Comments on: When a Conference Audience Gets Ugly in Live Time http://www.movingfrommetowe.com/2008/03/12/when-a-conference-audience-gets-ugly-in-live-time/ Succeed and Savor Life With Others...by Kare Anderson. What can we do better together? For greater accomplishment, adventure and friendship let’s harness the power of us. Share ways to thrive in this next chapter of your life with others. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:24:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kare Anderson http://www.movingfrommetowe.com/2008/03/12/when-a-conference-audience-gets-ugly-in-live-time/comment-page-1/#comment-593 Kare Anderson Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:15:54 +0000 http://www.movingfrommetowe.com/2008/03/12/when-a-conference-audience-gets-ugly-in-live-time/#comment-593 Anita, I heartily agree that, some of the audience behavior was "boorish and rude" and I should have made that point in my post. When the way one reacts is at least as bad as the behavior one witnesses then one is lowering the bar, not raising the bar of engagement. The same bad behavior is happening via anonymous comments to certain newspaper site-based blogs and at some new sites where college students can comment on each other. I agree with the reactions by several commentators on this that only the community on a blog or site (or at the conference) can effectively police its own behavior. I'll bet steps are being taken by the SXSW community to provide interactivity with the audience - and to discourage boorish, make-it-personal behavior. This "live" time interaction made possible by Twitter, texting and other social media is creating constantly changing ways to damage or strengthen feelings of community. In an upcoming interview, I'll be asking Smart Mobs author, Howard Rheingold, for his insights on this. Anita,
I heartily agree that, some of the audience behavior was “boorish and rude” and I should have made that point in my post. When the way one reacts is at least as bad as the behavior one witnesses then one is lowering the bar, not raising the bar of engagement. The same bad behavior is happening via anonymous comments to certain newspaper site-based blogs and at some new sites where college students can comment on each other. I agree with the reactions by several commentators on this that only the community on a blog or site (or at the conference) can effectively police its own behavior. I’ll bet steps are being taken by the SXSW community to provide interactivity with the audience – and to discourage boorish, make-it-personal behavior. This “live” time interaction made possible by Twitter, texting and other social media is creating constantly changing ways to damage or strengthen feelings of community. In an upcoming interview, I’ll be asking Smart Mobs author, Howard Rheingold, for his insights on this.

]]> By: Anita Campbell http://www.movingfrommetowe.com/2008/03/12/when-a-conference-audience-gets-ugly-in-live-time/comment-page-1/#comment-548 Anita Campbell Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:56:07 +0000 http://www.movingfrommetowe.com/2008/03/12/when-a-conference-audience-gets-ugly-in-live-time/#comment-548 Hi Kare, I didn't see this session, but I understand the interviewer made it more about her than about the interviewee -- a big no-no. So I don't want to come off as an apologist for poor interviewing technique. But I must say that I think the audience behavior was boorish and rude. In my career I've sat through many a session where the interview or panel discussion was handled poorly. But as an audience member what would bother me much more than a poor interviewer or poor speakers, is audience members heckling and interjecting THEMSELVES into the fray by being rude. And making THEMSELVES the center of attention by doing so. That, in my opinion, is just as grievous as being a boring panel member who doesn't know when to shut up, or tries to monopolize the discussion by constantly interrupting everyone else, or bores you with a gawd-awful PowerPoint, or whatever. And I've actually heard a few of the people speak who were the loudest in their complaints, and all I'll say is, people in glass houses shouldn't, well, you know .... Anita Hi Kare, I didn’t see this session, but I understand the interviewer made it more about her than about the interviewee — a big no-no. So I don’t want to come off as an apologist for poor interviewing technique.

But I must say that I think the audience behavior was boorish and rude.

In my career I’ve sat through many a session where the interview or panel discussion was handled poorly. But as an audience member what would bother me much more than a poor interviewer or poor speakers, is audience members heckling and interjecting THEMSELVES into the fray by being rude. And making THEMSELVES the center of attention by doing so.

That, in my opinion, is just as grievous as being a boring panel member who doesn’t know when to shut up, or tries to monopolize the discussion by constantly interrupting everyone else, or bores you with a gawd-awful PowerPoint, or whatever. And I’ve actually heard a few of the people speak who were the loudest in their complaints, and all I’ll say is, people in glass houses shouldn’t, well, you know ….

Anita

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