Arts Council workshop

Social Media and the Web:  What is it, and Why You Should Care!

The Arts Council presents the second in the 2009 workshop series, What Every Artist Wants to Know, but Is Afraid to Ask, on Wednesday, March 18 from 7-9pm. The topic will be “ Social Media and the Web:  What is it, and Why You Should Care!  ” with Rebecca Krause-Hardie. The workshop will be held at the Arts Council office, 23 White Oak Drive in Sugar Loaf. The cost is $15 or free for artist members of the Council.

Still think that Twitter is what the birds do and Flicker is what the lights do.  Still don’t know how to blog, tag or Digg.  Are YouTube, MySpace, and FaceBook still a mystery? Then this presentation is for you, an introduction to social media.  The workshop will give an overview of what social media is, explore ideas about how to use social media strategically, and look at a few case studies of how others are using social media effectively today.  With such rapid changes in technology and especially on the web, it is easy to be overwhelmed.  This session will look at ways to approach social media that are just right for where we are now.

Rebecca Krause-Hardie is a consultant, project manager and partner in AudienceWorks, helping organizations use new media effectively.  She has over 30 years of experience in new media, business, accounting, finance, and management.  She has had a varied and diverse career beginning as 2nd horn in the Phoenix Symphony upon graduation from the Juilliard School.  She has been the Orchestra Manager of the Detroit Symphony and Dir. of New Media for the League of American Orchestras in which capacity she developed national web technology initiatives for the orchestra field.  She was the Chief Financial Officer of the Voyager Company and Criterion Collection, pioneers and leaders in the field of interactive media exploration. Previously she produced and developed 30 classical music (enhanced CD¹s) CD-ROMs for Music Pen Inc. that featured audio records with synced (and printable) full orchestral scores.

She writes about performing arts and new media at her blog arts.typepad.com as well as for ArtsReach and Polyphonic.

The Orange County Arts Council is a non-profit arts service organization dedicated to strengthening the Arts in Orange County by providing educational, promotional and informational services to artists, arts organizations and the community.  The Council also works to facilitate relationships between the arts, schools, businesses, government and the public through its various programs.  These include:  Arts for Vets, Arts in Education, Annual Arts Awards, Advocacy, discounted Health Insurance, Workshops & Seminars and Town Meetings & Artist Mixers.  Contact Susan Linn 845.469.6168 www.ocartscouncil.org