The Tweet Is Mightier Than The Pen: How Micro-Fame, Micro-Bloggers And Micro-Events Will Change The World - Shelly Palmer Report

Earlier this week I was invited to speak at Jeff Pulver39s Social Communications Summit SocComm It was one of the most fascinating events I have ever attended First there were a group of extraordinary speakers including garyvee jeffjarvis kenbot and chrisbrogan But as extraordinary as the speakers were the attendees were more so Everyone I spoke with during the day was extremely optimistic about the future and the opportunities that social media technologies will afford them But more importantly everyone seemed to be energized and empowered in a way that I truly have never seen The source of the empowerment was obvious they felt that they had a voiceWhat a remarkable dayMy job was to entertain the crowd with thought provoking anecdotes and aphorisms and if possible create conflict by dowsing naive ebullience with facts and historical context I did my best But try as I might I could not escape the sheer power of technologically empowered social force in the roomIf you39re wondering what I39m talking about here are a few of the 500 tweets that were sent while I was speaking Dozens of audience members used their PDA39s or laptops to send these small 140 character messages to their followers in real timeNote What you are about to read is a collection of tweets that share the common key phrase quotShelly Palmerquot This is a digest assembled to make it easier for you to read here In their original form these microblog posts appeared in the news feeds of the followers of these individual tweeters with the intention of being read in near real timethinkmaya Shelly Palmer talking at soccommJennifer Shelly Palmer39s on stage at SocComm quotFirst of all social media is OLD Really really oldquotNYCRockStar Shelly Palmer is restarting soccomm Says that we should quotsuspectquot everything we39ve heard today Agreed quotSocial mediaquot is 3500yrs oldmeshugavi Shelly Palmer caling BS on the crowd at soccommelliotschimel RT meshugavi Shelly Palmer caling BS on the crowd at soccommdigitalsista shelly palmer nt a wmn unfortunately make sure all these quotexpertsquot know that soc med is really old not new Have been saying it soccommelyrosenstock Shelly Palmer quotsocial media is not newquot Random audience member quot I love youquot soccommSukiFuller quotsocial media has been around since the first two peoplequot Shelly Palmer No BS I love it soccommilissanyc RT meshugavi Shelly Palmer caling BS on the crowd at soccommelyrosenstock RT elliotschimel RT meshugavi Shelly Palmer caling BS on the crowd at soccommelyrosenstock Shelly Palmer quotattention and intention are currenciesquot soccommdavekerpen OMG Shelly Palmer current speaker at soccomm did quotLet39s Go Metsquot song I39m freaking outsomeone please or dm me deetsleoraisrael soccomm shelly palmer is talking about the delusion that media is deadderekhalpern I will have a shelly palmer is disagreeing with garyvee video to follow later soccommvenndiagram8 soccomm Shelly Palmer says big media is in best position to take advantage of new mediaGloriaBell Just because you can get it out there quick does not mean it is any good Shelly Palmer soccommDeepakDas quotjust because you can get it content out there quick doesn39t mean its goodquot Shelly Palmer soccommelliotschimel Shelly Palmer gave an excellent speech at soccommvenndiagram8 soccomm Shelly Palmer needed more time Lots of questionskarengg Shelly Palmer does not think that things are fundamentally different today except for speed and reach fundamental talent has always wonNYCRockStar RTelliotschimel Shelly Palmer gave an excellent speech at soccomm Word Updavekerpen Sorry I haven39t been tweeting last hour re Soccomm Was talking to my new hero Shelly Palmer Let39s go Metselyrosenstock garyvee Shelly Palmer did a number on your speech soccomm You should have hung aroundFor a moment in time circa 220pm to 300pm this past Tuesday I was microfamous to about 15000 collective followers of about 25 assorted microbloggers all sharing a common experience This by itself is amazing But it takes on a new meaning when you notice that each of these individuals crafted what they were hearing into something they felt was valuable enough to share with their followers Each person added something and the collected work is humblingAdd the RT retweets that you see above a feature that lets tweeters resend each other39s tweets then add the collected SocComm tag which lets unrelated people who were following the event not the individual tweeters read the feed and you start to feel what everyone at SocComm felt the power of their own voicesI was not famous for 15 minutes or 15 megabytes I was famous for 15 words AwesomeAnyone wondering if there is a commercial application for this technology should give me a call The commercial potential of microfame and microblogging is mind boggling Truly the tweet is mightier than the penShelly Palmer is the host of MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer a daily show featuring news you can use about technology media ampamp entertainment He is the author of Television Disrupted The Transition from Network to Networked TV 2008 New York House Press and the upcoming Get Digital Reinventing Yourself and Your Career for the 21st Century Economy 2009 Lake House Press Shelly is also President of the National Academy of Television Arts ampamp Sciences NY the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy Awards For information about Get Digital Classes visit httpwwwshellypalmercomseminars

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