SMCLondon is rocking – I’ve been in three great sessions so far today and it’s great to hear the conversations taking place.

First, How to socialise Indie movies, was the Dogwoof Indie session run by Andy.  He told me he got lots of great ideas out of it and is ‘still learning’.  He was overwhelmed with new concepts and wants to put into practise what he has garnered today as well as listen more to the community.   Well, I’m telling you now that we tried to bully him into doing an internet-only launch for his next movie so keep an eye out at his web site to see if he keeps his promise.  Meet him on the photo scavenger hunt later to pressgang him further…

And the second one I attended, which was run by Vero – PRs are after your Soul -  had a very different flavour and a lot of opinions to put on the table.  Basically are agencies getting it really wrong or sometimes right when engaging in social media PR? was really what we were discussing.   A lively session and lots of debate and tweets throughout, means this topic is not going away for a long time.

The third session was with Lucia and Joanna from The Times.  They told the story of how they moderated the flash community that sprung up on the Times Online around the G20 Summit and the online news feed.  It was a pretty interesting talk on how community moderation can be seen as censorship under the captainship of Murdoch.  Funny that, when the reality that Lucia and Joanna had to deal with on the day was completely different.  The editorial team was overwhelmed with a deluge of comments and coded messages.  So what are the rules of engagement moving forward for commenting and community moderation in the media?  Let’s wait and see – there is no clear path forward quite yet but the general opinion is that each audience has a different set of rules.

In the meantime, join us in the Dogleg room for the Something Silly session – it’s a game of 21 – it’s getting a bit kinky!

Ciao for now!

@nixdminx

I’m looking forward to meeting everyone at SMCLondon tomorrow and will be doing some vox pops around the place and live blogging so make sure you come and say hello.

In anticipation of the Photo Scavenger Hunt, which is being run by Kat Neville from BView, I want to remind you all to bring your digital cameras so you can take part. I’m happy to reveal there will be some great prizes for the winners.

The team with highest number of points and the quirkiest collection of photos, will receive two pairs of tickets to the new musical Spring Awakening, at the Novello, Aldwych, courtesy of lastminute.com. This powerful, passionate production, is bursting with energy that leaps off the stage. It has a Grammy award-winning score and no less than 12 five star reviews – follow the cast on Twitter @SpringWestEnd and the lastminute.com team at @lastminute_com.

Plus there will be some fun prizes for the runners up, to be revealed tomorrow.

We’ll be uploading the best photos for everyone to look at.

See you for coffee tomorrow!

Eva

BView is one of the SMC sponsors – They have put together a competition, for which we’ll be able to vote during the weekend. I asked Kat Neville, designer at BView, also known for her mad Safety Goat blog, to write an entry for the blog – she was cheeky and created a competition entry pretending to be me!

99% off £500 of mad money? bview.co.uk is wondering what I’d do with the cash for their contest, which will be judged at Social Media Camp on the 26th of April.

Here’s my entry: I’d get a pool, and as much fresh cut chips, gravy and cheese curds as I can. I would then sport a fetching swimsuit, goggles and swimming cap. The mission: to go swimming in the biggest poutine in the entire world, putting me in the guinness book of world records.

(It would look like that picture, just 200 times bigger!)

If you want to enter in as well, there’s some more details on how to enter here. All you SMC attendees will get a chance to vote on my really, really awesome poutine!

So go on… write your entry, it can’t be any more ridiculous than mine! All the details are here.