Delivering online conferences and capturing the benefits
1. Delivering and
capturing the
benefits of online
conferences
Ingrid Koehler
Local Government Improvement and Development
March 2011
@ingridk
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
2. Delivering online
conferences
Ingrid Koehler
March 2011
@ingridk
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
3. History
Performance management
Local by Social
Customer Insight
2005 2006 2008 2009 2010
Spending review Efficiency
Councillors and social media
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4. Local by social online
• 1100 people
• 190+ councils
• 27,000 page views
• 1123 contributions
• sharing the
learning at
localbysocial.net
Tron and PacMan easter egg on by MAQ on Flickr
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5. Advantages
• Cheap
• Green
• Can be organised and
launched quickly
UAV launch by the U.S. Army on Flickr
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6. Easy access
• People can dip in
and out
• Content is easily
captured
Apple bobbing at Thames festival by boybg on Flickr
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8. But...
GoTron Swoosher by Pasukaru76 on Flickr
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9. Planning an online conference
PCC Blueprint by Telstar Logistics on Flickr
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10. Getting started
• subject
• scoping
• demand
• audience
• technology
Bxp135660 by tableatny on Flickr
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11. Team building
• Sponsors
• Conveners
• Champions
• Experts
• Support
red team by atomic shed on flickr
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12. Almost the same as
face to face
• Venue
• Speakers
• Programme
• Promotion
• Registration
the venue, after by Stewart on Flickr
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13. But some differences
• speakers as writers
• lots of hand holding
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14. Continuous thread of
promotion
• use your existing comms channels
• email, communities of practice
• tie in to other events
• plan ahead about using proceedings
İğneden ipliğe, by Ilkin on Flickr
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15. More than just
presentations
JVCAmerica on Flickr
• hot seats
• self started topics/unconference
• panels
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17. Facilitating an online
conference
image from PennStateLive on Flickr
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18. Aims of facilitation
• Lots of different
views
• Lively
conversation
• Buzz
• Share knowledge
Not long for the drones by Max xx on Flickr
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19. The ideal facilitator
• flexible
• good writer
• organised
• some topic
knowledge
• tech savvy
enough
Flexible by lhoretse on Flickr
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20. The role
• Keep an eye on proceedings
• Be ready to step back
• Be ready to step in
Watchman Meerkat by mukul.soman on Flickr
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21. The role
• Keeping the
flow
• Prompting for
detail
• Participant,
too!
Drum Major, The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal
Regiment of Scotland by Colin Shepherd on Flickr
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22. If you build it, will they
come?
• Right topic, right time
• Not a replacement for
‘failed’ face to face
• drive traffic - email, Twitter
• back channel
American Zen by Bowman! on Flickr
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23. Ups and downs
• Flexible ‘fun’
approach
• You can do it
in your jim-
jams
• Very long
days
• “On” all the
time
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25. Knowledge assets
• Plan ahead
• emerging practice and
“hard lessons”
• Identify priority themes
• Continue the
conversation
• Disseminate through
your networks
DAN_DANDELION by DeeJayTee23 on Flickr
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26. CI case study
Face to face Policy shift:
event: March May
Online
conference:
LG Group Policy June
+ Practice role
Further
guidance
A real commissioned
community
conference
Guidance Online
report
promoted consultation
published
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27. Local by Social
un-
conference draft
guidance
Online wiki
conference
guidance+
LbyS events thinkpiece
and hacks
online LbyS
conference conference
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28. ...will make it even easier to run conferences and
capture the benefits
local.gov.uk/knowledgehub
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29. Find out more
• These slides are posted at www.slideshare.net/ingrid_k
• See CoPs in action at www.communities.idea.gov.uk
• www.twitter.com/ingridk
• www.twitter.com/knowledgehub
• www.twitter.com/localbysocial
• http://uk.linkedin.com/in/ingridkoehler
• ingrid.koehler@local.gov.uk
• www.ingridkoehler.com
Wednesday, 9 March 2011