Hey, TV Room Host! Want to level up in awesomeness?

After reading and experimenting with Awesomeness 101,

You’re now ready for Awesomeness 102. Read on!

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In Awesomeness 101 we looked at: o  How to set up your profile o  How to set up a TV Room o  Functionality you can use to engage your TV Room community:

q  Start the convo with things that get people excited, happy, angry or sad.

q  Pin posts to get a central conversation happening. q  Tag people to get them involved in the conversation. q  Send a ping once a week to engage room fans around content in

your room. q  Respond to users who open conversations. q  Be mindful that we are in three timezones, so be cautious of spoilers. q  Make your room description and picture awesome.

RECAP OF AWESOMENESS 101

Create games in your TV Room to engage the community in your room. Consider: •  Trivia •  Quizzes •  Games. •  Caption This Game •  Fill in the Blanks •  Hypothetical - which character would you take

to a desert island?

CONTENT IDEAS

To p 1 0 c o u n t d o w n l i s t , r e l e a s e d o v e r a f e w w e e k s |

C o n v e r s a t i o n c h a i n - a s k a q u e s t i o n , t h e n e x t p e r s o n

m u s t a n s w e r a n d p o s t a q u e s t i o n | N a m e a s n a m e x f r o m

t h i s c a t e g o r y | R o l l i n g f a n fi c t i o n - p o s t a p a r a g r a p h |

F a v o u r i t e s h o w q u o t e | T h i s v s T h i s | F a v o u r i t e t h i n g

a b o u t t h e s h o w ? | G u e s s t h e c h a r a c t e r | D i d y o u k n o w |

A - Z o f x s h o w | A d v i c e f o r c h a r a c t e r | F i n d a n d

p r o m o t e f a n a r t | 6 d e g r e e s o f K e v i n B a c o n | S o n g

c h a l l e n g e - h o w d o e s x s o n g r e l a t e t o t h i s s h o w ?

More ideas are:

CONTENT IDEAS

When creating trivia keep in mind: •  Accessibility – make it easy to begin with so people feel confident to answer.

Make the answer concrete and something people can answer in under 3 words. •  Context – if you’re doing a hard question, add an “ADVANCED” label so the

community don’t get discouraged if they don’t know it. •  Be consistent – if you’re doing a trivia night each week, make sure you do it on

the same day. •  Promote it – advertise it in the room over the previous few days, add it to your

room description and add a ping about it.

TRIVIA NIGHTS

•  Check out the room each week and see what people are talking about. •  Can you create content, a meme, a quiz or trivia inspired by these

comments?

WHAT ARE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT?

Get people excited about show day! Post in the afternoon before the show with one of the big cliffhanger questions to get people speculating. It is a good idea to @mention your room regulars. This means, when people come to the room they have something to talk about immediately. Example: “Who will fight Tyrion’s match? @Sara, @Mary what you do think?” Chat during the show Ask open questions, respond to other users and keep the conversation flowing. Send a ping 1 hour before the show to remind people it's on, or to engage in the conversation you posted in the afternoon.

CHAT DURING THE SHOW

The conversation doesn’t just need to happen during the show! The next day Discuss the show with an open question - what moment made you laugh, cry or get angry? It doesn't need to be the end of show cliffhanger. Example: "this was my favourite quote from Jon Snow last night. What was yours?"

A few days later in the week: Between the episode, consider content that is around the theme of the show - this could be trivia, a hypothetical discussion about characters, behind the scenes gossip, or related to the show world. Example: “Would you live in Mereen or North of the wall?”

CHAT DURING THE WEEK

•  Be a room host, to encourage people in the room to talk to each other. Actively encourage other members to interact to break the barriers of lurking and liking.

•  For Example: “I’m not sure of the answer- but I maybe @Toby would know!”

INTRODUCE ROOMIES TO EACH OTHER

•  If you see new people commenting in your room, do a post to welcome them. This will make them feel a part of your community and more confident to post.

•  Ask them a friendly question to get to know them. •  Don’t forget to tag them in your welcome.

•  Example: “Welcome to @Mary who has joined the room! Mary, who is your favourite character in the show?”

WELCOME NEWBIES

•  Consider how you will reward your community for getting involved! This helps people feel appreciated and want to return.

•  Examples of this is Comment of the Week, Fan Of The Week, or Trivia Leaderboard.

SHARE THE LOVE

•  Keep in mind that some people some want a conversation. Some just want to comment. Learn the difference in your community and don’t engage.

KNOW WHEN TO BACK OFF

In this example, this user didn’t want to engage in any conversation about the topic, just wanted to say their opinion:

•  You can report someone’s comment. When it recieves multiple reports, will be fed through to Beamly staff to review.

REPORT INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS

Beamly has a set of Community Guidelines, which we expect all members to abide by: http://click.beamly.com/beamly-community-guidelines/

COMMUNITY GUIDELINES

A FRIENDLY REMINDER: If someone is behaving inappropriately, often a gentle reminder of the guidelines is all that is needed: Hi, NAME. Just a quick reminder about our community guidelines. Please be aware that we may have to remove some comments or block some users from commenting on this page if they repeatedly breach these guidelines. Here’s a link to our community guidelines if you haven’t had a chance to check them out earlier: http://click.beamly.com/beamly-community-guidelines/

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HORIZONTAL IMAGES ALL THE WAY

q  Post games to get your community engaged, like Trivia. q  Can your community inspire you to create new posts? q  Post content during the week to get your community talking. q  Be a host an encourage other people to chat to each other. q  Welcome new room members and ask them a question to get them

involved. q  Reward your community for getting involved with something like “Featured

Comment of The Week”. q  Recognize when people don’t want to engage and back away from that

convo, report people’s posts if needed. q  Post room pics horizontally so it can been seen across all devices.

AWESOME 102 RECAP

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