Comments on: Social Media Events: New School or Old School? http://www.barefeetstudios.com/2009/10/28/social-media-events-new-school-or-old-school/ Internet Literacy for Business: Blogging, Podcasting, Online Video & Social Media Howto, Consulting, Training & Public Speaking Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:16:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Roxanne Darling http://www.barefeetstudios.com/2009/10/28/social-media-events-new-school-or-old-school/comment-page-1/#comment-4330 Roxanne Darling Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:32:48 +0000 http://www.barefeetstudios.com/?p=1246#comment-4330 @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! @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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