Rules and tips for Presenters
We've put together some tips for helping you to create a winning presentation! Please also make sure to follow the key rules: 5 Tweets, use a thread, use the hashtag #TropiCon21.
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Firstly, make sure your Twitter account is not set to 'private', otherwise we will not be able to see your Tweets! You have been allocated a 15 minute slot during the conference to share your research - find out your timeslot in the schedule. We hope you'll get involved with other presentations and lightning Tweets too! To find out more about this, take a look at our information for participants.
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Tweets
Your five Tweets should be in the form of a ‘thread’, i.e. reply to your own Tweet. Further information on creating a thread can be found here (https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/create-a-thread)
All Tweets must all start with its number (1-5), followed by the conference hashtag #TropiCon21. You are free to use other hashtags as well!
You are free to allocate the Tweets as you see fit, however we recommend each presentation should start with an introductory tweet (1) followed by 3 tweets detailing the methods and results (2-4) and finish with a summary tweet (5)
You may wish to include the names or Twitter handles of co-authors in your Tweets
Tweets are limited to 280 characters, but we encourage creative use of media such as pictures, gifs, figures, videos, QR codes…(You can fit a lot more information into your presentation this way!)
We recommend each image has an accompanying description. This can be done by clicking Add description after inserting a photo. More details on how to set image descriptions can be found online (https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/picture-descriptions)
You may like to take a look at last year's excellent presentations, by searching the hashtag #TropiCon20 or reading through last year's website
On the day
At the start of your timeslot, you will be introduced by the host (BES Conservation Ecology or Tropical Ecology Twitter accounts). This is your cue to start Tweeting!
We recommend that you allow around 5 minutes of your 15 minute time slot to answer questions. You should therefore aim to publish one tweet about every 2 minutes.
You may also choose to schedule your Tweets (e.g. by using TweetDeck or Hootsuite), but we ask that you are around to answer questions
Your Tweet thread will be retweeted by @BES_Tropical and @BESConservation to help your research reach a wide audience.
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Closing ceremony
At 4pm (GMT) on Friday 5th November, we hope that you will join us for the Zoom Closing Ceremony! The Closing Ceremony will include a live Panel Discussion and Awards. We will be awarding prizes for the best presentation, runner-up and best lightning Tweet. Zoom links will be sent to all presenters and registrants. If you're not presenting or you haven't registered, please sign up on our Eventbrite page.