Henriette Weber

because of the inspiration from the Neville Hobson brunch yesterday, a pretty hectic discussion evolved about social media integrated in conferences.
how much “disturbance” can you have at a conference without disrespecting the speakers ?

a good case was made by Trine-Maria where she stated that she found the backchannel incredibly annoying at Les Blogs
Mind you it did bring out a lot of disturbances to the presenters – but anyway aren’t all the social media surfing and uploading a part of the conferences ?
should the backchannel be hid – and not displayed in the background of the presenter ?
does it matter if it is a good or bad presenter ?

my opinion is the backchannel is a part of the hype of the conference. something you can look at and communicate on . at les blogs it didn’t bother me that it was running. Why ? because I was all the way in the back and I couldn’t see the writings on the wall. *s*

I guess I want to say “bring it on” guys. if you’re not doing a good presentation people will IM or blog or whatever.

and in conclusion I think that the presenters has to adjust to this new part of conferences. It will make them more entertaining and enlightning in the end.