Last Thursday a number of us got together at TalkShoe to talk about New Media Cincinnati. We’ve been holding these planning conference calls since May 2009 as a way to share thoughts and set expectations for the upcoming Second Saturday event.

Many thanks to Don Sceifers, Vickie Sceifers, Anne Castleberry, and Michelle Beckham for joining me for the discussion.

On this call we talked about what it was like having the first event in Northern Kentucky at Lazer Kraze. Check out this video that Chris and Anne put together:

In addition, we heard Don, Vickie, and Anne share about Podcamp Ohio/Wordcamp Columbus, which happened at The Ohio State University earlier this month.

Next New Media Cincinnati will be at Molly Malone’s Irish Pub in Covington on July 10, 2010 from 3-5:30 PM. Are you signed up to get an email invitation?

We wrapped up the discussion with some ideas on what the Steering Committee for New Media Cincinnati might look like (more on that in a future blog post). Don let slip a fun, fantastic idea for an upcoming Second Saturday event, and Anne plugged the Digital Hub Nonconference and related events around that.

Music from Drew LaPlante: “I Believe In You”

For over a year now, about a week or two before the Second Saturday event, we’ve gotten together over at TalkShoe. It’s that time again.

Planning conference call this Thursday

This Thursday, June 3, 2010, from 8-9 PM EDT at TalkShoe. We’d love for you to join us.

Why do we do this, you might ask? Three reasons immediately come to mind.

New Media Cincinnati Second Saturdays are a community effort put on by the community, and this is a great opportunity for the community to talk about the group and plan upcoming events. Logistically, it’s nice to know that someone other than yours truly is going to be taking charge of some aspect of the event to help make it run more smoothly.

Also, it’s a good opportunity to reflect on the previous event. What worked well? What didn’t work so well? How can we be better?

In addition, this is a great opportunity to set expectations for the upcoming event. We’ve changed things up from time to time, and this conference call is an opportunity to hear what’s going to happen. What are we going to talk about?

Finally, from time to time, I’ve used this call as an opportunity to share some independent music from a Greater Cincinnati artist or band. We’re very grateful to artists like Drew LaPlante, The Lions Rampant, Kelly Richey, and others for giving us permission to play their music.  I’ve mixed the music into the recorded call afterward and released it to the website. If you’re interested in having us share your music with the community like this, email daniel AT newmediacincinnati DOT com with details on how we can get it to play.

UPDATE: We had the call. Listen to what we talked about here (mp3, 54:00, 49.4 MB). Thanks to Drew LaPlante for letting us play his song “Mystery”.

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In case you missed the planning conference call last Thursday, here is the audio. Great collaboration from everyone who stopped by.

Eventbrite event registration will be dropping in the next day.

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He may have only attended a New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday once in 2009, but it’s obvious that we’ve had an effect on Matthew Evins, aka @evinsmj on Twitter.

In 2009 Matthew moved from the Greater Cincinnati area to Houston, Texas for a new job, but he still remains a friend of New Media Cincinnati and keeps in touch with a lot of us online.

As mentioned in the TechnoTools podcast

I was intrigued last week when he mentioned he and his friend Chris were going to mention our group on their podcast. They were going to be talking about privacy in social media, and so were we.

One of those moments of serendipity.

Take a listen to their podcast episode. I’ve linked to their podcast file directly in this post, but do check out their shownotes page: Social Networking and Privacy

Thanks, again, Matthew, for being a friend of New Media Cincinnati! Best of luck to you in Houston! You’re welcome to come back and visit anytime!

Joe Wessels, the host of the CinDaily podcast, had Daniel Johnson Jr on his program yesterday to talk about New Media Cincinnati and specifically the recent “tempest in a teapot” situation that occurred over the past week. It was a great opportunity to tell the story of New Media Cincinnati and how this social media community has evolved over the past few years.

Direct link (mp3, 55.9 MB, 61:03)

crossposted to danieljohnsonjr.com

Want to get a sneak peek at next week’s New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday event for March?

