At the FTC workshop on the future of journalism: http://j.mp/3fYFUM #FTCnews is the backchannel. Webcast: http://j.mp/7McT8E

@ChrisBrogan - i read an early draft of #BackChannel and was very iimpressed. Especially relevant coz of Web2.0 events, eh?

RT @chrisbrogan: Wow! got an early copy of @cliffatkinson 's The Backchannel. There's a LOT in this book. Reading eagerly #backchannelbook

RT @cliffatkinson: Learn basics of engaging the Backchannel at free webinar 9am PT 12/4 http://bit.ly/4AkjDG #backchannelbook

Bad Backchannel: My Take on Danah Boyd's Bad Day
Danah Boyd's recent travesty with a backchannel at Web 2.0 Expo better have all presenters examining the use of this tool - which can be valuable or can be devastating! Danah said about the experience:"Well, I started out rough, but I was also...

watching #spill on ABC TV and following backchannel on Twitter - any bets? @turnbullmalcolm @joehockey or Tony Abbott?

RT: @Armano: Does the speaker need to adjust to backchannel or vice versa? (probably both) http://twurl.nl/zc710v

GoogleWave vs Twitter as backchannel at conferences: http://bit.ly/1zptjU

Volgt #hbc via de backchannel: http://www.mobypicture.com/group/hbc/backchannel #mobyboot #4s - http://moby.to/d69z8m

@ldodds are you using #swig as back-channel?

conference notes
The Learning Technologies conference highlights a particular challenge, in common with many ed tech conferences though more extreme here, of how to cater to both advanced practitioners and beginners at the same time; and how to get them mixing with each...

danah boyd gives her perspective on her "web2.0 expo" talk
The stream was not a way for the audience to communicate to the speaker, but for the audience to communicate with itself. >> interessante openbaring èn analyse. Mooi! (via @hillemaart)

Misunderstanders of Islam suspected in Russia train bomb - Jihad Watch
Nice backchannel in comments

keynotetweet - Project Hosting on Google Code
A simple Applescript Application for automatically sending tweets from Apple Keynote during a presentation

Don't fear the backchannel; become it! An Applescript that tweets for you from Keynote! http://bit.ly/8V0rZf (via @chrismessina)

RT @SocialMedia411 Not Every Event Needs a BackChannel (Rob Cottingham):http://bit.ly/8tq7oY Amen :)

Good stuff RT @SocialMedia411: Not Every Event Needs a BackChannel (Rob Cottingham):http://bit.ly/8tq7oY Amen :)

#webcamplj Added "backchannel" and schedule to http://webcamp.si/ #hootsuite ftw!

backchan.nl -- Conferences
backchan.nl is a tool for involving audiences in presentations by letting them suggest questions and vote on each other's questions. backchan.nl is intended for conference or event organizers who want a new way to solicit questions from the audience...

rdg: @danahboyd's reflection on backchannel during her web2.0 presentation. we still have much to learn abt twitter. http://icio.us/1lwqir

apophenia: spectacle at Web2.0 Expo... from my perspective
The wall made a spectacle of the crowd's impatience and anxiety feeding on the speaker's inability to respond. That spectacle united us not as a single group receiving challenging ideas from a thoughtful orator but as quite separate individuals...

apophenia: spectacle at Web2.0 Expo... from my perspective
Communication is still communication come what may, be it twitter or wisdom of the crowds or whatever. Missing out on key information regarding a talk can still hurt, esp. when things don't go as planned.

http://bit.ly/8CFYdh @buffyjhamilton posts"A Sobering Look at the Dark Side of Conference Backchannel" WORTH A READ & getting into converstn

"Streams of Content, Limited Attention: The Flow of Information through Social Media"
Danah Boyd's talk 'Streams of content, limited attention..."

GREAT! @zephoria on Twitter backchannel at conferences "Let's make public speaking and public listening an art form" http://bit.ly/4OjgzE

Aha, I now understand the debate of having front/backchannel in conferences: http://tinyurl.com/yh5gzv4 (lnk via @Stevehoward999)

@brynn we need to insert moderators into the back channel to assure the rabble are guided and slapped when nec

Excellent points RT @elearningnews: Interesting perspective on the Twitter backchannel by Dana Boyd of Microsoft: http://tinyurl.com/yh5gzv4

"The Backchannel" http://www.backchannelbook.com/ (via @vl)

@zephoria HUGE hugs & kudos for the rant-we all have off days, speaking is hard & rewarding & the scrim of the backchannel can mess with us

Twitter back channel in conferences, now wave (http://bit.ly/5PYLSP). Does anybody actually LISTEN to what the presenter says anymore?

spectacle at Web2.0 Expo... from my perspective
If you feel nervous before a talk read this and gain courage!

RT @alisonmacleod RT twitter as back channel - you CAN talk behind a speakers back - dana boyd talks back http://tinyurl.com/yh5gzv4

The backchannel was narky. The talk itself is great. Read @zephoria on Streams of Content, Limited Attention http://bit.ly/7BZr1T

@zephoria Thanks for sharing your experience for us to learn from, too. BTW, when in an audience, I find the backchannel to be distracting.

RT: @mathewi @zephoria's thoughts on her failed Web 2.0 talk and the Twitter backchannel: http://is.gd/533Ui

@trib the twitter backchannel shoudl remain off the stage as a backchannel for those that want to look at it. Which isn't that many.

Wow. Gutsy description of what it was like be a speaker with a mocking backchannel by @zephoria http://bit.ly/8sD1J2 (via @DonnaPapacosta)

@byekick I've seen it happen to male speakers too. Admittedly not with the public wall of tweet but certainly in the backchannel.

not sure I wave can work as a back channel RT @botey: Twitter & Google #Wave at conferences. Made me think of #wmtm http://bit.ly/55fXMj