This document summarizes a "Playland Hot Seat Lunch and Learn" meeting that reviewed a recent event called the Hot Seat. The summary discusses that the Hot Seat involved live streaming and voting at an amusement park. It was deemed successful based on increased Facebook reach and user engagement from 2012 to 2013. The document then outlines key learnings around the many hours of work required, need for flexibility, hardware testing needs, and importance of partnerships and real-time content for boosting community engagement.
13. Learnings for Account
Services:
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Lots of hours are needed to produce and execute. Approximately
400 were logged in Harvest
(400 x $$ = $$$$).
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When livestreaming at the park, we had four Rethinkers on the
ground, one on deck back at the office and the dev team.
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Be sure to set the need to be flexible expectation with the
client.
14. Learnings for
Production:
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Hardware. Testing, testing, 1-2-3.
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Just because the device says it’s portable, doesn't mean you can
run it around an amusement park.
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Functionality of voting mechanism and handler app had many
unforeseen hurdles.
15. Learnings for Creative
Team:
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Be flexible and have fun.
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Be ok with the unknown.
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Know the audience.
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Ask for help and wear all the hats.
website, app, social strategy, paid and owned media, PR, day of considerations and technology.
What were some key decisions? Key Decision notes.
ex) Apply in the hot seat, vote for your friends, livestream at the park.
This was part necessity due to vacations, but also valid based on previous years learnings.
What were the benefits of having Any the Intern in the hot seat? Why did we choose not to partner with Sonic exclusively.
1) How we surface things to bloggers - why should bloggers give a shit about this? Why would their auLocal bloggers, and all publications for that matter, want visitors on their sites so they can jack up ad prices and make $$$. Hence clickbait.
2) Sent custom images and content daily to bloggers.
3) Nothing from Vancity Buzz but they posted Science World stuff...
1) Content creation on the fly
2) Determine the key moments to inspire participation
1) Surface the emotion
2) Like that episode on the Simpsons with the buzzer...
1) Troubleshoot that shit.
Lots of action for social:1) Get ppl to the livestream
2) Vote on actions
3) Guess trivia for prizes
4) Highlight key milestones/moments
You may have heard Darren / Raf / or I talk about this. Find the sweet spot which is
- tech breaking provides opportunity
- real viral on Facebook, you know within the first minute
- social participation >>> real life action
- good payoff