Social Media Week was happening globally. Determined that Norwich should be a part of this movement, myself (Julie Bishop), Bridget Greenwood, Lynsey Sweales, Sara Greenfield, Chris Greenfield and Jim Drew, all of us passionate about the power of Social Media made a promise to act. February 2012 Norwich had its first ever Social Media week. For me and JobHop it was very satisfying being able to show unemployed people that they could make Social Media work for them to find employment

1. Norwich is the largest economy in the east of England and the major regional centre for business, shopping, leisure and cultural activities. The city has a robust and growing knowledge economy and one of the highest growth projections in the Eastern Region. Key business sectors in Norwich, such as Finance and Design & Marketing Agencies, are flourishing. Leading edge technology – including Openlink, the largest free wireless broadband network in the UK – supports a strong knowledge economy, university and world-class research park. Why Social Media Week - Norwich Uniquely positioned on the east coast means that Norwich doesn ’ t get “ through ” traffic, the use of technology and Social Media however can change all of that.

6. The week after #SMWNorwich 4. Ideas that extend the conversation beyond the life of the event

7. 5. Content that provides relevant, balanced and objective assesment of the topic area

8. The very act of holding Social Media Week – Norwich. Providing a free event that was open to all and designed to help the business community and those seeking to get into work or further their careers was enough in itself to provoke two way dialogue, interactive discussions and even heated debates. During the week it brought people together, it started debates, it energised many, it baffled others, but what it did do was to get people really thinking “ this is powerful ” . 6. Topics that are provocative, facilitate two way dialogue, interactive discussions and heated debate

9. Julie Bishop Founder: JobHop Co Founder GoTo Girls http://uk.linkedin.com/in/jobhop Bridget Greenwood Co Founder GoTo Girls Head UK Operations : Financial Social Media http://uk.linkedin.com/in/bridgetgreenwood Sara Greenfield Owner Best of Norwich Owner : Bright Yellow Marketing http://uk.linkedin.com/in/saragreenfield Lynsey Sweales Owner Social-b http://uk.linkedin.com/in/lynseysweales Jim Drew Owner BizRev http://uk.linkedin.com/in/jimpdrew 7. Participants who have proven credibility in their respective fields

10. 8. An agenda that supports, cultural, ethnic and gender diversity

11. 9. Experiences that integrate technology and/or multi media in value adding ways Google Plus Hangouts – both for collaboration and a public hangout to demonstrate the benefits these features can have on business. Collaborative tools such as Dropbox, Eventbrite, Wordpress, Foursquare, Interactive Workshops, Tweet-up, Videos have been an integral part of the #SMWNorwich

12. 10. Actionable and applicable ideas that can be implemented by the participants Some were totally new to Social Media so were encouraged to set up an account Discussions around strategies took place and businesses left the workshops with a direction Employers were given the challenge to use social media to make the employment process human again

13. 10. Actionable and applicable ideas that can be implemented by the participants Collaboration can make anything happen and participants were encouraged to collaborate more Tools were given to manage, monitor and leverage time Job Seekers were encouraged to invest time in relationship building within talent communities

15. Social Media Week Norwich – What ’ s Next? QR for Social Change Volunteers to take the challenge & get an inactive, active QR code Netwalk Quest Unconference Conference How will children use social media to change the world Discussions The one week experiment

16. Social Media Week Norwich – Appendix http://socialmediaweeknorwich.org.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/SocialMediaWeekNorwich/272057799520845 https://plus.google.com/b/106122057891451248975/ https://twitter.com/#!/smwnorwich http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Social-Media-Week-Norwich-4243946 Various