Edmonton’s First Social Media Breakfast of 2012
I’m honoured to be asked to present at Edmonton’s First Social Media Breakfast of 2012 at CBC Edmonton. The topic I suggested to the Social Media Breakfast (SMBYEG) gang? Social TV.
I’m still formulating some thoughts on my presentation approach. I’m leaning towards doing our own version of a “Tweetchat” as my actual presentation rather than go the standard presentation route. Communicating key points about socialTV in the form of 10 questions in which the audience can participate directly by answering via Twitter. There’s no wrong or right answer, everyone on Twitter contributes to the overall conversation, as well as, in the room.
Example:
Using such hashtags as #smbyeg #socialtv we can encourage other social tv curious/enthusiasts to join in, probably from the East coast primarily…
I will post 10 questions, one at a time on the big screen for those in the audience who’d like to share on twitter, see the following.
Q1: How would you describe SocialTV? #smbyeg #socialtv
A1: TV’s that talk nicely…:) #smbyeg #socialtv
Everyone can answer on their own if they choose, again using the hashtags for the tweetchat…
In between each question and answer I’ll fill in details, and my thoughts with images and other goodies to keep things interesting. After all, more than just being the eye candy, I’ve got a job to do.
The audience members in the room who are not on Twitter still get to participate directly by being there, using the microphone if they choose when I open the floor up to comments.
Also, as everyone who’s ever been to a Social Media Breakfast in Edmonton knows, there are prizes offered up, and everyone in attendance get’s a chance to win one of 3 or 4 great prizes available. In the past, this has usually been in the form a an on the fly quiz by the presenter. This of course, falls to me this time around.
I must honestly say at this moment I’m stuck, and could sure use some help on how to make the prize giveaways unique…I suppose we could have people guess the color of each other’s underwear…on second thought…any suggestions?
All in all, I’ve got a Prezi nearly ready to go if we decide not to go the Tweetchat route, but I like pushing things out of my comfort zone and that of the audience whenever possible and this relaxed, social media savvy crowd may just be the right formula…
What do you think? Please vote here in the comments…Prezi or tweetchat, along with any thoughts you might have…
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Social Media Breakfast Edmonton #13 tickets here while they last.
