Tweet (Twitter)! Tuesday: what's the agenda?

While the focus this weekend is on Social Media Breakfast (or dinner, as the case may be) and its tie-up with Earth Hour, I want to take a moment to ponder about another "social media" event that's coming up. It's called "Tweet! Tuesday" and this Tuesday's one will be the first in Singapore.

My first encounter with Tweet! Tuesday was through a Facebook event invitation from Kelvin Lim. He later messaged me that there was no specific presentation for Tweet! Tuesday. That made me remark that it could become another stand-around-and-talk-while-eating-free-food session.

Which was what Social Media Breakfast has been like until recently. The danger for Tweet! Tuesday then is that there would be nothing to differentiate it from any other "social media" event, and it might devolve into nothing more than a gathering of like-minded people.

Of course, I don't think Tweet! Tuesday is supposed to be another "talk cock" session. The Facebook event's description stated simply:

Join us for Tweet! Tuesday and find out what's the fuss over Twitter, Plurk, Jaiku and other micro-blogging services and learn /discuss how experts are using them.

That makes it sound like its focus is on so-called micro-blogging services and probably their impact on the local social media scene.

I went in search of other Tweet! Tuesdays to see if other countries/cities had similar events. Though none were found, I did locate Twitter Tuesday, which is probably what Tweet! Tuesday is based on. Apart from looking like a spam site, there was no "About" page there that explained what Twitter Tuesday was about. But from the site's contents, I got the impression that it was about how people and organisations are using or can use micro-blogging as part of their online mix, and the tools that would help them.

Assuming that that is the direction for Tweet! Tuesday, I suggest the following:

• assume that attendees are familiar with Twitter and/or micro-blogging services (since I suspect that the "usual suspects" will be in the invitation list)
• ask them why they use a particular service, e.g. Plurk instead of Twitter
• what have they used micro-blogging for
• likes/dislikes about micro-blogging

At this point, I doubt it's necessary to discuss the various tools that are available. Instead, getting the answers to the above questions could lay the foundation for deciding the agenda and direction for future Tweet! Tuesdays.

And let's not make it another "talk cock" -- or "tweet cock" -- session!

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