conferences

It’s the beginning of a new year, and as our thirst for social media education and learning best practices from other businesses is only on the increase, there’s no better time to start planning to attend the best social media conferences that 2013 has plans to offer us than now.[read more]

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Intelligent live tweeting helps you make a positive impression up there on the big conference screen and may well help you make contacts and friendships. It might look easy, but it's a real skill. Read these tips to learn how to make a good impression and avoid the pitfalls.[read more]

Associations invest a huge amount of effort into creating great conference experiences, but that only provides member value over a 2 or 3 day period. What about the rest of the year?[read more]

"Join me at PivotCon in NYC on October 18 for an exclusive session with 30 top brands who will share their stories of moving from unconnected experiments in social to designing and rolling out playbooks, measurement dashboards, employee enablement programs, brand advocacy programs - all in the name of getting big impact from social."[read more]

I do not like panels. I don’t like being on them or listening to them. There is an exception to this – that is that every single person on that panel is both very passionate about the topic and are experts...I’d much rather hear tips and then have one story that shows how you applied and benefitted from the tip. In other words, I don’t want it to be about you, I want you to apply what you know to help me.[read more]

As a marketer, the appeal of SocialDevCamp Chicago is in its uniqueness. Let's face it: if you're interested in social media in any capacity, there are no shortage of industry events to attend. But there are few that offer the opportunity to network with business executives and developers alike.[read more]

Recently I was doing some research putting together a list of upcoming social media conferences, and since so many of you are looking for the same information, I thought I'd share my list with you here. I'll keep this updated as I find/hear about new conferences, and if you know of a social media conference that's coming up, please...[read more]

Everyone and his uncle, it seems, is hosting some kind of social media event these days.  But I'd like to point out a couple which should be on your calendar, and why. Francois Gossieaux, Lois Kelly and Hylton Jolliffe have been looking at what we now refer to as social media and online community long before most people knew what...[read more]

If you thought this was going to be some kind of Darwinian rant, you'll probably want to stop reading right here. This is about the CRM Evolution '09 conference that took place last week in NYC, sorry... I expected to get a little R&R from this year's conference - no not rest and relaxation. Too much to do and see for that to...[read more]

When we think about speakers' bureaus, it's useful to think that they are about the organizations first the speakers second. This will place the proper perspective for this conversation - hosted at this moment by Geoff Livingston at The Buzz Bin about why women do not seem to be represented fairly on speakers' rosters at conferences....[read more]

Although I came of age at the height of the so-called Flower Power and Women's Lib movements, the extent of my feminist activism was trying to join a men's intramural snooker team as a freshman at Baylor University. Actually, that wasn't even my idea; the guys I hung out with in the Student Union wanted to draft me because I frequently...[read more]

I have a busy week coming up with 3 talks on 3 amazing topics at 3 diverse un/conferences. Here are the details: Event Style Show: Expo and AwardsHost: BizBashTalk: Gen 2.0: Join the Viral Marketing Revolution9:15am February 20, 2008 Direct Energy Centre, Toronto Social Media MarketingHost: Open DialogueTalk:”Social Media...[read more]

Just a quick post to let you know about two upcoming conference speaking gigs.  The interesting thing about them is that both deal with the virtual, but in two very different ways.  I hope I'll see some of you there. PSFK New York Conference First up, I will be moderating a session about Collaborative Working at the PSFK...[read more]

I was offered a wonderful opportunity that, unfortunately, I had to pass up... a trip to Hawaii to be part of the Aloha Summit, March 18-19, a masterminds workshop on social media hosted by two of the tech and marketing end of the blogosphere's most notable figures, Dave Taylor and Andy Beal. Here's how Andy describes it... The Aloha...[read more]

The third edition of the Office 2.0 Conference will take place at the St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco, CA, on September 3-5, 2008. The event's format will be similar to last year's, learning from the valuable lessons we received along the way. Please feel free to contact us for details on speaking and sponsorship opportunities. Link...[read more]

Social Media step you can take right now The complaint I hear most often at search and social media conferences is that while the content of the sessions is excellent, it's at a high-level and very general.  They want specifics. What can I do right now, how do I get started? is the question I often get...[read more]

Just a quick post to let everyone know that I have been asked to guest-blog for the ASAE blog, Acronym, while at the Great Ideas Conference in Orlando this coming weekend. Which will be BIG FUN, if totally nerve-wracking at the same time. So I may be on a slight hiatus from blogging here for the next few days, while I try and get my...[read more]