Tonight a handful of us got together on TalkShoe for the ninth New Media Cincinnati planning conference call for an “inside baseball” discussion to review the February event and discuss next weekend’s event for March.

Direct download link (mp3, 1:13:53, 67.6 MB)

Special thanks go out to Don, Mary Beth, Michelle, and Jim for your insights and thoughts!

Needs for March

We need help!!! We are going to set up a panel discussion and are looking to borrow 2 additional microphones. Please get in touch with Don Sceifers as soon as possible if you’re able to help.

Registration

You will be able to register for next weekend’s Second Saturday in the coming days. In the meantime, if you’d like to get an email invitation, you can add yourself to the NMC Email Signup list.

Music

Songs played:

• Drew LaPlante, “It All Comes Down To You”
• The Honneycombs, “Live a Little”

Do check out these artists’ websites and let them know you found out about them from New Media Cincinnati.

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Last week we spent some time chatting about the upcoming New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday, which will be on February 13, 2010. Direct download (mp3, 57:27, 51.7 MB).  Many thanks to all who participated live on the call, whether you were able to dial in or not. We played music from local artists, recapped our time together in January, and discussed some ideas for the February event and some ways you might be able to participate.

Music

Special thanks to Michelle Beckham-Corbin for connecting us with The Honneycombs, another band from the Cincinnati area. I’ve enjoyed listening to their music in the background while working.  Check them out at the Leo Coffeehouse on March 7, 2010 for their CD release party.  With their permission, we played three of their songs:

• “Live a Little”
• “In Bed with Victor Hugo“
• “Big Magoo”

Bumper music used at the end is “Surf Babe” from Alamantra as found on Mevio’s Music Alley. Thanks again to them for letting us use their music on this program.

Social Media Event Calendar

• Breanna Gaddie keeps a great calendar of networking events on her Networking with Passion blog
• New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday for February 2010: February 13, 2009 from 4-7 PM at The Pub at Rookwood Mews. Details and RSVP coming shortly.
• Cincinnati Social Media group:
  • Check out the LinkedIn group and via prblog
  • Get on the Cincinnati Twitter List
• Cincinnati Women Bloggers: Check out their website and via cinwomenblogger

Discussion

• Don Sceifers joined me on the call and mentioned that it was useful to have Chad from Outerwoven present to bring the group up to speed on 2009 changes to the tax laws.
• Other chatroom/call participants:
  • Michelle Beckham
  • Christiaan Todd
• January Second Saturday:
  • We were definitely encouraged that so many people came out to the January Second Saturday event. Recap post: Seventy Social Networkers in a Patio at The Pub.
  • A great number of people had come to New Media Cincinnati for the first time.
• February Second Saturday:
  • Twitter will be the main vehicle for communication: #newmediacincy
  • New Media Cincinnati will broadcast links to UStream to Twitter.
  • Topic – we discussed a number of topic possibilities
    • Valentines Day theme – social media tools you love
    • Related: What’s on tap for you in 2010? What projects, tools, etc. are you passionate about in 2010 so far?
    • 5-minute JOLTs from different people
    • Questions from a Hat – questions organized by general topic beforehand
    • Some combination of the above
• It’s time to delegate more tasks to people interested in helping with the group.
  • Some ideas:
    • Guest hosts
    • Event check-in (nametags, etc.)
    • Setting up/tearing down/clean-up
    • Content curation (photography, other video, audio podcast posts)
    • Guest blogging at newmediacincinnati.com
  • Get in touch if you have strengths and desire in any of these areas to help out, or any other suggestions as to where you can contribute

Next Steps

• Sign up at the master list: http://budurl.com/NMCEmailSignup
• Look for the Eventbrite invitations for New Media Cincinnati via e-mail and at the website in the next day or so.
• Contact me if you’d like to be added to the list.
• Make plans to attend the next Second Saturday event for 2010 on February 13, 2010!
• Get ready for another great discussion and some great open networking.

[photo credit: Librarian by Day]

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We had a good time chatting about the upcoming New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday. Direct download (mp3, 57:27, 52.5 MB).  Many thanks to all who participated live on the call, whether you were able to dial in or not.  Please check out the twitterstream from the chat.

