Live tweet my own talk

My Android Summit keynote refers to many of my blog posts, and I want to provide links for people to read more. I could stuff all the links in the slide deck, but I decided to try something fun: Live tweet my own talk.

Timing

I used Quicktime to record my talk rehearsal, and watch the video with a pencil and note pad to jot down the minute marks that I am on a topic with a relevant blog post.

Buffer

With the timings, I schedule the tweets to using Buffer so they go live as I speak.

Final touch for my #AndroidSummit2015 keynote: Scheduling tweets to be posted as I speak. Next: Pack! 💼

— Chiu-Ki Chan (@chiuki) September 28, 2015

Ask people to follow

I put my twitter handle on every slide, and tell people to follow me so they can get the relevant links as I speak. People were really surprised to get notifications for my tweets while I was clearly still on stage busy speaking!

Sharing brings you expertise. Don't believe me? Explain ListView to a friend. You will know it way better afterwards. #AndroidSummit2015

— Chiu-Ki Chan (@chiuki) September 30, 2015

Blogging formula for technical articles: http://t.co/zYESeisg7U #AndroidSummit2015

— Chiu-Ki Chan (@chiuki) September 30, 2015

How to start #Sketchnoting: An Engineer's Approach http://t.co/fStFF43YMk #AndroidSummit2015

— Chiu-Ki Chan (@chiuki) September 30, 2015

Blogging formula for conference reports: Embed tweets, photos and sketchnotes http://t.co/dqEHUao6Ik #AndroidSummit2015

— Chiu-Ki Chan (@chiuki) September 30, 2015

I have nothing to say: My Ignite talk on how to generate talk ideas. Yes, very meta. https://t.co/Di6zKQfn5s #AndroidSummit2015

— Chiu-Ki Chan (@chiuki) September 30, 2015

Best perk about speaking at conferences? You get to meet other speakers and learn from them. #AndroidSummit2015

— Chiu-Ki Chan (@chiuki) September 30, 2015

Resources on writing better proposals to speak at conferences: https://t.co/eq4IBEhQP2 #AndroidSummit2015

— Chiu-Ki Chan (@chiuki) September 30, 2015

CFP (call for proposals) for Android conferences: http://t.co/p5Ss0OQ8FI #AndroidSummit2015

— Chiu-Ki Chan (@chiuki) September 30, 2015

It is okay to say "I don't know". You are there to share your experience, not to be a walking encyclopedia. #AndroidSummit2015

— Chiu-Ki Chan (@chiuki) September 30, 2015

Slides for my "How to be an Android Expert" keynote: http://t.co/ShF9qGviFy. Mostly pictures, so stay tuned for video. #AndroidSummit2015

— Chiu-Ki Chan (@chiuki) September 30, 2015

Tweeting about speaking

As I mentioned earlier, blogging, public speaking and social media are very intertwined. There are many opportunities to tweet before, during and after a conference:

Sketchnoting has been an amazing way to engage people on twitter, both at the conference and beyond. If you want to try it, check out my blog post on Sketchnoting: An Engineer's Approach. Also take a look at the fast-motion video of the sketchnote being drawn.

I included some fictional tweets in my sketchnote, but here are some real ones:

Topic ideas

@chiuki Android Layout 101 looks like a win.

— Anna Filina (@afilina) August 30, 2012

Submitted

Submitted to @DroidconNYC! Advanced Espresso: custom matchers, IdlingResource & more. Fav if you want to hear it!

— Chiu-Ki Chan (@chiuki) April 18, 2015

Accepted

Thrilled to announce I will be speaking at @droidconDE this summer! :D #Berlin #androidDev #a11y http://t.co/8lMzDWNaix

— Kelly Shuster (@KellyShuster) April 7, 2015

Show time

If you're in Denver tomorrow night, come see me & @samphippen talk about testing! https://t.co/25y6NAoycL

— Sarah Mei (@sarahmei) March 3, 2015

Amazing how I manage to forget how to use my computer right before a talk. "Which hole does this video cable plug into?"

— Julie Lerman (@julielerman) May 7, 2015

Live tweet

"After you do something that's out of your comfort zone, reflect on what you learned and tell yourself that you're awesome." #wsc2015conf

— Emily Chen (@emchenNYC) March 19, 2015

Love this! When giving a presentation you're Gladys Knight and your slides are the Pips. #wsc2015conf pic.twitter.com/j2ZmhHcvc9

— LeeAnn Kinney (@_leekinney) March 20, 2015

Require minimum permission in your SDK. Add more functionality if there are extra permissions. - @tsmith at #AnDevCon pic.twitter.com/wtmMqSNPV0

— Chiu-Ki Chan (@chiuki) November 22, 2014

Share slides

My slides from #DroidconMtl are up! @realm as replacement for SQLite: http://t.co/QuBXpsJ6iz via @SlideShare Enjoy!

— Siena (@dotheastro) April 13, 2015

Post video

You can watch my talk from @pycon yesterday about how to spy on your programs at https://t.co/IQ8WuUofrt

— Julia Evans (@b0rk) April 12, 2015

Retweet comments

So @chiuki just had two of the most informative sessions I've seen at #AnDevCon. Super insightful.

— Jonathan Maltz (@maltzj) November 21, 2014

Trip report

Wrote a blog post about my @gdiphilly panel experience: http://t.co/hTww64npTI

— Yash Prabhu (@yashvprabhu) May 8, 2015

I had a lovely time at @droidconUK! Read more about it on my blog: http://t.co/o9fqmU4nTz #DroidconUK #AndroidDev pic.twitter.com/o7bs1x9WI9

— Chiu-Ki Chan (@chiuki) November 10, 2014

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