So lets say you organise an event* and people turn up and they appear to enjoy it and then they go away but you have no idea whether they really enjoyed it and what they thought because you only got a chance to talk to a few of them for a few minutes each. Wouldn’t it be cool if you could immediately find out what they thought. Well, if most of them are on Twitter you can. Here’s a selection of instant reactions to tonight’s blogmeet:
- twm_driver: Back home with a McDonalds after a great time at the blog meet. Saw lots of wonderful people and was made very welcome. Thanks everyone
- hemminac: Good to talk at the blog meet…..not too much about blogging tho! Pause for thought……….
- charlottecarey: finally sitting down, v long day! bloggers mtg v. friendly, much more mixed, bit odd with Lucy in tow & shame had 2 leave so early
- leonardomorgado: Interesting evening with Birmingham Bloggers. Didn’t talk to as many people as I would’ve liked. My fault.
- podnosh: you find the most fantastic people at the Birmingham bloggers meets. This time two chiddlers turned up. Thanks all.
- ruthward: Enjoyed bloggers meet. met some interesting folk. now i just need to blog about it!
- Mach2Designs: Onthebus heading home, proved @john383 wrong and met some interesting people. =]
- editorialgirl: glad I went to the bloggers meet even if I still don’t really know what the point was. Met people – woo! Er… guess that was the point.
- anthonyherron: good to meet bloggers and non bloggers today, will def go again, in Adam and Eve at the mo for filming!
What value does this have? Well, on it’s own not a huge amount. There’s not a vast amount of useful information there other than very quick reactions but what strikes me as interesting is these are responses to a non-existent survey produced as part of a conversation on Twitter. What I’ve done is lifted these snippets out of that conversation and put them in a different context, harvesting them if you like. So rather than handing out comment cards for people to fill in I’ve gotten the same sort of feedback ambiantly which I’m reproducing here.
For more of this sort of thing see Created in Birmingham collective memories.
* I didn’t actually organise this but given I have an interest in it working let’s assume for the sake of argument that I did.
Great post Pete. 1st time attender long time blogger. Arrived late, plus had to run off for a quick meet at CF but glad I met a few people, want to meet them all so maybe next time.
Didn’t get to speak to you Pete, just a nudge, but as they say in Monty Python “a nod’s as good as a wink to a blind bat.”
thanks all.