Today Tinker partnered with MSNBC for their live broadcast of President Obama’s Virtual Town Hall on Health Care. We must say, it was a pretty spectacular event!
Our Tinker widget went live on MSNBC yesterday so they could start taking questions and comments in response to the President’s call for policy questions on health care reform. During the hour-and-a-half live town hall, tweets appeared from people all over the world on our Tinker widget next to the live video in real-time.
MSNBC visitors were able to tweet their questions and comments directly on the site via the widget. In addition to taking questions from the audience, the President chose questions containing the hashtag #WHHCQ and from YouTube videos. It was amazing to be part of creating this shared viewing experience on one of the most important challenges our country is facing. Integrating social media into the live stream really does make it feel like we are part of a shared conversation–and the President is listening.
Some choice tweets:
kenypowa: #WHHCQ Live Tinker Twitter feed is amazing. Direct communication between President and the people. Technology rocks.
whoryder: Wow this is awesome that i Tweet/Tinker on the MSN network.
nibbl35: #WHHCQ doctors shouldn’t be owned by giant drug companies, this is part of a major problem in healthcare today.
MrsRS: I’m type 2 diabetic. Under Obama healthcare, will I get the same treatment I’m getting w/my doc. & current healthcare insurance
AndrewPWilson: #WHHCQ Trying out Tinker for the First time – seeing lots of post via Tinker on the Town Hall today
The live video of the event is over, but the debate lives on. Twitter doesn’t store all tweets from the event, but you can find the entire transcript of the discussion here on Tinker. Looking for more responses? The Tinker event page also features live YouTube video responses (with Facebook integration coming soon) for complete 360º coverage of the groundbreaking event.
Tags: Healthcare, MSNBC, Obama Town Hall, Tinker, Tinker.com
