Panel - Government and crisis communication

One of the late afternoon panels at #Realconf circled around the interesting subject "government and crisis communication through real time social media".

The panel members were representatives of different governing organizations which led to interesting discussions and various examples of how and why to use channels like Twitter for crisis communication, what the benefits are and which problems you might face.

Interview with Jyri Engeström

The world famous web entrepreneur and Jaiku founder Jyri Engeström was one of the popular speakers at the Disruptive Media #Realconf.

In this exclusive interview he sums up the most essential parts of his appearance at the conference and also talks about why he decided to leave Google and what his future plans are. 

Mattias Handley - PubSubHubbub

Does the realtime web mean the death of RSS? No, Mattias Handley (Paraply Production) doesn't think so, but he does think it needs to be modified.

At the Really Realtime Disruptive Media Conference there was a lot of talk about the protocol "PubSubHubbub". Mattias Handley did a great job in explaing what it is, how to use it and foremost - why businesses should care about realtime RSS.

Niklas Linden - The Xbox social widget

Niklas Linden from Microsoft E&D demonstrates a new way of publishing gamerelated news through RSS, letting the players connect in realtime using services like Twitter and Facebook Connect.

Get the facts about Xbox Social Widget!

Business panel - better communication through Realtime Social Media

How should a company or organization handle real time communication through social media like Twitter? How can you be relevant and useful to your customers? Should you post tweets using your real name or is it more professional to use the company brand? Should you offer customer service and what are the possible effects of that?

Microsyntax - Deep Structure for the Real Time Stream

Microsyntax is simple characters that expands and extends our status messages while keeping them shorter. Microsyntax is the language of the real-time web. In this video, Stowe Boyd, president of Microsyntax.org, explains hashtags, retweet syntax and much more.

Interview: Fans, culture and content

Journalist Anders Mildner interviews international opera star Malena Ernman on how she uses Twitter to interact with fans and promote her work. Malena is one of the few opera stars in the world that actively promotes her work online and talks about how her fans also find each other through Twitter. 

Making friends on Facebook. How to create valuable relationships that makes your business better.

Emanuel Karlsten from the Christian daily  Dagen
talks about how to utilize Facebook to create fans and friends who help
you in news gathering, with article tips, or even help with entire
articles and images.

This was one of the most well received talks of The Really Realtime Disruptive Media Conference.

The realtime shock - Twitter as news source and interaction tool.

The news business is in serious problems, not only regarding their business model but also in regard to the work and the reader interaction.

Realtime social media tools for business

Björn Jeffery, Director Future Media & Technology at The Bonnier Group talks about what tools your organization should use when working with realtime social media.