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February 21, 2009

Announcing: Social Media Jungle - Boston

Social Media Jungle Boston will be taking place on March 10, 2009 at Sun Microsystems in Burlington, MA.

Social Media Jungle: Boston will address how social media is changing the way we work and live. A full day of program sessions includes discussions about social media from both a personal perspective and business perspective. Delegates attending Social Media Jungle:Boston will get a candid look at how companies can motivate consumers through social media to drive product sales without increasing costs.

The Social Media Jungle events bring together people with diverse backgrounds. The one thing many of the delegates have in common is their passion for social media and a desire to better understand how to leverage social media in their business and in some cases on a personal basis. Attending delegates in the past have included executives responsible for: Marketing, Advertising, PR, Strategy, Operations, as well as company presidents and CXOs.

This one day summit has unique format which I have developed based on my 13+ years experience producing events and conferences.

At Social Media Jungle, there are no “speakers” but rather Discussion Leaders. The discussion leaders have been told the event will be a “Powerpoint Free Zone.” These pretty amazing people were not invited to talk about their company, product, service or application, but rather the topic in the area of Social Media which they were the most passionate about. And from the proposals received, I acted as the “editor” and put together what I believe to be a great event.

At Social Media Jungle, our discussion leaders will be presenting their talk as if they were sharing a blog post. And the people in the room will be asked to provide immediate comments to the content being shared which in turn will start a conversation. In other words, our event will be filled with an engaged audience and a group of people who will have a great opportunity to explore a variety of related topics inside of the social media space.

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SMJ Boston: Agenda
March 10, 2009
(as of Feb 21, 2009)

08:30 - 09:20 - Registration + “Real-time Social Networking”
09:20 - 09:40 - Jeff Pulver - “ Sometimes You need to be Vulnerable”
09:40 - 10:00 - C.C. Chapman - "It isn't a numbers game. The human side of social media"
10:00 - 10:20 - Richard Dale - “Twitter as the universal information stream: What if the Twitter stream told us every time a can of soda is sold?”
10:20 - 10:40 - Joe Cascio - “The Compuserve Era of Social Media - when and how will it end?”
10:40 - 11:00 - Doug Levin - “Social commerce, sometimes referred to as R-commerce (relationship commerce).”
11:00 - 11:20 - Laura Fitton - “Social Media for Social Good”
11:20 - 11:40 - Morning break
11:40 - 12:00 - Steve Garfield - "New Media Tools you can use to tell your story RIGHT NOW!"
12:00 - 12:20 - Justin Levy - “ How Small Business can use Inbound Marketing/Social Media to Help Increase Their Business”
12:20 - 12: 40 - [TBA]
12:40 - 2: 00 - Lunch
2:00 - 2:20 - Chris Penn - "It IS a numbers game - thinking about what numbers actually matter"
2:20 - 2:40 - Steven Dill - “Social Media Lessons Learned: From the perspective of a skeptical Online Marketer”
2:40 - 3:00 - Leslie Poston -”Bringing Generations Together For Success In The New Millennium”
3:00 - 3:20 - Matthew Mamet - "Using online video to strengthen your relationship with your online community."
3:20 - 3:40 - Maria Thurrell - “Social Media: Make new friends but keep the old ones.”
3:40 - 4:00 - Mike Lanford - “The evolution of conversation”
4:00 - 4:30 - Wrap up
4:30 - End of Day

(subject to change without notice)

Special thanks to Sun Microsystems for being our venue sponsor

Registration for Social Media Jungle: Boston is now open. Register for this event by clicking here.

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Tags: social media, Social Media Jungle, SMJBOS, Jeff Keni Pulver

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Comments

Yes Thats is a good idea.

Posted by: hikayeler at February 22, 2009 11:56 AM

I am excited to be back at a Social Media Jungle, and look forward to learning from and with my fellow discussion leaders.

Posted by: Leslie Poston at February 21, 2009 05:29 PM