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Social Media Face to Face is Ace.

November 28th, 2007 by Doug

This morning (Nov 28), I attended the second Jeff Pulver Facebook event in the last few weeks. Why blog about it? We’re all social media types at these things, reading each others’ blogs, Utterz, Twitters, etc., anyway, right?

Well, there’s nothing like catching up with people in person once in a while. There is still no substitute. This goes for client meetings, press briefings, and any relationships. There are things you can do, impressions you can make, in person that you can’t do as well in text, over the Internet, or even on the phone.

A couple small examples of in-person interaction are below, posted via one of the new social media tools many of us discussed today, Seesmic.

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The Future of Social Media: Boston, December 6th, 6pm

November 28th, 2007 by Todd Van Hoosear

Will the social media bubble burst? Join the Social Media Club Boston for an open discussion on the future of social media on the evening of December 6th (immediately following the Farewell Reception for the 2nd Annual SNCR Research Symposium & Awards Gala).

Thursday, December 6th
6:00pm - 9:30pm
Boston Ballroom, Colonnade Hotel
FREE!

Register on the Boston SMC Wiki. Hope to see you there, and special thanks to SNCR for making this possible!

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$100 off SNCR Research Symposium & Awards Tickets

November 28th, 2007 by Todd Van Hoosear

Through our affiliation with Social Media Club, we’re able to offer up to $100 off the cost of tickets to the SNCR Research Symposium & Awards ceremony in Boston next week–see the pricing and discount codes below!

The SNCR Symposium & Awards Gala will feature the latest research on social media and emerging modes of communication, as well as winning case studies from around the globe (including our own client Scuderi Group).

Here are a few of the program highlights:

* Opening Keynote: SNCR Senior Fellow Dr. Nora Ganim Barnes, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth - “The State of the Art in Social Media Adoption: From Colleges & Universities to America’s Largest Charities to the Inc. 500″

In this opening keynote address, SNCR Senior Fellow Dr. Nora Ganim Barnes will set the stage for the winning case studies and landmark research that will be presented during the rest of the event. Her presentation will compare data collected from more than 450 colleges and universities to other new studies on the Inc. 500 and other companies, as well as America’s largest charities to provide insight into the current state of social media adoption in the U.S.

* SNCR Research Presentation: “New Media, New Influencers & Implications for the PR Profession,” featuring SNCR Fellows John Cass, Paul Gillin, Richard Nacht, & Greg Peverill-Conti

How are organizations are defining, communicating with and measuring “new influencers,” and how they are wielding their own influence using social media and new communications tools? Hear success stories and recommendations for the PR profession.

* SNCR Senior Fellow Joseph Carrabis: “The Blogging Power Continuum: How Bloggers & Their Audiences Share & Assign Power in a Knowledge-Based Medium”

Learn new methods to create and foster healthy social behavior in this new knowledge-based medium.

* Closing Keynote: SNCR Senior Fellow Shel Israel & SNCR Corporate Member Mike Prosceno - “Global Social Media Trends” (based on the SAP Global Social Media Survey)

Join Shel and Mike as they discuss the survey results and its hopeful findings that power is moving from large central organizations into the
hands of the constituents they serve.

* Featured Case Studies: Be inspired by the diverse social media initiatives that companies like Dell, Scuderi Group, GM and Sun Microsystems are leading. Hear about the many innovative ways that social media, ICT and mobile media are being used by leading nonprofit organizations like the American Heart Association, H.E.L.P. and the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. Learn how to create innovative and dynamic online communities and successful Second Life initiatives from Cisco, Coca-cola, Converseon and others.

Download the brochure for the full program or visit http://www.sncr.org/symposium for more information and online registration.

Special Pricing & Discounts for Social Media Club Members:

Symposium + Awards Gala - $395. (reg. pricing $495)
Use discount code: SNCR100

Symposium only - $295. (reg. pricing $395)
Use discount code: SNCR295

Awards Gala Dinner only - $100. (reg. pricing $150)
Use discount code SNCR50

REGISTER ONLINE at http://www.sncr.org/symposium

About the SNCR:
The Society for New Communications Research is a global nonprofit think tank dedicated to the advanced study of new communications tools, technologies and emerging modes of communication, and their effect on traditional media, professional communications, business, culture and society. For more information, visit: http://www.sncr.org

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