So last week I hosted our first ever "S60 Blogger Strategy Session". We met for an afternoon of info-sharing, brainstorming, and strategizing (I don’t that’s a real word) – then off to downtown Helsinki for some drinks and dinner. About 13 people in attendance, only two of our bloggers were unable to attend, which is honestly a miracle considering our bloggers are spread out over the globe.
I think the event was a huge success, we covered a lot of ground, we could have easily been there all day chit-chatting about blogs. 2006 was our first full year on the blogosphere and was an enormous success and I know we’ll be continuing that success into 2007. Here was the agenda for the day…
13.30 – 13.45 | Introductions
13.45 – 14.30 | Blogging guidelines, standards, and etiquette
14.30 – 15.00 | Advanced MoveableType
15.00 – 15.05 | Break
15.05 – 15.45 | Plugins, improvements, and add-ons
15.45 – 16.30 | S60 Blogging strategy
16.45 – 17.30 | Taxi to downtown
17.30 – onwards | Dinner at Ravintola HelmiSince we’re the first in the company to blog publicly, we’re kinda the ones making the rules. We spent the beginning of the session going over guidelines, writing tips, online etiquette, posting standards etc… In the next few weeks I’ll be finalizing an official "S60 Blogger Guidebook". After that we went into advanced features of MoveableType. Then everyone complained when I only left five minutes for a break, so we extended it to fifteen.
On to plugins, improvements, add-ons and other ways to develop the blogs. The first half of 2007 should see a lot of cool new additions and features added to the blogs. Then with the time left over we all talked and discussed all sorts of blog-related issues. Finally we hopped in some cabs and went downtown for a nice dinner. All-in-all a really nice event and we’ll be doing this every six months or so.
I had my camera with me and of course, completely forgot to take photos, here’s a couple pics of the very end when everyone was leaving …
Source: See into S60
That’s the number one issue Phil. There are so few blogging publicly. This is what you and Tommi should focus on: recruiting more people from within the company to start a blog.
S60 is such a small, very small, portion of what Nokia does.
Circulate a memo or something around the company so fellow employees can listen in on the session. Post a podcast of your session. Get exposure.