The Expanding Universe of AZOOMA.org*
 From Bruce Hembd, AZOOMA Webmaster To better fulfill our mission of spreading the word about AZOOMA and Arizona Opera, AZOOMA now maintains a variety of web accounts and spaces in the "Web 2.0" universe. The AZOOMA network currently includes:
- The main site
This is the main hub where general information about AZOOMA may be found. This includes our mission statement, contact information, our personnel, an FAQ and more.
- A Google-based BlogSpot
A blog (web log) of informative and topical articles and announcements. It raises current issues and heightens the main site's visibility. This is the hub of our blog.
- A Yahoo MyBlogLog
This account imports our current Google BlogSpot into the popular Yahoo Blogesphere. Visitors may subscribe to our blog via an RSS feed and other popular widgets. This also connects AZOOMA to a vast network of bloggers via the built-in Yahoo community.
- A
Technorati account.
Another popular blogger site.
- Feedburner (and FeedSweep)
Popular blogging tools that allow the AZOOMA blog to be posted and distributed to an even wider audience. See example.
- MySpace and Facebook
These popular social networks extend our reach to established communities and younger audiences. These networks also allow AZOOMA to broadcast news and announcements to a vast pool of "friends" and supporters.
- A Wikipedia article
This article establishes AZOOMA as an entity within a very popular online community encyclopedia.
- A listing on ArizonaWebSites.net
A business directory where other Arizona business are listed.
- A Google Picasa Photo Album
Images taken by photographer Claudia Botterweg of our musicians in rehearsals and in the pit.
Kudos and Recognition AZOOMA.org has also been recently recognized on a prominent arts blog. Part of the parent network Inside the Arts, Jason Heath's Arts Addict on December 11th gave kudos and a positive review, noting that while many musician organizations have web sites, AZOOMA.org is unique in its use of a main Flash site, blog, video and social networks.
"This blog provides an excellent window into the inner workings of an opera orchestra. This is information that, with rare exception, you simply won't get from an official arts organization," states Mr. Heath.
Jason Heath's blog is part of a network of sites connected with Adaptistration.com. He gives "kudos to the AZOOMA musicians" and further comments that we are "definitely onto something here with this site."
*originally published at:
http://azooma.blogspot.com/2007/12/
expanding-universe-of-azoomaorg.html
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