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Tweet your Conference: Live Tweeting Workshop (3/1/2017)

When: 1 March 2017, 6:30-7:30pm
Where: Room 5414, CUNY Graduate Center

Light refreshments will be served. 

Live tweeting encourages the conversations that occur at a conference to have a life outside it. If you are running a conference this semester, or attending one, and want to learn more about how to integrate live tweeting into your conference experience, then this is the workshop for you!

Learn strategies for prepping content and building a plan of action for the conference itself, and discuss various challenges, pros and cons of live tweeting with the GC Social Media Fellows.  Light refreshments provided. Participants are encouraged to bring a device (computer, smart phone, tablet, etc.) that connects to the internet.

This event is free and open to the public, but registration is encouraged. You can register using this online form: http://bit.ly/2lgEiX5

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