#journchat LIVE
Monday, August 17, 2009
6:30 – 9:00 p.m. CST
7:30 – 10:00 p.m. EST
The mission of #journchat has always been to improve the relationships between public relations professionals, journalists and bloggers. Together we’ve created a safe environment to explore each industry and ultimately how social media is influencing all of us.
The goal of #journchat LIVE is to have simultaneous live events occurring at the same time around the United States (and elsewhere if time zones permit). We’ve spent more than seven months sharing our thoughts and opinions online. While this format may not change, it was suggested that we incorporate a face-to-face event.
@prsarahevans created this weekly chat and this is from her email to me. I was urged to take control and be the #journchat Champion for Detroit. So far I have emailed and through some of my connections received positive feedback on the situation and a warning.
I am new to Public Relations field but I do believe in collaborative learning and I have found my way around the digital landscape and am very active in the community. I am active in PRSA Technology but still need to get into the game and call people to interview them.
I have never been a leader. Normally, I would rather sit behind the sidelines and then add to the conversation. I am conquering my fear of leading, doing something positive for Detroit, and am going to try and do it maybe with out a laptop. Which is going to be hard because a Tweetchat screen would be great on a screen so people can see the syndication.
As I have said before this is going to be a challenge. I haven’t worked in the industry really long and I am trying to bring everyone together . I have included radio as well. I believe they are in this with us and maybe if they are on Twitter they can chime in too. They are losing jobs at a frequency close to that of the newspapers and DJs are being replaced by voice tracks and MP3 files. People are turning to their Ipods instead of the radio.
This should be an interesting thing if everyone shows up and is involved in the conversation.
Can you give me suggestions on how to make this a great event? What do you suggest for a first time event planner? HELP!!
Jamie,
Is there a Society of Professional Journalists (SPA) in Detroit that could help sponsor (in-kind) and help promote the event to its members?
For location, I’m sure there are enough other pros in Detroit who can suggest a place.
For events, Facebook has been great for the few I’ve been involved in to gauge # people coming, though I know Linkedin also has event features.
As you get details, please do post. If the location isn’t too from Toledo, I’ll do what I can to spread the word here.
-Mike
Okay, just realized that the SPA above should’ve been SPJ.
Sorry.
-Mike
My question is… I am not hired directly to anyone. I guess you could say I freelance but still NOT in the field.? So how would I go about doing this?
Jamie,
Looks like you have a good start. Just continue trying your best, get others who may be interested to give their $0.02 and help with suggestions and spread the word.
In Toledo, Mark Pannell (@7son75 on Twitter) is not in marketing, PR or related, but he’s done some great things in social media. Started TOLeeps group here: http://toleeps.ning.com.
-Mike
I will check into the journalist thing and then I will continue to ask questions and get feedback on Twitter and Facebook and you are probably right I will be getting some help from Sarah Evans. So this is good.
Thank you for your help!
I agree with Mike, set up a Facebook page to gauge interest. You can start researching venues now, finding out how many people they can accommodate. I’m sure other Detroit people on twitter will help with opinions on venues. Once you have a rough number, you can solidify the venue.
Don’t worry about not being in the field. Think of yourself as the facilitator.
I plan on doing an event page once I get people involved and their is already the #journchat group page set up. So I guess the question is what happens from there? Since this is a tiny division of the group.
I am sure more of what could happen will be discussed on Monday in the #journchat. I guess I can’t miss a discussion on Twitter now.