Social Web Bootcamp

Oct 20, 2009

Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Time: 9 am - 4 pm
Place: ING Direct Cafe - 1958 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI
If you have any last minute questions, please call Roxanne Darling at 808-384-5554.

Does it feel like 1999 all over again? Remember when you didn’t think you needed a web site because you had a brochure? Confused by all the hype surrounding blogs, Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook? Then Social Web Bootcamp is for you. It’s a one day program that takes you from the 30,000’ view of how things work all the way down to live demos for creating a blog, a Twitter account, and setting up your social networking identity.

Social Web Bootcamp Agenda

9:00 - 10:15 am Private Tour of Social Networks & the New Media Landscape
Buzzwords Defined: Expand your vocabulary and get literate on the social web
Geography: Go inside the leading social networks to see how and why they work
Culture Exposed: Transparency and Authenticity are the currencies that matter
Participation Revolution: Where, how, and why you can be active on the social web
RSS: Really Simple Syndication - work smarter by understanding digital subscriptions
Information Overload: It’s real, and I’ll show you how to manage it.
Live Demo: Learn how to scan (and save) the web in a fraction of the time

10:30 am - 11:15 am Understand Your Online Identity
Who you think you are vs, How others perceive you
Consistency will save you time, money, and stress
The hidden aspects to your online identity
Using email to help manage your identity
Live Demo: Check your name availability across numerous social networks at once and learn how and why to create a Gmail account for managing your social networks

11:15 am - 12:30 pm The Truth About Blogs
How companies like yours are saving time and money with blogs
Software secrets that make blogs the most powerful communication tool
Keywords and search optimization benefits of blogs
Archive your organization’s assets with a blog
Interactive features of blogs
Live Demo: How to set up a free blog

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch, Discussion, and Hands-on Practice

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Common Features of Social Networks
Four traits common to all social networks
Unique features, benefits, and limitations of Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, and LinkedIn
Strategic insights for creating your “socnet” accounts
Live Demo: Set up a Twitter account and begin Tweeting

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm New Media: Everyone is a Publisher
Finding your new media voice
The pros and cons of microblogging, blogging, audio, and video podcasting
Maneuvering the noise factor without shouting.
Roll your own or support the community?
Live Demo: Live video stream from our class to the world.

3:45 pm - 4:00 pm Taking Your Next Step
Work smarter: Using RSS, Delicious, etc to save time
Social Networks: Which one first? Which ones can you ignore?
New Media: Stop procrastinating and start somewhere.

By the end of the day you’ll be in great shape for knowing where to go next and how to get there. All this for only $279! Includes several handouts that will be emailed to you immediately following the class. Class size is limited to 15. (Join our email list in the right column and get a special rate for this program!)

 

This post was written by: Roxanne Darling

Roxanne has written 5 posts on KnowHow Café.

Roxanne is a Partner at KnowHow Café and Bare Feet Studios with Shane Robinson. She is the lead trainer at KnowHow Café and has been ranked #24 of the 50 Most Influential Women in Social Media. She has been a professional speaker and trainer for over 20 years.

3 Comments so far

  1. Gravatar for Bill Comerford
    Bill Comerford posted Comment #1

    Interested to send a staff member to your social media event but have questions.  I see no contact number on your site.  Please call me to see if this will work for my employee.
    Bill 808-223-3997

  2. Gravatar for Roxanne Darling
    Roxanne Darling (@roxannedarling on Twitter) posted Comment #2

    Bill’s questions have been answered. If you have questions, please call me at 808-384-5554.

  3. Gravatar for Bridges To Recovery
    Bridges To Recovery posted Comment #3

    If you sleep in contacts and don’t change them out every so often the you can get a bad eye infection, i forgot the name of it, but one of my friends got it and her eyes were red and hurting for a few days.Bridges To Recovery


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