Online events aren't only about having a conversation on your own website. How can you get more people involved by meeting them where they're at? We'll use the TSdigs event in October 2009 as a case study. The event took place on forums, webinars, Tweetchat, Second Life, flickr and YouTube. This cross-platform event allowed for multiple levels of interaction with the single goal of teaching nonprofits how to tell stories digitally. The panel will take place across a mixed-reality framework, to illustrate the process and feeling of a cross-platform/mixed reality event. Takeaways: 1. Why would one use more than one platform and what platform would one choose for an online event? 2. How can event organizers manage multiple backchannels and still hold space in the real life room? 3. How can you make platforms talk to each other via feeds?

1. Crossplatform Events that Rock Susan Tenby, Online Community Director Megan Keane, Online Community Manager Nonprofit Commons Volunteer Consultants Evonne Heyning, Interactive Producer Randi Kopp, Social Media Consultant Jessica Dally & Layal Rabat Community Asst & Inworld Correspondents

2. #10NTC

3. Crossplatform Events that Rock Susan Tenby, Online Community Director

4. We are working toward a time when every nonprofit and social benefit organization on the planet has the technology resources and knowledge they need to operate at their full potential

5. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

6. TechSoupGlobal has reached over 83,000 nonprofit organizations through these key community endeavors

7. 100,000 organizations have received product donations 400,000 unique monthly visitors 190 countries of origin of visitors 25% of overall traffic to TechSoup from outside U.S. (FY08 only) 115,000 monthly TechSoup online forum visitor sessions (FY08 only) IMPACT REACH Since TechSoup Global was founded in 1987 it has served 83,000 NPOs. Every month there are 400,000 visitors to our website from 190 countries. $1.8 billion retail value of technology product donations distributed $1.1 billion in potential savings for NGOs 4 million technology products distributed 37 product donor partners 45 Net Tuesday cities in 16 countries worldwide 155,000 documents downloaded REACH

8. TechSoup Global has established an extensive partner network in 32 countries Visitors from 72 countries have visited our Blog & Nonprofit Commons in Second Life Australia Belgium Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile Croatia France Germany Hong Kong Hungary India Ireland Japan Kenya Luxembourg Macau Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Poland Romania Russia Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Taiwan United Kingdom United States

9. CAMPAIGN DESIGN

10. #10NTC Hashtags help in tracking campaigns and events across media streams

12. DIGITAL STORYTELLING

13. #TSDIGS Digital Storytelling Megan Keane, Online Community Manager

14. Multitasking Channels for Chat Twitter Facebook Second Life LinkedIn YouTube Flickr Email Forums Chat Skype

15. VIDEO

16. The TSDIGS Challenge: Video story in 60 seconds or 5-panel photo story

17. Nonprofit Commons

18. TWITTER

19. Twitter @NPSL Nonprofits in Second Life: Collaborative Twitter Stream

20. Twitter @TechSoup

21. Nonprofit Commons in Second Life: Virtual Communities

22. MIXED REALITY

23. Being in two places at once is possible with mixed reality Evonne Heyning, Interactive Producer

25. STREAMING

27. Streaming into Mixed Reality Blending live content: audio, video, chat with virtual events so that participation is made possible in multiple places Mixed Reality includes a mix of virtual world engagement and live participation

28. Upload content to web Watch & Present Across Channels Producing Crossplatform Events

29. Tools of the Trade Quicktime Broadcaster: Video streaming software Soundflower: Combines audio inputs for streaming Audio Hijack: Takes audio from any application (i.e. Skype) Nicecast: Audio broadcasting software for MAC Wirecast: Audio and video broadcasting & ripping tools Skype: For audio conferencing, video one on one meetings Second Life: 3D and remote collaboration as embodied avatars ReadyTalk: Webinars and conferencing tools for web broadcast Adobe Connect: Useful web conferencing solution for integration Microsoft Silverlight: Streaming software solutions for PC

30. WEBINARS

32. Regular webinars unite ReadyTalk and virtual access with dynamic presentations from anywhere

34. SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY

35. Randi Kopp, Social Media Consultant

36. Financial Times/ Justmeans Social Innovation Awards Contest *Citizen’s Choice* Managing a Cross-Platform Social Media Campaign Case Study in Social Media

37. Crossplatform Supporters

39. Know Your Audience - Who and Where They Are

40. Have a Strategy Already in Place

41. CONVERSATION APPRECIATION

42. Third Party Applications Make Deployment & Tracking Easier

44. Crossplatform Wrap-Up

45. INTEGRATION

47. #10NTC

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50. Contact Susan Tenby @suzboop Megan Keane @penguinasana Evonne Heyning @amoration Randi Kopp @dustyartaud @TECHSOUP @NPSL