Nearly two years ago, I was acting as the Social Media Intern at Literacy Chicago (LC) while Kate was the Social Media / Marketing Coordinator. Sometime during my three month internship, we caught on to each other's self-motivation, positive attitude and dry sense of humor. After the internship ended, Kate and I kept and touch and occasionally met up for dinner - we now meet up for monthly dates. It was on one of these dates that she asked if I would do the honor of live-tweeting her wedding.
I said yes, of course, and was not too caught off guard, as I knew she'd gotten the idea from a fellow LC alum, @alexklevine and written about live-tweeting weddings and even tweeted another LC alum wedding - @denisekruse. (I guess we LC alumni are trend setters.)
As Skype wasn't an option for viewing Kate and Nick's special day, live-tweeting seemed to be the next best option. We brainstormed hashtags that seemed appropriate for the event. Kate chose #schrambled, a play on Kate's married name from the creative mind of Denise. With the hashtag, viewers could "attend" the wedding through the tweetchat room created for the event.
With Blackberry in hand, my beau and I walked into the event hall. Before the wedding began, I thought about the parts of the wedding I would want to follow if I were unable to attend, somewhat of an outline for my tweets. I was ready to be judged by the elders, but not before my battery would die - halting the chance of any updates. But neither of those things happened. I must say that my date was somewhat displeased, though I had given him fair warning.
All in all the live-tweeting went very well. I could have used a partner-in-crime for the event. I think it would have been nice to have another point of view of the day. However, I'm glad I could help Nick, Kate and their friends and family, enjoy their special day.
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ReplyDeleteThanks, @vmccoy, for "manning" this project. Far away friends and family were able to tune-in to view the updates; since they weren't Twitter users, however, they just clicked on the pictures and called to tell me about it the next day. :)
ReplyDeleteYou know what they say. Whatever works. Glad to help :)
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