Congregation, the ‘bijou’ social media unconference is on this weekend in the little village of Cong, Co Mayo. It’s about quality, not quantity, you see: the anti-Web Summit, if you like! Blacknight is sponsoring the event, and I’m bringing my video camera to report on the gathering. Meanwhile, here are some little numbers for you to ponder the […]
Eoin Kennedy joins us on today’s podcast. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 9:59; 6MB; MP3. Eoin is the organiser of CONGregation, the one-day ‘un-conference’ on social media held in the quiet and lovely village of Cong, County Mayo, now in its second year. Technology.ie went along to the inaugural CONGregation […]
It was one of the most unique and intimate events relating to social media in 2013. Now the organisers of CONGregation, the one-day social media unconference held in Cong, Co Mayo, are looking for “expressions of interest” for 2014. CONGregation is unusual in that you cannot buy a ticket for the event: you have to blog your way in. There […]
Elaine Larkin is a journalist and copywriter and she brought a professional media background to bear on her participation in Congregation, last month in County Mayo. She points out that the people you interview or quote for an article or blog post can help you to promote that story as well. It’s in their interest […]
[youtube]http://youtu.be/Vj-6WabssEA[/youtube] Congregation took place in Cong, Co. Mayo on Saturday and technology.ie was there. Participants came from the worlds of PR, media and technology, and every participant was a speaker. All had “blogged their way in”, and on Saturday they gathered in a series of “huddles” to talk about social media and how to get […]
I met Eoin Kennedy at the Realex Fire Irish Web Awards and he told me all about CongRegation – the social media unconference he’s organising in Cong, Co. Mayo on 30 November. “You can’t get tickets for this”, he warned. “You have to blog your way in.” Sounds like a novel approach. The basic idea […]
