by Event Amplifier | Mar 28, 2011 | amplification, planning
I’m often asked: “Should I be amplifying my event?” and I usually start by admitting my obvious bias when answering. However, the truthful answer is: “It depends.” I thought it would be useful to consider some of the scenarios when event organisers should (in my...
by Event Amplifier | Mar 11, 2011 | amplification, hybrid, planning, Slideshare, Storify, tools, Twitter
I have recently been involved with planning the event amplification for the JISC Conference 2011, which is finally upon us. I will be travelling up to Liverpool on Monday to play my part in making the event accessible to a remote audience, and wanted to take the...
by Event Amplifier | Dec 22, 2010 | curation, planning, tools
A lot has been written about the uncertain future of Delicious. Like many of the tools in the event amplifier’s kit, Delicious is a free, third party cloud service which provides a really useful mechanism for curating and sharing conference content (in this case...
by Event Amplifier | Dec 9, 2010 | events, planning, speakers, tools
The recent bad weather may have prevented quite a few speakers from reaching their events, not to mention audience members. However, where there are tools to amplify and event beyond the venue’s walls and out to a wider audience, there are also tools to bring a...
by Event Amplifier | Oct 13, 2010 | Accessibility, amplification, curation, events, planning, preservation
On 19th October I will be assisting with the amplification of the JISC Future of Research conference in London. The event aims to examine “the strategic role technologies can play in helping institutions overcome the challenges in supporting the research lifecycle...
by Event Amplifier | Oct 11, 2010 | amplification, planning, tools
Conference day can be hectic for an event amplifier. To effectively support your remote audience and make sure that time sensitive information goes out via the right channel at the right time so they have everything they need to participate and remain engaged. That...
