Posts Tagged ‘Facebook’

Jeff Mosser Highlights the Impact of Social Media for the Plays for Presidents Festival

Jeff Mosser is a man who wears many hats. Not only is he a Plays for Presidents staff member (Senior Strategist/Social Media & Community Outreach Director), he is also directing 44 Plays for 44 Presidents in Boston, MA for the 2012 Festival. For the Plays for Presidents Festival, Jeff has elevated our social media outreach and increased cross-production conversation so effectively, I asked him for his thoughts on how important platforms like YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr have been for our inaugural year – as well as how he plans to use those tools for 44 Plays.. at Bad Habit Productions.

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Festival Participation in the Digital Age

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One of the most amazing aspects of this Festival has been feeling so connected to all the amazing artists, educators, and politicos participating from across the country. Whether it’s the behind the scenes footage shared by Drive Theatre Company in L.A. and Dad’s Garage in Atlanta, TV coverage of Little Rock Central High School we could all view from Facebook, or the “I” in Election video recorded by Forward Theatre Company… producers, directors, actors, and staff have been able to spotlight the work of their organizations in ways that enable us all to feel like we’re locally connected to their efforts.

I’ll be diving more into the tools we’ve used to help coordiate the Festival and share the digitalized efforts of others next week, but today I’ll focus on how one director in particular has utilized various platforms to collaborate cross-country with her alma mater.

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