All new everything
Welcome to my lovely looking new website! It seems to have become an annual tradition now, to give this place a design overhaul and fresh new look. The best part is that I get to check in on how WordPress as a platform has advanced – and in the past year it’s come along leaps and bounds.
Mediabistro.com presents Socialize in NYC
For two days later this month, the New Yorker Hotel will be swamped with media and marketing types, all looking for the golden answer – how to make money from the phenomenon that is Social Media. I dabbled with social media management with the BBC before I left London, but it was never with the intention of making money, such is the BBC way. So I’ll be heading along, with the intention of filling that gap in my knowledge & maybe meeting a few like-minded peeps in my new hometown!
The event is Socialize and it has been put on by those knowing folks at mediabistro.com and runs 31 March – 1 April in NYC
Inspiring Innovation with BBC A&M Interactive
The meeting was a lot more open than usual, with staff encouraged to tweet or text their feedback while the event was taking place. We put a big plasma screen on the left of stage, and via the genius of Richard Morland and Steve Bowbrick, a hashtag for the day #amint and visible tweets, the virtual conversation kicked off and didn’t let up until well after the event. There were about 400 comments over the course of the day, and many more after the event had ended. Lots of people shared their thoughts, observations and links about innovation through our (very innovative) virtual live conversation.
Guest speakers included Vicky Williamson talking about having an #earworm, Tom Taylor talking Newspaper Club, Alastair Dant on how The Guardian visualised tweets for the World Cup (waaay more entertaining to follow than the onscreen commentary methinks), and Michelle You talking all things Songkick. We also sent staff off to see how innovation happens at Absolute Radio Labs, the Media Trust, and the Telegraph; and to talk about innovation with our friends from PhD, Poke and Somethin’ Else.
ABC Open call for producers across Australia
It’s a good time for producer-types in Australia. The ABC are looking for multimedia producers to work on an exciting new project that aims to engage audiences across regional Australia over all platforms: tv, radio, online and mobile. Read more about it and apply here.
