Tech: Beginners & Improvers Tunes Ses. (BITS)

Subject: Tech: Beginners & Improvers Tunes Ses. (BITS)
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 15 Sep 15 - 03:24 AM

Hi Folks,

as on offshoot from Beginners & Improvers Tunes Sessions as organised at Festivals by, amongst others,

Tune works

A group of have started BITS

https://www.facebook.com/groups/502906953217878/ - on facebook to promote BITS and share good practice.

If you run a BITS or want to go to one check out our facebook

Best wishes

Subject: RE: Tech: Beginners & Improvers Tunes Ses. (BITS)
From: Brakn
Date: 15 Sep 15 - 03:57 AM

Facebook

Subject: RE: Tech: Beginners & Improvers Tunes Ses. (BITS)
From: Stanron
Date: 15 Sep 15 - 05:08 AM

Are you lot in the pay of facebook? Some of us view social media as a spawn of the devil and also, possibly, a marketing trap aimed at parting me, personally, from my money, data, and self respect.

We might still be interested in tunes.

Subject: RE: Tech: Beginners & Improvers Tunes Ses. (BITS)
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 15 Sep 15 - 05:12 AM

Thanks Mike,

don't know what went wrong there

Les

Subject: RE: Tech: Beginners & Improvers Tunes Ses. (BITS)
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 15 Sep 15 - 05:44 AM

"Some of us view social media as a spawn of the devil and also, possibly, a marketing trap aimed at parting me, personally, from my money, data, and self respect. "

You may be right Stanron but isn't most of the www thus?

facebook is a good way of sharing ideas an contacts.

Best wishes

Subject: RE: Tech: Beginners & Improvers Tunes Ses. (BITS)
From: Brakn
Date: 15 Sep 15 - 08:34 AM

As is Mudcat.

Subject: RE: Tech: Beginners & Improvers Tunes Ses. (BITS)
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 17 Sep 15 - 04:24 AM

Ok Folks our facebook is gathering people and sessions:


https://www.facebook.com/groups/502906953217878/

The page has no internal organisation yet - I think that is one of the problems with facebook.

Subject: RE: Tech: Beginners & Improvers Tunes Ses. (BITS)
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 18 Sep 15 - 03:54 AM

Any suggestions for organising what we do on facebook?

Subject: RE: Tech: Beginners & Improvers Tunes Ses. (BITS)
From: GUEST,Peter
Date: 18 Sep 15 - 05:13 AM

If you want to publish organised information then you should be using a proper website not Facebook.

Subject: RE: Tech: Beginners & Improvers Tunes Ses. (BITS)
From: Noreen
Date: 18 Sep 15 - 05:55 AM

What sort of organising do you mean, Les? You can organise and publicise events on facebook, for example.

Subject: RE: Tech: Beginners & Improvers Tunes Ses. (BITS)
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 18 Sep 15 - 02:00 PM

Peter is quite correct websites are much better for presenting and organising information. By which I mean putting contact details, venues and times and events into some geographical format so that people seeking BITS can find them easily.

Here is a rather excellent one:

In Greater Manchester etc.

facebook is good for sharing quick bits (!) of information but not so good for more permanent stuff

V
Cheers

Subject: RE: Tech: Beginners & Improvers Tunes Ses. (BITS)
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 20 Sep 15 - 07:41 AM

Bit of an update here:

BITS

Subject: RE: Tech: Beginners & Improvers Tunes Ses. (BITS)
From: Mo the caller
Date: 20 Sep 15 - 10:31 AM

One possible way (maybe) of organising. Encourage all the BITS to have their own FB page - I see Chester has already. Then list them as a File, or list links to websites. I don't know if a group can have a list of 'friends' or 'like' another group.

More work for you I suppose, but if you updated contact details in the File when it was mentioned on your page it would save people scrolling down through years of posts.

Subject: RE: Tech: Beginners & Improvers Tunes Ses. (BITS)
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 20 Sep 15 - 11:35 AM

Thanks Mo, I will explore the file idea - that's probably the best bet unless someone wants to set up a website

Subject: RE: Tech: Beginners & Improvers Tunes Ses. (BITS)
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 24 Oct 15 - 01:36 PM

Hi Folks BITS seems to have taken off a bit (!) Quite a few around the UK:

BITS in the UK This Group has been set up so that people can find Beginners & Improvers Tunes Sessions (BITS) across the UK. It could also be a forum for sharing good practice.

Our Session in Manchester:

Songs & Tunes with The Beech Band