January 30, 2012

Synchronicity happens

After hearing the magical Rebecca Ferguson perform at #DLD12, first by accident during her pre-DLD opening sound check (I wasn't invited to it but somehow managed to be on-site and in the right place an hour before DLD started), and then during her scheduled spot in the conference, what were the odds we would also briefly chat on our flight to London from Munich three days later?

There is synchronicity around all of us. Try to identify the moments when the improbable and the impossible start to sync up. Enjoy the magic of synchronicity. Enjoy every moment. :)

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Tags: Rebecca Ferguson, DLD12, State of NOW, Jeff Keni Pulver

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January 29, 2012

Event: Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and friends) in Holon on February 14th

On Tuesday, February 14, 2012 I will be back in the greater Tel Aviv area and will be hosting my first Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and Friends) in Holon, this time from 0830 to 1030.

This breakfast will be taking place at the Holon Institute of Technology

I am looking forward to catching up with my friends.

To RSVP, please visit this event on Facebook.

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Tags: breakfast, Holon, social media, facebook, Social Media Breakfast, Jeff Keni Pulver

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#140conf Music Event: The Jessie Rose Trip in NYC

Members of the State of NOW / #140conf Community are invited to join #140conf Alumn, Steve Greenberg, and S-Curve Records recording artist: The Jessie Rose Trip when they perform at 6:45 PM on Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012 at Pianos.

Pianos is located at: 158 Ludlow @ Stanton St in Manhattan. (Please try to get to Pianos by 6:30 pm)

The Jessie Road Trip are visiting NYC from Manchester, UK and will be one of the artists at State of NOW / #140conf in June.

To get a feel of their sound, you can listen here.

If you are going to be in Manhattan on Tuesday evening, I hope you can join us. This is a free show. :)

RSVP over at: http://www.meetup.com/140conf/events/50019312/.

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Tags: Steve Greenberg, The Jessie Rose Trip, 140conf, State of NOW, Jeff Keni Pulver

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Being Fired Can Save your Life

Last Monday night, while attending the DLD 12 party in Munich I ran into Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald Securities. He was greeted with a bear hug from me.

From 1993 to 1996 I worked for Cantor Fitzerald whose offices were at One World Trade Center.

It was Howard's decision to fire me in July 1996 that saved my life.

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities lost 700+ people on 9/11. And I had the kind of job that would have had me at my desk at the time Tower 1 was hit on 9/11.

I enjoyed listening to Howard tell my friend Yossi Matias tell the story of how my appearance in a May, 1996 Sunday New York Times story about Internet Telephony lead to my firing. It felt great hearing Howard feel proud about the work I did after I left his company.

And when Howard was done telling his story, I came up to him and told him, "Thank you for saving my life."

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Tags: DLD12, Howard Lutnick, VoIP, luck, Jeff Keni Pulver

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January 19, 2012

The State of Now's (#140conf) Call For Speakers

Since June 2009, it has been my honor to offer the chance for people from many different walks of life, from all over the world to come to New York City and share their stories on our stage. In addition to our live in-house viewing audience, our speakers have had an online audience of over 100,000 via our UStream broadcasts. If you take into account the amplification from the social web, moments from these events have touched million(s) of people.

The State of NOW Experience

Though seemingly viewed as random connections, there are no accidents in the State of Now, but rather an underlying and growing feeling of synchronicity at our conferences.

We are a deeply connected community with heart, soul and purpose. In many cases, we've discovered amazing people who are doing transformational work, positively impacting others, and demonstrating the power of the real time Internet.

I'm now in the process of developing the content for our June conference and themes of finding meaning, giving back, and sharing heart-felt stories are some of the things I am looking for.

So, here is what I am asking: If you have a story, or if you know someone who has a story to share, and whose voice should be heard at the 2012 State of Now taking place on June 19 and 20 at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, I would love to hear from YOU.

Please visit: http://140conf.com/call-for-speakers and submit your proposal by February 3rd. (If you need an extension, please let me know.)

Hope to see you at State of NOW in June.

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Tags: 140conf, social media, State of NOW, twitter, Jeff Keni Pulver

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January 12, 2012

My talk with Rick Jensen (@Jensen1150WDEL): Delaware the Innovation State

On the afternoon of January 11, 2012 I had a meeting in Dover, Delaware with Governor Jack Markell.

On my way to the meeting I dropped by the WDEL studios and had a converation about my visit on-the-air with Rick Jensen (@Jensen1150WDEL).

Click HERE to listen to the interview. While the main focus was about Delaware as the Innovation State, we also touched on the State of NOW / #140conf events.

And if you are interested in helping to make Delaware the Innovation State, please feel free to contact me.

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Tags: Governor Jack Markell, Rick Jensen, innovation, WDEL, Jeff Keni Pulver

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January 08, 2012

Subscribe to 140Talks

To date, over 300 talks from past 140conf events have been posted to our YouTube Channel 140Talks.

Click here to subscribe:

You will get notified when new sessions are posted.

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Tags: 140talks, 140conf, social media, State of NOW, Jeff Keni Pulver

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January 07, 2012

Steve Greenberg Interviews David Broza at #140conf Tel Aviv

My friend Steve Greenberg, founder / CEO of S-Curve Records interviewed his friend, music artist David Broza on the stage of #140conf Tel Aviv 2011.

One of the best interviews / sessions we had at #140conf in 2011.

Tags: Steve Greenberg, David Broza, Tel Aviv, #140conf, music, Jeff Keni Pulver

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Dylan and Jake at 17

My kids continue to surprise me. And impress me. Now 17 years old, Dylan and Jake have become a force of nature inside the sneaker head community. I'm proud to be a dad of Sneakerheads. Two kids whose part time adopted job is to share their passion and their voice in Sneaker culture.

These days they run the blog SoleCamp ( http://solecamp.com ) and continue to contribute to the sneaker culture by their interactions with other members of the community via Twitter, Facebook, their blog and their random encounters at various sneaker events.

Without thinking about it, Dylan and Jake have become a force of nature and are setting an example of taking an opportunity and running with it. They didn't think about how hard it would be to establish a brand, a presence or to learn about the hobby or question why people would find what they had to say interesting. Instead, they just did it. They didn't ask anyone for permission. Running with their dream and being fueled by their joint passion, they have spent the past couple of years developing both a name and a brand for themselves and have earned the respect of others inside the sneaker head community - both the casual and hardcore hobbyists as well the store owners and even sneaker designers.

The bottom line is that Dylan and Jake have come into their own as they have learned to take their hobby seriously.

I just looked at their blog analytics and from December 5th, 2011 thru January 4th, 2012 they blog had:

-19,538 Total Visits
-17,462 Unique Visitors (from US (73.63%), Italy (7.71%), France (2.04%), Philippines (1.97%), UK (1.86%), Canada (1.41%), Germany (0.97%), Russia (0.96%), Netherlands (0.63%), Australia (0.55%))
-27,019 Total Pageviews

Pretty impressive showing for a pair of 17 year old kids who are pursing their passion and not doing anything to engage in search engine optimization. They are not spending a penny on advertising or doing anything special to bring people to their site.

Based on these numbers they have the foundation which could become a pretty valuable website which could pivot in a number of meaningful directions.

Last week I had the honor to attend a "Sneaker Release" with them at Extra Butter in Rockville Center, New York.

Go ahead and watch this video:

This was a Jake and Dylan Pulver production. Jake and Dylan took the time to get to the store about two hours before the midnight sneaker release. I came along for the ride. My kids started to camp out on the street, and then Jake took out their video camera. He started to think about the shots that he needed to capture in order to create this video. After the store opened both Jake and Dylan were welcomed by the owners as they filmed the first set of customers purchasing their new sneakers. When they were not filming, both Dylan and Jake worked the line of people waiting to get into the store like they belonged there, as they were amongst friends. Friends in some cases with people they never met before but whose presence they knew about from connecting with them on twitter and a number of other sneaker events around the metro NYC area.

Personally it felt like I was backstage at a rock concert and Dylan and Jake were checking in with other members of their band. The people on the line ranged from what seemed like teenagers to people in the 40s and older.

After watching them at this sneaker release, I realized that Dylan and Jake have grown up. They are their own people. They have direction. They have passion and their future is unwritten and unbounded.

And I am a proud dad.

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Tags: sneaker heads, Dylan Pulver, Jake Pulver, Extra Butter, soulcamp, Jeff Keni Pulver

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December 16, 2011

#140conf 2011 Holiday Party - December 27th in NYC

With the holidays upon us, I wanted to remind you about our upcoming #140Conf Party on December 27th in New York City at LQ.

If you have plans to be in, or travel to New York, please consider joining us for an evening with open bar, music, and a chance to network with friends - and meet new ones.

We'll start at 7 pm and run until 10 PM and maybe even carry on into the night:)

Party tickets are available for sale over at: http://www.amiando.com/140holiday11.html. Please share this invite to others who you think should join in the magic, goodness, and love of our community. Tickets are $40 in advance and $50 at the door.

See to you soon and Happy Everything!

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December 09, 2011

Catching up with Jeff Keni Pulver in December 2011:

This weekend I am heading back to Tel Aviv where I will be hosting a screening of Twittamentary in Holon on the evening of December 14th and a breakfast in Tel Aviv on December 20th.

On December 27th I will be hosting the #140conf 2011 Holiday Party in New York City and on the 29th I will be returning to the twin cities - Kitchner/ Waterloo, Ontario area to host my first #KWfestivus event at Caesar Martini's in Warterloo.

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Links:

Dec 14: Screening of Twittamentary -https://www.facebook.com/events/258402247542933/

Dec 20: Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and friends) in Tel Aviv - https://www.facebook.com/events/243818055681843/

Dec 27: #140conf 2011 Holiday Party in NYC - http://www.amiando.com/140holiday11.html

Dec 29 - #KWFestivus @ Caesar Martini's - http://guestlistapp.com/events/81471

Tags: breakfast, Tel Aviv, social media, twittamentary, #140conf, Jeff Keni Pulver

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November 28, 2011

Cyber Week Savings for #140conf Community X

Given today is "Cyber Monday" and the week of November 27th has been marketed as "Cyber Week", I thought today would be a great day to announce we have opened up registration for #140conf 2012 (June 19-20, 2012 in NYC).

