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Interviews and excerpts - audio clips- Canadian Red Cross - In Your Communiy
These audio clips were recorded during the Conference on Disaster Management and include interviews with speakers and selected excerpts from presentations. In MP3 format.
How to work a conference, even before it starts - Manage Your Life on Shine
You know the feeling. You sign up for a conference, scan the list of panels and keynotes trying to find out which you'll go to, which you'll snooze through, and when you'll escape for some alone time or a workout. But how often do you have a strategy for meeting the few people you are really hoping to meet? You know, the ones who have a crowd of people surrounding them and then zip off for a pre-arranged coffee date with some other person who looks important. Basically, how do you become the kind of person who has those pre-arranged coffee dates (or at least a good shot at some spontaneous ones) with the interesting people at conferences. Here's a few ideas:
How Speakers Should Integrate Social Into Their Presentation « Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing
Whether you’re a professional speaker, company representative, or panelist at a conference, you must develop a social strategy during your speaking. The Audience Continues To Gain Power Over Speakers A few years ago, the first major eruption occurred from the audience hijacking the attention at SXSW during an ill-fated interview on the main stage . Even weeks ago, Kanye’s debacle was commented on by Twittering attendees despite them not even having the mic. (Update, a speaker gives her first hand story of an audience revolt on Twitter ) This week, an audience revolt happened at the Higher Education Conference , you can read about it here , here , here and here .