I had the pleasure of participating in the 2012 American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual meeting this past week. Not only was this a fabulous event, but this marked my first ever virtual conference presentation.
My friend Gina Eosco (who I met a few years ago at AEJMC and is an amazing weather/risk communication professional with AMS and studying her doctoral studies at Cornell) introduced me for my presentation focusing on how to use social media for weather professionals operating in risk and crisis communications.
Presenting virtually was a really fun experience for me – I was able to multitask by having my PowerPoint presentation on my MacBook and then use my iPhone to call and present virtually, and I used my iMac to look at the Twitter feed for the conference (the conference hashtag was #AMS2012). Gina and Nate both mentioned that I would be able to take virtual questions from the audience if they used my Twitter name (@kfreberg) and the assigned conference hashtag. It was fun for me to see the comments emerge when I was speaking and getting asked some great and insightful questions!
I thoroughly enjoyed presenting at the AMS Annual meeting – what a great group of professionals working together and sharing their insights with the community around so many timely and significant topics. It was exciting for me to read all of the updates from the event through Twitter – I felt like I was there! 🙂
I have to give out a big thanks to my friend Gina – I really appreciated her reaching out to me to present at the AMS meeting and she did a tremendous and fabulous job with the social media activities during the conference. Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and many more social media platforms were used during this event in New Orleans. Very fabulous. 🙂 I also have to give big thanks for her friend Nate for letting us use his iPhone to call me for my presentation. 🙂 Thanks Nate and way to go, Gina! 🙂
Hope you all are having a wonderful day!
Best Wishes,
Karen
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