Social media and event management is a field that I am greatly interested in and I am also looking at how it can influence my life in the future, as event planning is a possible career choice for myself. There have been a lot of events that involve Facebook or Twitter exclusive invites. There’s also room to grow in event planning, as blogs could be a great way to keep track of things that have gone on in the planning process. Social media also gives a lot of ways to keep attendees updated on stuff.Perhaps you are planning a convention that will be 4 days long with different seminars and speakers on a variety of subjects and lunch provided. A good way to get the people attending involved and excited about things is to use social media to publicize what will be happening at the convention. From Twittering about the speakers or blogging about seminars and maybe connected websites so that if someone wants more background on a speaker then, it’s an easier route than looking at all different individual Google searches for different things that will be going on. As times change, it no longer is suffice to just mail out what will be offered at a convention with a piece of paper listing different speakers. People what things they can explore and look into more in-depth once they see something they like and are interested in.These articles allows event planners to see how they can grow and change with social media and help their event through social media sites:
http://mashable.com/2009/04/29/events-social-media/
Foursquare has lots of room to grow in Event Planning as ideas get expanded and the site is developed greatly. As I browse different articles, I have run into promotions via Foursquare that allows people to win prizes. With a promotion of “Check into the Convention on Foursquare and you are immediately entered in a Blue-Ray DVD Player.” This is a huge opportunity for event planning because now your event is not only happening currently, but you are getting people there excited and involved while they might have some down-time throughout the four day convention. There are also sites that allow people to post pictures and with a convention page on a social media site, people can then post pictures on the site to allow others to see, you may even draw in more attendants in the next year if they see how fun this year’s convention was.
http://mashable.com/2009/04/29/events-social-media/
Foursquare has lots of room to grow in Event Planning as ideas get expanded and the site is developed greatly. As I browse different articles, I have run into promotions via Foursquare that allows people to win prizes. With a promotion of “Check into the Convention on Foursquare and you are immediately entered in a Blue-Ray DVD Player.” This is a huge opportunity for event planning because now your event is not only happening currently, but you are getting people there excited and involved while they might have some down-time throughout the four day convention. There are also sites that allow people to post pictures and with a convention page on a social media site, people can then post pictures on the site to allow others to see, you may even draw in more attendants in the next year if they see how fun this year’s convention was.
