AFCEA just pulled together another great conference (Joint Warfighting 2008). They have been real pioneers when it comes to using new Web2.0 technologies during these events, and that really came out during this conference. For example, some of Signal Magazine’s greatest writers, including Maryann Lawlor, were at the conference blogging the highlights of the key events as they were occurring (they also encouraged other bloggers to post, including the military PAOs). For a look at what they did: The AFCEA blog for the Joint Warfighting 2008 conference starts here. The JFCOM blog for the conference starts here.
Both AFCEA and JFCOM also used Twitter to give a running feed of what is happening where. To see what the AFCEA Twitter Feed looked like click here. To see what the JFCOM feed looked like click here.
I’ve been using twitter a bit as well, and I encourage all CTOs to check it out. If you use it wisely and configure it to automatically update your Plaxo feed and Facebook it can be an easy way to keep comrades up to speed on items of interest. I’ve also posted a feed on my blog here as a bit of an experiment (I might decide to move that to my personal page instead).
Why do folks like me see a potential benefit from Twitter? One example is in the post I did before going to the conference last week. After some friends saw that we were able to pre-arrange some meetings that we would not have done without Twitter. And, by following Signal and AFCEA’s twitter feed, I was able to maximize my time at the conference.
You can check out my feed at: http://twitter.com/bobgourley
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