Would go on to become the global Twestival Charity event!
HARVEST TWESTIVAL - SEPT 2008
Images by @benjaminellis
FINDING EVENTS • Look for events popular on Twitter
• Lanyrd • Tweetvite • twtvite
• LinkedIn Events
• Search Engines – especially good for big conferences and expos
• Industry Associations
• Industry Publications
• Event Management Sites • Eventbrite – e.g. Only Marketing Jobs • Amiando
KEY TOOLS
• Identify new people that you would like to meet • Discover new events
• Follow events as they happen
• Stay in touch with the people you meet
• Learn more about the people you’ve met
• Harness the networks of your new contacts
• Discover new events
DISCOVERING PEOPLE - TWITTER
People from Industry
Local People
Recruiters/Sourcers
Great Connectors
Find more people: • Who do they follow? • Who have they listed? • How are they listed?
NOW GO MEET THEM
I’ve met twitter (and other interesting) folks at;
• Work
• Tweetups • Conferences
• Exhibitions
• Random Coffees
• On the train
CONNECT ON LINKEDIN • LinkedIn helps you stay on the radar of people you meet
by
• Updating your status • Being active • Giving you an easy way to get in touch with them
• LinkedIn helps you meet more people by
• Allowing you to discover events popular with your network and go along to those
• Letting Event organisers create groups for networking opportunities before and after the event.
NETWORKING ON THE MOVE – AT EVENTS • 23% of my tweets come from my phone.
• You can email photos taken on your phone to the likes of Twitpic and Posterous.
• LinkedIn has apps for iPhone, Blackberry and PalmPre as well as its mobile site.
• Have you tried Foursquare for discovering other people at the same venues you are?
WHEN YOU CAN’T BE THERE This is when Twitter comes into it’s own!
• #hashtags
• Twitterfall
• Twitter Search • Tweetdeck
• Hootsuite
Who’s blogging?
• Google blog search • Social Mention
• IceRocket
RESOURCES - TWITTER
Find Lists: http://tlists.com
Manage Lists: http://formulists.com How To use Lists from Twitter
Find People: http://followerwonk.com http://wefollow.com
Follow hashtags: http://search.twitter.com http://twitterfall.com http://wthashtag.com
Manage Twitter: http://tweetdeck.com (desktop app) http://hootsuite.com (in browser) http://cotweet.com (in browser)
Mobile twitter: http://dabr.co.uk (great if you don’t have a smart phone)
Great UK Folks to Follow: @UKSourcers (me) @andyheadworth @James_Mayes @lesanto
RESOURCES – FIND EVENTS Event Management sites:
http://eventbrite.com http://amiando.com http://eventelephant.com
What events are your network attending? Twitter: http://lanyrd.com LinkedIn: http://events.linkedin.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/?sk=events
Social Event Planning: Plancast: http://plancast.com/ Twtvite: http://twtvite.com/ Tweetvite: http://tweetvite.com/
RESOURCES – GETTING HELP Search Engines: http://googleguide.com
http://searchengineland.com/guide/bing
Twitter: Mashable’s guide:http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/
Twitter’s guide for businesses: http://business.twitter.com/
LinkedIn: http://learn.linkedin.com/
ANY QUESTIONS?
EMAIL: [email protected] TWITTER: @TheSourceress QUORA: http://www.quora.com/Katharine-Robinson