Twitter conference Media140 ‘first in Australia’
The ABC is to play host to a conference that claims to be “the first Australian Twitter conference”.
Media140 Sydney takes place on November 5.
ABC MD Mark Scott, Lateline anchor Leigh Sales, PM presenter Mark Colvin, Crikey political editor Bernard Keane, ABC National political editor Chris Uhlmann, The Australian’s Caroline Overington and blogger and columnist Mia Freedman are among the speakers.
A similar event took place in London in May.
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No ABC event is complete without the dynamic duo
Tony Jones + Alan Kohler
Get them on board.
Anyone posting a reply with more than 140 characters should be barred!
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As it is the ABC, does this mean we won’t be able to the F bomb or the bigger C bomb?
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Oops missed out ‘drop’ between the ‘to’ and ‘the.’ What a twit I am!
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I think you will find that the FIRST Twitter conference in Australia was in fact Twitter Boot-Camp, which was on two weeks ago – July 30th.
The Insight Exchange Team also ran a similar Twitter event to Media140 back in June called Twitter’s Impact on Media & Journalism.
Twitter Boot-Camp also has three more events planned this year:
Melbourne on August 27th
Canberra Sept 17th
Brisbane Nov 12th
Regards
Barry Smyth
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barry – i was charging idiots on how to use twitter 2 years ago – if anyone should be commended it is me. it is me who is the innovator/guru/leader.
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It seems there’s a vast difference between a ‘how to’ events for novice Tweets to learn the ropes – ie. Bootcamp – and a conference bringing together the old and new media to debate how real-time news reporting is changing the industry.
Don’t you?
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@Tony Robbins – Good on you, pat yourself on the back if you have not done so repeatedly today. Glad you think you customers are idiots.
@Sarah – I think you’ll find that Beth Etling started the convergence of old and new media for Twitter back in June.
I was simply debating the “PR” point that it was the FIRST, clearly it is NOT.
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Seems like a good enough reason to visit Sydney!
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Just to chime in here – The Insight Exchange did an event called, “Twitters Impact on Media & Journalism” back in June where we did discuss how… well… Twitter is impacting media and journalism! The most important insight came from Mark Pesce (@pesce) when he explained that Twitter is really the death of the wire services. In any case, I clearly agree with Barry and Tony that the ABC’s event is certainly NOT the “first” Twitter conference in Australia. And Kris – if you need a good reason to visit Sydney – check out our events at http://www.theinsightexchange.com – shameless plug I know… 🙂
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