ChrossTalk has become my new and all consuming project at the Network. We sent the first two interviews to the Director of New Media, and if given approval by his superior, our podcasts will appear on the Network's website and Facebook page, which has 200,000+ "likes." Suffice it to say, that would be an amazing opportunity. What's more, Chip is in contact with the Brown Daily Herald (BDH) and the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI).
As someone who socially networked (i.e. on the internet) poorly in high school, I had to slog through other blogs yesterday, learning how to promote ChrossTalk via new media. Designing and constructing the blog was relatively easy. In an effort to spread the word, Chip and I blasted an email to 100s of people on our email lists. I created a ChrossTalk twitter and Facebook page and attempted to synchronize them with the ChrossTalk site. All the while, Chip worked and is working on our rrs feed and creating subscriptions on Itunes. We submitted our url to google crawl and hope in the coming weeks that our site will be the first to appear on the google search engine. It's difficult now getting the systems in place, but then again, we're just a start-up. This a brave new world into which I'm venturing.
In Biology we learned about two reproductive strategies -- K-selection and R-selection. K-selection refers to those species who rear a few children, but take care of them and invest in their survival, like elephants and humans. R-selection refers to those species who produce 1000s of children and hope a few survive. In that spirit, I've employed R-selection for coordinating interviews, also known as "fire-and-forget." I've sent out probably 30 queries, and so far only two have confirmed, a few more denied, and most have not responded. When it comes to organizing interviews through July, I'm in limbo.
As a side note, Chip and I gave Chris a squash lesson: I'm good cop, he's bad cop.
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