Hello, everyone! I recently wrote a blog post about live-tweeting scientific conferences, which is discussing conference presentations on twitter as they occur. This allows interested members of the general public from all over the world to follow along, learn, and even participate (I've been able to relay questions from my twitter followers to presenters at conferences).
The blog post provides advice for conference organizers on how to promote live-tweeting, and advice for twitter users to use the tool to maximum effect. My goal is to host a discussion between conference organizers, scientists who use twitter, and members of the general public who are interested in science and conservation but don't attend conferences. Eventually, I hope that this blog post and discussion can help promote live-tweeting at future conferences. In order for that to happen, your feedback on this post is essential. I'd appreciate it if people interested in this topic could take a few minutes to read through my list of suggestions and strategies, and participate in the discussion by commenting on the blog post. I would also appreciate it if you could forward this e-mail to colleagues who may be interested in the discussion. The post can be found here: http://www.southernfriedscience.com/?p=12120 Thank you very much for your assistance! Sincerely, -- *David Shiffman* *Ph.D. Student, Research Assistant,* Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy <http://www.cesp.miami.edu/> R.J. Dunlap Marine Conservation Program <http://rjd.miami.edu/> [image: RJD] *e: *[email protected] | *p: *412.915.2309 *a: *4600 Rickenbacker Cswy, Miami, Florida, 33149 *t: *@WhySharksMatter <http://twitter.com/#!/WhySharksMatter> | *b: *Southern Fried Science Blog <http://www.southernfriedscience.com/>
