#CommsChat, the live weekly Twitter chat

1. The conversation…so far
November 2010

2. Outline
1. Introduction
2. How #CommsChat works
3. A regular #CommsChat week
4. Examples of hosts / topics in 2010
5. The #CommsChat community
6. #CommsChat facts and figures
7. What people are saying
8. Future plans

3. Introduction
#CoimmsChat is the weekly live Twitter chat based
out of the UK which brings comms professionals from
all over the world together to discuss important
industry issues.
It was launched in May 2010 by Adam Vincenzini and
Emily Cagle, modelling it upon similar style chats in
the United States but staged at a more European
friendly time.
The following pages provide you with an overview of
#CommsChat, how it works, who’s involved and what
is planned for the future.

4. Hosted by a subject
specialist each week
5-8 questions posed to
the group over the hour
How #CommsChat works
#CommsChat is staged between 8pm-
9pm (UK time) every Monday night.
It is hosted by a different subject specialist
each week who stimulates discussion
amongst the participating community by
asking a series of questions.
The questions are shaped for maximum
community engagement, encouraging
knowledge sharing and genuine debate.
Adam and Emily apply additional
moderation and guidance via the
@CommsChat Twitter account.
Positive and constructive
atmosphere

5. A regular #CommsChat week
Day Activity
Wednesday Next week’s topic and host is announced
Friday Session pre-read is published
Monday (am) Pre-chat promotion on Twitter
Monday (pm) #CommsChat staged between 8-9pm
Tuesday Session transcript is published

6. Examples of hosts / topics in 2010
Mack Collier
Increasing engagement
on and off your blog
Gemma Went
Social media strategy
Dan Martin
The impact of social
media on the journalist
/ PR relationship
Amber Naslund
Building online
communities
Neville Hobson
Stopping PR spam

7. The #CommsChat community
3,500 individual
mentions
1000+ engaged Twitter
followers
PRs, bloggers,
journalists, marketers all
involved

8. #CommsChat facts and figures
100- 150 participants
each week (on average)
800 – 1000
#CommsChat mentions
per week on Twitter

9. #CommsChat just keep
getting better and better
It’s Monday which means
one thing - #CommsChat! :)
What people are saying
I really would recommend
#CommsChat. Fabulous
conversation.
http://blog.rowfeeder.com/2010/08/top-10-twitter-
chats-for-pr-social-media-professionals/
‘Europe’s leading PR and
social media chat, and 7th
overall in the world.’

10. Live events
Different topics
Future plans
The original aim was to create an
engaged community who shared similar
passions.
Now that the foundations have been laid,
#CommsChat can become anything its
community wants to it to be.
You’ll see some new things in 2011 but
until then stay connected at:
http://commschat.posterous.com
http://twitter.com/commschat
http://www.facebook.com/commschat
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