Masterclass Social Media for Events
MSM 09: the first Masterclass Social Media for Events in Amsterdam. Twittering priest tells audience how to deploy social media to 'convert' people!
On Thursday 28 May we had the first Masterclass Social Media for Events in Amsterdam. Well organised (www.meetingpartners.nl), good speakers, great location, but foremost an excellent example itself how to deploy social media before, during and after the event. You will find the event on Twitter (#msm09), also as a report ( http://twitter.com/renedigiredo ) as ning community (http://msmevent.ning.com/ ), on LinkedIn etc.
Only 10% of the audience raised their hands when asked who actually already was using social media for events. But the general feeling was that this will the next big thing in our industry. So watch this group!
The last speaker was 'priest 2.0' Father Roderick who showed the audience how he uses web 2.0 and social media for the events of his own 'company' (every Sunday, Easter, Christmas, etc.) ( http://fatherroderick.sqpn.com/ ) and for attracting people to join his 'community'. Nice stories about old bishops listening to podcasts and using Harry Potter-related keywords to direct people to Father Roderick's own blogs.
There was a live Twitter- and video stream during the whole event.
Just visit all the above links to get an idea how to use social media yourself for your events.
