SocialChats Reunion Blab and Multi-Simulcast Fun
Channel: Debbie Elicksen
Date: 2016-04-29

Warts and all, here is the SocialChats Reunion on Blab as we tried to juggle multiple devices and multiple platforms on a variety of Internet connections and available megabytes. 

It was loads of fun, despite each of us falling out of different platforms. There are a few nuggets from our discussion about Facebook Live and other platforms and how brands can use these streaming platforms to launch products and move their business forward. 

SocialChats is a daily broadcast by Tonya Scholz (http://socialchats.net/) and back in February 2012, Francisco Palacio introduced me to Tonya, Susy Rosado (who is now a television personality on Univision), and Cynthia Seymour.  We started broadcasting through Tonya's show via her podcast and Spreecast every Friday. We did this for at least a year, and met up with some great guests who are movers and shakers in the digital sphere. Later, Cynthia and I started up Virtual Newsmakers to focus on a specific editorial. I periodically paid a visit to Tonya's Friday show a couple of times. We've all been connected via our social networks, but this is our first official reunion.

So much fun, but you can see the technical challenges involved when you try to juggle so many platforms for the first time. 

I hope this video will help you when you decide to do this yourself. There is a great advantage to being able to broadcast many places at the same time.

Here is the link to the Google Hangout portion of the broadcast:
https://youtu.be/BV5JQCH5LwI

Here is the Facebook Live portion of the wrap-up: https://youtu.be/dSY3NiT6s0k