Please consider giving yourself a gift, and investing in the #140Conf experience.

We have two types of tickets available for sale, at a significant discount, starting now and lasting until midnight (EST) on December 2nd.

- #140conf "Regular" ticket, US$ 90, (discounted from US$ 140), includes 2 day access to #140conf.

- #140conf "Professional" ticket, US$ 300, (discounted from US$ 500), includes 2 day access to #140conf, lunch at the 92nd Street Y on both days and a priceless invitation to attend the #140conf Speaker / VIP Cocktail Party on June 18, 2012.

To register, please visit: http://nyc2012.140conf.com/register

I hope your holiday season is off to a fine start.

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Tags: 140conf, social media, 140 Characters Conference, twitter, Jeff Keni Pulver

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November 23, 2011

Discovering and Finding Meaning

The #140 Conferences in 2011 were about discovering and finding meaning, and realizing that it’s not about technology. It really is about people, about how some people are discovering their voice and how other people are discovering other people’s voices. Amplification is occurring that is creating a reawakening of humanity on one level, spirituality on another level, and the ability to affect change all at the same time. You now have people who never realized that they had the power to influence and to do, who are.

I used to think that these platforms were transitory; that something would evolve into something else. What I didn’t realize at the time was that we are living through truly what is a social revolution. That is a social revolution as an “ism”.

We know history says things like Communism, Fascism, Marxism, and Capitalism. There are a lot of isms. This is the internet “ism”. It is one of the unintended consequences of 43 plus years of the Internet.

We are seeing what happens when you are living in a world where hundreds of millions of people can discover each other, and communicate directly; where barriers to entry and in fact gatekeepers slowly go away. We are seeing what happens when people discover each other, discover that they can feel and connect, and can touch and engage. We now have generations of people who realize that they are living in a world of 7 billion other people, and where for the first time in our human history every voice matters. There is profoundness in terms of where this brings us.

A Reawakening of Humanity

I believe we are seeing a reawakening of humanity. People are discovering and feeling, maybe for the very first time. They understand that they can actually stand up and affect change not even realizing that is what they are about to do.

Although I still think that there is a need to have face-to-face interaction with people. These technologies allow an intensity in terms of connectedness we can feel. When we can read someone’s Facebook status and start to cry as a result of it, or laugh hysterically, or just smile, we realize that through this digital medium, feelings are emanating. For example, if you have searched someone on twitter, or wrote something and you cried because of it, maybe it was the loss of someone, or maybe it was frustration, then you have experienced this connectedness. As a result, words are turning into feelings and those feelings are turning into synapses in our minds.

There is a different world out there. If we close your eyes, we will start to visualize a world, which is not necessarily the one in front of us. When we get to the point where we can start hearing people whose voices are based on what we are reading and believe that when we type something we are really speaking back, it is a much different place than what we see.

There is a virtualization even though we are in the physical. There is still something happening spiritually, that is touching, changing, and connecting many of us. Some of us, unfortunately are kind of numb to it. They do not get it. They feel something but they do not know why they feel it. There are other people who actually have this intense ability not only to feel, but sometimes affect positive change. So these technologies are helping us accelerate some things.

Where does this leave us in terms of negative consequences? Well, short term tactical, yes, there are probably some negative affects because nothing is perfect. We are always evolving. I would like to believe that there is such a thing as a good failure. We have good mistakes. We learn, we develop, and we apply. The only failure I think is not to use these technologies. To ignore them, that is the failure. To try them out and see where it goes, to see where it takes us, that is the blessing of being alive.

The Power and Meaning of One Hug A Day

In all of my travels in the U.S., Europe and Israel, I have learned to hug. I have learned the power and meaning of a hug a day. I believe if you hug someone today, it is like sharing with them a concept of embracing today, making today matter. I am finding that more and more people are hugging, more and more people are connecting, and they do not even know why, but they are. We will start to see the after affects of what it means to be better connected.

There is nothing in Israel that is different than in the States, that’s any different in Europe in terms of the ability for people to connect with others. We are all human beings after all.

We may have different issues here that are amplified based on the society that we live in, but at the end of the day we are still people, and there is that human energy that drives everything.

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Jeff Pulver is the Founder and Curator of the #140Conf Events Worldwide

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Tags: 140conf, social media, Tel Aviv, Hugs, Jeff Keni Pulver

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November 15, 2011

Call for Speakers: #140conf 2012 - June 19-20 2012 in NYC

The #140conf will be returning to the 92nd Street Y on June 19-20, 2012, where we will once again be exploring "The State of NOW."

This event is expected to be the largest worldwide gathering of people interested in the effects of the real-time Internet on both business and "me" the people. The 2012 event website is: http://nyc2012.140conf.com

As people's voices continue to be heard worldwide, and as we in the States will be entering the final lap of a US Presidential election cycle, the theme for our 2012 event is "Finding and Sharing Meaning."

If you are interested in having your voice heard at #140conf, please submit your speaking proposal over at: http://140conf.com/call-for-speakers - Only passionate people need apply. The deadline for speaking proposals is: February 3, 2012. The first people to submit will be the first considered for the speaking opportunity.

Also, if there is someone you are friendly with and whom you would like to nominate as a speaker, please feel free to do so.

Looking forward to receiving and reviewing the 2012 speaking proposals.

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Since 2009, some of the 800+ past speakers at our #140conf family of events include:

