How To Take Part in Caterchat

Caterchat

Wednesdays, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. PST

These hour-long conversations are a fast and fun ride with fellow caterers and tweeters. To take part, you first must join Twitter –remember to have a photo of yourself and profile ready to upload. These are two important components of being successful on Twitter.

• Go to www.tweetchat.com and sign in with your twitter name and password
• Enter the room #caterchat (this is a hashtag that references this specific conversation)
• You will see the chats that have been posted to this hashtag. It filters out other posts coming in so you can seethe caterchats and respond to them easily andquickly.
• Plus,tweetchat automatically adds the hashtag for you (subtracting the characters for it automatically as well). Thismakes it even easier to respond.
• Just remember, if you are replying to another person,the “@” before their twitter name allows them to see the chat that is directed to them.
• Then, introduce yourself to the groupand begin!

And if you find you like these chats, I highly recommend #eventprofs chats. They are on Tuesday nights, 6 p.m. PST and Thursday mornings, 9 a.m. PST. They were started by Lara McCulloch from www.ready2spark and@ready2spark (a great person to follow on Twitter) and have grown in popularity. These are attended by planners, vendors, caterers, designers and are a wonderful way to meet industry professionals from around the world.

See you on Twitter!