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I\u2019ve posted a new set of tools to the PowerPoint Twitter Tools pages<\/a>. The new features include:<\/p>\n Are you scared of your audience? Me neither. But when I recently asked several senior executives if they were interested in using the PowerPoint Twitter Tools in their conference presentations, the reaction was identical, three times in a row: \u201cWow, that\u2019s a great idea!\u201d, followed by \u201cbut maybe not this time\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n The biggest fear was that people would tweet something inappropriate, and it would appear during the presentation (profanity, swear words, \u201cyour presentation sucks\u201d, etc.).<\/p>\n I think the fear is overblown (if anything, putting the \u201cbackchannel\u201d on the front screen helps make it more civilized, and if it\u2019s in the twitter feed much of your audience is already seeing it), but to keep the sensitive exec types happy, I\u2019ve introduced the ability to have moderated tweets, thanks to a new \u201ccustom feed\u201d option, and the services of TidyTweet.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n To use the service, you first sign up for a free account at the beta TidyTweet site, which gives you full control over the twitter stream you\u2019d like to show \u2013 you can automatically filter out profanities, users you don\u2019t like, likely spam accounts, etc., and even decide manually on a tweet-by-tweet basis what gets shown.<\/p>\n Once you\u2019ve set up your account, you can use the new \u201ccustom feed\u201d option at the bottom of the screen, and paste in the URL of the RSS feed provided by TidyTweet (supported in both the feedback slide, and the twitter ticker bar).<\/p>\n Now only the moderated tweets will appear in your slides (if you\u2019ve chosen manual filtering, you\u2019ll need a colleague in the room who can log into the TidyTweet site and moderate as you present). But remember, the filtering only works for the slides, not for any audience members who are on Twitter directly \u2013 if you decide not to show a \u201ctough tweet\u201d, the presenter may be only one who\u2019s not aware of it.<\/p>\n To be fair, there are always some bad apples out there. Here are some of the good reasons I can think of for moderating a big keynote:<\/p>\n Also, note that the custom feed doesn\u2019t have to be used only for moderation \u2013 it can be any RSS feed you like (although certain aspects of the slide might not be supported, such as the people icons). For example, you can use it for more advanced Twitter options, using all the advanced search operators<\/a>, such as the ability to combine tweets from several different people (e.g. http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search.atom?from=businessobjects+OR+sapnetwork+OR+_sapcrm<\/a>)<\/p>\n In addition, there are several other new features in the feedback slide:<\/p>\n I\u2019m not sure what circumstances a presenter might want to do this, but it was a request, so here it is\u2026 To use it, simply add the bar to your slides, fill in the message to tweet and press \u201csend tweet\u201d.<\/p>\n PowerPoint will prompt you to enter your username and password for twitter, then send off your message.<\/p>\n Note that the bar uses only \u201cbasic authentication\u201d, which means some restrictions apply:<\/p>\n I designed this tool to accompany debates, or presentations designed to persuade the audience.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a variation on twitter voting \u2013 the audience can signal their agreement or disagreement with a proposition, and you can track the sentiment of the audience in real time.<\/p>\n For example: you ask the audience a question (e.g. \u201cdoes innovation come from small companies, or large companies?\u201d, or \u201cwill Web 2.0 transform organizations?\u201d)<\/p>\n In the course of your presentation, the audience can tweet either \u201c@votebytweet warmer<\/strong> myuniqueid<\/em>\u201d to indicate that that they agree, or \u201c@votebytweet colder<\/strong> myuniqueid\u201d if they disagree, and the indicator in the bar will move to the right (warmer, redder) or to the left (colder, bluer).<\/p>\n Because the bar shows the average of the last n<\/em> tweets (10 by default), you can use it to track how persuasive you are being with your arguments, as the bar tracks the current \u201cmood\u201d.<\/p>\n\n
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Tweet Directly from PowerPoint<\/h3>\n
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PowerPoint Twitter Mood Meter<\/h3>\n
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