Last weekend I attended BarCamp Houston 3, which had more than 150 attendees including enterpreneurs, web developers, marketers and a few media folks. All in all, it was a great experience with some interesting discussions around social media, Facebook apps, web design, marketing, a new visual search engine, and even biofuels. One of the most interesting aspects was the Twittering that was taking place along the way. At least half of the attendees were twittering, often making comments that were better left unsaid. Yes, you can add “making fun of jerks” to the list of twitter uses.
At the event I was interviewed by local new media guy Mike McGuff who has a video blog site MikeMcGuff.com. Mike interviewed me on the topics of Social Media, our new brand and Lemonade Day. Mike’s a pretty good video blogger and quite handy with his flip camera. I didn’t have much notice but thought it turned out okay. You can view the interview below. Yes, I know, it’s a very flattering title pic… (no worries Mike, I know YouTube doesn’t give you much of a choice).
I’m now wondering if I should add some video to my blog entries. The answer is probably yes, but I don’t know what I’d shoot or how to edit it. So I’ll stick w/ text for now, and take advantage of stuff I can find on youtube.
Steve,
Would you mind posting your slides from your barcamp presentation on slideshare or just sending me a copy of them? I really would like to look more closely at the ROI calculation slide where you break down users into five or six categories (awareness, interested, etc…) and relate them to site actions. Thanks for your help,
Dave
Thanks Dave – you can view the slides on slideshare (see link below). Thanks for stopping by!
Steve
http://www.slideshare.net/stevelatham/business-case-for-social-media-steve-latham-20080725nc?from=email&type=fav_slideshow&subtype=slideshow
It seems that the one slide with the chart relating each user action (from the chart on slide 13) to dollar amounts isn’t in there. Do you know which one I am talking about?
Sorry about that Dave. I wasn’t allowed to publish that slide. But if you’ll email me I’ll create a sanitized version for you. Thanks for stopping by!