- Aaron Bleyaert (@BigBley) - Tonight Show Blogger, Celebrity Twitter Tracker
- Aaron Ray (@redbaron1200s) - Partner & Head of Digital, The Collective
- Aaron Strout (@AaronStrout) - CMO, Powered, Inc.
- Abdul Khan (@ImHungryinLA) - Co-founder, Verso Entertainment
- Adam Hirsch (@adamhirsch) - COO, Mashable.com
- Adam Ostrow (@adamostrow) – Editor-in-Chief, Mashable
- Adam Rifkin (@AdamRifkin) - Writer / Director, LOOK
- AJ Leon (@ajleon) – Chief Maker of Trouble, Pursuit of Everything
- Al Seckel (@insightfultoo) - Cognitive Neuroscientist
- Ala Shiban (@AlaShiban) – Entrepreneur and Software Engineer
- Alex Bellinger (@alexbellinger) - Journalist; Founder, SmallBizPod
- Alexia Tsotsis (@alexiatsotsis) - Tech/Business Lifestyle Reporter, LA Weekly
- Alexis Maybank (@giltfounder) - Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Gilt Groupe
- Alf LaMont (@Alflamont) - The Comedy Story
- Ali Cobrin (@AliCobrin) - Actress
- Alice Wilder (@alicewilder) - Psychologist and maker of Kidos, Blues Clues, Super Why and Think Ink
- Alicia Ybarbo (@AliciaYbarbo) – Producer, Today Show at NBC News + co-author "Today's Moms"
- Alison Kramer (@nummiesbras) - Owner of Nummies Nursing Bras
- Alissa Sheley (@alissasheley) – Director of Social Media, Jones Huyett Partners
- Aliza Sherman (@alizasherman)
- Alon Idan (@haaretz) – Senior editor, Haaretz
- Alon Nir (@TheKotel) – Founder, Tweet Your Prayers
- Amanda Greene (@LAlupusLady) – Alliance for Lupus Research
- Amanda Rose (@amanda) - Founder, @twestival
- Amber Rae (@heyamberrae) – creative catalyst + chief evangelist @projectdomino.
- Ami Ben Bassat – CEO, StartupSeeds.com
- Ami Greko (@ami_with_an_i) - Digital Marketing Manager, Macmillan.
- Amit Shafrir (@ashafrir) – President, Badoo
- Amy Cao (@amyblogschow) – Head of Community at @Foodspotting and creator of Stupidly Simple Snacks
- Amy DeMaria (@CF_Foundation) - Sr. Vice President of Communications, Cystic Fibrosis
- Amy Martin (@DigitalRoyalty) - Digital Royalty
- Amy Sample (@amyrsward) - connecting social change/benefit groups to social media tools
- Ana Marie (@anamariecox) - National Correspondent for Air America radio
- Andrea Syrtash (@AndreaSyrtash) - Author of 'He's Just Not Your Type (And That's a Good Thing)
- Andrew Keen (@ajkeen) - Author, Cult of The Amateur: How the Internet is Killing our Culture
- Andrew Kneale (@andrewkneale) - Transatlantic Project Coordinator. British Council
- Andrew Lih (@fuzheado) - Author of The Wikipedia Revolution; dir of new media at USC Annenberg
- Andrew Nystrom (@latimesnystrom) - Digital Media Strategist, Los Angeles Times
- Andrew Pergam (@pergam) – Editorial Director, The Institute for Interactive Journalism
- Andrew Rasiej (@Rasiej) – Founder Personal Democracy Forum; Chairman NY Tech Meetup
- Andy Carvin (@acarvin) - Senior strategist at NPR
- Andy Dixon (@andydixn) – ex-con with convictions
- Andy Grammer (@andygrammer) - Music Artist
- Angela Shelton (@angelashelton) - Performer Writer Storyteller Filmmaker Teacher Artist
- Angela Yee (@angelayee) – The Breakfast Club, Power 105.1
- Anissa Mayhew (@AnissaMayhew)
- Ann Curry (@AnnCurry) – Co-host of NBC's Today Show
- Annie Duke (@RealAnnieDuke) - Professional Poker Player and Celebrity Apprentice Contestant
- Anthony Rotolo (@rotolo) – Professor, Syracuse University
- Anthony Smith (@AnthonySmithHQ) - Singer, Songwriter
- Aparna Vashisht (@Parentella) - Founder, Parentella
- Arianna Huf?ngton (@ariannahuff) - Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, The Huf?ngton Post
- Avner Ronen (@avneron) - CEO, co-founder, Boxee
- Babs Rangaiah (@babs26) - Vice President, Global Comms Planning, Unilever
- Barry Schuler (@BSchuler) - former CEO of AOL, Managing Director DFJ Growth Fund
- Baruch Lipner (@TmuraIL) – Executive Director, Tmura
- Bassie Shemtov (@BassieShemtov) - Founder and Director of Friendship Circle in Michigan
- Becky McCray (@BeckyMcCray) - Founder, Small Biz Survival, co-host #140conf SmallTown
- Ben Parr (@BenParr) - Associate Editor, Mashable
- Benjamen Walker (@benjamenwalker) - Senior Culture Producer, WNYC
- Bernard Desarnauts (@bernard_d) - SVP International & GM Europe, Glam Media
- Betsy Aoki (@bing)
- Beverly Robertson (@marchofdimes) - National Director, Pregnancy & Newborn Health Education
- Bijan Sabet (@bijan) - General Partner, Spark Capital
- Billy Bush (@BillyBush) - Co-host, Access Hollywood
- Bob Watson (@TopBrokerOC) – founder, Social Media Mastermind Orange County
- Boyd Hilton (@boydhilton) - TV Editor for Heat Magazine (UK)
- Brad Hunstable (@bhunstable) - co-founder, Ustream.tv
- Brad Wyman (@bradwyman) – Director of Programming of WyTv
- Brandon Litman (@onedayonearth) - Executive Producer, One Day on Earth
- Brenda Blackmon (@brendablackmon) – Journalist, Author "A Mom's Story"
- Brett Trout (@BrettTrout) - Patent Lawyer, Author of Cyber Law
- Brian Moran (@BrianMoran) - Founder/Pres Moran Media Group
- Brian Morrissey (@bmorrissey) - Digital Editor at Adweek
- Brian Simpson (@bsimi) - Director of Zen Chaos
- Brian Solis (@briansolis) - Principal of FutureWorks
- Brian White (@BrianKOLD) – Reporter, KOLD Tucson, On-Air Online
- Brittany Laughlin (@bLocks8) - Co-Founder, Gtrot
- Bronwen Clune (@bronwen) - CEO, Norg Media
- Bronwyn Barnes (@InStyle) - Associate Entertainment Editor for InStyle.com
- Brook Lundy (@someecards) - Co-Founder and Head Writer, someecards
- Bruce Upbin (@bupbin) - Managing Editor at Forbes
- C.C. Chapman (@cc_chapman) - Campfire Creative Director, Photographer, Storyteller (moderator)
- Callie Kimball (@calindrome) - Project Manager, Media Works at NBC Universal, and Playwright.
- Caprice Young (@capriceyoung) - President and CEO, KC Distance Learning
- Carlos Sanchez (@Sneakgeekz)
- CarmenElena Mitchell (@therealgirls) - Creator, "The Real Girls Guide to Everything Else" Web Series
- Carri Bugbee (@peggyolson)
- Cash Warren (@cash_warren) - producer, entrepreneur, president of Verso Entertainment.
- Cathy Brooks (@CathyBrooks) – Raconteur/Founder Other Than That
- Cathy Dahn (@GastronomyBlog) - Food Blogger
- Cathy DeBuono (@cathydebuono) - Actress, Producer, Psychotherapist
- Chamillionaire (@chamillionaire) (@chamillionaire) - Music Artist
- Chelsea Marti (@TTaxChels) – Manager, PR & Social Media, Intuit
- Chief Dan (@bocachief) - Chief of Police, Boca Raton, FL
- Chris Bartlett (@harveymilk)
- Chris Brogan (@chrisbrogan) - President, New Marketing Labs
- Chris Lehmann (@chrislehmann) - Principal of the Science Leadership Academy
- Chris Sacca (@sacca)
- Christian Payne (@Documentally) - Freelance Journalist/Ourmaninside.com
- Christine Miserandino (@bydls) - Created the #spoonieAuthor "The Spoon Theory"
- Christopher R. (@1000TimesYes) - Music Writer, RollingStone.com and Village Voice
- Colleen Lindsay (@ColleenLindsay) - Literary Agent, FinePrint
- Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) – Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
- Craig Engler (@Craigatscifi) - SVP and GM of Sci Fi Digital.
- Craig Newmark (@craignewmark) – founder, Craigslist
- Cyndi Stivers - Managing editor, EW.com
- Dan Feld (@dan_feld) – Regional Sales Manager EEMEA, Amazon Web Services
- Dan Gillmor (@dangillmor) - A life in media — music, newspapers, online, books, investing and education.
- Dan Lewis (@sesamestreet) – Director of New Media Communications @sesamestreet.
- Daphni Leef (@DaphniNLeef) - Film Editor, Israel's Tent Protest Pioneer
- Dave Winer (@davewiner) - Software developer, Entrepreneur, and Writer
- David Berkowitz (@dberkowitz) - Emerging Media Director, 360i
- David Broza (@DavidBroza) – Music Artist
- David Carr (@carr2n) - Writes Media Equation column, blogs @ Decoder & covers pop culture at NY Times
- David DeVore (@daviddentist) - Dad, David After Dentist
- David Saranga (@DavidSaranga) - Consul for Media and Public Affairs at the Israeli Consulate in New York
- David Sarno (@dsarno) - Internet Business Reporter, LA Times
- David Wild (@Wildaboutmusic) - TV Writer, Rolling Stone Contributing Editor, Huff Po Blogger,
- Dean Landsman (@DeanLand) - Media and Communications specialist
- Debbie Stier (@debbiestier) - SVP, Associate Publisher, Harper Studio
- Deborah Berebichez (@thesciencebabe)
- Debra Bowen (@DBowen) - Secretary of State, California
- Debra Eckerling (@WriteOnOnline) - Bringing Community to Writers around the World
- Deepak Chopra (@DeepakChopra) – Author
- Dennis Allen (@dennis_allen) - Golf Industry Veteran
- Dennis Crowley (@dens) – co-founder, Foursquare
- Derrick N (@ashong) - musician, artist, activist, and entrepreneur.
- Diane Birch (@dianebirch) - Recording Artist
- DJ Khaled (@TheRealDJKhaled) – Music Artist
- Dominic Arellano (@theFewRecords) - Founder of The Few Records
- Donna DeDario (@StarlightOnline) - Director, Starlight Children's Foundation
- Donny Deutsch (@Donny_Deutsch) - Television Host & Chairman, Deutsch Inc.
- Doug Benson (@DougBenson) - Stand-up Comedian; Contestant on Last Comic Standing
- Doug Jones (@actordougjones) - Television and Film Actor
- Drew Olanoff (@drew)
- Dror Feuer (@drorfo) – Globes columnist
- Dudi Balsar (@dudbalsar) – Entrepreneur, Model
- Duncan Mitchell (@someecards) - CEO @sommeecards
- Ebony Rhiney-James (@EbonyRJ) - Digital Marketing Manager at Warner Music Group
- Efraim Shamir (@fshamir) – Music Artist
- Elon James (@elonjames) - Comedian and Social Critic
- Eric "CandyMan" (@onelovecandyman) - Street Performer: Artist, Dancer, Actor
- Eric Brown (@Eric_Urbane) - Founder, The Urbane Way
- Eric Sheninger (@NMHS_Principal) - New Milford High School, NJ
- Eric Weaver (@Weave) – VP Digital Strategy and evANTgelist, Ant's Eye View
- Erick Schonfeld (@erickschonfeld) - co-editor, TechCrunch
- Erik Oberholtzer (@TenderGreens) - Chefs at Tender Greens, garden to table, sustainable cuisine
- Erik Proulx (@eproulx) - Creator of Lemonade. Founder of Please Feed The Animals.
- Erik Trinidad (@FancyFastFood) – Recipe Blogger, "Fancy Fast Food", fast food critic for The Huffington Post.
- Estrella Rosenberg (@charityestrella) – Founder, Big Love Little Heart
- Etan Horowitz (@etanowitz) - Technology writer, Orlando Sentinel
- Evan M. (@gpi) - Global Policy Innovations Magazine
- Evan Seinfeld (@EvanSeinfeldXXX) - ead Singer/Bassist for Biohazard, CEO RockStarPornStar
- Fabien Cousteau (@FCousteau) - Eldest grandson of Jacques Yves Cousteau; Explorer
- FakeJerry Paffendorf (@WELLO) - Artist, futurist, entrepreneur
- Fred Jacobs (@fnjacobs) - President, Jacobs Media and Creator of the Classic Rock Format.
- Fred Wilson (@fredwilson) - is a VC and principal of Union Square Ventures.
- Gaby Zwaan (@gaby407) – Artist
- Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) - Host of Wine Library TV, Author
- Gavin Purcell (@gavinpurcell) - Producer, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
- Geo Geller (@geogeller) - Artist, Photographer, Humanitarian
- George Haines (@George_Haines) – Technology Teacher, Sts. Philip and James School
- George Ruiz (@georgeruiz) - Head of New Media, Senior Vice-President Business Affairs at ICM
- Gerd Leonhard (@gleonhard) - Media Futurist, Author, Blogger
- Gigi Belmonico (@GigiBelmonico) – Image Expert, Glamour Girl and Bombshell Coach
- Glenn Manishin (@glennm) - Tech Lawyer, Web Pioneer
- Greg Dalesandre (@gregd) - Product Manager, Google Wave
- Greg Falken (@GregF) - Tuolumne, California
- Greg Grunberg (@greggrunberg) - American television actor
- Greg Johnson - SVP, Executive Creative Director & Head of Digital, William Morris Agency
- Guy Zohar (@guyzo) – Anchorman at Channel 10 (Israel)
