Written by Jason Buck
A message from the Long Dog … Friends? Sure – I’ve got loads. Hundreds. 357 to be precise, not to mention 170 business contacts 
and around 750 people who like to hear from me a dozen times a day. Do I spend my day wasting time with them? Sometimes. Then again I look to them to tell me what’s going on in the world, answer my business questions, read my blog and generate new ideas.
Most of my friends and colleagues are in real offices - maybe your offices - sharing information, informing opinion, making deals (ours and other people’s) breaking deals (ours and other people’s) and doing what humans do best – communicating. But this time at the speed of light, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and on every continent on our shrinking planet.
So what are you and your organisations going to do about it? Come and play or hope it all goes away before it becomes your problem? The fact you’re reading this here tells me you’re no ostrich but I bet you’d like to know more – so you share it with your friends, bosses and clients. See where I’m going with this?
Jason Buck (a.k.a. The Long Dog) has teamed up with Big Wheel theatre company to produce an evening of theatrical workshopping, looking at the skills, thrills, possibilities and pitfalls of social networking.
There’ll be interactive exercises; performances by actors to illustrate the issues we’re all facing; you’ll eavesdrop on situations that reflect your own concerns about social networking and the fundamental changes in communications that are going on at the moment: information overload, opportunities for business relationships, problems of misuse of company time or equipment, and dealing with feedback spawned by enemies and friends alike.
All this in the atmosphere of a fun cabaret evening with some mystery tours thrown in
The world and communication has changed; the people haven’t.
Be entertained, be educated, be social in …’Carry on up the Network’.
Location:
The Clerkenwell Theatre (next to the Holy Redeemer Church) 26 Exmouth Market, Clerkenwell, London EC1R 4QE
Closest tube: Farringdon, Chancery Lane and Angel
Buses: 38 and 19
Map: Link
Time: Arrive at 6:30pm prompt and finishes at 8:30pm, Monday 26th of October
Event synopsis:
Fact - 250 million active Facebook users and growing, 6 million active Twitter users and growing, 47 active LinkedIn users and growing, this comms group: 270 members and growing.
Social networking is the buzz word du jour for professional communicators, their organisations and their clients. Jason Buck and Big Wheel theatre company have teamed up to produce an event looking at the people and comms skills behind Facebook, Twitter, Linked In and the other ‘tools’. This is a practical event, but just as importantly, an entertaining one.
Collaborating on this, Jason and Big Wheel’s objectives are to leave the attendees with ‘Wow! I’ve never been to anything like this’ but also ‘And I learned these things…’. Over half a century’s combined communications and theatrical experience presented in an original format – just sign up, learn something new and enjoy yourself at the same time.
ModComms Limited are both organiser and sponsor of the London Communicators and Engagement Group. (Here’s a Facebook group if that’s what you prefer).
Drop me a line if you’d like to come along!
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