Music

Special thanks to Dayton-area singer/songwriter and New Media Cincinnati friend Rich Palmer for giving permission to play his music. You can follow Rich on Twitter: @richpalmer.

• “Don’t Tell Me Any Lies” (unreleased, played through special permission)
• “Avatar Girl” (via Mevio’s Music Alley)

Bumper music used is “Surf Babe” from Alamantra as found on Mevio’s Music Alley. Thanks again to them for letting us use their music on this program.

Social Media Event Calendar

• New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday for November 2009: November 14, 2009 from 4-7 PM at The Pub at Rookwood Mews. Details and RSVP coming shortly. This is the last meetup for 2009!
• Cincinnati Social Media group:
  • Check out the LinkedIn group and via prblog
  • Get on the Cincinnati Twitter List
• Cincinnati Women Bloggers: 4th Saturday of the month. Details coming soon at their website and via cinwomenblogger

Discussion

• Special thanks to Carole Hicks for the idea for having a simultaneous meetup at the recent SummitUp in Dayton. She set up the New Media Dayton twitter feed for news about the group.
• Bryan Suddith will be the host for the New Media Dayton event.
• Other chatroom/call participants:
  • Jeanne Bernish
  • Jeff Hertlein
  • Don Sceifers
  • Bill Green
  • Jim Sutter
  • Michelle Beckham
  • Chris Celek
  • Jim Farley
  • Jennifer Mitchell
  • Margo Rose
  • Vickie Sceifers
  • Sara Carbaugh
• Don Sceifers talked about how UStreaming of events has developed throughout 2009 to the quality it is now.  We have wireless microphones and portable speakers, and Don and Tom Rockhold have been doing a great job managing this aspect of Second Saturdays.
• October Second Saturday review:
  • Branding/ice-breaker exercise was well-received.
    • Name tag with a word you use to describe yourself
    • Smaller tags to write down words to describe others you’ve had conversations with
  • We were able to meet and talk with just about everyone
• November Second Saturday:
  • Twitter will be the main vehicle for communication (#newmediacincy, #NMD)
  • New Media Cincinnati will broadcast links to UStream to Twitter.
  • We will look for a link to what New Media Dayton will do.
  • Depending on the technology used, we might be able to “cohost” one another’s streams.
  • Don Sceifers is the point person for New Media Cincinnati UStream. Dylan Combs might also be a resource.
  • Topic – since this is the last meetup for 2009, we’ll be talking about
    • What we’ve learned in 2009
    • How we’ve changed in 2009
    • Everyone shared some really inspiring stories on the call
    • Looking forward to more on the 14th

Next Steps

• Look for the Eventbrite invitations for New Media Cincinnati via e-mail and at the website in the next day or so.
• Contact me if you’d like to be added to the list.
• Make plans to attend the last Second Saturday event for 2009 on November 14, 2009!
• Get ready for another great discussion and some great open networking.

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We had a good time chatting about the upcoming New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday. Direct download (mp3, 53:39, 49.1 MB).  Many thanks to all who participated live on the call, whether you were able to dial in or not.  Please check out the twitterstream from the chat. Specific thanks to Daniel Lewis for being the cohost for the call.

Music

Special thanks to Cincinnati-rocker Kelly Richey for giving permission to play her music via Mevio’s Music Alley. You can follow Kelly on Twitter: @kellyrichey.

• “No More Lies”
• “Angela’s Song”
• “Run Like Hell”

Bumper music used is “Surf Babe” from Alamantra as found on Mevio’s Music Alley. Thanks again to them and other artists for letting us use their music on this program.

