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Photo credit Johan Larsson The first #Bizbash Twitter chat, moderated by Icon Presentation‘s Jenise Fryatt and Lindsay Fultz of Middle Child New Media, had the topic event marketing strategies using social media. I made a point of making the time to attend this one. I was not disappointed. This provoked a wide variety of answers from [...]

Mike McCurry, the author of the popular blog McCurry’s Corner and a long-time event planning industry professional and technology advocate, gives us some insight on the value of building professional relationships online. Don’t believe social media can forge strong professional relationships? Experienced event industry pro Mike McCurry began experimenting with Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook just [...]

“I’m always impressed by events organized by the National Speakers Association (NSA) in the US – around 1,500 people communicating constantly via mobile and web, as well as watching colleagues on stage in Orlando, Florida last year,” he adds. “A lot of the event could be followed simply by having a mobile phone. Smartphones are especially useful within large events,” he explains, “ for networking and navigating [and] for alerting delegates to special happenings.”

Raj Thandhi of Kamikaze PR & Media knows that online presence online is necessary to run a PR business, or any business. So I was delighted with the opportunity to talk with her recently about one of her truly engaging events. One of Kamikaze’s clients is Byzhub, a client that holds a monthly meetup and annual anniversary meetup [...]

Anurag doesn’t like missed opportunities. “I wanted to move online relationships offline easily,” Anurag says. “Coloci lets you know who will be near you at your locations so you can meet face to face. You add your future plans, big or small, and share them on your social network, which is how it got the nickname ‘Foursquare of the future’.”

Expert advice on twitter engagement at events from Cindy Lo, owner of Red Velvet Events