Last night I talked at a great event in Manchester called There Will Be Blood, run by the Cahoonah's @jonthebeef and @RebeccaWho. Manchester based Late Rooms' community manager, Kate, talked about the value of communities in the hotel industry (70% 18-24 year olds will now look at reviews before booking a room) whilst I talked nonsense about user generated content.
The excellent John Robb hosted the event which was a strictly no powerpoint affair. I love it that way, a load of people in a pub connecting around common interests. No fuss, just good banter. I'm much happier prattling on freely than I am speaking around slides. I do often go off road though, but that's no bad thing - at least I don't think it is. John was a brilliant host, typically challenging on the current situation at the BBC and the place UGC has in it's future. The audience gave me a bit of a kicking too, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
The only downside to not presenting on screen is that in some cases people do want to 'see' your examples rather than just 'hear about' them. So, for anyone who was there last night, here are some of the things I was talking about.
Shoot The Summer - UGC film shot on mobile phones
Dan Pink's Ted Talk - Interesting talk on Motivation
Charles Leadbetter - The changing media landscape
Vision On - My first experience of the pitfalls of UGC
Finally, here's me mucking around with a mobile at T In The Park trying to get an aerial shot...
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