I just got back from the National Speakers’ Association convention in Orlando, where I attended Larry Chaing’s workshop – What They Don’t Teach You at NSA.
In that workshop, he asked attendees to text or email questions to him, AS HE WAS SPEAKING. Novel approach! He called it the 2 way keynote, which extends this whole social media concept of ‘conversation’ to another level. He took a break in his talk to read the questions texted to him, and he answered them. New way of keeping a record of the questions, heh?!
Another way this can be done is by having a compatriot monitor the text messages, emails and tweets, so as not to distract the speaker. Or to have them project on the screen.
Interactivity at its best! Kudos Larry.
