Using New Media to Make Orlando Cool(er)

Greg Rollett from Endagon Innovations

Rock For Hunger

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Jones High School Alumni

Orlando Bloggers

Sentinel Bloggers

• 12 news blogs

• 16 sports blogs

• 7 business / consumer blogs (incl. Etan)

• 9 entertainment blogs

• 7 lifestyle blogs

Community Bloggers

• The Disney Blog – thedisneyblog.com

• Pulse of Central Florida – pulseofcentralflorida.com

• The Daily City – thedailycity.com

things to do

Tweetups

meet ups

Only 17 are Internet and Technology!

volunteering

volunteering cont

more nonprofits and volunteers

local music

orlando arts + entertainment

the o-mag

Where do we go from here?

• Government use of New Media Tools

• Educational use of New Media Tools

• More bands, artists, filmmakers, etc

• Smaller niche groups continue to grow (user gorups, tweetups, etc)

• Spammy local businesses trying to game system

What I would like to see…What I would like to see…

More use of mobile technology from local companies

…and that is Orlando getting cooler in 5 minutes…