- Hammer (@MCHammer) (@MCHammer) - Music Artist
- Hank Wasiak (@hankwasiak) - Author, TV Host, Ad Guy - The Concept Farm
- Hjortur Smarason (@hjortur) - Editor in chief: IMinnovation.org; Co-founder: IfTheWorldCouldVote.com
- Howard Lindzon (@howardlindzon) - Wallstrip Creator, Hedge Fund Manager, and StockTwits.com
- Hubert Sawyers (@HubertGAM) - Digital Marketing Strategist
- Iain Dodsworth (@iaindodsworth)
- Ian Spector (@IanJSpector) – Entrepreneur, Bestselling humorist/creator of Chuck Norris Facts
- Ilene Chaiken (@ilenechaiken) - co-creator, writer and exec producer of the television series The L Word.
- Imal Wagner (@imalwagner) – branding communications innovator for emerging media
- Irad Eshel (@irad) – Producer
- Itay Mautner – Curator, Artistic director & Media person
- Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) - EVP of Development and Acquisitions, The Trump Oganization
- Ivri Lider (@ivrilider) - Artist
- Jack Dorsey (@jack) - co-founder & Chairman, twitter
- Jack Gray (@jackgraycnn) - Producer/Writer for Anderson Cooper 360
- Jack Hidary (@jackhidary) – entrepreneur – business, social, political
- Jacob Ner-David (@nerdavid) – co-founder, 3Rings
- Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) - Correspondent, AMC News; Executive Director, Why Tuesday?
- James Cox (@imajes)
- James Poulter (@jamespoulter) - Digital Strategist for Ogilvy PR
- Jason Gittinger (@jgittinger) - Head of The Detroit School of Rock and Pop Music
- Jason Linkins (@dceiver) - Editor of the Huffington Post's "Eat The Press" blog.
- Jason Pollock (@Jason_Pollock) - Filmmaker, Writer, and Activist.
- Jay Ehret (@themarketingguy) – Chief Officer of Awesomeness, The Marketing Spot
- Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) - Journalism professor, NYU
- Jeff Dachis (@jeffdachis) - CEO, Dachis Corporation; Senior Partner, Bond Art + Science
- Jeff Fowle (@JeffFowle) - Owner-Operator / President, KK Bar Ranch & AgChat Foundation
- Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) - Professor, Blogger, Author
- Jeff Newelt (@JahFurry) - Editor, The Pekar Project; Comics Editor, HEEB, SMITH, & ROYAL FLUSH Mags
- Jeffrey Hayzlett (@JeffreyHayzlett) – Author, ex-CMO Kodak
- Jeffrey Pollack (@JeffreyPollack) - Commissioner, World Series of Poker
- Jeffrey Sass (@sass) - VP Business Development and Chief Evangelist, Myxer
- Jennifer Cisney (@kodakCB) - Kodak's Chief Blogger & Social Media Manager
- Jennifer Preston (@NYT_JenPreston) – Writer, New York Times
- Jeramie McPeek (@SunsWebmaster) - Webmaster, Phoenix Suns
- Jeremy Epstein (@jer979) - Marketing Navigator, Never Stop Marketing
- Jeremy Welt (@jblogg) - SVP of New Media at Warner Bros Records
- Jerry Paffendorf (@WELLO) - Co-Founder/Creative Director of LOVELAND
- Jessey Pacho (@ArtofPhade) – Graffiti Artist
- Jessica Gottlieb (@JessicaGottlieb) - Wife, Mom, Blogger
- Jessica Northey (@JessicaNorthey) – Founder/CEO of Finger Candy Media
- Jessica Orquina (@JAOrquina) – Public Affairs Specialist, e-Communications, Internal Revenue Service
- Jill Bennett (@DailyJill) - Actress, Vlogger
- Jim Jones (@jimjonescapo) - Music Artist
- Jim Long (@newmediajim) - photojournalist, NBC News
- Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) - Editor in Chief, Salon
- Joe Fernandez (@JoeFernandez) - founder, Klout
- Joe Randazzo (@Randazzoj) - Editor of The Onion
- Joe Trippi (@JoeTrippi) – Fmr Dean Campaign Mgr; Author of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
- Joe Zee (@mrjoezee) - Creative Director, Elle
- Johanna Blakley (@Mojojohanna) - Arts, entertainment & media researcher based at USC Annenberg
- John A. (@JohnAByrne) - Editor in Chief, BusinessWeek.com
- John Bell (@jbell99) - Managing Director, Ogilvy's 360 Digital Influence practice
- John Bernier (@bernierjohn) - Social Media Manager, Best Buy
- John Boitnott (@jboitnott) - Social Media strategist, Village Voice
- John Borthwick (@Borthwick) – CEO, betaworks
- John Paton (@jxpaton) – CEO, Journal Register Company
- John Stacey (@ChiefStacey) - Chief of Police, Bellevue, NE
- John Stepper (@johnstepper) – Managing Director, Deutsche Bank
- John Strauss (@johnstrauss) - Owner, John Strauss furniture design, ltd.
- John Wolf (@MarriottIntl) - Senior Director, Public Relations, Marriott Intl
- Jon Gripton (@JonGrip) - Senior News Editor, Sky News
- Jon Klein (@JonKleinCNN) - President, CNN
- Jon Lansner (@jonlan) - Columnist/blogger for O.C. Register.
- Jon Swanson (@jnswanson) - Social Media Chaplain
- Jonathan Maberry (@JonathanMaberry) - Author, Marvel Comics Writer
- Jonathan Mildenhall (@Mildenhall) - VP Global Advertising, Coca Cola
- Josh Williams (@jw) - Founder, CEO, Gowalla
- Joshua Fouts (@josholalia) - Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs;
- Josie Fraser (@josiefraser) - Social & Educational Technologist
- Joyce Sullivan (@JoyceMSullivan) – Co-Founder, Comms & Digital Media, Financial Women's Assoc
- JP Rangaswami (@jobsworth) - Managing Director, BT Design
- JP Toto (@jptoto) -VP of Application Development, Cognis IT
- Julian Bond (@Julian_Bond) – Social Media Manager, Detroit Medical Center
- Julie Cole (@juliecole) - VP, Mabel's Labels
- Julie Spira (@JulieSpira) - Online dating expert; Author
- Kate Carruthers (@kcarruthers) – co-founder, Social Innovation Sydney
- Kathleen Hessert (@kathleenhessert) - CEO, Sports Media Challenge
- Kathryn McMann (@KathrynMcMann) – Holistic & trans-media marketer
- Katie Richman (@ESPN_ProdGirl)
- Kaylie Jones (@KaylieJones) - Novelist. Her bestselling novel: "A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries"
- Kedre Browne (@BubzArt) – Graffiti Artist
- Kelly O'Neil (@KellyONeil) - author of Visionary Women Inspiring the World: 12 Paths to Personal Power
- Kelly Shibari (@KellyShibari) - CEO, Hourglass8 Media
- Kelly Sutton (@KellySutton) - Founder HackCollege.com
- Kenna (@OKKenna) (@OKKenna) - Music Artist
- Kerianne Mellott (@Keri_Mellott) - Founder, www.MarketingMakesMeSmile.com
- Kevin Heisler (@KevinHeisler) - Literary Executor
- Kevin Honeycutt (@kevinhoneycutt) - Educator
- Kevin Jarrett (@kjarrett) - K-4 Technology Teacher
- Kevin Pollak (@kevinpollak) - Actor and Comedian
- Kevin Slavin - founder area/code
- Kfir Pravda (@kfirpravda) - Marketer, content creator and blogger.
- Khayyam Wakil (@iamkhayyam) - Strategist, Designer, Wordsmith, Comedian
- Kim Fenolio (@kFenolio) - Interface and New Media Manager, America's Best Companies
- Kim Sivick (@ksivick) – Coordinator of Lower School Technology at a Philadelphia K-12 all boys school
- Kimberly Miller (@StyleWatchMag) - VP of Consumer Marketing, People StyleWatch
- Kirk Biglione (@kirkbiglione) - Consultant, Writer, and Technologist, Oxford Media Works
- Kobi Farhi (@orphanedland) – Music Artist
- koshadillz (@koshadillz) (@koshadillz) - Music Artist
- Krupali Tejura, (@krupali) – Radiation Oncologist
- Kyle B. (@kylepace) - Teaching K-12 teachers about technology infusion
- Kyle Ruddick (@onedayonearth) - One Day on Earth Project Founder and Director.
- Kyra Gaunt, (@kyraocity) - Assoc Prof of Music + Anthropology, Baruch College-CUNY, writer, blogger
- Laura Fitton (@Pistachio) - Founder, oneforty inc. and co-Author Twitter for Dummies
- Lauren Litwinka (@beebow) - Publications Manager & Associate Search Account Manager, aimClear
- Lauren Rae (@MsLaurenRae) – Social Media editor for NBC Local Media
- Lauri Stevens (@lawscomm) - Social media strategist for Law Enforcement.
- Leslie Berland (@AmericanExpress) - Vice President of Online Communications and Social Media,
- Leslie Hall (@dollyhall) - Principal, ICED Media
- Linda Boland (@linda_abraham) - CMO, EVP Global Development, comScore
- Linda Clinton (@Linda704) - Literacy Coach for a Metropolitan Detroit school
- Linda Gregory (@lgphotography)
- Lindsay Maines (@rockandrollmama)
- Lior Friedman (@liorf) – Channel 2, News (Israel)
- Lior Manor (@liormanor) – World renowned Mind Reader and Magician
- Liron Teeny (@liront) – DJ, Galgalatz (Israel)
- Lisa Cohen (@cohills) - Creator of WitStream
- Lisa Dabbs (@teachingwthsoul) - former California school administrator, education consultant
- Lisa Nielsen (@InnovativeEdu) - Educational Technologist - NYC Dept of Ed
- Lisa Steadman (@LisaSteadman) - Best selling author, relationship coach, and owner of Woohoo, Inc.
- Lisa Tenner (@lisatenner) - Founder, Tenner & Associates, Inc.
- Liz Strauss (@lizstrauss) - Founder of SOBCon, brand strategist
- Liza Sabater (@blogdiva) - Publisher of Culturekitchen & DailyGotham
- LJ Rich (@LJRICH) – Managing Director, Perfect Pitch Productions
- Loic Le (@loic) - Founder and CEO, Seesmic.com
- Lori Feldman (@lbfeldman) – Director, Branded & Social Media Marketing, Citi Global Transaction Services
- Lori Mackey (@LoriMackey) - author of Money Mama , inventor and speaker
- Lt. Aliza (@IDFinHaiti) - Head of New Media Desk, Foreign Press Branch IDF Spokesperson's Office
- Lucy Angel (@LucyAngelBand) - Music Artists
- Luke Renner (@firesideint) - Founder & President, Fireside International
- Macala Wright (@Macala) - Director of Online Marketing, 1928 Jewelry
- Maegan Carberry (@maegancarberry) - Blogger, Huf?ngton Post & CauseCast; Co-host, Variety's
- Mahesh Murthy (@maheshmurthy) - Founder, Pinstorm; Venture Capitalist, Seedfund
- Major David (@usairforce) - Secretary of the Air Force, Office of Public Affairs
- Marc Ecko (@MarcEcko) – founder, Marc Ecko Enterprises
- Marc Monseau (@JNJComm) - Director, Corporate Communication, Social Media, Johnson & Johnson
- Marc Sirkin (@autismspeaks) - Chief Community Officer, Autism Speaks
- Marcel LeBrun (@lebrun) - CEO, Radian6
- Marci Liroff (@marciliroff) – Casting Director, Producer, Acting Coach, Animal Rights Activist, food lover
- Maria Ogneva (@themaria) - Marketer, Strategist, Entrepreneur
- Mariel Hemingway (@Marielhemingway) - Actress, Writer
- Mario Menti (@mario) - twitterfeed.com founder
- Mark Horvath (@hardlynormal) – Advocate for the Homeless and Humanitarian
- Mark Krynsky (@krynsky) - Web producer, X PRIZE Foundation
- Mark Lane (@GoodwillDet) - Dir of Public Relations, Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit
- Mark Tauber (@MarkTauber) - Publisher of HarperOne
- Mark Victor (@MarkVHansen) - Motivational Speaker; Founder, Chicken Soup for the Soul
- Marlooz (@marlooz) (@marlooz) - Filmmaker and internetjunkie and Muse
- Marsha Collier (@MarshaCollier) - Author, Ebay for Dummies; Radio Host
- Martin Beck (@latimesbeck) - Editor of Reader Engagement, Los Angeles Times
- Mary Ann (@TodaysMoms) – Producer, Today Show at NBC News + co-author "Today's Moms"
- Mary Beth (@mbteach) - K-6 Computer Teacher and Technology Teacher Leader in Philadelphia
- Mathys van (@mathys) - Founder & CEO Mobypicture
- Matt Bennett (@MattBennett) - Actor
- Matt Gibbs (@gibbs12) – Manager – Social Media and Audience Development, Playboy
- Matt Pinfield (@mattpinfield) - Morning show host on WRXP 101.9 FM in New York City
- Matt Savage (@SavagePoker) - American Poker Tournament Director
- Matthew Bishop (@mattbish) - NY Bureau Chief, The Economist
- Matthew Ebel (@matthewebel) – Captain, Matthew Ebel Entertainment, Musical Director, #140conf
- Maya Bisineer (@thinkmaya) - founder of @memetales
- Mayor Dave (@mayordavebing) - Mayor, Detroit
- Maz Nadjm (@Mazi) - Responsible for social networking at Sky Television, sky.com
- Mel Rosenberg (@MelRosenberg) – scientist and inventor, children's book author, mis-fish
- Melinda Emerson (@SmallBizLady) - Host of #SmallBizChat. author, speaker, smallbiz coach
