Really interesting evening at Music 3.0 (from what I saw of it). The concept is smart. Exchanging ideas and thoughts between industries is a constructive thing to do – kudos to Jim Carroll and First Music Contact’s Angela Dorgan!

Here are a few photos from my walk:

Taken closer to Poolbeg – a heron out looking for dinner …

Hoping this beautiful weather we’re having in Dublin is here for a few more days!

Blathnaid

Granted, I’m biased (I was invited to present and participate in a panel discussion) but there was something for most digital-minded people in the television industry – a massive shift from last year’s mainly broadcast-focused conference.

Nick Simons (NRK, Ex New Media Head BBC Scotland) and I co-presented a session work-shopping (both inside and outside the room) the question ‘how can social media improve storytelling?’ We had excellent participation and here’s a taste of the contributions from inside the room in Malmo (and from outside including: Romania, Ireland, UK …):

#circom with social media you don’t have to cut information (which is not relevant for the wide tv audience), you can give everything!

— Adrian Rozenberg (@adi_rozenberg) May 17, 2012

@blathnaidhealy social media gets you closer to every story #circom

— Gareth O’Connor (@garethoconnor) May 17, 2012

#Circom a good story is always a good story but a good story is always better when it is shared.

— Ivor Carroll (@tiir) May 17, 2012

@cian_mccormack Can social media prove a distraction from the story itself?

— James Gaffney (@jamesgaffney) May 17, 2012

@cian_mccormack but doesn’t form affect content and the story which is told? perhaps stories are partly *about* their form…

— Storying Sheffield (@StoryingShef) May 17, 2012

Most interactive session since years: Social Media, the great conversations starter. #circom

— Gerard Schuiteman (@gwschuit) May 17, 2012

If you missed the session you can look at the slides here:

Or you can watch the full stream back here via Bambuser.

If you have any thoughts on the topic, please leave a comment below!

-Blathnaid

After a fairly overcast day, the evening sky turned out to be quite pretty. Took this from Dalkey Hill.

As the title of this post suggests, we’re asking: how can social media improve storytelling?

Nick Simons (NRK, ex Head of New Media BBC Scotland) and I will be asking a roomful of broadcasters from across Europe to look at that question.

However, we are keen to bring the discussion beyond the room. What are your views on the subject? Please feel free to share in the comments below or join in the conversation, live, tomorrow (2pm CET, 1pm Irish Time).

You can follow the discussion via #circom on Twitter or through this group on Facebook

A kitesurfer enjoying the waves and wind this evening off Sandymount Strand, Dublin

Waves crashing near the Forty Foot, Sandycove a short while later

Snapped these on my way home from work this evening – the waves off Sandycove seemed huge!

Be careful out there,

Blathnaid

It was dull over much of Dublin but a little sun was coming through the clouds over the sea.

Have a good day,

Blathnaid

Being on the east coast of Ireland I don’t get to see too many spectacular sunsets, but this evening I found the perfect spot to see one on a crisp spring evening. It was freezing, practically deserted, perfectly still, quiet and really beautiful. It reminded me of all the Saturdays I spent as a kid flying model gliders with my Dad off the slopes around Kilakee.

I took a lot of photos. Here are a few from the set

And the one I posted last night:

Hope you’re having a lovely Sunday.

Blathnaid

Will post more pics tomorrow.

Blathnaid

Have a nice weekend,

Blathnaid