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March 23, 2009
A Call for Speakers (and Characters): The 140 Characters Conference: June 16/17 in NYC
Today I am announcing a new event, The 140 Characters Conference, an event that will explore the effects of twitter on: Celebrity, The Media and Advertising. 140 Characters Conference will be taking place June 16-17 at New World Stages in New York City.
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I have been a fan of twitter since I started using it in February 2007, and for the past year I’ve been thinking about producing an event which had a core focus about twitter.
During the past year, twitter continued to have a profound effect in a number of areas, and rather than just being an observer of such trends I thought the time was right to invite up to 140 Characters (people) to come forward and participate in the discussion.
With today’s “Call for Speakers” I am looking for creative, out-of-the-box thinkers to come forward and pitch me something relevant they would like to discuss from inside the respective worlds of: Celebrity, “The Media” and Advertising. Politics is another area which may be covered, depending upon how this event shapes up.
My hope is to attract not only established celebrities, members of the media and advertising thought leaders who are now using twitter, but those who have become a celebrity, and a brand in their own right, through the creative and disruptive application that twitter continues to be.
I’m looking for first-hand accounts of how twitter is being used and the impact it is happening in the industry sectors this event is focusing on. My goal is to bring together the right group of characters to both lead and contribute to the discussions.
I genuinely believe that 140 of the right characters can impact 140,000 online participants to the event. And I believe that the knowledge shared and learned at this event will help bring more people into the twitter community. The take aways from this event will provide the attending delegates knowledge, perspectives and insights to the next wave of effects twitter will have on business.
So please, think about what YOU could contribute to the dialog, and who you may know who would be interested in being part of this event. #140conf is the twitter hashtag for the event. I would appreciate your help in spreading awareness of this new conference.
What I hope to bring together is a gathering of people with a variety of backgrounds and together explore the future of where things are going and how to best prepare the community at large to get there.
If you are interested in speaking at: 140 Characters Conference, and or would like to suggest a speaker, please tweet your nomination to #140conf. I will be checking the twitter stream on a regular basis for nominations. You can also contact me by sending email to: jeff@pulver.com. The deadline for speaking proposals is: Friday, April 10th but the first to be nominated will be the first I consider for the event.
I am also looking for sponsors and for exhibitors to be part of our twitter showcase. My goal is to have a special section of the show just for twitter applications and a Best Of Show Award for killer twitter apps. For more information about sponsoring and exhibiting, please send email to: jeff@pulver.com.
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Tags: 140conf, social media, 140 Characters Conference, twitter, Jeff Pulver
Posted by jeff on March 23, 2009 08:07 AM | Permalink
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Comments
Jeff I would love to attend! Twitter By The Sea Conference Cruise came together by Twitter Friends. It will be a annual event! Wishing you success with your conference. I will review my calendar to see if I can attend!
Posted by: Sharnese LaNier at May 6, 2009 06:02 PM
Hi Jeff,
I sent you an email earlier from my work email addy. Had just come upon info on this conference.
Would love to attend and share the South African Twitter and Journalism experience. Plse let me know details and if still possible to particpate even tho I've missed the deadline.
Posted by: ummjo at April 22, 2009 01:41 PM
Apparently I've been living under a rock lately - just now got over here to see this. Knowing you Jeff, this is bound to be an amazing event.
After it is? Consider bringing it somewhere "out West" and I'll be there for sure!
Without Twitter, my life would be very different today. Hope you get one of our East Coast Elevenmoms there - don't forget that we were formed via Twitter ;)
~GeekMommy
Posted by: Lucretia Pruitt at April 9, 2009 06:58 PM
I suggest you get Zach Braiker to speak aka @quiverandquill
Posted by: Jesse Friedman at April 2, 2009 11:53 AM
For an international Speaker look at @wendydavie also @twitchhiker would be brilliant
Posted by: Wendy Davie at March 31, 2009 06:15 PM
Recommend speaker. Tmeet.me founder Sujamthe.
She groks HCI and platform API's, very active in social media runs Facebook connect meetup and bebo api meeetup. I'm a big fan.
http://tmeet.me/
Posted by: clibou at March 27, 2009 02:08 PM
Jeff, I’d love to speak at your event. As a Shorty Award winner for tweeting as @PeggyOlson (who garnered more press than any other Shorty winner), I’ve certainly become “Internet famous” via Twitter. At least that’s what many people I met at SXSW had to say. :-)
But tweeting as a Mad (Wo)man is just one of many Twitter endeavors I’ve engaged in. I actually have over 30 Twitter accounts. I use a dozen of them on a regular basis. They cover multiple business categories, including music, pet products, professional services, special events, travel, non-profit and personal with a combined follower list of over 30,000. While that seems like small potatoes now that TV celebrities can garner hundreds of thousands of followers in just a few weeks, I think it puts me in a unique position to offer insight about BEHAVIOR on Twitter – which is what marketers are interested in.
Celebrities (including social media rock stars), may have only one or two Twitter accounts – and most of their fans/followers will interact with them in the same way. But managing accounts across multiple disciplines has provided me with an excellent understanding of how followers react to different personae under different scenarios.
I don’t want to bloviate too much on your blog, so I’ll send you the formal pitch via email. I just wanted to throw my hat in the ring! BTW, I’ll be speaking on a related topic at the OnHollywood Conference on April 29th: http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/31243
I’ll mention your conference at that event because I do think you’ve got a great idea!
Posted by: Carri Bugbee at March 26, 2009 03:52 PM
I'd love to come to the conference, if it wasn't on the day before and of the NYS Regents Exam in English, which is a very important exam for my senior year of high school. Otherwise, I'm a Twitter addict, and I'm situated in the Big Apple, so if you can find another date, I'd be there in a heartbeat.
Posted by: Michael Perlman at March 25, 2009 09:03 PM
I'd love to come and talk about open standards and open source software to free up microblogging.
Also: you need Akismet.
Posted by: Evan Prodromou at March 25, 2009 01:42 PM
What about doing either a pre-event, post event or separate event virtually for those who can't attend in New York?
Posted by: Katherine at March 25, 2009 10:46 AM
hi there!
i'd like to nominate BlogDiva to speak.
sounds like it will be a great event!
Justice Fergie
www.blogaliciousweekend.com
Posted by: Justice Fergie at March 24, 2009 11:36 PM
Hey Jeff,
I'm pushing for Liza Sabater as a speaker, AKA blogdiva on twitter.
Cheers
Posted by: Emachi at March 24, 2009 08:56 PM
love to help out if you want stocktwits to particpate. happy to be a speaker for u
Posted by: howard lindzon at March 24, 2009 03:38 PM
Nicely pitched, Jeff.
How about having some of the most famous twitter faux celebrities as speakers as well? ;-)
P.S. I'm sure you are loving the SEO dirty tricks effort going on in this comment section.
Posted by: Matthew Quint at March 23, 2009 10:15 PM
This is great! I’m excited and planning to visit the event in New York.
This is for you, Jeff:
http://www.mbc09.de/2009/03/the-140-characters-conference-june-1617-in-nyc/
Posted by: Cem Basman at March 23, 2009 03:56 PM
Sounds like a great way to come together and learn from one another. Count me in!
Posted by: Marla Bosworth at March 23, 2009 11:21 AM