About the community, by the community

Here’s a good example of changing the way we do things, by the always interesting Neil Perkin at Only Dead Fish, from an idea by the also always interesting Herdmeister. And like most good ideas, it’s blindingly obvious when you see someone else do it!

Basically Neil was due to present at a conference on the subject of community. So he crowd-sourced it. And ended up with 30 slides submitted by a range of people (including myself). And a rather good presentation.

You can see his thoughts on crowdsourcing a presentation, and then presenting it, plus his words which accompanied it.

Due to my choice of blog template, you might need to click through to slideshare to be able to read the text well. It’s worth doing to subscribe to Neil’s presentations, like the one I previously recommended.

Save money on ‘Social Media in Business’ one day conference

If your company hasn’t looked at social media, and how it should be applied, then it could be well worth a day of your time to attend ‘Social Media in Business’. It’s a one day conference in Buckinghamshire on October 23rd, 2008, and it aims to cover a lot of ground.

I’m mentioning it for two reasons: the first is that it’s grown out of the Social Media Mafia unconferences of which I’ve been a part, so I know and can heartily recommend almost all the speakers for the day. The second reason is that I’m able to offer a discount to anyone who reads TheWayoftheWeb! You can save 10% of the price by quoting the discount code ‘smm008′. All I ask is that you email me at thewayoftheweb at googlemail dot com to let me know if you’re buying a ticket, so I can make sure you get the saving (and obviously the best possible treatment on the day!)

There’s lots being covered:

Online Reputation Management: Judith ‘deCabbit’ Lewis

Social is a Business Process: Tobey Moores

Brand Engagement: Eaon Pritchard

Strategizing Communication in a (Social) Networked World: Neville Hobson.

Gordon Gecko is Dead: Joanne Jacobs

Crowd Sourcing: Benjamin Ellis.

A Case Study-led Overview of Social Media: Will McInnes.

Definitely a busy, but worthwhile day. And apparently a three course lunch is included, along with tea and biscuits! Find out more by visiting the Social Media in Business site, don’t forget to use the code ‘smm008′ to save 10%, and email me at thewayoftheweb at googlemail dot com to ensure you get your saving…