10 Reasons Why Your Event and Social Media Don’t Mix

 This post is by Julius Solaris, your Editor in Chief. He is @tojulius on twitter . Meet the rest of the team!

The difference between style and fashion is quality.
Giorgio Armani

Photo by BitPicture via Flickr

I am sure you’ve heard about Social Media in the past six months. Well, that’s a bit too late as it’s been around for at least 15 years, maybe more. In 1995 I used to post on forums, chat over IRC and yeah it looked lots like Facebook. But hey since the latest fashion is here, now you think your event needs a Facebook Group. Here are few reasons to prevent you from committing Social Media suicide.

10. You haven’t got a clue

You just don’t know what this all Social Media thingy is about. Well, it’s like learning a new language. If you expect to get it in a week, you’re out of sight. Get someone to do it for you or give it some time.

9. They don’t have a clue

And by ‘they’ I mean attendees. If they don’t care, why should you? If they think Linkedin is the latest Alfa Romeo model, just don’t waste your time. Think about making a better event

8. You haven’t listened

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ZoomPool Teams Up with Eventbrite

 This post is by Julius Solaris, your Editor in Chief. He is @tojulius on twitter . Meet the rest of the team!

RSVP management tools and carpooling was a match made in heaven. Interesting developments in the RSVP market!

News is that Eventbrite (which is a great RSVP management tool) and Zoompool (a ridesharing platform) have teamed up.

I guess it was a quite obvious integration path as introducing a ‘Mark Read’ button in Gmail, which, in the same fashion, took way too long.

This is a strong move by Eventbrite in the overcrowded Online RSVP market. I am very curious to see what amiando the European counterpart and my personal favourite will do. In the meanwhile here is the press release.

“Events are a great candidate for ridesharing because attendees generally aim to arrive and leave at roughly the same time,” said Donna Horne, ZoomPool’s co-founder.

“If you’re an event organizer who uses Eventbrite for your conference, business seminar, arts, entertainment or charity event, it makes perfect sense to offer ridesharing to your attendees. It boosts attendance and they’ll love you for it.

As an event attendee, ridesharing with a perfectly matched partner is a great opportunity to make a new social or business acquaintance — who knows where that might lead?”

Used Event Stuff: Bring it On!

 This post is by Julius Solaris, your Editor in Chief. He is @tojulius on twitter . Meet the rest of the team!

We just discovered usedeventstuff.com and we loved it.

Better late than never, we stumbled upon Used Event Stuff (thanks @carmenhere for the tip).

Well we all know we produce an awful lot of waste with our events, specially the big fat exhibitions.

Here is their take:

We have seen the waste that is endemic to the industry: beautiful, usable goods thrown out at curbside at the end of the night. Nobody wants to waste all those goods, but designers and clients can no longer afford to keep or re-use materials because the price of storage is so high.

It is not just a waste economically, but is an environmental burden, as much of these usable goods wind up in a landfill. From beautiful event to garbage heap, taking decades or centuries to break down

Start thinking about it naughty boys and get involved!

We love #eventprofs

We have been postponing a post about #eventprofs for too long.

It is a great idea of Lara and powered by the community.

Lara also had the idea to create an award for all the blogging #eventprofs and we were nominated in the Education Category .

You are more than welcome to vote for us if you wish, but most of all get to know other event blogs and their opinion. Some great peeps in there.

Introducing the New Editorial Team

As the readers grow we feel the urge to update more often and with more quality content. In order to guarantee more interesting posts and event insights we grouped the creme de la creme of event professionals out there.

The Team

Julius Solaris – Founder and event geek. @tojulius on twitter

Anne Thornley-Brown – Anne is is the Linkedin Event Planning & Management Group Manager. She is doing a terrific job in ensuring quality within the group and she made sure we reached the target of 10,000 Members. She is @executiveoasis on twitter. Her specialties are Facilitated Business Team Building Retreats, Executive Retreats, Sales Rallies, & Incentive Travel
Her link: http://www.executiveoasis.com/

Kena Siu – Kena is an outgoing nomad specialized in Event Planning. She loves traveling, meeting & helping people. She specializes in Photography, Music, Cyberactivism, Food. She is @KenaSiu on twitter
Her link: http://twitter.com/KenaSiu

Jeff Hurt – Jeff is Director of Education & Events for a U.S. trade association and has more than 20 years experience in meetings, events and nonprofits. He writes about the convergence of Web 2.0, social media, meetings, events and education.
His link: http://jeffhurtblog.com/

Greg Ruby – Certifed Meeting Professional (CMP) and Certified Exhibition Manager (CEM) at the Baltimore Convention Center. He is fanatic about trade shows, exhibitions, conventions & venues. He is all about creating memorable events for organizers and attendees. All opinions expressed are his own.
His link: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregruby

We are thrilled to have such a great team working on the blog and we are sure it will make the journey memorable.

If you feel you want to be part of the team please use the Contact section.