 2008 at 21:09 Connie So **that's** the sound I was hearing.... Hey, look. I have a pink boa even here. www.sucomments.com/wp-content/Images/skype%20emoticons/pinkboasmall.gif
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  July 02, 2008 at 21:20 davidalston connie - now that's a whole lotta karma to get your own custom smiley. Very impressed.
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  July 02, 2008 at 21:27 Connie Nah, not karma. Someone here made it for me. I'd never have the patience to earn enough karma for that.