EventCamp10 was an Unconference that took place in New York City on February 6, 2010.
EventCamp Background
EventCamp 2010, was BarCamp-style gathering for event professionals to share best practices and learn new strategies to create a successful event.
The “unconference” is being hosted as part of Social Media Week, five days of events involving the best and brightest in the New York tech community with the goal of educating and encouraging social media practices across all sectors.
It was the first industry ...
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I am seeing lots of great, engaging uses of YouTube and informal video. I love the fact that when people create these videos, they share them with their audiences. Then their audiences watch, enjoy, engage – and pass them along to others! These people are creating videos that are entertaining and still further their messages!
Check out some of these great examples:
1. Beth Kanter & Corbin Ball have been enticing people with “teaser” videos about their upcoming webinars. What a great easy way to r...
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There’s a phenomenon at conferences now called the backchannel. A backchannel is an online, instant discussion about a speaker or an event by participants. Discussions about speaker topics and presentations have always been around, but now they’re instantaneously broadcast to anyone who cares to listen.
In the good old days of two years ago or so, the audience provided feedback of a speaker’s performance via the post-event evaluation as well as chatter during breaks. Often, the speaker or the conference org...
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It’s been a few weeks since our first webinar, "Social Media at Events." We received great feedback, and many have asked for the slides. Here at Engage365, we love to go the extra mile, so instead I’m posting the recording plus the handouts! But here’s the catch… you have to be an Engage365 member to watch it.
Watch now! Check out the “Social Media at Events” recorded webinar. We used a Twitter Back Channel (#engage365) during the webinar. We captured the conversation as a "transcript".
What We ...
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Wouldn't life be easier if you had a single place to go to learn about using social media to enhance your events, engage attendees and even increase attendance?
Well, get ready to smile.
Engage365 is a time-savin', game-changin', peer-engagin', FREE community dedicated to helping its members learn all they need to know about using social media for events.
We know conference professionals and association leaders are looking for social media strategy and practical ideas they can implement. Weedin...
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In The Beginning
Now that many of us are getting to the point where we don't tweet every waking moment (meaning we actually apply social media to a purpose), some people are asking, "What's the return on my money/time/investment to be on social media outposts"?
That's certainly a fair question. First, that depends if you talk about eating oatmeal or depositing your check in the bank on your blog, Twitter or Facebook wall.
Is getting an ROI the unattainable Holy Grail with social media for events? Some event planne...
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