london - bafa - social media for festivals
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PCM creative's CJ delivered this presentation to British Arts Festival Association members in London at Theatres Trust on 20 MayTRANSCRIPT
PCM creative - social media made simple
Festivals & Social Media
London 2010
#bafa10
PCM creative - social media made simple
Tell me...
• When do you feel least in control of your event?
– Why?
• When do you feel most in control of your event?
– Why?
PCM creative - social media made simple
PCM creative - social media made simple
Today
• What is Social Media?
• Beginning your journey.
• Social Media in practice.
• Call to action
PCM creative - social media made simple
The 7 Roads of Social Media
•Generate an audience? •Provide event information? •Maintain audience attention? •Increase your knowledge? •Align & connect with your competitors?
•Establish your authority as an expert?•Run an event more productively?
PCM creative - social media made simple
What about my festival?
•Schedules•Team Coordination•Maintaining a Festivals identity•Publicity, Advertising, Promotion &
Affiliates•Sales: Ecommerce and Box Office
PCM creative - social media made simple
What about my festival?
•Metrics and Measurements•Event lifecycle management•Crowd Control•Feedback, Monitoring, Reporting,
Archiving•Event activity
Plan – Prep – Deliver – Reflect - Report
PCM creative - social media made simple
PCM creative - social media made simple
Social Media
• Film
• Radio
• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Theatre
• Television
• Books
• Festivals
• Concerts
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Social Media?
On the streets
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Be social with your media
http://bit.ly/aWGcEP
Birds Eye View Film Festival
http://bit.ly/9N9h31
Glastonbury Festival
Popcorn Hat Players & Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival
http://bit.ly/bQfmPe
http://bit.ly/d5ghAE
http://bit.ly/9YlwHY
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Old Media vs. New Media
“Don't add technology to the way you do things, change the way you do things when you see what the technology can do.”
Marcus RomerArtistic Director - Pilot Theatre Company.
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Old Media meets New Media
•Magazines•Papers•Fliers•Posters•Programs•Business Cards•Buses•Signs•T-Shirts
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Engagement
• QR codes
• Geo-location
http://bit.ly/b71cEe
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Box Office
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Social Media - defined
The online tools and platforms that people use to share opinions, insights, experiences, and perspectives with each other.
Social media can take many different forms, including text, images, audio, and video.
Popular social mediums include blogs, message boards, podcasts, wikis.
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Experiences...
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Time
• Email updates
• Mobile updates
• Voice to Text
• RSS
• Google Alerts
• User Generated Content
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Adding Social Media
• Why are you here?
PCM creative - social media made simple
The 7 Roads of Social Media
•Generate an audience? •Provide event information? •Maintain audience attention? •Increase your knowledge? •Align & connect with your competitors?
•Establish your authority as an expert?•Run an event more productively?
PCM creative - social media made simple
Why Social Networking?
Two-thirds of the world’s Internet population visit social networking or blogging sites, accounting for almost 10% of all internet time.
Nielsen report “Global Faces and Networked Places.”
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Facebook - A Bewildering Tangle
http://nyti.ms/bAj58M
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The State of Facebook
•News Feed•Profile•Groups•Pages•Applications•Likes
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Nov 20081,623 members
Facebook Groups
2064
1195
140
745
341
800August 2009
3,539 members
6 Scotland Arts Groups
May 20105,285 members
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Niche Targeting
Creative Industries and converging technologies
• Facebook group created
• 11 Facebook groups targeted
• 2008 Facebook potential audience – 63,385
• 2009 Facebook potential audience – 208,573
• 2010 ???
http://bit.ly/a88Eh8
www.shifthappens.ning.com
PCM creative - social media made simple
PCM creative - social media made simple
Twitter.com
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Micro blogging & Status updates
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Twitter - land
• Stats & Analytics tools
• Tacking conversations
• Many Tweets in one stream
• Twitter central control
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Conversation
Updates written and sent when your profile is locked will only be seen by people who follow you
Tweets sent when your profile is unlocked will also be published in the global timeline
@twittername Sends an update seen by everyone but intended for one person
RT @twittername with the original update indicates that you are repeating an interesting tweet you want your followers to see.
This is called Re-Tweeting
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Followers to Friends
Twitter for beginners on Issuuhttp://bit.ly/4yngN
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Print on Demand
ISSUU
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On line Publishing
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Holistic Digital Development
• Artistic
• Organisational
• Business
www.getambition.com
http://bit.ly/d6Skj6
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Collected Knowledge
• Case Studies
• Road Shows
• Workshops
• Social Network
http://www.getambition.com/resources
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Your very own Facebook
• Recent Activity
• Status Updates
• Personal Profiles
• Groups
• Forums
• Blog / Notice board
• Events calendar
• IM live chat
• Photos / Video / Audio
• Measurable Stats
www.axiscentre.ning.com
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www.getambition.ning.com
Social Networking
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What is important?
• Networking
• Participation
• Engagement
• Sharing
• Gathering
• Development
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Live Documentation
#BAFA10
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Filtering
• Bafa10
• BritArtsFest
• Arts festival
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Collecting
Manchester International Festival
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Engaging
PCM creative - social media made simple
Ambient Participation
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Documenting
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Live Streaming
• Point and shoot
• Hit 5 to Tweet
http://bit.ly/9lzFkg
Nottingham Creative Business Awards Launch 2009
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Stay Connected
JOIKUSPOT premium
Notebook PC or Mac
Mobile Broadband
Mobile wifi hub
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Sharing
www.slideshare.net/pcmcreative
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Making it Work
• Start small.
• Schedule social media time.
• Make the web part of your process.
• Pick your platforms.
• Define your goals & expectation.
• Formalise practice and conduct
http://bit.ly/policytool
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All roads lead home
Audience
Agents
Venue booker
Funders
Fans
Artists
Staff, Cast & Crew
SchoolsPress
PCM creative - social media made simple
PCM creative - social media made simple
Call to Action
Identify your top 3 priority roads 3 services to investigate further Tweet and include the #bafa10 tag Join the BAFA group on Amb:IT:ion
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Questions
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