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Ten Weeks to Prepare… and Ten Seconds to Tweet. Eileen Boswell Community Transportation Association of America February 25, 2011 The Catholic University of America’s Bridging the Spectrum Symposium. CTAA EXPO. Overcoming Skepticism. It’s a no-brainer.”. 1.) Be prepared.
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Ten Weeks to Prepare… and Ten Seconds to Tweet Eileen BoswellCommunity Transportation Association of America February 25, 2011 The Catholic University of America’s Bridging the Spectrum Symposium
1.) Be prepared. 2.) Enlist allies. 3.) Every conference has a beginning, middle, and end. 4.) Embrace place. 5.) Take it easy. Five Simple Rules
Build relationships • Get the password • Branding the feed • Know your event • Build a following Before the Conference
Conference attendees • Members who can’t attend • Partners • Industry leaders • Local businesses Building a Following
On Twitter • In emails to attendees • In print materials announcing conference • In print materials at conference • At coffee stations during the conference • On CTAA home page Marketing the Feed
Using Twitter's open source code, we created feed widgets run by javascript to pull a user's "profile" tweets and display them via XHTML/CSS on our Web pages. Getting the Feed on CTAA.org
1.) Pay attention 2.) Pay attention 3.) Pay attention During the Conference
“When” not “If” Lessons Learned
Close the feed • Document what you did • Discuss lessons learned • Celebrate success • See who was Tweeting After the Conference
Follow conferences on Twitter • Make it a team effort • Use last year’s feed to enhance this year’s conference Suggestions
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