As conference chair, I get to present a couple of sessions, moderate a couple of panels, and generally stay in the middle of things throughout the event. It's a safe bet that everyone will learn something from this group. EventsI like blogs for developing and sharing ideas, but if you really want to see progress, you need to spend time with people, face to face. Notice which problems get them animated, and which topics bore them. Look in their eyes to see which ideas and working and which are not. As always, the conversations after the sessions will probably be even better. MORE >>

Home Consulting Products and Workshops Boulder Social Media Training How To Use Twitter To Grow Your Business How to Use Facebook to Grow Your Business Sink or Swim Webinar Facebook Tutorial Twitter Tutorial About Grandma Mary Contact me Subscribe How to Use Facebook Search to Find People, Groups and Pages September 15, 2010 Here’s a hot little tutorial on how to use the Facebook Search feature.  You can filter your results by People, Groups, Pages, Events and even Posts.  See what people are talking about on Facebook.  Do a little investigative searching. MORE >>

As a bit of an aviation geek, I enjoyed the day tremendously – there’s a lot to be said for gaining VIP access (and shelter from the rain) – but what I found really impressive was the way the event was hosted. Considering that this was Raytheon’s first international tweetup (with several participants flying from America to attend) I thought that there were several key things that other companies looking to host similar events should think about: 1. Regular communication leading up to the event. Conferences and events Jon Stokes raytheon social media events tweetup MORE >>

Think big massive events, large numbers of people…and many locations. That’s the best environment for satellite sites or pods with your hybrid event. satellite site is when a group of people gather together to watch a live stream from your main event. Creating satellites sites with your hybrid event is best described as creating your own television network. Creating satellite sites with your hybrid event is nearly the same thing. This will help extend the event experience and make it personal for each remote attendee. MORE >>

Within Chatter, there were numerous communities, including one for each of the 850 sessions, for attendees to ask questions, for speakers to post their presentations, and other communities, such as a wonderful group called Flyin’ Solo, set up for solo conference attendees to connect with one another. Through the group I met other marketers such as  Ken Hu of Soshio , Devon Carlson of Magellan Diagnostics , Jennifer Good of Access Intelligence , and Ann Freccero of Jaspersoft. Today’s guest post is by  Katherine Krieger. am an unabashed podcast geek. Networking. MORE >>