by Event Amplifier | Oct 10, 2011 | networks, tools
LinkedIn rarely seems to feature in the palette of social media platforms used to help amplify an event. However, as a rich source of predominantly professional networks, it should provide the perfect platform for more formal events to engage with their communities. I...
by Event Amplifier | Mar 14, 2011 | events, tools
I was recently introduced to Twoppy – an online tool which enables event organisers to build a mobile app for their event quickly and easily, with no coding. I have been playing with this for the last few days, and cannot resist commenting on it any longer. Twoppy...
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 | Feb 25, 2011 | CoverItLive, curation, preservation, tools, Twitter
One of the great ways of studying Twitter activity around a hash tag post-event has been via the fantastic Twapperkeeper service, which allowed you to archive and export tagged tweets, together with their metadata, in a structured way. This information was also...
by Event Amplifier | Jan 10, 2011 | Slideshare, tools, transliteracy
It has been observed that sharing slides using online social tools, such as Slideshare, can amplify the value of your presentation by helping you to reach a wider audience over time. I was therefore interested to come across this presentation from Slideshare, which...
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...
