Comments on: Thoughts on SMBOttawa v4.0

By: SMBOttawa 4 Recap « Mel Gallant

SMBOttawa 4 Recap « Mel Gallant — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:48:25 +0000

[...] in a nutshell! For another perspective on SMB Ottawa 4, check out Joe Boughner’s post at http://www.joeboughner.ca. If you’ve come across other reviews/recaps of the event, please share them via the comments [...]

By: Peter Smith

Peter Smith — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:51:29 +0000

I’d be in favour of having more social media gatherings for those (like me) not in the private sector. IMO there’s enough of a difference b/w for-profit and not to justify some separate events. Must admit that I’ve bailed on some social media events around town because they looked too focused on the business of selling – not the last Third Tuesday though, I was bummed about missing that one!

By: Simon Chen

Simon Chen — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:46:27 +0000

Great feedback to this post so far! I’m going to send out our survey soon – feedback at this blog and survey data can only help us do better next time. And, I’m happy that many of you have not only emailed me with suggestions, but you’ve also offered to help.

One thing I wanted to do was to profile the panelists a bit before the session and so, this time, I experimented with video. If you haven’t seen them, check out:

Gérard Métrailler, Corel – http://tinyurl.com/68yjvc

Luc Lévesque, TravelPod – http://tinyurl.com/563b6m

There are tidbits that would round out some background info about Gérard and Luc and their respective organizations. (Ian’s interview is a couple of weeks away.)

I’m curious if today’s audience members truly would like to keep the conversation about online communities going. It could be through blog posts and commenting like on this blog. We could create an online community, for example. We can have a day long unconference with online communities as a speaker track, etc.

Your thoughts?

By: Bloggeries

Bloggeries — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:36:53 +0000

Great post Joe.

“(and this is particularly fitting for this topic – we had 3-5 per cent of the crowd doing the talking while the rest lurked about the room and listend, much like an online community!).”

I particularly liked this part of the text because the room basically represented how a typical online forum goes. Most people never throw in their $0.02 for whatever reason.

Re another group: I think the more groups the better; I currently attend all the functions and would be interested in attending another.

While on topic big thanks to the organizers and Gowlings for hosting us. I have enjoyed every different session I attended but definitely prefer the panel approach. It’s more discussion and from different perspectives which is always a great thing.

All the best,

By: Annie

Annie — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:21:50 +0000

Thanks for the recap Joe!

I enjoyed this morning’s conversation immensely, but would certainly also enjoy an alternate venue to discuss these issues as they relate to government.

My involvement in social media is on a personal level as a blogger (http://phdinparenting.wordpress.com), a moderator and participant in various communities, but also as a service delivery/communications consultant to government (http://www.rethinkconsulting.ca).

Many of my government clients are expressing more interest in social media and are interested in hearing about the challenges, lessons learned, and ideas of their colleagues in other departments.

Please let me know if you put something together and I would be happy to attend and to market the events to my past, current and future clients.

Annie