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For those of us who have been involved in social media for the past few years, we have witnessed a true awakening. 2009 was a year where businesses got serious about tapping into the power of social media for events. We saw an upswing of Facebook fan pages, Twitter walls, unconferences, Tweetups, hashtags and good ‘ol fashion conversations online.

2010 harkens a New Year of continued evolution. A time where business professionals focus on the strategy behind social media and more importantly the cultural shifts that need to happen for it to survive and thrive within the organizations that plan events.

This shift was at the heart of this book. My goal was to facilitate a collaborative eBook with insights from event professionals who have been true practitioners in the art of social media. My challenge to the team was simple: Provide forward-looking insights & guidance on how event planners should evolve their thinking for the future of social media in events.

Experts:

Jessica Levin, CMP – President & Chief Connector, Seven Degrees Communications

Paul Salinger – VP Marketing, Oracle

Michael McCurry, CMP - Strategic Account Manager, Experient

Jeff Hurt – Director of Education & Engagement, Velvet Chainsaw Consulting

Samuel J. Smith – Blogger & Technology Consultant, Interactive Meeting Technology Blog

Ryan Hanson – Creative Producer, Designer & Conversation Starter, BeEvents

Foreword by Lara McCulloch-Carter

I’m delighted with results. Although each expert has brought their own perspectives, threaded throughout the book is the theme of change. I hope that as you read through you get inspired.

We welcome your feedback & encourage you to share your thoughts and opinions on our respective blogs or via Twitter (hashtag #eventprofs).

Here’s to a year of positive change!

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I’ve been spending a lot of time talking to businesses about their social media plans. Unfortunately I’ve heard statements like: “We’re thinking of using Facebook as our Social Media strategy”. Thus the reason for this post.

There is a lot of confusion over the differences between a social media vision, strategy and tactic.

  • Vision – A vision is where you dream of going.
  • Strategy – A strategy is large-scale plan of how you’ll get from where you are to where you dream of being.
  • Tactics – Tactics are specific actions that detail how to achieve your strategy.

As you can imagine, you need to start with a vision to determine your strategy…and you need to have a strategy to identify your tactics. A social media plan without starting with a vision would be about as successful as a chess game without understanding that the end goal is to checkmate your opponent’s King. Basically you’d invest a lot of time without accomplishing anything and would probably get pretty frustrated in the process.

Oh, so where do sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs, YouTube and the like fit in? They’re tools. And they fall deep within the category of Tactics. They shouldn’t be seriously considered as a part of your social media plan until you understand your objectives, your target, your story, your resources and a plethora of other considerations that are a part of your strategy.

So, take a step back. View the mountain, know where you want to go, how you’re going to get there and what specifically you need to do to achieve your goal.

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