Event Resources

Twitter.com is the best way to share and discover what is happening right now. You can set up your own page and brand it to fit your event in minutes. Search.twitter.com makes it easy to track what people say about you and your event. You can also use it to see what other events do. The benefits to Twitter is that you can have conversations, listen and share in real time. Check out this video, which explains it well.

Tweetdeck

TweetDeck is the leading browser for the real-time and social web, allowing users to connect with Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace. You can download it from tweetdeck.com. TweetDeck shows you everything you want to see at once, so you can stay organised and up-to-date.

At most web events people are using Tweetdeck. We use it and it has been reliable and super easy to use. To listen to what people are saying about your event, add a few search columns for keywords and hash-tags that represent your event. For the Techcrunch 50 event, search for #TC50 and Techcrunch 50, to see what people are saying about it.

Tweetizen

Tweetizen allows you to create a “group,” which you can use to track keywords or hash-tags, but the difference is that you can embed the results in any web page. To get started, visit tweetizen.com, login to your twitter account, create a group then get stuck in.
Its a great for event pages or your own site. It can build hype for your event without having to force it on your own. Get the conversation going and watch it take off.

You cant afford to ignore what others are saying about your event. Make it daily practice to listen and reply where necessary. Get involved with your fans and build trust with negative people.

Facebook connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. Its easy to set up a dedicated page, just for your event. With Eventzi 2.0, you can publish your event to Facebook, which adds a link to your profile and fan page. This link directs people to the event page, where they can buy tickets.

The benefits with Facebook is that most people are real and connected to their actual friends, so you aren’t dealing with fakes, making it more valuable.

YouTube lets you post videos online and its super simple. Its a great way to show off your event, advertise, promote and let people get a good feel about what you do. The potential is endless and if you are putting videos online, YouTube is the first place to put them. Give attendees a reason to make videos.

Flickr is the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Its an amazing way to grab different moments of your event and save them for everyone. It is the easiest way for attendees to contribute and have fun. Give attendees a reason to take pictures.

Ustream lets you broadcast video live to the world from a computer, mobile or iphone in minutes.
Ustream is an amazing way to set up a webinar or any live recording of an event. Large events like Le Web and Techcrunch 50 use Ustream to provide live video of the event to people all over the world.

Yelp provides user reviews and recommendations of top local restaurants, shopping, nightlife, entertainment, services and lots more.
Yelp makes it easy to find services that are based around your event location. Getting great recommendations about these services can add so much value to your event.

Evernote lets you save your ideas, things you see, and things you like. If you can see it or think of it, Evernote can help you remember it. You can type a text note, clip a web page, snap a photo or grab a screenshot.

Remember The Milk is an online to-do list and task management tool. With Remember The Milk, you no longer have to write your to-do lists on sticky notes, whiteboards, random scraps of paper, or the back of your hand.