- Melissa Leon (@melissaleon) - Creator of #twitterkids
- Melissa Pierce (@melissapierce) - Producer, Life In Perpetual Beta Film Series
- Meredith Fisher (@InsideDVF) - Digital Media Director, Diane von Furstenberg Studio
- Micah Baldwin (@micah) - CEO and Chief Community Caretaker, Graphic.ly
- Michael Buckingham (@holycowcreative) - Founder & Creative Director of Holy Cow Creative,
- Michael Ian (@michaelianblack) - Comedian, Blogger
- Michael Jay (@americagovprint) - U.S. Dept. of State (IIP/PUBP)
- Michael Jones (@mjones) - COO, Myspace
- Michael Kupperman (@MKupperman) - Comedian, Blogger
- Michelle Branch (@michellebranch) - Music Artist
- Mike Errico (@mikeerrico) – Music Artist
- Mike Madden (@mikemadden) - Salon.com Washington correspondent
- Mike Shinoda (@m_shinoda) - Member of Linkin Park & Blogger
- Moeed Ahmad (@moeed) - Head of New Media Technology, Al Jazeera
- Monte Farber (@AskMonte) – Psychic, best-selling author of 45 books on ESP, Astrology, Tarot & Love.
- Nancy Andrews (@NancyAndrews) - Managing Editor/Digital Media, Detroit Free Press
- Nastassia Johnson (@manilamachine) - L.A.'s First Filipino Food Truck.
- Natalie Lent (@natalielent) - Director, Emerging Platforms, ID PR
- Nate Erickson (@NateErickson) - Activist and Co-Founder of iRelief
- Nathan Levinson (@N8theSk8) - The Viper Room
- Nelson de (@dewittn) - Chief Story Teller
- Nicholas Provenzano (@thenerdyteacher) - High School English teacher and education blogger
- Nick Bilton (@nickbilton) - Lead Technology Writer, New York TImes
- Nick Cannon (@NickCannon) - American Actor, Comedian, Rapper, and Television Personality.
- Noy Alooshe (@noyalooshemusic) – Remixer
- Oded Noy (@OdedNoy) - Entrepreneur and Founder, Social Approach
- Ori Bengal (@CouchSurfingOri) - Adventurer, Photographer & Author
- Orli Yakuel (@Orli) – Go2web20 Co-Founder, Tech-Blogger, and Web Consultant & Analyst
- Owen JJ (@Ohdoctah) - President of Inquiring Mindz Media (IQMZ)
- Pat Kiernan (@patkiernan) - News Anchor, NY1
- Patrick LaForge (@palafo) - Director of the Copy Desks, The New York Times
- Patrick Starzan (@funnyordie) - Head of Marketing, Funny or Die
- Patsy Terrell (@patsyterrell) - Hutchinson, Kansas
- Paul Rieckhoff (@PaulRieckhoff) - Founder of Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA)
- Peter A. (@peteramckay) - Writer, Wall Street Journal
- Peter Corbett (@corbett3000) – CEO of iStrategyLabs
- Peter Davison (@OurManinSH) – Founder, Our Man in Shanghai
- Peter Fasano (@pfasano) - Principal/Lead Catalyst, Mass+Logic
- Peter Gregson (@petergregson) - Cellist and Co-founder of the Production Company Coffeeloop
- Peter Hirshberg (@hirshberg) - Chairman, The Conversation Group
- Peter Kang (@kazkang) - Group Creative Director, Ogilvy LA
- Phil Buehler (@pwbuehler) – Head of strategy for OgilvyOne by day, visual artist by night
- Phil Hulett (@philhulett) - Co-Host of LA's Morning News on KFWB, Anaheim Ducks PA Announcer,
- Porter Gale (@porterVA) - VP Marketing, Virgin America
- Rachel Masters (@masters212)
- Rajesh Setty (@UpbeatNow) - Entrepreneur, Author and Speaker
- Ran Livne (@ranlivne) – Chairman, Tel Aviv University Student Union
- Randy Lawrence (@randelaw) - Directing effective digital engagement for business & nonprofits.
- Ray Paul (@raypaulbbc) - Executive Producer for Weekend Programs at BBC Radio 1
- Ray Prock (@RayLinDairy) - Dairy Farmer
- Ree Cee (@colagrand) - President, Urban Supremacy
- Renee Kische (@bestLAliving) - CA Real Estate Broker, EcoBroker
- Reuven Werber (@reuw) - HS Edtech coordinator -MOFET JTEC - Jewish Education Portal Editor
- Richard Nash (@R_Nash) - former publisher of Soft Skull Press; publishing guru
- Richard Rush?eld (@richardrush?eld) - West Coast Editor, Gawker
- Rick Bakas (@RickBakas) - Wine, Food, Branding, Dir. of Social Media at @StSupery winery, certified sommelier
- Rick Borutta (@CBSborutta) - Producer, CBS Backstage LIVE
- Rick Sanchez (@ricksanchezcnn) - Host of the 3PM weekday edition of CNN Newsroom
- Ricky Engelberg (@rje7) - Global Digital Innovation Director, Nike
- Rishi Khaitan (@itsrishi) - Product Manager for Realtime Search, Google
- Rita J. (@RitaJKing) - Innovator-in-Residence, IBM Analytics Virtual Center, #SmarterWork project.
- Rob King (@Rfking) - VP + Editor in Chief, ESPN.com
- Robert G. (@BestSellerBob) - Author, One Minute Millionaire
- Robert Hernandez (@webjournalist) - @USCAnnenberg MacGyvering. Co-founder #wjchat.
- Robert LoCascio (@LivePerson) – Founder & CEO
- Robert Moran (@RobertMoranLA) - Avid social media user and LA transit rider who HAS AUTISM.
- Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer) - Blogger, Scobleizer.com
- Robert Verdi (@RobertVerdi) - Co-founder, First Comes Fashion
- Romany Malco (@romanymalco) – Actor
- Ron Conway - Founder and Managing Partner, Angel Investors
- Ron J (@ronjdub) - Brooklyn, New York
- Ronen Raz (@shulgi) – co-founder, JustCoz
- Ryan Chapman (@chapmanchapman) - Digital Marketing, Macmillan
- Ryan Leslie (@ryanleslie) - Music Artist
- Ryan Osborn (@todayshow) - Producer, NBC's TODAY
- Ryan Penagos (@Agent_M) - Editor of Marvel.com. Writer
- Sadao Turner (@SadaoTurner) - Online producer for everything Ryan Seacrest
- Sagee Ben-Zedeff (@sageeb) – Entrepreneur
- Sam Go (@samgo) - MSNBCi Twitter Team
- Sarah Austin (@pop17) – Video editor, tech geek, film buff, senior wilderness explorer and sister blogger.
- Sarah Baskerville (@Baskers) – a person
- Sarah Kay (@sarahkayhoffman) - "A digitally-addicted country girl"
- Sarah Ross (@sarah_ross) - Katalyst Media, Head of Digital
- Saul Klein (@cape) - Index Ventures
- Saul Singer (@saulsinger) – Co-author, Start-Up Nation
- Scot McKay (@ScotMcKay) - Dating Coach
- Scott Gutterman (@PGATOUR_EP) - PGA Tour
- Scott Heiferman (@heif) - CEO & co-founder of Meetup
- Scott Mills (@GraffitiBMXCop) – Social Media Officer + Graffiti Art Coordinator – Toronto Police / Crime Stoppers
- Scott Perry (@tipsheet) - founder, New Music Tipsheet
- Scott Porad (@scottporad) - CTO for Cheezburger Network
- Scott Schang (@scottschang) - Branch Manager, Broadview Mortgage Corp.
- Scott Townsend (@unitedlinen) - Marketing Director, United Linen Inc
- Scott Wendling(@CommercialScott) (@CommercialScott) - Columbia, Missouri
- Scott Whitney (@ACWhitney) - Assistant Chief of Police, Oxnard, CA
- Sean Gardner (@2morrowknight) – Author, SM Correspondent
- Sean Percival (@seanpercival) - Director of Content, Tsavo; Founder, lalawag
- Sean Seton-Rogers (@setonrog) - PROfounders Capital
- Sean Suchter (@ssuchter) - General Manager, Search Technology Center Silicon Valley, Microsoft
- Shane Helton (@nwoweather) - Woodward, Oklahoma
- Shannon Paul (@ShannonPaul) - Social Media Manager at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.
- Sharon Glassman (@sharonglassman) - Funny-smart author, HuffPost blogger, performing speaker
- Sharon Greenberg (@gsharon) - Internet in Education. Researcher
- Sharon Hinnendael (@SharonHinnendae) - Actress
- Shelly Palmer (@shelly_palmer) - Host of MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer, president of the Emmy Awards
- Shelly S (@ShellTerrell) - Educator and Blogger, Teacher ReBoot Camp
- Sherry J. (@SJBRules) - Co-founder and Marketing Director, Parlour Magazine
- Shira Lazar (@shiralazar)
- Siok Siok (@sioksiok) - Filmmaker, Director of Twitter Documentary http://www.twittamentary.com,
- Smokey Bear (@smokey_bear) - Only YOU can prevent Wildfires
- Sol Lipman (@thesolster) - co-founder, 12 Seconds TV
- Soleil Moon (@moonfrye) - Actress, Director, and Screenwriter
- StaceyMonk (@StaceyMonk) (@StaceyMonk) - Founder of Epic Chang, co-creator of the #TwitterKids
- Stefanie Michaels (@adventuregirl) - Travel and Media Expert, Journalist
- Stephanie Aaronson (@SAGalluch) - Senior Director, PBS Kids Communications
- Stephen Clark (@sclarkwxyz) - WXYZ TV/ABC Detroit Interactive Anchor
- Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) - Actor, Writer
- Steve Garfield (@stevegarfield) - Author, Get Seen: Online Video Secrets to Building Your Business
- Steve Greenberg (@steviegpro) – CEO & Founder, S-Curve Records
- Steve Grove (@grove) - Head of News and Politics at YouTube
- Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) – Digital producer from Piers Morgan Tonight
- Steve Rosenbaum (@magnify) – CEO, Magnify
- Steve Rubel (@steverubel) - SVP, Director of Insights, Edelman Digital
- Steve Saul (@stephensaul) - Social media/blogger for Simon Cowell's X-Factor
- Steve Stewart (@wjrradio) - Program Director, WJR
- Steve Tucker (@Tykerman1) – Farmer
- Steven W. (@web20classroom) - Educator and Blogger, Web 2.0 Connected Classroom
- Stowe Boyd (@stoweboyd) - analyst, advisor, futurist, and researcher
- Sue Black (@Dr_Black) – Bletchley Park evangelist
- Tal Givoly (@givoly) - Chief Scientist, Amdocs
- Tally Netzer (@tallynetzer) – Marketing Consultant
- Ted Cohen (@spinaltap) – Managing Partner, TAG Strategic
- Ted Johnson (@tedstew) - Variety's Editor at Large
- Theresa Albert (@theresaalbert) – President, My Friend in Food
- Thomas Miller (@TomfooleryTM) - General Manager, Your Tango
- Tim Armstrong (@timarmstrongaol) – CEO, AOL
- Tim Bradshaw (@tim) - Digital media correspondent, Financial Times
- Tim Ferriss (@tferriss) - Book Author
- Tim Kring (@TimKring) - Screenwriter and Television Producer
- Tim O'Reilly (@timoreilly) - Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media.
- Todd Randall (@Tojosan)
- Todd Waller (@ToddWaller) - VP of Operations & real estate agent at Professional One
- Tom Brevoort (@TomBrevoort) - Executive Editor/VP, Marvel Comics
- Tom Jolly (@TomJolly) - Sports Editor, New York Times
- Tom Whitby (@tomwhitby) - Professor of English in Secondary Education
- Tomi Ann (@BBBSRenoCounty) - Hutchinson, Kansas
- Tony Hsieh (@zappos) - CEO, Zappos.com
- Tony Legeza (@BeyondGaming) - CEO, President of Operations at Beyond Gaming, LLC
- Tonya Hall (@Barzhini) – Chief Marketing Officer + Social Media Radio Host, Graham Advertising
- Tracey Jackson (@traceyjackson4) – screenwriter, documentary film maker and author
- Traci Dinwiddie (@GrooveGoddess) - Actress
- Troy Murphy (@troy_murphy) - Forward, Indiana Pacers
- Val Wagner (@wagfarms) - Monango, North Dakota
- Vikki Chowney (@vikkichowney) - Editor of Reputation Online, Centau Media
- Ward Landis (@ShoeWolf) - President. Shoe Wolf
- Warren Etheredge (@thewarrenreport) – The Warren Report
- Whit Jones (@whitjones) - Energy Action Coalition - Climate
- Whitney Hess (@whitneyhess) - Independent user experience designer
- Willow Brugh (@willowbl00) - Director, Jigsaw Renaissance Seattle, WA
- Wm. Marc (@wmmarc) - Photographer and Entrepreneur
- Wyclef Jean (@wyclef) - Haitian-American musician, actor, producer, former member of the The Fugees.
- Xavier Jernigan (@XavierJernigan) – Sony/Epic Records
- Yael Beeri (@YaelBeeri)
- Yael Shany (@perfectlyu) – Branding Strategy & wish maker
- Yaniv Golan (@yanivg) – CTO @ Yedda \ AOL
- Yehuda Nuriel (@yehudanuriel) – Yedioth Ahronoth Columnist and Senior Editor
- Yisrael Pinson (@RecoveryRabbi) - Rabbi Yisrael Pinson. Serving the Jewish Recovery Community.
- Yoav Tsuker (@Tsuker) – Channel 1, Entertainment (Israel)
- Yoni Bloch (@yonibloch) – Music Artist and founder of Interlude
- Yosi Taguri (@yosit) – Co Creator of Pah!
- Yossi Fatael (@fatael) - Managing Director, Israel Travel Agents Association
- Yossi Matias – Managing Director, Israel R&D Center, Google
- Yossi Vardi
- Yuli Ziv (@YuliZ) - co-Founder of My"It"Things
- Zac Sanford (@zacsanford) - VP Development, Suntaur Entertainment; #scriptchat

