Echo Conference

Echo attendee surveys are coming in and one of the things that people really seemed to enjoy was the Q&A we did with each of our keynotes after their talks. To facilitate our Q&As we asked for audience questions via Twitter and then we sorted through them and displayed them on the auditorium screens. Thankfully, our friends at ParaTweet have a great product that’s really easy to use for this sort of thing.

Just as it did at the Catalyst events of the past year, ParaTweet took audience participation and interactivity to the next level at Echo. When I moderated the church panel at Echo, I remember feeling so relieved to see excellent questions pouring in via Twitter and displayed via ParaTweet. Frankly, I relied pretty heavily on ParaTweet because our audience’s questions were much better than mine. Plus, the ParaTweet moderation and filtering features ensured that no obscene Twitter spam ended up on our screens. That would’ve been embarrassing. (If anything obscene was going to end up on our screens, we wanted it to be intentional and to be our idea. Kidding.)

If you’ve got a live event coming up and you’re looking to facilitate some interaction via Twitter, check out ParaTweet.

This entry was originally posted on the COLLIDE blog. 

Our Echobot plans to set up the stage for this year’s keynote speakers in 20 seconds or less!

Here are a few stills from some clips that Barton Damer has been working on for our Speaker Intro videos. He is using Cinema4d, After Effects, Final Cut Pro and some Illustrator for this project. Barton will cover some basics of how to integrate all this software into one project during his sessions at Echo.

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Dallas, TX  - ITV correspondent Darrell will be doing live feeds from Dallas, TX as the Echo: Church Media Conference commences next week.  His ability to draw the story out through thoughtful and blunt questioning will be essential to chronicling this event.

Darrell and the ITV Newsteam.  Covering Your World with Intensity.

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10. You will be inspired, encouraged, and motivated by the speakers and classes offered.
9. We’ll keep you aprised of the Brett Favre-Green Bay Packers saga in real-time.
8. There will be attendees, sponsors, exhibitors, and speakers to connect with… and us!
7. Kendall Payne will be there and she is awesome.
6. You can have a well priced stay at the Westin right next to the church. We’ll be staying there too, so it’ll be like a huge slumber party.

5. Johnny and Chachi will be live! (prepare to be underwhelmed!)
4. Great food (and snacks) will be provided.
3. Watermark has free WiFi (that can handle everyone) and a Starbucks.
2. The weather is beautiful here mid-August. (nervous laugh)
1. We will be doing “trust falls” every night at 10!

See you at ECHO!

Cary Pierce, of “reunited” Jackopierce fame, will bring his musical talents to Echo in a week and a half.  He will join us fresh off of finishing his new album, and in the midst of promoting the release of Promise of Summer in September.  He is a very talented singer, songwriter, and producer.