Category: Conferences and social media

Live Tweeting from Conferences – Fad or Future? (Ashley Ng)

Twitter can be a powerful tool within the world of research. In this post, Ashley shares her experiences with using Twitter to catch up on and share the latest research and news live from conferences around the world.

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An image taken while Ashley was away at an event, laptop ready.

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Co-Conference Spaces: A perspective on social media use at conferences from a social media coordinator (Emily Fekete)

In this post, Emily Fekete talks about the use of Twitter at academic conferences, the experiences of being the social media manager for the American Association of Geographers. She also offers some broader thoughts about conference social media use.

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Photo by @norwood on Unsplash.com

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