#2013ifa Using at the IfA conference 2013

The aim of this brief guide is to help delegates to use social media to interact whilst at the conference and get more out of their attendance as a result. The Information Management Special Interest Group (IMSIG) wants to encourage greater use of social media before, during and after the conference to help promote both the IfA and the Conference as well as create a record that can be referred back to afterwards. We hope you will join with us to make 2013 the most social media savvy IfA conference yet. This is just a guide with a few ideas to help so don’t feel obliged to use all of the platforms mentioned below. If you are generally confused by social media, IMSIG will be running a drop in workshop where we aim to answer all your questions.

Advice for Delegates

Twitter  At registration ask for one of the  Tag photos with 2013ifa and where stickers, write your twitter name on it and appropriate a session tag, no need to attach it to your conference badge. It’s include # always good to put a face to the name of  Include a description e.g. which session someone whose tweets you’ve been and whose speaking. reading.  Add to the IfA group pool.  Use the hash tag #2013ifa for general tweets and use this together with the hash tag for the individual sessions you  Tag photos with #2013ifa and where are tweeting from. appropriate a session tag  When discussing a presentation include  Add a brief description. the persons name or even better their  Get arty with the filters. twitter name to identify whose talking. To distinguish the speakers thoughts from Storify your observations and comments use  Why not create a personal record of the quote marks. conference on Storify pulling in social  Follow the IfA @institutearch to keep up media content that interests you and to date with all the latest news. commenting on it.  Why not come along to the IMSIG tweet‐  Tweet out the link when you publish up and have a drink with those fellow including the #2013ifa hash tag. tweeps whose tweets you’ve been  Remember tweets are only searchable for reading. a short period so import into a draft story  Please play nicely, don’t flame or troll, we early and edit later. want this to be a welcoming online community.  Join the IfA Group to keep up with the LinkedIn latest conference news and post about  Talk about the conference in your status what’s going on. update. You can start doing this as soon as  Let your friends know your attending the you register so your contacts know you’re conference by joining the conference going. event.  Start a discussion about a session or aspect of the conference on the IfA members group.

Advice for Session Organisers and Chairs

Twitter Storify  Decide on a hash tag for your session.  Arrange for someone to produce a Storify  Pick up ‘tweet this session as #……’ door of your session. signs and write the hash tag on them.  Remember tweets are only searchable for  Include the session hash tag and #2013ifa a short period so import into a draft story on the session title slide. early and edit later.  Mention the hash tags and invite participants to tweet in your introduction.  Monitor what’s been said about your session. There might be some interesting points you’d like to pick up on in discussion or when summing up.  Publicise your session in advance.

Advice for Speakers

 If you tweet put your twitter name on your presentation with your contact details and at the beginning so people know who to attribute quotes to. If you’re not on Twitter, why not sign up in time for the conference.  Upload your paper or presentation to your LinkedIn or Academia page afterwards.  For the more tech savvy why not record a video of your slides with your voice as commentary and upload it to Youtube, Viemo or Flickr.  Respond to tweets about your presentation.

Weblinks

Other social media sites are also available but we have picked these out as being the most relevant or popular. Fell free to use any platform you like to talk about the conference.

Twitter www.twitter.com LinkedIn www.linkedin.com Flickr www.flickr.com Storify www.storify.com Facebook www.facebook.com Academia www.academia.edu Youtube www.youtube.com Vimeo www.vimeo.com Instagram you’ll need to use a mobile app for this one

We hope these suggestions will mean you get more out of the conference… If you are not using social media already, get online, network and enjoy yourself!

This guide was put together on behalf of the IfA IMSIG by @martininfoman feel free to tweet me with your feedback using the #2013ifa hash tag.