Comments on Voices in my head: AmmanTT and The Foot issue!

first of all AmmanTT is mas5ara o madya3a lal wagi...

2010-12-15T03:59:36.639-08:00

first of all AmmanTT is mas5ara o madya3a lal wagit. and its about talking and no more.
The CEO u r talking about is dawawen and the way he was sitting reflects that d1g is running by bunch of dawaween, thats y they call it d1g.
Aroub Soboh had the right to say that because she was feeling bad.
AmmanTT main problem is
1- They cant bring the right ppl to the speakers panel.
2- Most of the audience are not related to the event itself, they come to tweet and bullshit around.

this is my opinion and I wish u wont delete it.

Each time i went ammanTT, Actually the two times i...

2010-11-17T05:20:12.279-08:00

Each time i went ammanTT, Actually the two times i went there, i found lots of amusing people, people who wanted to listen, others don't, some were not aware whats cooking! and other knew exactly what they want... having said that; in breaks, people have communicated way way better because there were allowed to mingle, it looks like having groups, each with his own table and audience works better, i do hope that ammanTT management consider this option, it allows variety as well as choice, people would then choose the table or subject they are interested in and maybe jump to the other table to check other interesting subjects too, as a result, no one would get bored listening to really long explanation of powerpoint slides or long non-constructive discussions.

I wasn't attending the event either but I was ...

2010-11-05T07:31:41.722-07:00

I wasn't attending the event either but I was watching the streaming, to be honest I was offended by the body language of the speaker, it's not a matter of concentrating on trivial matters, the thing is, to be a good public speaker, you need to have the right body language, it's not because the audience just wants to criticize what you guys were working really hard on delivering, body gestures like raising your foot like that can be a great distraction to any audience, shallow or deep, people wouldn't have attended the whole event had they not been interested in the topic, but the guy just sat there on the, well, "couch" moving his leg in a nervous way and the sole of his shoe was just right there! Going up and down! I'd look at the video and all I could see was his foot! Imagine a fly hovering around a news anchor, it's not that we care about the fly, but the fly would be a huge distraction.
Also, the guy is Arab, Jordanian I guess, so he knows the customs here, if you had guests at your home would you sit the way he was seated?
Next comes the language issue, I blog in English, most of my tweets are in English, I don't want to sound like a hypocrite here, but you guys were hosting Amman TT yeah? People look at you guys as role models, you set some trends here in the online world, Arab guys and girls speaking to an audience of Arab guys and girls in English kinda sounded like they were showing off, they alienated a whole segment of youth who want to be involved, it's OK to use some English terms, it's not the 8 o'clock news cast, but those guys were saying EVERYTHING in English, Arabic language needs its supporters and I guess you can look at what happened as people’s way to say they want you to be supporters of that too, being who you guys are and doing what you guys do.
I was one of those who criticized but I guess I wouldn’t have if I didn’t care about the quality of the events that you guys organize, and believe me, you’ll improve more if you listen to your audience’s needs, maybe رضى الناس غاية لا تدرك but in this case what people were asking for was simple and reasonable, and I hope you can accept our comments with open minds.
Sorry for the jarayed-long comment!

السلام عليكم .. بداية يعطيكم العافية مبادرة عمان ...

2010-11-03T17:05:17.962-07:00

السلام عليكم ..

بداية يعطيكم العافية مبادرة عمان تي تي و القائمين عليها

بالنسبة للاحداث و الامور الي صارت بأخر حدث الاعلام المجتمعي في اللاند مارك حقيقة شيء مخجل بالبداية لانه المفروض انه المتحدثين تاركين شغلهم و وقتهم و عائلاتهم عشان يعطونا من وقتهم و كل هاد مجاني و يا ريت هيك و بس و كمان القائمين على المبادرة مجهزين قاعة خمس نجوم اشي احترافي مش اي كلام و هاد ما بتلاقي عن ناس متطوعين بشتغلوا بمبادرة بحطوا من وقتهم و شغلهم عشان يخططوا للجلسة الواحد المفروض على الاقل نحس بهاد الاشي نقدره يعني عدم المؤاخذه زي إلي دافع مصاري و بتشرط انا بدي هيك و بدي هيك يعني حطة الاجر على الاجر في مليون طريقة نرد فيها او نحكي فيها و اللغة العربية على راسي و عيني لغتنا الام لكن الاعلام المجتمعي انجليزي و إلي بحكي لاء بكون رأيه الخطأ مع احترامي اذا ما عرفنا الانجليزي لشو فائدة الاعلام المجتمعي لكن في نفس الوقت ممكن المتحدث نفسه ينوع في الكلام يعني حسب ما يحتاج الموضوع او النقطة المعينة بحكي باللغة المناسبة و هاد كان رأي و شكراً إلكم

2010-11-03T17:04:54.920-07:00

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I'm really sad of how things happened at the e...

2010-11-03T03:58:17.340-07:00

I'm really sad of how things happened at the event, i thought the audience would be much more respectful but i guess this is how it goes here in Jordan. I really wish sometime soon things will change to the better.

I did not attend the event and could not view it o...

2010-11-02T17:48:00.113-07:00

I did not attend the event and could not view it online. However, from your description it seems that the panelist was not a foreigner and so he was probably aware of the local customs and traditions and he should have kept his feet down. With that said, yelling at him was probably not a good idea either.

will first of all i think that the event tonight w...

2010-11-02T16:28:42.257-07:00

will first of all i think that the event tonight was great,ppl behind AmmanTT are doing a great job but i would like to point some things out.

The leg thing was annoying lets face it !! plus i think someone should have told him that he should put down his leg with the very first tweet about this issue (ya3ni one of AmmanTT guys or anyone involved !)

About the arabic language i think that it was nothing , some ppl wanted more arabic and some ppl don't mind neither arabic or english !
for those who wanted arabic guys come on the signs on your way in says social media in ENGLISH not الأعلام المجتمعي in ARABIC so why are you expecting it to be in arabic !

For those who think that it should be only in english , will if the audience would like more arabic ,lets give them more arabic what is the problem !!

I'm sad to hear that this happened. it's a...

2010-11-02T15:25:26.829-07:00

I'm sad to hear that this happened. it's an example of how some ppl are still stuck in trivial matters.

let the man sit the way he wants. you're not God for anyone to change his posture just for you.

very silly and good example of the wrong way to use social media (twitter kin this case)

I missed AmmanTT for today !! but i think it was n...

2010-11-02T14:44:56.470-07:00

I missed AmmanTT for today !! but i think it was not nice to say this to one of the speakers, sure he did not mean to not respect any one. Stupid Action :D

I personally think that those comments on language...

2010-11-02T14:43:59.921-07:00

I personally think that those comments on language and the way the speakers were sitting were not necessary and uncalled for.. it is not like they were raising the feet on our faces! people need to chill out.. and stop picking on small things.. those who have ego issues should solve it in their homes! really!

I was sitting among the audience, and honestly i w...

2010-11-02T14:27:33.566-07:00

I was sitting among the audience, and honestly i was really annoyed by the fact that people were NOT LISTENING, i think this is really disrespectful, not only to the speakers who were sharing their experience or the organizers who worked hard to make it happen in short notice, but also to themselves, unfortunately, we don't lISTEN, we hear things, we heard the English language but did we really listen to what was said in Arabic, i know many did, I do understand where the criticism come from, but it is how we express ourselves.today's event supposedly was full of people who are educated and who should know how to behave, before criticizing, we have to make sure that we were listening ....anyway, I just felt like saying that, I know that u all did great job preparing for this event, ya3tekom el3afieh ...I personally found it useful.