Jeff Hurt

About The Author

Jeff Hurt is Director of Education & Engagement for Velvet Chainsaw Consulting. Most recently he was the Director of Education and Events for National Association of Dental Plans. He has worked in events/nonprofit arena for more than 20 years including Keep America Beautiful, Keep Texas Beautiful, Meeting Professionals International and Promotional Products Association International. He has also served on several board of directors for regional, state and national charities and organizations.

June 21, 2010

35 Tips To Successfully Use Twitter For Your Event

By Jeff Hurt

You’ve decided to take the plunge and create a Twitter profile for your event. So what’s next? Where do you start? What should you do?

June 1, 2010

25 Ways To Use Social Media For Your Next Event

By Jeff Hurt

There are many ways to use social media for your next event. Here are just a few to consider. Add your ideas in the comments area.

Photo by Anne Helmond, http://www.flickr.com/photos/silvertje/3582297307/sizes/m/in/photostream/

1. Identify a hashtag for your conference.

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May 3, 2010

13 Things You Can Do Now To Improve Your Conference Content

By Jeff Hurt

Imagine you are going to hear Martin Luther King’s memorable “I’ve Got A Dream” speech for the first time, live and in person.

You grab your time machine manual and follow its instructions. You step into your time machine and set the location for the steps of the Lincoln Monument and the date for August 28, 1963. You put on your seatbelt, push the flux capacitor button thingy and away you go.

March 8, 2010

Eight Ways To Make Your Meeting Or Event Blog And Twitter Friendly

By Jeff Hurt

Recently, I attended HSM’s World Innovation Forum 2009 (WIF09) as a virtual attendee and followed a minimum of 20 leading innovation bloggers share real time thoughts, insights and opinions from the event through their blogs and Twitter accounts. Pitney Bowes sponsored the Word Innovation Forum Bloggers Hub for pre-registered bloggers and Tweeps and the WIF09’s Twitter Kiosks. Those tweeting from the conference used the hashtag #wif09 and third party applications like TweetDeck, TweetGrid and TweetChat to follow the live stream.