Comments on: Upfront about the backchannel http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/1548 Dave Ferguson's interests, ideas, notions, tangents Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:43:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tamar Weinberg http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/1548/comment-page-1#comment-12030 Tamar Weinberg Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:39:15 +0000 http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/?p=1548#comment-12030 :) I think EVERYONE did it, Dave! :) I think EVERYONE did it, Dave!

]]> By: Dave http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/1548/comment-page-1#comment-12028 Dave Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:39:56 +0000 http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/?p=1548#comment-12028 Thank you, Tamar, and my apologies to Olivia... that was my too-hasty read. I've corrected my post, and I hope Olivia still appreciates the enthusiastic reception. Thank you, Tamar, and my apologies to Olivia… that was my too-hasty read. I’ve corrected my post, and I hope Olivia still appreciates the enthusiastic reception.

]]> By: Tamar Weinberg http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/1548/comment-page-1#comment-12027 Tamar Weinberg Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:25:49 +0000 http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/?p=1548#comment-12027 Actually, I didn't write the post. Olivia Mitchell did -- and I acknowledge it in the first sentence as she guest-wrote that post for the Touchbase blog and I'm the editor so I posted it. Hope that clarifies. ;) Actually, I didn’t write the post. Olivia Mitchell did — and I acknowledge it in the first sentence as she guest-wrote that post for the Touchbase blog and I’m the editor so I posted it. Hope that clarifies. ;)

]]> By: Sacha Chua http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/1548/comment-page-1#comment-12026 Sacha Chua Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:02:39 +0000 http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/?p=1548#comment-12026 Monitoring the backchannel: This is easier to do yourself when you're doing a fully virtual presentation, because you're not worried about breaking eye contact with people. I'm a firm believer in having a backchannel for virtual presentations - Q&A over the phone gets awkward, and fully moderated questions can be limited and frustrating. The tool I use at work - Sametime Unyte - does this pretty well. I find that typing and talking are impossible for me to do at the same time! ;) However, I often keep an eye on the backchannel, weaving those comments and questions into my talk. That's easier. As for real life: I may try using my iPod Touch to quickly scan through the backchannel when I take water breaks... =) But yes, definitely, assigning someone to watch the backchannel in real-life talks is a great idea! Monitoring the backchannel: This is easier to do yourself when you’re doing a fully virtual presentation, because you’re not worried about breaking eye contact with people. I’m a firm believer in having a backchannel for virtual presentations – Q&A over the phone gets awkward, and fully moderated questions can be limited and frustrating. The tool I use at work – Sametime Unyte – does this pretty well. I find that typing and talking are impossible for me to do at the same time! ;) However, I often keep an eye on the backchannel, weaving those comments and questions into my talk. That’s easier.

As for real life: I may try using my iPod Touch to quickly scan through the backchannel when I take water breaks… =) But yes, definitely, assigning someone to watch the backchannel in real-life talks is a great idea!

]]> By: Dave http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/1548/comment-page-1#comment-12020 Dave Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:00:08 +0000 http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/?p=1548#comment-12020 Thanks for the link, Dave. Now we've got four or five people sharing what they've done with these. I love the smell of induction in the morning. In the back of my mind, I was moving away from the stereotypical presentation at a conference (which 80% of the time is one-to-many, with questions). So if you alternate types of interaction (talk, questions, activities, whatever)--because your purpose allows or encourages that--it's all the easier to fit your chat break into the mix. Thanks for the link, Dave. Now we’ve got four or five people sharing what they’ve done with these. I love the smell of induction in the morning.

In the back of my mind, I was moving away from the stereotypical presentation at a conference (which 80% of the time is one-to-many, with questions). So if you alternate types of interaction (talk, questions, activities, whatever)–because your purpose allows or encourages that–it’s all the easier to fit your chat break into the mix.

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