Comments on: Some Things I’m Tired of Hearing at Conferences http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/some-things-im-tired-of-hearing-at-conferences/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:15:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: contentious.com - links for 2007-11-08 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/some-things-im-tired-of-hearing-at-conferences/comment-page-1/#comment-266458 contentious.com - links for 2007-11-08 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:27:18 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/some-things-im-tired-of-hearing-at-conferences/#comment-266458 [...] Some Things I’m Tired of Hearing at Conferences » The Bivings Report “Please don’t Twitter from the stage (or at the very least don’t talk about it if you are). Look at me. I’m crazy. I’m using Twitter on my cell phone while sitting on a panel. I saw this in two panels.” (tags: microblogging events problems tidbits+fodder) [...] [...] Some Things I’m Tired of Hearing at Conferences » The Bivings Report “Please don’t Twitter from the stage (or at the very least don’t talk about it if you are). Look at me. I’m crazy. I’m using Twitter on my cell phone while sitting on a panel. I saw this in two panels.” (tags: microblogging events problems tidbits+fodder) [...]

]]> By: Mary Specht http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/some-things-im-tired-of-hearing-at-conferences/comment-page-1/#comment-266260 Mary Specht Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:03:51 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/some-things-im-tired-of-hearing-at-conferences/#comment-266260 "Raise your hand if you have a Facebook account. Raise your hand if you’ve heard of Twitter." You're right--why would anyone in the (presumably tech-savvy) audience *not* raise their hand? But perhaps there are some audience-polling questions that actually have value--it's a matter of not fatiguing your poor arms for no reason. “Raise your hand if you have a Facebook account. Raise your hand if you’ve heard of Twitter.”

You’re right–why would anyone in the (presumably tech-savvy) audience *not* raise their hand? But perhaps there are some audience-polling questions that actually have value–it’s a matter of not fatiguing your poor arms for no reason.

]]> By: Mary Specht http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/some-things-im-tired-of-hearing-at-conferences/comment-page-1/#comment-313717 Mary Specht Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:03:00 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/some-things-im-tired-of-hearing-at-conferences/#comment-313717 "Raise your hand if you have a Facebook account. Raise your hand if you’ve heard of Twitter." You're right--why would anyone in the (presumably tech-savvy) audience *not* raise their hand? But perhaps there are some audience-polling questions that actually have value--it's a matter of not fatiguing your poor arms for no reason. “Raise your hand if you have a Facebook account. Raise your hand if you’ve heard of Twitter.”

You’re right–why would anyone in the (presumably tech-savvy) audience *not* raise their hand? But perhaps there are some audience-polling questions that actually have value–it’s a matter of not fatiguing your poor arms for no reason.

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