I’ve just finalized setting up my trip to California at the end of this month to participate in the New Communications Forum which takes place in Palo Alto from 1-3 March.
My podcasting partner Shel Holtz and I are running a workshop at the Forum, the Podcasting 101 pre-conference ‘boot camp.’ This is a half-day interactive session that will help you learn about podcasting, from the elements of a successful podcast, to strategizing content to support your communication objectives, to recording a podcast that sounds good.
We intend Podcasting 101 to be really interactive – we’ll be producing a special edition of For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report podcast during the session. Can’t get more interactive than that!
I’ll also be moderating the session on “New Media Case Studies – Blending New Communications & MSM,” which will discuss the blending of mainstream media with citizen-generated media.
This year’s Forum is the second such event and follows the success of the 2005 Forum, at which I also presented (check my posts here). A great deal has happened in the development of new-media communication channels during the past twelve months, and this is reflected in the structure of the 2006 event and in the subject matter that will be covered.
And what a phenomenal line-up of talent at this year’s Forum! I am very excited to be at an event in the company of people like Dan Gillmor, Rebecca Blood, JD Lasica, Robert Scoble, Eric Rice, Katie Delahaye Paine, Tom Foremski, Pete Blackshaw, Debbie Weil, Mike Manuel, Elisa Camahort… the list of influential champions of social media is almost endless. See the full list of speakers (over 60) for details.
Forum organizers Jen McClure and Elizabeth Albrycht have constructed an outstanding event, one that I am certain will be regarded as a milestone in professional development for any communicator with a serious interest in getting to grips with the strategic “how?” of social media (last year the focus was largely “what?”, but that conversation has moved on).
So if you want to be part of an event that is all about frameworks and participation, this is the one. Full details at the New Communications Forum website.
Hope to see you there.
Neville Hobson is the author of the popular NevilleHobson.com blog which focuses on business communication and technology.
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