Social Media Event Calendar

• New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday for October 2009: October 10, 2009 from 4-7 PM at The Pub at Rookwood Mews. Details and RSVP coming shortly.
• Cincinnati Social Media group:
  • Check out the LinkedIn group and via prblog
  • Get on the Cincinnati Twitter List
• Cincinnati Women Bloggers: 4th Saturday of the month. Details coming soon at their website and via cinwomenblogger

Background and History of New Media Cincinnati

• New Media Cincinnati began in October 2007 with a couple handfuls of people connected through Twitter and other social media. Many were podcasters and bloggers.
• The next New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday will be the tw0-year anniversary for the group!
• Over the past two years, the group has grown into a welcoming environment for others curious and interested in new and social media, as well as a time for people to learn new things about social media technologies.
• Types of structured discussions we’ve had in the past several months: social tagging, new media roundtables, Jolts, featured speakers, unconference, questions from a hat, iRiver introductions, etc.
• We have been able to “curate” and elevate the experience others have had from the event through the use of things like
  • live-tweeting with the #newmediacincy hashtag on Twitter
  • taking pictures and posting them online to Flickr and elsewhere
  • using UStream.tv to provide video
  • individuals blogging about their experiences from events
  • recorded audio podcasts

September 2009 Second Saturday Review

• The topic for the structured discussion was “Colleagues or Competitors?” Catch the recap with video from last month’s event.
• People come to events like this to meet others and build relationships. Business gets done outside of the group and is based on the relationships individuals have made themselves.

October 2009 Second Saturday Format

• It’s the 2-year birthday/anniversary of the group.
• Some ideas suggested:
  • A Halloween theme: what scares you about social media? (a twist on Questions from a Hat?)
  • Social tagging/personal branding ice breaker exercise (what we did in January)
  • Scavenger hunt ice breaker exercise
  • Discuss dynamics of connecting with people online and then meeting in-person

Next Steps

• Look for the Eventbrite invitations via e-mail and at the website in the next day or so.
• Contact me if you’d like to be added to the list.
• Make plans to attend the next Second Saturday event on October 10, 2009.
• Get ready for another great discussion and some great open networking.

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We had a good time chatting about the upcoming New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday. Direct download (mp3, 1:01:16, 56.1 MB).  Many thanks to all who participated live on the call, whether you were able to dial in or not.  Please check out the twitterstream from the chat.

Music

Through the magic of post-production, I added two songs from The Lions Rampant:

• “Let Us In! (Come On)”, The Lions Rampant
• “Cryin’ All The Time”, The Lions Rampant

The theme music used at the beginning and end is called “Surf Babe” from Alamantra as found on Mevio’s Music Alley. Thanks again to them and other artists for letting us use their music on this program.

Social Media Event Calendar

• New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday for September 2009: September 12, 2009 from 4-7 PM. Details and RSVP coming shortly.
• Cincinnati Social Media group:
  • Check out the LinkedIn group and via prblog
  • Get on the Cincinnati Twitter List
• Cincinnati Women Bloggers: 4th Saturday of the month. Details coming soon at their website and via cinwomenblogger
• Amy Cribbs is organizing Cincinnati Reds outing:
  • September 20, 2009 1:10 PM
  • Tickets: $9 and are available
  • Section 529 reserved, near cheap hot dogs/soda/beer
  • Free Cracker Jacks for everyone!

August 2009 Second Saturday Review

• Thanks to Don Sceifers and Eric Marschall for joining in on the call.
• The Questions from a Hat format really works well for this group because we’re able to tap into the collective knowledge that each person attending has.

September 2009 Second Saturday Format

• New Media Cincinnati. Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). American Marketing Association (AMA). Business Networking International (BNI).
• Groups such as these and many others are made up of people in similar professions and backgrounds.
• How do individuals and businesses in these organizations engage one another?
  • Do we come to events to solicit business from other attendees?
  • How should this be done amicably, if at all?
  • Should/do organizers of events get any remuneration from this type of business being done?
  • What if someone wants to promote something to the group that will mean income for them?
  • What makes you as a potential customer pick one person/colleague over another?
• Get ready for a great discussion.

Next Steps

• Look for the Eventbrite invitations via e-mail and at the website in the next day or so.
• Contact me if you’d like to be added to the list.
• Make plans to attend the next Second Saturday event.
• Get ready for another great discussion and some great open networking.

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