(titles are accurate from the time of their talk at #140conf. Some of these people have changed positions since they spoke at our event.)

Tags: 140conf, social media, 140 Characters Conference, twitter, Jeff Keni Pulver

Posted by jeff at 02:22 PM | Permalink

October 05, 2011

#140conf Tel Aviv '11 Update

On November 2nd, #140conf returns to Tel Aviv, and will be taking place at Nalaga’at” Center, located at the Jaffa port.

At #140conf Tel Aviv, one of the subject areas being covered for the first time at any #140conf is the social revolution which started in Israel in July and continues to this day.

Being that this event is taking place in Tel Aviv, the hi-tech start-up capital of the world, a number of the speakers will be from start-ups and I am looking forward to having Start-up Nation co-author Saul Singer speak on our stage.

I happen to have a passion for music and music is an area I look to cover at each of the #140conf events. I'm excited to have: David Broza, Efraim Shamir, Steve Greenberg and Yoni Bloch speaking at this conference.

Overall, this will be a great #140conf event and I am looking forward hosting #140conf Tel Aviv.

I just posted the working draft of our conference schedule over at: http://tlv.140conf.com/schedule

If you are thinking of attending, and are not already registered, please take a moment and register NOW to make sure you have a ticket to the event. http://tlv.140conf.com/register is the link to register.

