Checklist for "Web 2.0-enabling" your live event
< PREVIOUS- Event Web site
- Event invitations to build interest and draw attendees
- Blog
- Micro-blogging
- Photo sharing
- Live video interviews
- Daily video show reports
- Audio and video of sessions
- Live chat during sessions
- Social networking for bulletin board discussions
- Free Wi-Fi (sponsor?)
- Blog (set up multiple user accounts)
- Photo sharing (Flickr)
- Live video (Ustream.tv, BlogTV.com, Operator11, Mogulus.com, Stickam, Justin.tv)
- Micro-blogging (Twitter)
- Video blogging tool (Springdoo, TokBox, Adobe Visual Communicator 3, YouTube and/or other video sharing site)
- Audio player and/or podcasting set up
- Video sharing site to post full sessions (Fora.TV)
- Live chat tool (Coffee Cup Live Chat, Meebo, Geesee, and more)
- Social networking (Facebook)
- Invitations (Evite, Socializr, Facebook)
- Social media chairperson (passionate, affable, a good writer, a connector, an online leader, and extremely hard working)
- On camera interviewer for quick ongoing live video interviews
- Video blog reporter for show updates
- Blogger(s) to report on live event
- Audio and video editor to edit, encode, and post sessions
- Reasons to participate (topics and debate issues)
- Collect blogs and user accounts of attendees (show available content or provide incentive)
- Give top content creators prime placement on blog and/or event Web site
- Before the event (pre-load information if possible)
- Pick one tag name to use across all applications and promote it
- Photograph people (especially at evening parties) and write down their name and company
- Use names as much as possible in blog posts, photos, and videos
- Tag everything with the event’s tag name
