Tuesday, December 4, 2007

See You At Ragan - In Chicago - My Kind Of Town

You know Old Blue Eyes was right when called Chicago my kind of town because that is the only reason why this snow wimp is getting on a plane and presenting my research at the Annual Ragan Content Management Conference.

I will be giving an hour interactive workshop on how to utilize Social Media to augment your organization's marketing, communications, advertising, and learning organizations. I will be providing the benefit of my twenty years of experience as a producer, director and writer in the private, public, academic and non-profit sectors and how social media and new media can assist your organization in meeting your communications objectives through convergence technologies and web tools.

Am I excited? Yes! Is it great to do a dry run one week before I formally present my study in the academic environment? Yes! Is a professional audience of your peers sometimes a tougher group than old school academic? Ooh! That is too close to call, but I will let you know in two weeks or so!

Naturally, I am going to Chicago in December with snow in the forecast again! Well, I just want to get to the event safely, give folks some valuable information, and return safely! Since I just taught myself how to use blogger in its new rendition, I am proud to say that it is extremely user friendly. It does not hurt that Google also provides video posts directly from YouTube which I plan on trying for the benefit of my session. I think this will make the class more interactive and innovative. We may actually utilize some of the research data from the participants to improve this blog or create a new one.

Hey, you can expect a few blogs from Chicago! I am really interested in setting up my PowerPoint presentation in the slideshow mode directly from the site for my next presentation next week as part of a shock and awe moment for the professors to liven up the usual boring PowerPoint moment with a highly interactive version. Now that's edutainment!!

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