I was pleasantly
surprised when Team Photokatha* offered me an opportunity as curator of their Twitter
handle - @photokatha.
I was to conduct their
weekly #Travelkatha quiz.
So far I had been on the
other side of curation- as an avid Twitter-Contest player! Role-reversal then!
As I have never done
curation before and also owing to my most important and scarce resource- time,
I wanted to postpone the chance. But, then my love for travel & quizzing
made me pretty excited.
Also, I have been
planning to write about Odisha in my Blog for long. I decided that this was my
chance to cover Odisha in the Quiz as I feel this state needs focus &
publicity as many people aren’t even aware of its natural wonders & art & architectural
treasures.
The date and time for the #Travelkatha Quiz was
fixed for January 17th 2014 at 3 PM @photokatha
The friendly team was constantly in touch with me all throughout. They designed and shared the
cool Banners.
Based on the team’s
instructions, I managed to do a decent job that they were too kind to
acknowledge & encourage!
There was great
participation. Many Tweeps were very active and took part enthusiastically. I wish
to thank all those who contributed answers to the questions and appreciate
their efforts to share facts and images about Odisha.
It sure increased our Odisha
knowledge.
I had noticed the
efforts of everyone and had read every single tweet. Team Photokatha had also
chipped in throughout.
The Quiz was over at 7
PM.
Later, after the Quiz
ended, I signed off and logged on to my Twitter account.
I wanted to personally tweet and thank all those who had joined in and were engaged… I had even started doing so & then I stopped when I realized
that it’s a good number & I need to invest more time and effort to do that!
Hence, sent a general tweet!
This is to thank all the participants, contributors & Team Photokatha.
You all are awesome! THANKS!
I was so involved with
the Odisha Quiz that I skipped lunch yesterday and even missed the Breaking
News…
I wish I were Santa
Claus- I’d gift everyone! For this Quiz, two winners will get the two prizes.
But, for me, all are winners.
I know how disappointed
one feels when not picked as a winner.
Being a Curator, I realized many things.
My learnings-
Fast Internet Connectivity is needed to handle
so many tweets! My Internet decided to ditch me even when I was not playing a contest,
rather curating one! (Harrowing time with a lag in posting tweets while trying
to reestablish internet connection!)
Tweet analysis, deserving
winners judgment & great curation is challenging when the participants are
so many and unfortunately only 1-2 can be declared winners.
Sharing all event-related info and timely
response to all queries is important & demands a sharp eye for detail &
effort! Curator needs to be responsible!
Despite an honest attempt, a novice curator can
commit mistakes in haste, yet receive kind words! I made a mental note of all the lessons I learnt. This was a learning-experience.
Retweeting & Favoriting all the tweets is not possible! Some tweets had awesome facts but were in ALL CAPS, others had spelling errors of facts...
If you wish to be Curator, contact @photokatha
:)
*About Photokatha
Photokatha
believes in story telling via photographs. Be it your travel
expeditions or foodie escapes, you can share your
stories with them.
(When my Blog's readers asked if there
were any prizes for guessing the place, I realized that I am yet to have
a Blog giveaway though now
I have sponsored a Twitter contest for the first time! Time to be
Curator of my Blog!)
