liveblogging briefing

Liveblogging theInternet-Informed Patient SymposiumDoug Clow, 25 March 2011Lecturer, Interactive Media Development, The Open Universityhttp://dougclow.wordpress.com

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• A liveblog consists of a series of contemporaneous notes of an event arranged chronologically and shared online by an individual author in order to support learning.

Minutes• accurate• authoritative• neutral

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Liveblog

• timely• personal

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• Minutes optimise for quality• Liveblogs optimise for speed

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Be prepared!

• know your subject• know the people• know your technology• abbreviate appropriately• have a backup plan or three

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• Practice!

• Learn what you cancapture in real time

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