Remote Audiences
TConsult’s Creative Director, Kirsty McGill, gave a presentation at the first Transliteracy conference, which was held in Leicester at the brand new Phoenix Arts Centre on Tuesday 9th February. Kirsty presented a paper describing our work reaching remote conference audiences and our efforts to develop best practice in the field. Here is our recording of Kirsty’s talk, introduced by the event chair Professor Sue Thomas….
The event involved researchers and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines, who came together to discuss the concept and application of transliteracy, which the working definition defines as: the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks. As Kirsty explains in her presentation, reaching a remote audience effectively involves a keen awareness of transliteracy and accessibility if you are to create a suite of resources that allows online delegates to get value from attending online.
We are continuing to develop our online conference spaces so we can offer conference organisers an innovative package to help them reach a wider audience and increase revenue. If you are interested in discussing the ideas raised in this presentation to see how we could help you with your event, please contact us or read more about our event amplification services.
Amplifying IDCC 09
We are very proud to have worked with UKOLN and the Digital Curation Center to amplify 5th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC 09) in London from 3rd-4th December. The event attracted an online audience from across the globe, who made use of our live video stream, recordings of completed sessions, blogging and Twitter coverage.
The IDCC 09 organisers were keen that the output from this conference reached the widest possible audience – both during and after the event. The conference theme: “Moving to Multi-Scale Science: Managing Complexity and Diversity” was aimed not just at scientific researchers, but also policy makers, librarians, funding bodies, educators, publishers…. all those involved in data collection, use, management and preservation. The aim of the event was to promote the discussion of issues surrounding scientific data and to share experiences from current research projects in this area, so reaching out to those who could not attend and providing lasting online resources recording the event made event amplification a really useful facility for the organisers.
As part of an open event amplification model, we provided the following resources:
- Live video stream
- Live Twitter commentary on the dedicated @idcclive account, using the conference hash tag #idcc09
- Session summaries on the conference chairman’s blog, tagged #idcc09
- Video interviews with a cross-section of participants, collecting their views and responses to the event
- A customised event NetVibes page, which collected all of the resources together in one, convenient place
- Recordings of completed sessions for future reference
The feedback from this activity was extremely positive….
“The DCC sure knows how to put on a conf[erence] and how to share a conf[erence] using social media…. Great event! #idcc09″ ~ remote participant via Twitter
“Feedback has been great…Thanks again to you both – I think it was a huge success and the global audience would seem to bear this out!” ~ event organiser
This was a fascinating event to cover and we hope that the resources we have created really will help the Digital Curation Centre to spread the messages of this conference further and provide a useful record for future reference, particularly as the DCC moves into a new phase of its work.
If you are interested in amplifying your higher eduction event to reach a wider audience, then please contact us to discuss your needs and to obtain a no-obligation quote.
New Online Conference Package
As travelling and expenses budgets are being slashed in many sectors, attendance at national and international conferences is dropping. Environmental pressures are also leading many firms to look for ways to reduce their carbon footprint – including minimising air travel.
After our success at the recent Withholding Tax Congress, TConsult is launching a new package to help event organisers to reach this lost audience using the internet. Our specially designed online conference spaces compliment live events and bring the proceedings to an online audience in a convenient form.
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a live video stream from the conference venue |
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analytical summaries of each session, written live by our specialist live blogger |
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tools for online delegates to interact with each other and ask questions of speakers in real time |
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video interviews with speakers and delegates |
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live commentary via Twitter |
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recordings of completed sessions |
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interactive tools for displaying presenters’ slides and other conference resources |
Our online conference spaces are highly focussed to help online delegates get a complete experience of attendance at the event, without needing to leave their office. This makes it an ideal solution for delegates who were prevented from attending the event by financial or environmental considerations. The recordings of completed sessions also make online participation a viable option for those outside of the event’s time zone.
“…the quality of the live streaming was very good and recordings were very useful! …The analysis/views was also impressive – particularly as it is updated so quickly…”
~ Online delegate at Withholding Tax Congress, 14th-15th October 2009
Once the event has finished, we make all of the online materials available as an archive. This can be used as an archive to add extra value to the purchase of a traditional delegate fee, or as an additional revenue stream, post-event.
There are therefore three potential revenue streams for event organisers:
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An online delegate fee |
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Access to the archive after the event for delegates |
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Access to the archive after the event for non-delegates |
All this with no need for additional resources or workload for the organiser. We provide all of the expertise, equipment and online space as a complete solution.
We think this new package is totally unique and we are excited to be pioneering this new dimension for live conference events. If you are an event organiser and wish to discuss the options and pricing, then please contact us.