Confirmed speakers (as of 4 October) include:

- Ala Shiban (@AlaShiban) – Entrepreneur and Software Engineer
- Alon Nir (@TheKotel) – Founder, Tweet Your Prayers
- Amit Shafrir (@ashafrir) – President, Badoo
- Asaf Levi (@Asafcha) – founder, Qmee
- Baruch Lipner (@TmuraIL) – Executive Director, Tmura
- Benny Daon (@daonb) – Father, Coder, Pythonista, Djangonaut, Hacker, Tel-Avivian and a free-radical-wanna-be
- Cathy Brooks (@CathyBrooks) – Raconteur/Founder Other Than That
- David Broza (@DavidBroza) – Music Artist
- Dudi Balsar (@dudbalsar) – Entrepreneur, model
- Efraim Shamir (@fshamir) – Music Artist
- Gil Rimon (@subtext) – Founder, Stevie
- Jacob Ner-David (@nerdavid) – co-founder, 3Rings
- Jeff Keni Pulver (@jeffpulver) – founder, #140conf
- Lior Manor (@liormanor) – World renowned Mind Reader and Magician
- Mel Rosenberg (@MelRosenberg) – scientist and inventor, children’s book author, youtube newbie
- Oded Sharon (@SoundGuy) – Founder and CEO, Corbomite Games
- Oded Vardi - Entrepreneur and Investor
- Oren Zuckerman - Assistant Professor, IDC
- Ori Leshman - Conductor and Composer
- Orli Yakuel אורלי (@Orli) – Go2web20 Co-Founder, Tech-Blogger, and Web Consultant & Analyst
- Ran Livne (@ranlivne) – Chairman, Tel Aviv University Student Union
- Romi Itzhaki (@romi99) – New media projects manager
- Ronen Raz (@shulgi) – co-founder, JustCoz
- Sagee Ben-Zedeff (@sageeb) – Founder, Serendip Media
- Saul Singer (@saulsinger) – Co-author, Start-Up Nation
- Shiri Perciger-Cohen (@shiribiri) – Infoluster, ADDer, Geek, Ninja
- Steve Greenberg (@steviegpro) – Founder & CEO, S-Curve Records
- Tally Netzer (@tallynetzer) – Marketing Consultant
- Yoni Bloch (@yonibloch) – Founder, Interlude & Music Artist
- Yosi Taguri (@yosit) – Co Creator of Pah!
- Yossi Vardi

Hope to see you at #140conf Tel Aviv.

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Tags: 140conf, social media, Tel Aviv, 140confTLV11, Jeff Keni Pulver

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October 02, 2011

Another great X Factor Story: Emmanuel Kelly (Australia)

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Tags: TheXFactorAustralia, Emmanuel Kelly, Jeff Keni Pulver

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October 01, 2011

Chris Rene: A Life Reboot in Progress (as seen on X Factor)

Chris shares his life story in the backstory of this video and in the lyrics of his song "Young homie what are you trippin on?" which he sings in his audition.

Go ahead and watch this video:

What was your reaction? Please feel free to share your comments below.

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Tags: TheXFactorUSA, Chris Rene, Jeff Keni Pulver

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September 30, 2011

Jazzlyn Little: My favorite Audition this week on X Factor

From X Factor last night, my favorite audition was Jazzlyn Little. Please watch her video and share your reaction to her audition below.

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September 29, 2011

Josh Krajcik: A Singer with Soul

Last night when I was watching X Factor I believe I saw the audition of someone who will make it to the finals and who regardless, will have a future career in the music industry.

When watching this video please pay careful attention to the body launage of the judges before, during and after the performance.

Josh Krajcik is a Singer with Soul. :)

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Tags: TheXFactorUSA, Josh Krajcik, Social Media Birthday, Jeff Keni Pulver

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September 26, 2011

The Evolution of #140conf: Finding Meaning

In the span of five days, two amazing, terrific, possibly life changing experiences took place in the world of #140conf, #140confONT on September 15th and #140conf SmallTown on September 20th, 2011

While these events were very different events with a different stated focus, in the end, both events were more the same then they were different.

To be fair, when looking back, the #140Conf events have been evolving since before our first event in June, 2009.

A few days ago, my friend, Jon Swanson shared with me his words about #140conf which I believe captures the essense of the #140conf experience.

Paraphrasing Jon's words: "My goal with #140conf is to create a forum where a lot of people can participate. Along those lines, at any given #140conf, some of the stories are going to be about things that are interesting. Some stories are going to be about things that are exciting and creative. And some of those stories are going to be about finding meaning, like the stories Jodi, Heather, and Taylor shared at #140confOnt and the stories Joe, Linda and Laura shared in Hutchinson. #140conf is an amazing event, way different then the tech conferences I used to produce. Nothing wrong with those events, but #140conf is about looking for meaning."

An Experience That Resonates

I think this is what resonated with everyone who was part of the experience. Those people who spoke from their heart and shared their discoveries with the audience connected at a level I have ever experienced at other events.

Leading up to the start of any given #140conf, I now approach it like a TV talk show. While we may be missing a live band, otherwise we have the stage, an in-house audience and a live worldwide viewing audience. The topics covered touch some of the topics that can be seen on past episodes of Oprah. Sometimes we have celebs who are pimping their upcoming movie or TV show, and sometimes it is a book author - but usually it is just regular, everyday people who have their story to share and for the rest of the world to join in the telling of their experience.

Memo To Ontario: Thank you for adopting me… :) What made #140confONT special for me was that I felt like I was adopted by a community which included the #140confONT team: (Julia Rosien, Lisa McDonald, Trevor Cherewka, Benjamin Bach, Matt Scobel, Tricia Mumby, Rossana Wyatt, Dee Brun Gow, Caitlin Madden, Trevor Cherewka, Diane Morgan, Kevin A. Magee, Benjamin Bach, Matt Scobel, Tricia Mumby and Jason Dykstra) which welcomed with open arms. I didn't have a chance to feel lonely because there were people there to speak to and talk to and connect with. And then the evening after the event, I realized just about everyone on the team enjoys karaoke and that everyone can also sing. I was and remain in awe of them.

Memo to Hutchinson: Small Town. Big Heart. Deep Soul Throughout The Heart of America. What made #140conf SmallTown special for me was Becky McCray and the amazing curation she did to help bring out the "wow" moments of the conference and the great people from 18 states and 3 countries who came to Hutchinson, Kansas to tell their stories.

I also appreciate the time my Uncle Jerry and Alan Weinkrantz were able to spend with me traveling from Kansas City to Hutchinson and then from Hutchinson to Kansas City. I enjoyed the chance to take in some of the great scenery Kansas is known for. Photos from this trip can be found over at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150796602960511.730953.638880510&l=ee34e50c36&type=1 and https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150803978675511.732138.638880510&l=20e732ca8b&type=1

Videos from both of these conferences are available on the #140conf UStream channel. (see: http://outstanding.beckymccray.com/2011/09/video-guide-to-140-conference-smalltown.html for #140conf SmallTown videos and http://thesunshineisin.blogspot.com/2011/09/140confont-speaker-vids.html for videos from #140confONT.)

I thank everyone who was a part of the experiences, both in person as well as on-line.

Next up for me is #140conf Tel Aviv which is now taking place on November 2nd followed by BrandsConf '11 taking place on November 9th in NYC. #140conf returns to NYC on June 19/20, 2012.

Thanks for helping me discover the message and for helping me discover my mission.

Thanks for listening and connecting.

I welcome all feedback about #140conf. If you have any ideas or would like to create a #140conf in your own town, please feel free to contact me.

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Tags: 140conf, social media, 140 Characters Conference, twitter, Becky McCray, Jeff Keni Pulver

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September 22, 2011

Announcing Preliminary Speaker Lineup for #BrandsConf '11

BrandsConf 2011 (#BrandsConf) will be taking place November 9, 2011 at the 92nd Street Y. This event will be the the largest worldwide gathering of people interested in the "humanization of brands" and the impact the real-time web is having on both branding and on business. The voices shared at #BrandsConf will include people from both North America and Europe. To date about 85% of the expected speakers have been confirmed and the remainder are in the process of being confirmed. More speakers will be announced in the weeks ahead.

If you are thinking about attending #BrandsConf, now would be a great time to secure your seat. With the "early bird" ticket costing only US$ 399 (until Sep 30th), register NOW to guarantee youself access to the event over at: http://Brandsconf.com/register.

Please review our conference schedule over at: http://brandsconf.com/schedule

Some of the "Characters" speaking at #BrandsConf 2011 include:

- Adam Cohen (@dadarocks) – Dad, Parent, Blogger
- Alisa Gould-Simon (@alisagouldsimon) – Director of Marketing & Communications at Pose.com
- Alisa Roadcup (@AmnestyWomenRts) – Women's Human Rights Coordination Group, Amnesty International
- Amber Harris (@TheNuwanda) – Director, Social Media at @DiscoveryComm
- Andrea Tobin (@marlacielo) – President, Marla Cielo
- Anne Ream (@VoicesandFaces) – Founder, The Voices and Faces Project
- Audrey McClelland (@AudreyMcClellan) – Mommy, Parent, Blogger
- Chris Bartlett (@harveymilk) – A gay community organizer and Radical Faerie from Philly.
- Chris Yura (@SustainU) – Owner and founder, SustainU
- Dan Lewis (@sesamestreet) – Director of New Media Communications @sesamestreet.
- Dan Neely (@dneely40) – CEO, Networked Insights.
- Desiree Fish (@AmericanExpress) – Vice President, American Express
- Diana Plazas (@dianap) – Online Marketing Director, DoubleTree by Hilton
- Ellen Cagnassola (@SweetSoaps) – Founder, Sweet Soaps
- Frank Eliason (@FrankEliason) – SVP of Social, Citi
- Gemma Craven (@gemsie) – SVP Digital Influence, Ogilvy NY
- Gilad Lotan (@gilgul) – VP of Research & Development @socialflow at @betaworks NYC. Data Visualization geek and @globalvoices author
- Ido Aharoni (@israelconsulate) – Consul General of Israel in New York
- Jeff Keni Pulver (@jeffpulver) – founder, #140conf
- Jeff Simmermon (@jeffTWC) – Director of Digital Communication, Time Warner Cable
- Jennifer Severns (@jennerus) – Creative Strategist, Roundarch
- Jessica Miller-Merrell (@blogging4jobs)
- Jill Seiman (@Glamamom) – Mommy, Parent, Blogger
- Jim Joseph (@JimJosephExp) – President, Lippe Taylor Brand Communications and author of The Experience Effect
- Katie Richman (@ESPN_ProdGirl) – Social for ESPN
- Lea Marino (@LvM) – Community Manager, Bizzy
- Mallika Chopra (@mallikachopra) – Author/ Founder and CEO of Intent.com
- Marisa Thalberg (@ExecutiveMoms) – Estee Lauder Companies, SVP Global Digital Marketing
- Mark Bonchek (@MarkBonchek) – Sears Holdings, SVP Communities & Networks
- Mary-Ann Somers (@masomers) – VP Marketing Venturing & Emerging Brands Coca-Cola North America
- Melissa Gonzalez (@LionesqueStyle) – CEO, Lion'esque Media
- Michael Margolis (@getstoried), Storyteller
- Mike Errico (@mikeerrico) – Musician, writer
- Mordechai Lightstone (@Mottel) – Director of Social Media, lubavitch.com
- Morgan Johnston (@MHJohnston) – Director of Communications/Social. jetBlue
- Rohit Bhargava (@rohitbhargava) – Author, Exec at Ogilvy
- Ryan Osborn (@rozzy) – Director of Social Media at @NBCNews.
- Sharlene Sones (@SharleneSones) – Brand Strategist/Storyteller, Brandstoria
- Ted Rubin (@TedRubin)
- Tony Heffernan (@BeeForBattens) – Founder & CEO, BeeForBattens
- Tracie Wagman (@HelpWeveGotKids) – Publisher, Help! … We've Got Kids
- Trina Albus (@jewelmint) – VP of Social, Beachmint

