Ed Schipul and Katie Lairdeschipul@schipul.com // klaird@schipul.com www.schipul.com // www.brandtobedetermined.com // www.happykatie.com

http://flickr.com/photos/eschipul/2074788853/

Who Flickr-ed my Twitter?How the arts are rocking it out through Social Media

Geeking out on Twitter and Flickr!

• What are they?

• How do they work?

• How do they relate to the arts?

• Links to know

Helping creatives get... creative on the Social Web

All a-Twitterwww.twitter.com

What are you doing right now?

www.twitter.com

In 140 characters or less...

A chance to connect and be generousThe (new) Art of Community Building

• Share your brain candy and link love

• Promote community and friends’ events and news

• (secondarily) Promote your events, content and news

• Give live outline of events or presentations

• Tell Katie where the speed traps are :)

• Say thank you!

Follow the Micro-Blogging buzzWant to know who is talking about you on Twitter?

www.tweetscan.com

www.summize.com

www.twitscoop.com

Feed your Tweets into other sitesDo more with less...

Houston Twitter links to know

• Fresh Arts - www.twitter.com/freshartshou

• Orange Show - www.twitter.com/OrangeShow

• Spacetaker - www.twitter.com/spacetaker

• COLLAGE - www.twitter.com/collage

• Arts Houston - www.twitter.com/artshouston

• Heather Pray - www.twitter.com/heatherpray

• Caroline Collective - www.twitter.com/carolineco

• Jenni Rebecca Stephenson - www.twitter.com/LolaJRS

• Houstonist - www.twitter.com/houstonist

Cool Twitter links and resources

• Tweetscan - www.tweetscan.com

• TwitPic - www.twitpic.com

• Brightkite - www.brightkite.com

• Twittervision - www.twittervision.com

• Twitter Directory - www.twitdir.com

• Twitter Buzz - http://twitterbuzz.com/

• TwitterHolic - http://www.twitterholic.com/

Let’s talk photoswww.flickr.com

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhaaga/2384045113/

Sharing memories and generating buzzMore than just pretty faces and scenery

You already might have a following on Flickr!http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixeltopia/2437207301/in/pool-discoverygreen

How can my organization use the Flickerati?

• Take your online community and bring it offline:- Flickr Open House / Behind the Scenes photo opps

• Keep track of who is posting photos about you and GIVE THEM LOVE

• Use Flickr photos (Creative Commons licensed) on your site and marketing materials -- with appropriate links and props! www.creativecommons.org

• Grow your community by commenting and friending

• Start your own groups or invite existing ones to support your cause

• Let your visitors, members and public play on Flickr -- photo treasure hunts, etc.

Some ideas for you...

Houston Flickr links to know

• Houston Center for Contemporary Craft: http://www.flickr.com/groups/crafthouston/

• Houston Dr. Sketchy: http://www.flickr.com/groups/houstonsketchy/

• Houstonist: http://www.flickr.com/groups/houstonist/

• MFAH: http://www.flickr.com/groups/mfah/

• The Orange Show: http://www.flickr.com/groups/orangeshow/

• Houston Art Cars: http://www.flickr.com/groups/houstonartcars/

• Art Storm: http://www.flickr.com/groups/artstorm/

• Houston Guerrilla Art: http://www.flickr.com/groups/houstonguerrillaart/

Groups to know, join and emulate

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lori_greig/2671906341/in/pool-houstonsketchy

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/

Spread the Flickr love and look cool doing itDo more with less...

How do you talk your boss/board into this?

Quickie Social Media To-Do’s

1. Read blogs and listen! (find them on www.technorati.com)

2. Set up an RSS Feed Reader (www.google.com/reader)

3. Join Facebook (www.facebook.com)

4. Join Flickr (www.flickr.com)

5. Track the buzz about you (www.google.com/alerts)

Thanks for being here!

Ed Schipul

Blog: www.brandtobedetermined.com Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/eschipul Twitter: www.twitter.com/eschipul Slideshare: www.slideshare.net/eschipul

Katie Laird

Blog: www.happykatie.com Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/happykatie Twitter: www.twitter.com/happykatie Slideshare: www.slideshare.net/happykatie