Manchester Social Media Surgery Events: an Introduction

Introducing Manchester Social Media Surgery

Presented at Social Media Cafe Manchester #smc_mcr by @realfreshtv on Tues 1 st December 2009 Venue: BBC Cafe, Manchester

Why the need for Social Media Surgery events in Manchester?

Making sense of it all

“ Social media are media designed to be disseminated through social interaction, created using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques”.

What #%!$!...?

“ I Want Me Mum!”

What is it?
Social Media Surgery events are:
Informal afternoon meet ups
Social Media ‘clinics’
Panellists discuss problems
presented by audience

Why?
The inspiration:
Lots of people not sure where to start
Agencies and consultants in the region cannot service this need
on their own

Doing Something
Social Media Surgery events are:
Backed by Manchester Digital, MDDA and Creative TIMES
Informal, collaborative business development for the sector

At the event we agreed that
Social Media Surgery events can be a gentle introduction to Social Media Cafe Manchester
The target audience is people who have little experience of social media but need to know more for their work/business/organisation.

When
2 nd Tuesday of the month,
starting next Tuesday, 8 th Dec 09!

When exactly?
Which time is best?
12:30 – 2:30pm
vs.
2pm – 4pm

2pm – 4pm works best as it allows people coming in from out of town to attend an afternoon event, work needs permitting.
12:30pm – 2:30pm implies it’s a working lunch event.
Lunch is *not* provided!

Where
Venue
MMU’s Business Incubator
Innospace on Chorlton Street
www.innospace.co.uk

How it works
Sign up via Social Media Cafe Ning
Post a social media ‘problem’
‘ Doctors’ discuss this at the surgery

We will begin with an hour long ‘open surgery’ session where a case study is presented and audience input invited.
After this we will have an hour long ‘clinic’ of one-to-one meetings with the ‘doctors’.

8 th December event is a soft launch.
We are trying out the venue and the concept.
Will invite @sweetmandarin to be video interviewed for the first case study (action for @realfreshtv).

Who’s Involved
Anyone can be!
Sign up on the Social Media Manchester Ning
Panellists and audience members
wanted
http://socialmediamanchester.ning.com/

When is it on?
Dates
Tues 8 th December 2009
Tues 12 th January 2010
Tues 9 th February 2010
Tues 9 th March 2010
Tues 13 th April 2010

Questions?
Sign up on the Ning and share:
http://socialmediamanchester.ning.com/
Ask on Twitter using the Manchester Social Media Surgery hash tag: #mansms
Get involved!

...a lot simpler...

Social media is...

Thank You

Credits Social Media Bandwagon http://ictkm.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/social-media-bandwagon1.jpg Social networking sites http://www.icis.com/blogs/icis-chemicals-confidential/teens-social-networking.jpg Social networking http://forum.belmont.edu/business/Social%20Networking%20Image.jpg Question Mark http://www.intersectcommunity.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/question%20mark.jpg

Manchester Social Media Surgery Events: an Introduction

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