Leebug: social networking buzz

You have got to see this! We have just the launched The Hub 2.0 – a dashboard that pulls social streams from Twitter, Flickr and YouTube.  Now, in one place, under one tab, in each event community, attendees can join the Twitter conversation and view photos taken at the event from Flickr and videos uploaded to YouTube.

How It Works

The host of the event community, usually the event producer, selects the keywords and tags to create the feeds from each of the social sites. Leebug will then fetch the tweets, photos and videos and display them on the page. YouTube videos will play directly in The Hub – you will not be redirected out of Leebug – same with with Flickr, the thumbnails will enlarge within a Leebug popup.  Delegates can participate in the Twitter stream by enabling their Twitter account and sending tweets directly from The Hub.

Display One, Two or All Three Feeds

If you don’t expect attendees to be taking photos or video during your event, you can simply skip the keyword entry for Flickr and YouTube and The Hub will adjust the columns to only show the Twitter feed.

Educate Attendees

Social media and conferences is still relatively new – though is Twitter is rapidly being adopted , just don’t display the live feed behind the speaker while they are presenting – and it will be up to the event producers to continue to push the adoption and to educate delegates. Smartphones such as the iPhone 3GS and the Nexus One place an incredible amount of promotional power into the hands of the delegates – so use it. Photos, videos and opinions can be instantly shared and propagated to the masses.

I am very excited about The Hub, our social media mashup. Along with registration integration, LinkedIn profile importing, v-Booths, and Meet ups, Leebug becomes one of the most powerful professional event networking websites on the internet.

Below is a screenshot of The Hub pulling Twitter and YouTube.

The Hub with feeds from Twitter, Flickr and You Tube.