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.

[photo credit: Librarian by Day]

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…a New Media Cincinnati/New Media Dayton Meetup Simulcast!

I have been talking with Carole Hicks and others from Dayton, and they are having a meetup at The Pub in the Dayton area at the same time we’re having our last event for 2009 on November 14th from 4-7 PM. Since it is the last one of 2009, we’ll be talking about what we’ve learned in 2009.

• We’ll be talking about this more at the upcoming planning conference call in the coming week. Hopefully we’ll have some Dayton folks joining us!
• I’ll be emailing invitations for the New Media Cincinnati event via Eventbrite soon as well.
• If you’re not on the list to receive an email invitation and would like to, please let me know.

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.

[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, 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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We had a good time chatting about the upcoming New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday. Direct download (mp3, 1:07:01, 61.4 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:

• “Radio”, Drew LaPlante
• “Mystery”, Drew LaPlante

The theme music used at the beginning and end is called “Surf Babe” from Alamantra. Thanks again to them for letting us use their music.

Social Media Event Calendar

• New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday for August 2009: August 8, 2009. Details and RSVP coming shortly.
• Cincinnati Social Media Breakfast 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 will be on sale at the August 8th New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday
  • Section 529 reserved, near cheap hot dogs/soda/beer
  • Free Cracker Jacks for everyone!

July 2009 Second Saturday Review

• It was great to hear people share their experiences from Podcamp Ohio 2
• Side conversations really got in the way from others hearing the speaker, not only in the room but also on UStream
• The size of the group and the acoustics in the room mean that
  • Side conversations need to be taken away from the main discussion
  • We need a way to amplify whoever is speaking.
• Meeting in a bar works well up to a certain point for structured discussions. For longer structured discussions, a conference room might be better.

August 2009 Second Saturday Format

• Remember the “Scenes from a Hat” segments on “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” (video below shows an example)
  • Several short questions submitted as you arrive
  • Could be specific or general
  • Anyone could offer thoughts – about 1 minute apiece

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 next Saturday’s event

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