Social Media Events: New School or Old School?

October 28, 2009 · Print This Article

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Even though we have these amazing, 24/7 ubiquitous connections taking place on the social web, IRL (in real life) conferences are still booming. I think that many of us still long for those face to face connections, even more so now that our networks have blown way past the indications of Dunbar’s number. He he.

This is an opinion piece about things I see happening in the social media space, in short Twitter-sized sound bytes. I am imposing that limit on myself as I am short on time today.

With #podcamphawaii & #socialmediaclub we have open tents, everybody’s welcome. (My preference) Attendance is great. Experiences are powerful. Learning is all over the map.

Other events, when “who is welcome” is changing weekly, when “must request an invite” is the rule? Not so cool. (Especially when no reply is then sent.) Ticket sales are s-l-o-w. Is there a connection?

If you want a private event, by all means have at it. You better have a killer list though and enough personal energy to draw in attendees. The Lobby understands this.

I don’t recommend teasing the public to try to get your buzz on when signups to your private event are not happening. Just open it up and the people will come!

When people are vying for attention and excluding peers, IMO that is so #highschool and #oldschool. We’re due for a major shift in thinking in this arena IMO.

Perfectly reasonable people disagree. That is the good news. When it’s your event, you can do what you want.

I hope these points help you figure out which strategy is more fun and less stress for planning your next event!

Aloha,

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Written by Roxanne Darling · Filed Under Activism, Aloha, Gossip 2.0
Tagged: closed, events, hawaii, meetings, open, open tent, planning, podcamp, private, public, sharing, socialmedia, socialmediaclub, Strategy

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14 Responses to “Social Media Events: New School or Old School?”

Roxanne Darling on November 3rd, 2009 10:32 am

@christinelu I would love to discuss the pros and cons of open vs closed events and how to manage them. Seems like this would be a great topic for an upcoming meeting of the Social Media Club Hawaii. I think both have their purpose, it’s just tricky IMO to do closed events using the very public open media.

A related topic is pricing. With all these affiliate programs and “secret” invites, some people pay far more than others for the same event. From the organizers’ point of view people do what they do to get “butts in seats” – often to satisfy promises made to sponsors. OTOH, no one likes sitting on a plane and learning one’s seat mate paid half price or less. Surely we can improve on this!
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christinelu on October 28th, 2009 1:00 pm

pretty sure this post by @roxannedarling is re: @rethinkhawaii a lot of assumptions made i’d like to clarify if it is: http://bit.ly/38AaBk

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PatriciaMartin on October 29th, 2009 7:54 am

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pam on November 7th, 2009 8:52 am

I had that truffle oil ramen. It Blew My Mind.

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aric on November 7th, 2009 8:57 am

I miss that truffle oil ramen more than anything.

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Christine Lu on November 7th, 2009 8:58 am

me too. that ramen rocks. i ate it three times during the week. lol.

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Melanie on November 7th, 2009 9:12 am

now i’ve got a craving for truffle oil ramen and they don’t open till tonight

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Vernon Brown on November 7th, 2009 11:51 am

All I gotta say is you rock Christine! I am so amazed at all the many things you do and so happy you continue to bring such wonderful people to Hawaii. Also double excited on #6 "Announcing that I’m moving to Hawaii. "Aloha!

V

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Bill Sodeman on November 7th, 2009 4:37 pm

Making [re]Think into a non-profit sounds like a good idea.

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Jim Turner on November 8th, 2009 7:27 pm

Thanks for including me and allowing Michelle and I rethink why we love each other and allowing me to decompress!

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roxannedarling on November 11th, 2009 11:06 pm

Wonderful List Christine – you are a master at this sort of thing!

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