Comments on: Open Thread Thursday: What’s Your RootsTech Strategy?

By: Bart Brenner (GeneaPopPop)

Bart Brenner (GeneaPopPop) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:02:27 +0000

Thomas, thanks for asking the right question. It provided the next step for me as I approach RootsTech. My response is at http://geneapoppop.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-rootstech-strategy.html

By: Lynn Palermo

Lynn Palermo — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:36:57 +0000

I’ve actually been giving this a lot of thought. My strategy is to utilize my iphone and my handheld video camera to it fullest potential using all the available social media options. My goal is meet the attendees, learn who is sitting beside me in the lectures. I do plan on some blogging but I make no promises when, where and how much. Besides that my goal -be a sponge – absorb, absorb, absorb.

By: Becky Wiseman

Becky Wiseman — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:28:24 +0000

Strategy? You mean I should have a strategy?

But I do agree with you – it’s too difficult and time consuming to create blog posts during a conference! I may post to Facebook and Google+ but haven’t got used to Twitter yet…

By: Kerry Scott

Kerry Scott — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:16:03 +0000

I’m focused on actual human contact, not blogging. I only leave the house to talk to other genealogists a couple of times a year, so I don’t want to spend that time in front of a screen. I can do that at home.

I definitely plan to tweet a lot this year though. Last year I actually met quite a few people because I was tweeting in the same session they were, and then we connected afterward. It was really cool.

By: Linda McCauley

Linda McCauley — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:27:01 +0000

Thomas, I totally agree with your approach. After a few big conferences, I’ve finally realized that it’s just not possible (at least for me) to blog much during the event. There’s too much going on and I’m usually too exhausted by the end of the day to put 3 sentences together. I’m not even taking a laptop to SLC but will have a tablet and phone and plan to use Twitter, FB and G+. The only thing that might be posted to my blog during RootsTech is a few pictures.

By: Caroline Pointer

Caroline Pointer — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:26:29 +0000

You know me, Thomas. I’m a HUGE Twitter (micro-blogging) pusher & user. And at this conference, I’ll be incorporating Google Plus, Facebook, and Pinterest into my master plan as well.

It’s funny, but I get people who’ve followed me for a while on Twitter tweet to me, “You have a blog, too?”

Here’s to micro-blogging,
~C