By now you should all know that social media is the new art of conversation. Billions of people around the globe are using social media tools to converse, collaborate and share information every day.
So Network PR’s team of consultants gathered on a cool autumn evening at the Gow Langsford Gallery for The Social Network to do our own conversing, collaborating and information sharing with key influencers shaping this new conversation landscape.
Surrounded by the ethereal art of Tim Maguire, a mix of the traditional and new media, bloggers, reporters, TV personalities, producers and tech-geeks from across the realms of NZ media got together to mingle and talk Twitter.
Social media strategist Stephen Collins shared his thoughts around the power of social media – “half the planet is connected to social media – it’s an important and powerful space to understand and be a part of“. He highlighted that social networking tools such as Facebook, Flickr and Twitter did not exist five years ago which begs the question, what’s next?
Evolving Newsroom blogger and former Telegraph journalist Julie Starr talked about where journalism fits in to the new information era saying that “social media offers a new way of thinking for information; its about timing, accurate and relevant information about the world around us”.
It was an enjoyable evening highlighting that traditional means of building relationships and communicating with each other remain vitally important; however we need to learn to embrace the new.
For me personally, I like the way that social media lets me re-connect with friends I haven’t seen for eight years who live on the other side of the world. I like the way that it provides me with different, new and exciting information every day.
So Kiwi businesses, if you want to be heard, whether it’s a story, a new product or an idea why not get on board the social media express and master the new art of conversation.
In the meantime, you can check out our fabulous event video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKlh76IRW0&feature=channel_page
