{"id":27155,"date":"2020-07-28T16:15:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T15:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=27155"},"modified":"2020-07-27T18:31:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T17:31:25","slug":"ihbcs-2020-virtual-school-twitter-insights-from-ihbcvirtualschool2020-1m-users-359-tweets-90-contributors-sponsor-hcuk-groups-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=27155","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s 2020 Virtual School twitter insights from #IHBCVirtualSchool2020: 1M+ users; 359 tweets; 90 contributors + sponsor HCUK Group\u2019s showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Alison McCandlish was the IHBC\u2019s social media support at the IHBC\u2019s 2020 Virtual School, and here she explores the parallel and overlapping public twitter experience, at #IHBCVirtualSchool2020, which boasted an \u2018overall reach of\u2026 over 1 million users, with 359 tweets\u2026 and 90 different contributors\u2019 and \u2018the lunchtime exhibition\u2026 \"\"showcasing the principal sponsor\u2019 HCUK Group: Heritage Collective<\/a>.\u2019<\/h3>\n

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Alison McCandlish writes:<\/p>\n

This year our Annual School was a little different as we organised an IHBC Virtual School for the first time, as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

We also gave a preview of next year at Brighton 2021, but did so virtually with presentations and panels. We still wanted to encourage delegate interaction, so how did we do this?\u00a0 We were adhering to social distancing, but very socially connected!<\/p>\n

Just like a \u2018normal\u2019 conference we encouraged discussion among delegates and interaction with our panel, but instead of in person questions with a roving mic, those who attended could post questions in the GoToWebinar chat facility, and also via Twitter on the dedicated conference hashtag #IHBCVirtualSchool2020<\/a>. We also set up polls within the conference, where delegates could let us know their views on current issues and future priorities.<\/p>\n

Behind the scenes we had a team of hardworking IHBC staff all working together to ensure a smooth delegate and panellist experience, including dedicated IT troubleshooting and support.<\/p>\n

We had a lunchtime exhibition on Twitter, showcasing the principal sponsor\u00a0HCUK Group: Heritage Collective<\/a>\u00a0and our eight company friends of the Annual School. Some delegates took the opportunity to invite their pets and children to take part\u2026 we have some lovely family household views on #IHBCVirtualSchool2020<\/a>!<\/p>\n

The overall reach of the school on Twitter – over 1 million users, with 359 tweets on our designated hashtag and 90 different contributors.\u00a0 We have compiled the Tweets into a \u2018Wakelet\u2019 which allows you to see an annotated, edited version of the chat on the day, without any need to have a Twitter account, or connect to any social media. IHBC on Wakelet<\/a><\/p>\n

In Brighton, and for future IHBC events, we hope to build on the experience at the Virtual Annual School.\u00a0 Do let us know your views.<\/p>\n

See more on twitter at #IHBCVirtualSchool2020<\/a><\/p>\n

See more background links and updates from the NewsBlog<\/a><\/p>\n

See more interim feedback<\/a><\/p>\n

See more on the IHBC Schools<\/a><\/p>\n

For the IHBC\u2019s original Brighton 2020 School plans \u2013 and inspiration for Brighton 2021, see brighton2020.ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

See more on Virtual School Sponsors HCUK Group: Heritage Collective<\/a>, and its IHBC HESPR<\/a> membership webpage<\/a><\/p>\n

For more background to the Virtual School see the IHBC NewsBlogs<\/a><\/p>\n

For ongoing updates see #IHBCBrighton2021<\/a> and our NewsBlogs<\/a><\/p>\n

See more Virtual School<\/a> background<\/p>\n

See more updates<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alison McCandlish was the IHBC\u2019s social media support at the IHBC\u2019s 2020 Virtual School, and here she explores the parallel and overlapping public twitter experience, at #IHBCVirtualSchool2020, which boasted an \u2018overall reach of\u2026 over 1 million users, with 359 tweets\u2026 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27156,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27155\/revisions\/27156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}