“You’re all experts on social media” - Jason Falls
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That’s what Jason Falls told approximately 30 people this past week for our first NB Third Tuesday Social Media Meetup. Visitors came from Nova Scotia and in NB from Saint John, Moncton, Woodstock and Fredericton all came to take online social networking offline. The event was generously sponsored by radian6 who arranged to have Jason Falls speak on his work in Social Media.
Attendees came from a wide variety of backgrounds from those with no experience in Social Media to those who work in it daily. But what brought everyone together was put best by Susan Nind from Insights Atlantic:
If Social Media is about transparency and honesty, then for New Brunswickers it’s something that we come by easily. I think that in NB we can create the wave and not just ride the wave. And I’m excited to be part of that.
Susan’s comment seemed to affect everyone the same way. So simple, yet so true.
There was a continuous buzz of conversation before the talks started. The same thread in nearly all the conversations was that people were interested in social media. They wanted to know more about it. How can they use it in their companies? What are the advantages to using social media? How is social media changing branding and marketing in business? Do you know what people are saying about your business? Jason Falls was able to show us some real life applications using social media with his Robbie Gordon twitter tracker campaign.
Considering it was 11 pm (with a start time of 7:30 pm) before we wrapped up completely, it was obvious that we have many topics to discuss in our upcoming meetings.
Other posts on the event from attendees:
Jason Falls
Jason Falls snowmobiling in NB
What really happened with Jason Falls snowmobiling
Chris Nadeau
Mark Dykeman
Flickr photos
justFred.ca photos and video
If you haven’t already, please join our Third Tuesday Social Media Meetup group so you can be notified of upcoming events. We have some great ideas and speakers in mind that will be entertaining and educational. We also would really like feedback from you about what you would like to see and learn.
Social media is growing. As Jason said just by learning and pushing to know more about social media, you’re all experts. NB may be small but there’s a ripple effect happening here and the end result will be a powerful social media wave.
January 12th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
And thanks to you Lisa for sponsoring the creation of the Third Tuesday group on meetup and kickstarting and organizing the event. Now you can check off one of your New Year’s resolutions too
January 13th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Social media certainly is in good hands in New Brunswick. Bravo to everyone for the engagement and special kudos to you, Lisa, and David for bringing everyone together. Susan’s capstone inspired my recap of the event and I think will carry the momentum forward for social media in the area. I was honored to be a part of the first and can’t wait to see how the rest develop!
Thanks again for a fantastic trip.
January 15th, 2008 at 10:41 am
[...] hear a great talk from Jason including lots of examples of how social media can work. Organized by Lisa Rousseau of MeshEast, the attendees also passed the hat and helped to raise $163 for the Frozen Pea Fund to support [...]