Final VideoCamp Austin madness….

Whew! It took a ton of volunteers and hard work to get to this point but we are ready for VideoCamp Austin in less than 24 hours! Here is the final roundup and how to get there tomm. Please Note: We are completly Sold Out at 250 people.

Hey Campers,

I just wanted to make sure you had these details in case you haven’t been following the blog, twitter, or facebook feeds. If you have any questions, please ping me at tal.boyd@gmail.com or me at david@lightscamerahelp.org

VideoCamp depends on your participation:

We want you to speak. Video people talk about video, marketing people share your marketing knowledge…. If you decide to speak at VideoCamp, please arrive a little early and put your name and topic on the big board. Did I mention we want to hear what you have to say?

We start at 10:00 AM. Sessions begin at 10:30 and run 50 minutes each. Bring your laptop or presentation on a USB. Prizes and wrap up begin at 3:30. We’re done at 4pm.

We have wireless:

But please do not download bittorrents or music – the university will pull the plug. The University has strict rules on downloading content and we want to respect them.

Directions:

Jesse H. Jones Communication Center – Building B – CMB
2504 Whitis Avenue
Austin, TX 78705
Studio 4B

Parking:

On a Saturday, parking at all the standard city meters will be free, however Orange meters on campus are owned by UT and require payment 24/7, so avoid those at all costs. They also only allow for 45 minute parking.

Past that, there is a pay lot and several pay garages around, they will be 10 dollars for a whole day, and West Campus surface street parking as well is available.

Big Prizes:

We’ll be giving away some really cool stuff. You’ve got to stick around till 3:30 to get it.

- 5 copies of Get Seen by Steve Garfield

- 3 Kodak Zx1’s

- 400 feet of Kodak 7201 film.

- The Acton MBA will have loads of schwag for you too.

Volunteer for a ticket:

Got a friend who wants to come but missed the deadline? Have them volunteer. We’d love to have you help out with video and general administrative work. Shoot Weston a line at bigmanweston@reelsocialmedia.com

Non Profit TV show this week….tune in!

Hopefully all of you in Central Texas can tune in for this…

Watch, call, and write-in *LIVE* with your questions as Austin’s leading social media experts tell you how to promote your nonprofit with cutting-edge networking tips and viral media promotions.

Social Media for Nonprofits A One-Hour Special to Benefit Austin’s Community Friday, February 26 from 7:00 – 8:00 PM *LIVE* on Austin’s TimeWarner & Grande Channel 10 and streaming on channelAustin.org

Panelists will include:

David J Neff, Senior Digital Strategist, Ridgewood : Ingenious Communication
http://501derful.org

Jon Lebkowsky, culture strategist and social commentator, http://weblogsky.com

Lani Rosales, president and co-Founder, New Media Lab, http://nmlab.com

Armando Rayo, vice president, Engagement at Cultural Strategies, http://www.cultural-strategies.com

Social Media for Invisible People..How?

I had the pleasure of speaking to the Texas Council on Family Violence this week about Social Media Fundraising. However I came out learning a ton from these amazing folks. So let’s say you work for Best Buy or Target, you might not be able to get away with certain things in your Social Media conversations, right? Maybe you can’t curse or comments on politics. Understandable right?

But let’s say you work with adult victims of domestic abuse. Let’s say you work with children of domestic abuse situations. People who are barely coming to terms with what happened to them, much less ever wanting to tell their story. And when they do tell their story on YouTube, Facebook or other methods there could be retaliation from their abusers who see or hear the stories.

Yet telling their story empowers them. And it empowers your Non Profit to show people the change and help you cause in our society. So it needs to be done.

So how does “Telling your Story” work for these populations? Is it changed names and voice overs over stock photos? Is it fake names and photos on Facebook fan pages?

I would love to hear people working in this space, and what other Social Media folks think as well? Please leave your comments below and let us know what you think the solution is?

I’m teaching Social Media 101 – Interested?

Hey Gang,

I am teaching a college class on Social Media this year. It’s an intro class for people to get started on using Social Media to promote themselves and their non profits or businesses. If you’re interested in taking the class I am teaching it in the business school over at ACC here in Austin.

Click here to check out and register for the class. Scroll down and look for BUSX 3003.

Here is what you will be learning:

Course Description: Instruction in terminology, theory and application behind the current trend of Social Media. Will cover aspects of Social Media usage in Marketing, Business, Non Profits, Job Seeking, Public Relations, Advertising and maintaining/enhancing social connections.

Prerequisites: Fundamentals of PC Use, Web Usage, Including Orientation to Windows, or equivalent experience.

Objectives: Every student will be able to:

• Create an Online Profile

• Identify parts of the screen on Social Networks

• Identify eight (plus) key Social Media Applications and Networks

• Use Help on these Social Networks

• Fill out an online profile

• Navigate in selected Social Networks

• Upload photos/videos/graphics

• Discover theories behind various social networks/social media apps

• Determine appropriate usages of various social networks/social media apps

• Apply appropriate usages of those networks/apps

• Explore the usage of those network/apps and the world around them

Rationale: Social Media is one of the largest growing fields of information dissemination in our world today. This class will form the building blocks students need to apply Social Media to marketing themselves, their businesses or simply understanding the world wide communication revolution that is Social Media.

Interested? Know someone who might be? Help me spread the word!