Saving money with social media

A further experiment. This year for the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes (AMEP) we are trialling using social media to announce the award finalists in the lead up to the gala dinner on 18th August.

How is this saving money? Well, in the past we would have held a large media event which cost around $10-15,000 not including the costs to administer the event (staff time, printing, postage, setup, email etc etc).

So I'm putting a call (plea) out to you all to follow Eureka prizes on Twitter as we feed tidbits out about what's happening with this program and also join our Facebook group

Tags: amep, amep09, eureka, facebook, science, twitter

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Cooper on July 29, 2009 at 5:01pm: Neither of those links (Twitter or Facebook) worked for me; I kept being taken to "All About Evil" on FB. Anyway, I figured it out and joined both. :-); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Amelia on July 29, 2009 at 10:21pm: I think Lynda mixed up the links.

Here is the Eureka Prizes Twitter page @eurekaprizes

And Facebook fan page The Australian Museum Eureka Prizes

(ps feel free to add me Lynda!); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Lynda Kelly on July 29, 2009 at 11:00pm: Thnx Amelia for clearing that up - I think I did this post too early this morning!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Angelina Russo on July 29, 2009 at 6:13pm: Hi Lynda
I'm intrigued! Sounds like a great initiative!
What's the plan? How and where do you announce the award finalists and how do they know about it? What type of feedback are you anticipating/hoping for?
Looking forward to the event!; ▶ Reply to This