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Thanks Anna for setting this up for us! - no problem. Apologies for being a little late for my amends but as you know I have had a family funeral this weekend.

 

 

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When?

13th and 14th September, 2007 

 

Day 1 - Working title - Working the Web  ???

 

make this as practical and hands-on as possible - the talking's in the second day?

 

9/9.45  registration

9.30-10.00       Intro to Conference  - What you will you get from Day 1 and Day 2

10.00- 10.30 Overview of Terminology and Web 1.0

10.30 - 11.00 Internet Connection

Break

11.20 - 11.40 - Intro to Web 2.0

11.40 - 12.15 Blogging 101 - intro - what a blog is - why you need one - how to write it so it meets your purposes

 

12.15-1.00      Lunch

1.00 - 2.00      Blogging 102   - practical setup your blog session (can we get a blog company lke typepad or moveable

2.00 - 3.00     Podcasting 102

Break

3.15 - 4.00      Intro to  Social networking - creating your social presence online

4.00 - 4.30      Free tools

4.30                Pecha Kucha event - anyne who wants to talk about their blog gets about 6 minutes

+ wine & networking

 

E-mint meeting and book a restaurant for the evening (people pay for their dinners)

 

 

Day 2 - I am just putting the ideas rather than the actual titles of the section as that would be up to the speaker

9.30  - 10.00 Intro on how making money is a function of increasing sales and reducing costs

10.00 - 10.30 Corporate Blogging - Eileen Brown

10.30 - 11.00 How podcasting can be used as a marketing tool

11.00 - 11.20 Coffee and Networking

11.20 - 12.00 Panel of Experts covering PR, Dealing with Negative comments

12.00 - 1.00 lunch and Networking

1.00 - 2.00 Building a customer community

2.00 - 2.30 Panel  - Creating a conversation

2.30 - 2.50 - coffee and networking

2.50 - 3.45  - Adversting and PR

 

 

 

Where?

Leeds

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Responsibilities

 

1) Budget

 

Finance - would recommend that we take all registrations online if we can ahead of time to reduce admin - consder using Eventbrite.com as a low cost option.

 

Where people do not have a credit card then cheque payments to one person

 

2) Venue and Facilities

 

LeedsMet? Its Staff Development Week at Leeds Met, so a lot of their venues are booked.  I will continue to investigate with the conference team and update when I have more news (Liz).

 

3) Web Presence

 

Krishna happy to write content for the event - Update from Krishna 9/7 - though on reading Helen and Liz's wesite as you seem to be experts in copy writing you may wish to do this?

Krishna also has a shopping cart should we need to use it

Helen - that's useful!  Also happy to produce web-based materials/forums

We should have a conference blog that we all contribute to, starting asap, plus our own tags like nlabwomen had

We have got www.worktheweb.co.uk if we want to use it? (Liz)

 

 

4) Marketing and Publicity

 

Development of logo and "banners" - TBC - can we get a sponsor for this (see later comment re printers etc.) (Liz)

 

Krishna will promote in her newsletter, blogs, podcasts and in all online and offline communities and networks she is part of

Helen & Liz wll also promote wherever they can

 

 

5) Sponsorship Packs

 

Krishna happy to draft copy  Great - I'd be glad to take to Leeds business link, and Chamber? (liz)

 thanks - Helen

 

6) Sponsors

 

Microsoft?

 

 

7) Speakers

 

Speakers to be asked for title of event, bio and photograph

Speakers to be asked for presentations to go on website afterwards - get the off them onto a usb stick on the day I've found is the best way! Krishna's response - not all speakers want to do this - we should however have all their presentations for the delegate packs and can request copies for after the event - sometime people want to protect their IP and we may need to consider these being on a password proteted page and one where the robots won't follow

 

Pre-event podcasts or teleseminars to be considered  to promote the conference - Krishna happy to facilitate  brilliant! (liz)

 

Steve parks has responded favourably to an initial email - www.flying-startups.com (and author/entrepreneur) (liz) - He normall y charges £1500 but has asked me to "sell him the fun" as he's free that day and based in York, so could do it cheaper.

 

Krishna's response - I think we should agree if we are planning to pay speakers. Have we agreed to do so and i missed that - if so sorry. We should create a list of speakers we would like to attract and the rationale for them against each area on the agenda. We might even want a call for speakers available (this is what we typically use for the events we run for various organisations). As an example some of the criterias we are using for a global event are that the speaker is an author and also has a major list so that they can help us attract delegates.

 

8) Literature  - Pre, Post and during

 

Can we get a sponsor to cover cost of reprographics - this sounds like a great idea - one of my staff has just come out of the Leeds printing industry so has loads of contacts, shall I ask her to ask around for what people may be willing to do? (liz)

 

Common branded template for powerpoint to be used by all speakers - Helen's response - I don't like this - it inhibits individual creativity - give them a logo or bottom strip to put on by all means but don't restrict them to a template please!  (We can have a template for those who would like one)

Krishna's response - I guess I am going to say that the event is well branded as that's what my business is all about. my intent was not to stifle creativity - just to reinforce the brand of the event we are creating. All I was suggesting is that they have a master slide with the logo.

 

 

9)Project Timeline