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Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.84,0:00:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, so I'm here with Alison from Pesky People at Septembers Social Media Cafe.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.38,0:00:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have just been having a chat and Alison has kindly offered to
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.28,0:00:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sponsor October's Social Media Cafe event.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.75,0:00:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you tell us a bit about that Alison Please.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.92,0:00:26.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would be really nice to give something back to the
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.83,0:00:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Birmingham Social Media Cafe because believe it or not
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.60,0:00:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my first social media cafe was in August 2009 and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.04,0:00:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a result of meeting people like Podnosh, Stef Lewandowski
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.78,0:00:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul Bradshaw, and even Documentally was at that one.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.38,0:00:51.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they all said, start blogging, use Wordpress
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.99,0:00:54.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and believe it or not I went home that night and wrote my first
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.79,0:00:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blog ever and set it up on Wordpress as Pesky People.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.02,0:01:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the support and advice that I got from the Social Media Cafe
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.70,0:01:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people that have done other things like the Social Media
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.67,0:01:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Surgeries really made a massive difference, and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.97,0:01:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's quite nice that I'm here and it's sponsored by
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.90,0:01:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Talk About Local because they gave me a lot of support
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.54,0:01:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the early days. So anybody who is thinking about doing something
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.31,0:01:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around blogging and social media, it's a brilliant way of meeting
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.45,0:01:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people, it's a brilliant way of getting advice, and it's a brilliant
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.85,0:01:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way of getting support and it's also a nice way of meeting
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.68,0:01:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,various people, so it would be really good to give it support for
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.49,0:01:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that reason. And also I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing now
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.96,0:01:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Pesky People and blogging and campaigning about digital
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.86,0:01:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,access. But also getting funding and support to pull together
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.34,0:01:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a website for Go Genie which is going to put all the access
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.94,0:01:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,information in one place. And believe it or not, since that first
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.34,0:01:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time I got support from Nick Booth/Podnosh and Stef Lewandowski who is
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.31,0:01:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working with us on Go Genie. So it's a really lot of things
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.48,0:01:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have happened in a really short period of time in 3 years
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.95,0:02:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it's nice way of saying, in a very small way, a massive
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.12,0:02:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thank you to the Social Media Cafe and the people who are
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.99,0:02:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involved in it, and you of course as well
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.26,0:02:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karen: Thank you very much for sharing your story
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.50,0:02:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,story about the Social Media Cafe. Thanks Alison.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.47,0:02:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alison has kindly offered to sponsor the next
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.47,0:02:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Birmingham Social Media cafe event in October.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.51,0:02:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you tell us a little bit about that please Alison?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.18,0:02:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've thought about it for a while, but not really had the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.82,0:02:33.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resources to offer....*loud organ music interrupts!* :)