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Social Media in Events: Beyond Facebook & Twitter

Does it seem like every post about social media in events talks about Facebook and Twitter? Do you feel like your creativity is being constrained, because so many people are talking about the same 3-4 solutions?

I do.

In a followup to my last post (Real World Likes – The Next Big Thing in Social Media in Events), I want to show you two fresh examples that will help you open your mind to new possibilities for social media at your events.

New York City Marathon 2010

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See how Asics used videos and location based tracking to help family and friends at home cheer on their marathoners. This is really cool stuff. Fans record videos and leave messages for runners. Then as the runners go past a checkpoint, the videos and messages play on large screens.

Posted on 25 Apr 2011
By Samuel J Smith
In social media

Nacho Mamas Deep Fried Hybrid Event on A Stick

If Hybrid Events had fun recipe names, then the Event Camp Twin Cities hybrid event recipe would be called Nacho Mamas Deep Fried Hybrid Event On a Stick. Why? Because it sounds unhealthy, irresistible and something that you should try at least once! I imagine it just like the photo below. Why should

Posted on 25 Sep 2010
By Samuel J Smith
In hybrid / virtual

WEC Final: Love 161, Fiasco Zero

One of the great things about Social Media is your ability to monitor conversations. The general consensus at MPI’s World Education Conference in Vancouver last month was that the Twitter conversations were up and complaining via Twitter was down. So, I did a short analysis on the Twitter conversations from WEC to

Posted on 14 Aug 2010
By Samuel J Smith
In social media

The Twitter Experiment in Face-to-Face Learning

We can learn a lot about using technology in events from watching what is happening in college classrooms. This video called The Twitter Experiment from the University of Texas provides a good case study of the role that Twitter can play in Face-to-Face learning. Take a few minutes and watch it. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WPVWDkF7U8] How

Posted on 2 Jun 2010
By Samuel J Smith
In interaction ideas

After 110 Pages of Tweets is Twitter Worth It?

On March 5, 2010 - I celebrated my first Twitterversary. It came and went without much fanfare as I forgot that it happened. However, I thought it was worth reviewing my progress over the past year. In my first 365 days, I wrote 2,743 tweets - which is about 110 pages

Posted on 5 Apr 2010
By Samuel J Smith
In social media

20 Tweets from the Virtual Edge Summit Worth Reading

Tuesday, I found myself in the “virtual third world” at the Virtual Edge Summit in Santa Clara, California, USA. I wasn’t attending the event in person. I wasn’t watching the event on any of the 5 different virtual event platforms. I wasn’t behind my computer. I was observing the conference

Posted on 26 Feb 2010
By Samuel J Smith
In hybrid / virtual

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Social Media in Events: Beyond Facebook & Twitter

New York City Marathon 2010

Nacho Mamas Deep Fried Hybrid Event on A Stick

WEC Final: Love 161, Fiasco Zero

The Twitter Experiment in Face-to-Face Learning

After 110 Pages of Tweets is Twitter Worth It?

20 Tweets from the Virtual Edge Summit Worth Reading