Did you meet me at CHRA Annual Congress: Breaking New Ground, April 2-5?

I was recently asked to share my social media expertise as a speaker at the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association’s Breaking New Ground Conference in Vancouver. The conference focus was Canada’s social housing sector, with the purpose of questioning traditional approaches to housing issues and offering fresh perspectives. In my case we were looking at traditional media approaches and fresh perspectives on media, in particular how CHRA could use online media to get support for affordable housing issues.

Canadian Housing and Renewal Association was established in 1968 and is a national non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and strengthening the social housing sector.

My workshop was “Everything you wanted to know about blogging, Facebook, and independent daily online magazines but were afraid to ask…”

David Beers and Lisa Mansfield of The Tyee presented first and then I did a 10 Tools review, which I’ll post shortly.

Session description:
Everything you wanted to know about blogging, face book, and independent daily online magazines but were afraid to ask….
How to get your message out and achieve social awareness using the web media.
Friday April 4, 2008, 14:30 – 17:00

According to Alfred Hermida, assistant professor at the UBC School of Journalism, the start of this century has seen the advent of citizen media. Technologies such as the internet and cell phones have empowered people formerly known as the audience to share their views on the world, through blogs, comments, photos and video. The public is no longer a passive consumer of media, but an active producer of media.  Attend this workshop to find out how new technologies are changing ‘what’s news’, and making it possible for ordinary citizens to get their opinions heard. You will learn how to use the new media forums, attract people to your blog, and use face book, to get your story out.

Moderator: Bruce Pearce, St-Johns Community Advisory Committee on Homelessness

Speakers: David Beers, Editor, The Tyee; Lisa Manfield, Web 2.0 Outreach, The Tyee; Monique Trottier, Partner/Owner of Boxcar Marketing, Vancouver

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UPDATE:
* See the Community Planning Examples Rachael pulled together.