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The 140 Characters Conference in New York – Welcome Home Tweople! 6 Headline Tweets
With 20 hours notice I won a ticket to The 140 Characters Conference in New York, for writing an article about Twittersphere for the The Next Women that was the media sponsor for the event. Since I had never been to NYC my first move was to ask for insider hotel tips – on Twitter of course.
At 8:55 on June 16 the #140conf was ready to rock with intro by organizer Jeff Keni Pulver. There was an energetic buzz in the hall packed with excited tweople, ready to be enlightened, provoked, entertained, moved… and we most certainly were. Speakers talked with passion about their #140conf topic, only accompanied by the sound of keyboard taps.
This is the most wonderful, weirdest, warm conference I have ever attended, the mix of speakers and their 10 min. statements, made this event unpredictable and very intense. People from all around the world had flewn in for a 140 character transformation.
Search for #140conf and get a sense of the atmosphere. Here is some of the headline tweets:
Liz Strauss on the transformation of audience presence and participation
I was speaking at a conference last week 90% didnt Twitter, It was quite creepy -everyone was looking at me: @lizstrauss
Ann Curry – the hero of the day! Twitters empowers individuals
Thats why I use Twitter, everything I cant get out on TV I make sure to get out on Twitter. My followers are my newspaper @AnnCurry
Laura Fitton moved us with her passionate speak on how Twitter breaks isolation
Twitter brakes down isolation, like in Iran, when “arrested” gets u out of jail in Egypt – everything is made possible (@Pistachio)
Jeffrey Hayzlett on corporations view on social media participation
Don’t ask what is the Return on Investment, ask what is the Return on Ignoring: @JeffreyHayzlett
Katie Richman commented on Twitter versus weirdos
The fear is bigger than reality (talking about weirdos on Twitter): @ESPN_ProdGirl
Liane Thompson moved us all to tears with the movie about the devastating lives of the Sderot children
Help @MissileCityKids 1 clinic to help 90% of 7400 Sderot children with PTSD running for their lives may close due to lack of funds.
Two days in the Twittersphere filled with at least 140 approaches on how Twitter affects corporations, charity, celebrities and passionate individuals that put their lives at stake to prove that we are all alike wanting freedom. Ann Curry engaged the audience with her genuine passion of mirroring the lives of global victims. She gave the panel substance by talking about the responsibility to tell a story as if it was your mother, father or sisters story you were broadcasting, because at the end of the day Twitter gives us the possibility to be human!
By Natasha Friis Saxberg a.k.a. @nfsaxberg
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