I just experienced my first conference where a Twitter hashtag was used.
Hashtags are used on Twitter to group content together and make it easily searchable. This allows a group of people to use a hashtag to identify content together, and publicly share.
For a full explanation of hashtags, go here.
The hashtag used for the conference I was on was #runway2010. Follow the link to see all the tweets from the conference.
There were about 9 people using the hashtag, but I can see this taking off on future conferences, possibly with the integration of the hashtag in the conference via a tool such as TwitterCamp.
It’s great to have this ability as people can share what they have been learning from the talks, or share pictures that they have taken. And anybody can find and view and communicate with each other. I look forward to #ancon2010!
Below are some of the Tweets from the conference.
- whartonag Another amazing, life changing day on#Runway2010. God is at work in my heart, my life, in my friends, in the ed faculty and on campus!
- Katrina_katrina Hearts to love God: we need to trace God’s grace in every space. #Runway2010
- richardrglover Bringing #Runway2010 to a close. Praying for revival in the @sydneyunieu & at @sydney_uni in 2010.
- sydneyunieu #Runway2010 was fantastic! See you at#ODay2010 on Tuesday. Register online now: http://www.sueu.org.au/activities/o_day/
