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Unleashing the Ultimate Cool Factor
Case Studies of Conferences Energized Through Social Media
Maddie Grant | Socialfish, LLC
Chris Bucchere | The Social Collective
Lindy Dreyer | SocialFish, LLC
Susan Mernit | Public Media Collaborative
#09NTC #cool
#09NTC #cool
@maddiegrant
@bucchere (Chris)
@lindydreyer
@susanmernit
Maddie Grant
SocialFish@maddiegrant
Chris BucchereThe Social Collective@bucchere
Our goal: Facebook + Twitter for Conferences
Our Mission Statement
The Social Collective provides an exclusive, interactive means for conference attendees to meet and network with one another in a safe and secure environment before, during and after any conference.
The Problem
The Problem
Attendees want to meet and network at conferences, but they don’t know how to get started
Conference organizers want to know more about their attendees to increase attendance and sales
Our Solution
Our Solution
Provide a fun, easy-to-use site where conference attendees can find and create meaningful connections
Provide the data back to conference organizers to help them market and sell products or services
Customers
White-labeled Sites
Mainstream Social Network Integration
Key Takeaways
True value in nonprofit events doesn’t come from the content; it comes from the interactions between people
Increase nonprofit member satisfaction by facilitating collaboration through social tools
Susan MernitPublic Media Collaborative@susanmernit
Knight News Challenge 2008-09
Using social media to do outreach and build community
•Annual, international $5MM competition awards 2 yrs funding for innovative projects that support news & discourse in geographic areas
•ANYONE with a good idea can apply•2008-09 Goals: Increase applicant diversity, improve application quality, broaden int’l applicants
Tactics
•3 month program: Online social media campaign & local meet ups raised profile, traffic, unique over 100% from previous year
•Tools: Twitter, Facebook groups & events, Upcoming, flickr, seesmic, blogs
•Built online mentoring/community w/Drupal
•3 people spent 10 hours a week total on the program, cash outlay very minimal=HUGE success
Tactics
This is replicable
•Documentation for how we did it:Detailed case study: Using social media for social good—reviews KNC08, Twestival for charity: water, Women Who Tech Telesummitt
•Download at http://snurl.com/gmeds•Or contact mernit@gmail.com for a copy
This is replicable
Lindy Dreyer
SocialFish@lindydreyer
Homebase Outposts
Background
•Started in Sept. ’08 in the UK, independent from the cause
•International scale, local effort•Global Twestival in Feb. ’09•202 cities raised $250,000 for charity: water
Enable & Energize
•Power of the Twitter community•Support from influentials•Local communities rallying•Support from central Twestival hub, including hosted WP site with Twestival theme.
@maddiegrant
@bucchere (Chris)
@lindydreyer
@susanmernit
#09NTC #cool
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