The New Communicators is a three-day series of events intended to inspire and educate on new ways of communicating with people. These events can be created by anyone interested in sharing their lessons, wisdom and advice on these new ways of communicating to anyone interested in attending. Are you interested in learning more?

How to Participate

The New Communicators series of events has come to an end…for now. To get ready for next time, here’s how to participate.

1. Put on an Event

In order for this whole New Communicators idea to work, people need to hold events. That’s where you come in. Put on an event.

What’s that? You think you can’t put on an event? This is the only place where you’ll be told you’re wrong. You CAN put on an event. Yes, it could be a huge, complex ordeal, but it doesn’t have to. Here are some tips on putting on an event:

A. Keep it simple.
B. Take it one step at a time.
C. Taking the first step is the hardest part.

Here are two event ideas to give you something to wrap your brain around. But definitely don’t be limited to events like these… this is your forum to have whatever event you can imagine, so go for it!

Show and Tell: This is something Substance has done a couple times, and planning something similar (yet different) for the New Communicators… people talk for 10 minutes on something they’ve been working on. People are invited to present a few weeks before the event, submit their presentations, and the schedule for the evening is determined. On the night of the event, there’s a projector hooked up a laptop, and some beverages are provided. Presenters do their presentations. People stand around (there are a limited number of chairs in the office), drink beverages, listen, and talk to each other. This usually goes on for about 2 hours. People generally have a good time.

Mobile Social: Rumor has it that DL Byron (the man and the myth behind BikeHugger) will be having a morning Mobile Social, concluding with a discussion on how he’s using different digital channels to promote and support the BikeHugger business.

By this point maybe you have an idea for an event. Great! We’ve scheduled October 28th, 29th and 30th as days to hold your event, with a variety of times. There are some rough guidelines for times (8:00 – 10:00am, 4:00 – 6:00pm and 7:00 – 9:00pm), but don’t feel limited by this… whatever time works for you. As far as where to have your event, if you have someplace already in mind to have your event, go right ahead and have it there. If you don’t, there are a number of places offering their space for you to hold your event. You’ll need to contact them to work out the details.

There are no stipulations on admission costs for events. If you want to charge admission for your event and you think people will pay for it (and the venue you’re holding the event at is receptive to the idea of charging admission) go ahead and set a price. If you want it to be free, let it be free.

So once you’ve got your event idea, day, time, venue and price in mind, submit it.

We’ll be posting all events on thenewcommunicators.com as well on Upcoming for RSVPs, location details, etc. to draw attention and attendees to your event, but we definitely encourage you (as a New Communicator) to promote your own event in your own special way.

2. Host an Event

You say you’ve got some space to hold an event? Post your venue through the Venues Offering Space page. Be sure to include the days and times you have available. By submitting your venue to host an event, it means people interested in having an event may contact you with questions. Basically you’re agreeing to work with these people to help them figure out the details for the hosting of their event in your venue. People looking for venues will in turn be extremely grateful and respectful of your time as a venue host and do everything they can to make your life easier for this event.

3. Attend an Event

In order for the New Communicators idea to work, you should come to at least one of event (see #1 above). Each event will be on Upcoming so you can RSVP for the events that interest you. The main things attendees are asked to do are:

A. Be interested and engaged. The people brave enough to put on an event deserve your support in this.
B. Be considerate of your host for the event. This might be the first time they’ve ever tried something like this, so try to make them feel appreciated. (They’ll definitely appreciate it!)
C. Be patient. Not everything will go according to plan.
D. Respect. This series of events are happening to help each other learn, so let’s interact in a respectful manner.
E. Have fun. Please. This should be a good time had by all.

If your questions about How to Participate aren’t answered above, you’re encouraged to use the following communication channels to get in touch:
info@thenewcommunicators.com
twitter.com/thenewcom