Comments on: Look Out! Run For Your Lives. They’re Coming To Your Next Event! Attendee 2.0

By: Midcourse Corrections » Blog Archive » The Conference Collision: Old School Organizers, Status Quo Speakers, Disruptive Technologies And Attendee 2.0

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:25:10 +0000

[...] relationship among event organizers, presenters and audiences is undergoing a fundamental change. Attendee 2.0 has embraced social media platforms and frequently engages in the backchannel discussing the event [...]

By: @mati4real

@mati4real — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:29:46 +0000

Jeff I can’t wait for the movie. The trailer is riveting !
Attendee 2.0 Power! How to harness, utilize and learn from the power of these masses will be the key. I have not had the opporunity to speak but I would think that turning the distraction into an interaction somehow would work in the speakers favor. Just like Web 2.0 has the potential to weed out the unresponsive, undesirable brands so to is the power of Attendee 2.0

By: cheryl lawson

cheryl lawson — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:48:12 +0000

Yes @davelutz its very freeing. Glad to be amongst friends.

As both presenter and attendee 2.0, I find A bit of humilty and humor you can get you through anything. I do agree with @Rebecca that a few speakers will retreat to book writing, but that will simply open the doors for more flexible and interactive presentations.

@Partyaficionado

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Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:40:09 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Dave Lutz, Jenise Fryatt and MPINCC, Megan Fischer. Megan Fischer said: RT @lyksumlikrish: Look out! Run 4 your lives! They're coming to your next event: Attendee 2.0 by @JeffHurt http://ow.ly/ZskZ #eventprofs [...]

By: Rebecca Leaman

Rebecca Leaman — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:29:58 +0000

Attendee 2.0 does sound like a horror show for presenters! I wonder how many speakers will decide they’d rather write a book than stick their necks out on the speaking circuit. Most, no doubt, will learn to adapt – adjusting the presentation style, moving from the didactic to the Socratic teaching method, incorporating the social media backchannel into the presentation instead of trying to work around it?
On the other side of the podium, an Attendee 2.0 etiquette needs to start emerging pretty quickly if their contributions to an event are to be more than a distraction or, in the worst case, bear-baiting. I’m not keen on the idea of moderators at all – seems a bit paternalistic. And moderation could well create an undesireable side effect of Attendees vying to create content deemed worthy of appearing on screen (we humans do so love a good competition!) which could even ramp up the level of audience distraction. Or a backlash afterwards, with cries of censorship and favouritism… No matter what, it’s going to be fun to watch unfold. From a safe distance!

By: davelutz

davelutz — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:11:01 +0000

@cheryl
and we all say, Hi Cheryl…welcome to the group! Don’t you feel better that you made your public declaration of being an Attendee 2.0? Our club is growing exponentially and there is safety in numbers.

Dave Lutz – @velchain

By: cheryl lawson

cheryl lawson — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:36:13 +0000

Hi mt name is Cheryl Lawson and I am an Atendee 2.0

By: Jeff Hurt

Jeff Hurt — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:36:34 +0000

Midori:
Thanks for the comment and story. I can understand a speaker wanting to limit the display of the backchannel during their presentation. Yet, once again, it shows a speaker that does not trust their audience and feels they may get distracted. And that speaker does not believe that adults should control their own learning. In my book, that’s a sign of a speaker that’s not confident they can engage an audience with their entire presentation. Control, again. I get their intent and would say it’s misguided. Your citizenship comment had me laughing out loud. That’s citizenship that feels more like dictatorship, don’t ya think?

By: Midori Connolly

Midori Connolly — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:48:03 +0000

Oh. My. Gosh. It really is Friday!
Okay, so I JUST had a conversation yesterday with a good and respected friend/speaker who still doesn’t believe in visualizing tweets at an event. After about half an hour of wrangling, we finally settled on a middle ground of having them moderated so that noise is filtered out. His belief is that unless they contribute to the conversation, it’s just a distraction. And I get his point, it’s true. But then I fear that the moderator gets on the school teacher power trip and bam there goes the whole point of social media.
Anyways, as for the lashing out at the “rude, dysfunctional” attendee 2.0, it alllll ties back to those “Needs Improvement” and “Unsatisfactory” grades on the citizenship part of our report cards. Good little citizens are supposed to sit quietly with their hands in their laps and never speak unless they are selected to speak. So, with 30 students in a class and maybe 10 questions asked per day, and if the chance to reply is evenly rotated (which we know never happens), that would give an average student the opportunity to speak up maybe twice per week? Craziness. No wonder we’re all so wacky!
Midori Connolly, Chief AVGirl
http://www.twiter.com/GreenA_V

By: Jeff Hurt

Jeff Hurt — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:55:45 +0000

@Emilie
Wow, what a great example of a presenter making the shift and appreciating Attendee 2.0! Love it. You also have the benefit of having experience talking to a camera with the intent of engaging a watching audience. That’s going to become more and more valuable in the future. Thanks for sharing this experience.

@Travis
Very wise words you’ve shared with us that sincerity is key. An audience is smarter than some speakers think and will see clearly through inauthentic presentations. Like you said , “Attendee 2.0 is not going away and you can’t hide from them.” Thanks for adding to the discussion.