I've been invited to chair a panel for Sport England and Channel 4 at their "All Together Now - sports, community and the web" event on 1 May.
Now this really gets me excited. Many of you know that I write a this blog , I still compete and am involved on the committee of a big rowing race. This is a perfect place for my passion and my business to intersect.
Here's what the event is about.
Over the course of the past three years the emergence of blogging, social networking services and platforms which showcase and share user generated content have transformed the possibilities of how we connect, converse and collaborate with one another.
’In the 20th Century, we were defined by what we owned, in the 21st Century we will be defined by what we share and give away’ Charles Leadbeater, author of "We Think"
The potential for organisations and brands to harness these technologies and tools to engage with users, customers and their communities in radically new ways is becoming clear.
How can all those organisations working to promote active participation in sports and the brands that wish to sponsor their activates and campaigns work together to make the most of the unrivalled viral power and network effects of the web in the run up to 2012?
All Together Now will bring together leading social media developers and thinkers, sports governing bodies, communities’ sports organisations and some of our leading brands into a unique event to explore these opportunities.
Now, can you guys put your thinking caps on and tell me what questions you think I should be asking the panel members?
What would be a 'perfect' social media outcome for London 2012?
How would you ideally like to engage online with the ARA and the folk who run the sport?
Where do you go currently to talk about your sporting interests? (online and offline).
Spread the word.... let's get some REAL answers for the ARA and make the online rowing community take a leadership position in this opportunity.
