Contact us via http://How-Can-I-Be-Social.com or @GHeijkoop Amsterdam MICExperience Workshop: Spread the Word: How to Leverage the Use of Social Media During Events Speaker: Gerrit Heijkoop, Executive Partner & Strategy Advisor How Can I Be Social (HCIBS) Location: Hotel Casa400, Amsterdam, Netherlands Date: 23 Jan 2014, 13:00 - 13:30 Description: A picture says more than a thousand words. An interesting photo on Facebook is easily viewed by more than a thousand people. Now, how can you leverage this for your advantage? In this interactive session, explore how you can create opportunities during your event that your participants would love to share. Learning Outcomes: 1. Define a simple checklist of things to organize during your events to engage participants on social media. 2. Examine creative ideas for leveraging social media at your next event. Article related to session on HCIBS Blog: Spread the word: how can Social Media increase the reach of my event? Posted on April 24, 2013 by How Can I Be Social (HCIBS) Many event planners search for new ideas to reach more attendees. Social Media can help you to extend your reach beyond the boundaries of the physical event, meeting, trade show or conference. In this post I would like to share some tactics to make this work for you. Read more at: http://how-can-i-be-social.com/spread-word-social-media-increase-reach-event/