Mr. Peelle has completed his submission for Oprah’s search for the next television star.
Here is the premise of the video.
People have a primal need to connect. This desire is so powerful we have built entire empires around helping people meet this need, and today we find ourselves in a unique place in time – we are in the infancy of a connection revolution. Social media websites and mobile applications are revolutionizing the way we connect with one another. There should be a television show that does the same.
We should leverage emerging technologies for every opportunity they have to strengthen traditional media. Rather than take an existing TV show and create a social media strategy around it, wouldn’t it be powerful to create a show that built social media engagement into the very fabric of the show from its inception? Its about being present in several streams of communication so we can engage a larger audience of viewers in an active dialogue. Let’s…connect.
Second Topic: What is Vokle? Their tagline is a place where you can meet your hero.
The Ren Men received an email a couple of days ago, from Vokle stating, “We have a new live q&a platform that’s aiming to connect public speakers, entertainers and artists with their audience. I wanted to personally reach out to you guys regarding a virtual q&a with your fans across the world to have an actual dialogue and also promote anything that you’re currently up to. (Speaking engagements, interviews, etc)
We’ve had online Q&A’s with people like Imogen Heap (grammy winner), Arianna Huffington (Huffington Post), Kevin Rose (Founder of Digg), Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater).
To be blunt, we need more diversity. It would be wonderful to see your show live, sharing new ideals with your audience as well as creating a broader, positive view on living life in general. I know for a fact that you guys would be big players in changing the face of live video communication.
I’d love to give you both a quick demo if you’re interested, please let me know. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Thanks!”
We want to hear from you, the Ren-Menions. Have you guys watched or participated in any Vokle videos? Any thoughts? Thanks in advance…
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Grant — The video was terrific. Very well done. You got my vote. Unfortunately, you have a significant uphill battle. You’re sitting at 273 votes while some other videos have more than 8 million votes.
But I don’t think it matters. Sure, it would be great to have the backing (especially financial backing) of Oprah and Mark Burnett, but it isn’t necessary. If this is what you want to do, then just do it. To steal a phrase from Gary Vee, there are no gatekeepers any more. You don’t need permission to do this. If you want to do it, then you can do it.
I’m pulling for you, Grant.
Thanks for the support…
Grant,
You got my vote among your 296 votes counting!
Did you think about having Crazy Willie submit a show concept? Perhaps a show about fashion? Maybe a touchy-feely Dr. Phil kind of show…Dr Willie???
Good luck,
Matt
Dr. Willie would be Grant’s first guest…
The logistics behind a Grant/Dr. Willie interview would be interesting, and certainly entertaining. Ramp up the tech crew for some split screen magic!
Dr. Willie would certainly need a good, broadly applicable catch phrase…something like “Kick him to the curb honey, you’re too good for that bum! Did we get it?”
Good stuff,
Matt
Great stuff…fine, fine suggestion, my friend…we will look into it…
hey ren-menions!
i’m with voke, i wanted to say we appreciate the article on us
i would definitely suggest you having a RenMen show, you guys would be amazing. Check out some past events to get the creative juices flowing: http://www.youtube.com/user/Vokle
best,
-shant
Shant,
Thanks for getting in touch with us…we had our setup meeting today…
Hmm. So Vokle seems to be an interviewing platform and a social network rolled up into one? The concept is interesting. However, their site could stand to be clearer and more concise…yikes is it confusing to a newbie. Looking forward to digging a bit more into it! Very exciting that they contacted you!
we’re actually pushing a big re-design in a couple days, so it’ll be much clearer at that point
/ stay tooned!
Thanks, Shant. Stay tooned, I will.