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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 from 9:00 AM - 4:00 AM (GMT+0800)
This is where Social Networks, Traditional Media and Technology Come Together
For :
Entrepreneurs
Advertising Professionals
News Distribution Specialists
Marketers
Human Resources Recruiters
Bloggers and Micro-Bloggers
PR and Media Managers
NGO/NPO Leaders
And anyone who wants or needs:
-Digital skills that will increase web presence,
-Enhanced reputation management tools,
-Increased ability to brand online
-Increased sales
-Increased Targeted Web Traffic
-Knowledge of New Platforms for News Distribution
Culture Fish Media will hold this workshop in 4 Greater China Cities:
■ Beijing ■ Shanghai ■ Guangzhou ■ Hong KongEach workshop will be for a full day.
The workshop program includes classroom teaching and and active group participation. Resources will be provided for follow-up study.
Workshop facilitators are:
■ Lonnie B. Hodge, MA, MFA (Writing), PhD; CEO, Culture Fish Media; Blogger; National Endowment for the Arts Fellow in Writing; Professor of English and Psychology; Author of numerous Books, Chapbooks, Produced Plays and hundred of Articles in Trade and Literary Publications; Task Force Delta Think Tank Member for Army War College; China Speakers Bureau Member; Asian Creative Skills Training Council Member; Consultant for Coleman Group and Standard and Poor....
■ Des Walsh, Social Media Consultant and CultureFish Media Associate; International Speaker and Social Media Consultant; CEO of the communications consultancy he founded, The Webarts Company; Director in the Policy Branch of the Australian Schools Commission, with specific responsibility as Executive office for national programs in Education and the Arts, Innovation Projects and Educational Evaluation; Assistant Director, Cultural Activities, New South Wales Premier’s Department; National Program Coordinator for the Australian Bicentenary; Executive Officer, New South Wales Bicentennial Program; Director, Information and Education for the Federal Government’s Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission; Foundation Member of the Asian Creative Skills Training Council...
OVERVIEW
In this intensive, one day workshop (7.5 hours including breaks), participants will be provided with an overview of current resources and opportunities for news dissemination and public relations campaigns, under the broad heading of "the digital /social media release".
The facilitators will provide a "helicopter view" of the terrain, both in China and internationally, and then lead the group in:
■ examination of current practice, available resources and opportunities for more effective use of the resources
■ an intensive group exercise to produce an "ideal" digital/Social media release
■ group review of how effective the release is likely to be and lessons learned.Participants will then be provided with an online tour of resources and examples of digital media releases, followed by an open Q&A session. The day will conclude with a wrap-up by the facilitators.All participants will be provided with resource documentation,including links to a wide range of helpful online resources for further study and skill development.
SUMMARY, PROGRAMME, CONTEXT
Why relying just on 20th century, traditional media release needs 21st century, digitally networkedalteration as the environment has changed expectations and processes for news and PR dissemination.
PARTICIPANTS' EXPECTATIONS
WHY DIGITAL MEDIA RELEASES?
Rich possibilities of a digital/social release for getting story out and found and the hidden power and value to your online properties.
■ more channels of distribution
■ consumers determining how they will access news
■ more findable via Baidu, Google etc-
SEARCH AND FINDABILITY
-some search wisdom from Professor HodgeYou may have a great story but if the netizens cannot find you, what use is that?
■ SOCIAL MEDIA
■Social Media and the Social Media Release -
■ social media overview - Facebook, del.icio.us, Digg, Stumbleupon, MySpace, Xiaonei, Tao Tao and others■ social media enablers and risk factors
■ employing social media to expand your reach and get greater consumer buy-in
■ How to succeed as a player - social media not a spectator sport
■ Social Media Release, what is it and what does one look like?
RESOURCES AVAILABLE
■ List resources available online
■ Demonstration of how to create a digital/social media release
LUNCH BREAK
GROUP PROJECT
Intensive Group Project
■ Facilitated exercise in group development of a digital release, using online newswire resources
■ Form two groups, each facilitated by one of the presenters
■ Collaborate to produce a digital release by the whole group
■ Group review and learning from the exercise
■ List takeaway learnings
RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY AND PRACTICE
This section will include a tour of helpful websites and blogs and a critique of participants/competitor's sites if requested..
Other live presentation sites:
Hong Kong: http://pr-20-hongkong.eventbrite.com
Shanghai: http://pr2-0.eventbrite.com
Beijing: http://pr2-0-BJ.eventbrite.com
Guangzhou: http://pr2-0.gz.eventbrite.com
ALL PROFITS BENEFIT CFM's CHARITY INITIATIVES: THE LIBRARY PROJECT EARTHQUAKE FUND, THE DREAMBLOGUE HANDICAPPED INTERN PROGRAM, AND THE READING TUB
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