Social Event and Social Media

Last week I started considering what event I may do for my Social Learner. As my mum and step-dad recently moved up to Karratha I thought I would create an 'event' that revolved around them. My first idea was to simply have a family catch up with my siblings for Easter, but a this did not require much from the participants, I opted for a new idea. My new idea was still going to involve mum and Mark (my step-dad), however the idea was now going to involve more participation from those who are accessing the event. Instead of the family catch up, I thought that a surprise family holiday would be a more unique idea that would require the people accessing the event to get involved through finding cheap flights to and from Karratha on the particular dates set out.

Image Taken by Brayden Cook

Now that I had the social event planned out, I had to decide on what social media I was wanting to use. The options are almost endless with websites such as Socializr, Google+, and many more that enable the user to create an event for people to access and contribute to. As I already have a Google account, my first thought was to try and use Google+, however I found it difficult to create an event that would be easily accessible for others. As I was getting frustrated with myself being unable to use Google+ I decided to move on and try a different approach. I ending up searching on Google for Online Event Websites where I thought I would be able to create a page where people would be able to RSVP as well as contribute to the space. I signed up for a few different websites to trial them such as Splash and Eventbrite but none of the websites did what I was hoping they would be able to do. Instead of creating a page where I could like people to so they can RSVP and contribute to the event, the websites I tried were more for concerts or other big events where people could sell tickets online, allow a particular amount of tickets to be sold and other similar information. As none of the websites did what was required, I went back to my Google+ with a fresh mind in hope that I would be able to finally figure it out. Thankfully, I got there in there in the end, I finally created my social event on a social media website! Now that I have completed my social event, I will need to start considering what multimedia I will use and how I will use it.

Brayden.