Note: Speakers are subject to change without notice.

These "characters" are accurate as of: Sep 20, 2011

To register for #BrandsConf, please visit: http://Brandsconf.com/register.

I would appreciate your help in spreading awareness of the conference to the people who you know who would be interested in attending.

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Tags: Brandsconf, social media, twitter, NYC, Jeff Keni Pulver

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In his words: Michail Kalman, The Accidental Entrepreneur

During my visits to Tel Aviv I have enjoyed a unique opportunity to meet some incredibly passionate people. During a recent trip I met Michail Kalman and asked him to be a guest blogger and to share his story on how he became the Accidental Entrepreneur.

The Accidental Entrepreneur - How I ended up with the Only Remote I’ll Ever Need!
(by: Michail Kalman)

Surc came about as a result of some fortuitous events in my recent life.

I recently retired and moved to Israel. Life on the beach with books, movies and music beckoned; After 40+ years of working, I was ready.

My retirement lasted a mere three days, as I met Mr. Uzia Galil, the father of Israel’s High Tech industry, who is still going strong at 85 years young. He convinced me that my experience as a healthcare consultant is needed and that I am too young to retire.

This meeting changed my life irrevocably as I got to meet a number of young inventors, engineers and scientists all over Israel. Consequently I got the Start Up Nation bug and become an entrepreneur and investor, something I never contemplated in my wildest dreams

Around this time, my younger daughter Daphna together with Brian, a highly talented computer engineer from the Caribbean started developing iPhone applications. They asked my advice on how to finance such an enterprise; not being familiar with this I consulted an entrepreneur who told me that the ideas are great and given a business plan he would consider making a seed investment. I was surprised but went home and decided to help them put together a business plan.

During this same time I was looking to buy a universal remote control, to replace the many remotes I was using to watch TV or listen to music. What I found cost over $300 and seemed complicated to set up and use.

I was advised to look for an iPhone application that ought to be simple, inexpensive and take advantage of the sophistication of the iPhone. My cousin, Ramy, the engineer, found that there was no such device out there. Challenged, he started tinkering and a week later showed me a wooden contraption with electronic components that when connected to an iPod was able to turn on a TV, change channels and volume from across the room. I immediately realized that there is a potential product here that could be in great demand.

Ramy explained that the circuit needs to be miniaturized, put into some package and the iPhone needs an application to manage all the functions of a remote control, a good project for my daughter, Brian and for a few of my new found friends in Israel. My curiosity and Start Up Nation bug took over! This seemed like a product I could understand and would invest in. A new company, Mashed Pixel, was born.

Little did I know what I was getting into.

Over the subsequent 18 months we embarked on a project that saw the combined talents and efforts of a number of very smart and hardworking young people in the US and Israel under the guidance of the MFI unit at Apple and under the ever worried frown on my face.

The end result is Surc, an Apple Approved, universal learning remote, recently launched commercially and available on our web site and elsewhere on line and in stores.

So much for my retirement! But I would not trade one second of it.

Please watch my story below:

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September 13, 2011

Tweet To Win a Free Ticket to #140conf SmallTown: Today!

#140conf SmallTown takes place a week from today on Sep 20, 2011 in Hutchinson, Kansas.

Since I've learned how magical small towns are, I've paid much more attention to what is going on in small towns. I actually visited Becky McCray's farm this year, and I saw how deeply the drought affected her. I've also been hearing about the farmlands and small towns flooded this year, and so much more. My heart has been touched by the people in small towns and their resilience. I want to offer something back. I'm offering two things to small town people who really want to participate in the SmallTown 140conf:

1. A free pass for a person living within driving distance of Hutchinson, Kansas.

2. A free pass and airfare for a small town person living too far away to drive.

You need to tweet why you want to attend, and tag it #140conf.

I also know the magic of SmallTown is not just for small town residents. Several big city people are joining us, from Brooklyn, from Philadelphia, and more. So I'm extending one more offer for a big city resident.

3. A free pass and airfare for a big city person who understands, or wants to understand, the small town magic.

Once again, you need to tweet why you want to attend, and tag it #140conf.

Suggested format for the #140conf Contest Tweet:

I’d like to attend #140conf because…

Please make sure you’re following @jeffpulver and @BeckyMcCray (so you can be notified via Direct Message by one of us if you win.)

The most creative Tweets will win. Winners will be notified via direct message.

Best of luck!

Tags: 140conf, social media, 140 Characters Conference, twitter, Becky McCray, Jeff Keni Pulver

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September 12, 2011

My Fifth Social Media Birthday

Yes, today is my birthday and my fifth "Social Media Birthday."

Growing up, I was someone who celebrated birthdays. I believed that birthdays mattered. I still do. And whenever I knew it was someone’s birthday I would wish that person a “Happy Birthday.” As I got older I ran into people who didn’t celebrate birthdays and after a while I just got used to that. But in my mind, birthdays were always a special day and a chance to catch up with some of the people in my life whose presence I appreciated but for some reason I didn’t spend that much time talking to them during the course of the year. Birthdays were never really about the presents. It was about sharing presence. :)

Since 2007, the way I experience my birthday has changed.

This year feels a lot more intense and engaged on both Facebook and twitter than in prior years.

I think this might have something to do with how Facebook notifies us when it is someone's birthday and the suggestion that appears on the ride side of the page to send a birthday greeting to a friend.

Every time today when I log into Facebook I have found it to be a bit overwhelming at times, yet amazing, to be on the receiving side of a continuing stream of birthday greetings.

Earlier today when I sent out a my "good morning" message on twitter, the birthday messages continued to flow in real-time from friends across time zones from around the world. And this is something I have learned to not to take for granted and something I will not soon forget.

The evolving world of Social Media continues to provide opportunity for people to connect and communicate in ways which before just never happened.

Years ago I remember trying to explain to regulators why the advent of internet communications wasn't a threat to the established communications companies because this represented communications which would have not happened if not for the existence of Internet communications. The continued growth of real-time social communications will continue to help bring people together and provide opportunities to share many things including: presence, community, context and a feeling of connectedness without borders, connecting people with people from any spot in the world with each other.

Special thanks to everyone who reached out to me and send their birthday greetings. While I have shared my birthday on the net in past years, things are different this year and I am feeling the positive effects of Social Media and community. :)

While I know I'm getting older, I still feel the same inside and I don't think that I ever really grew up. Or maybe that's the joke, we never do "grow up", we just get a little older, and eventually, maybe, wiser. Well, maybe? :)

Thanks for making today a special day. :)

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August 27, 2011

The Difference between a Dream and Reality is just doing it.

Looking back, the times in my life when I took a dream and made it my reality have been some of the most personally rewarding moments in my life. They have also been some of the most challenging times in my life. But I have no regrets for the times I have followed my dreams.

Maybe I am just dream chaser. I think my dad was one too.

When I was a kid, my dad encouraged me to dream. When my dad was alive he give me a number of chances to take an idea and see what happens when it becomes a reality. I realize now how special this was to have someone around me whose actions not only gave me a license to believe in myself, but also taught me to never to look back and only look forward.

If you have a dream, you owe it yourself to make it happen.

The difference between a dream and reality is just doing it.

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Tags: startup, Entrepreneur, Jeff Keni Pulver

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August 24, 2011

Event: Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and friends) in Tel Aviv on August 29th

On Monday, August 29th I will be in Tel Aviv and hosting another Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and Friends) in Tel Aviv this time from 0800 to 1030. I am looking forward to catching up with my friends.

To RSVP, please visit this event on Facebook.

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Tags: breakfast, Tel Aviv, social media, facebook, Social Media Breakfast, Jeff Keni Pulver

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August 20, 2011

Catching up...

This was the summer when I was going to start blogging again.

I remember encouraging my kids to blog on a regular basis and they continue to update their site, Sole Camp.

Back in May I thought I was finally on a path to once again start sharing some of the ideas flowing thru my mind. I had almost two weeks of daily blogging happening. And then I stopped again. While there are a number of reasons why I stopped blogging, most of it had to do with time. And my inability to spend time reading email, on twitter and on Facebook and then have something meaningful to share. And then Google Plus comes along with the threat of sucking out more of my day.

While there are some days where I have a moment where I am almost caught up with everything in my digital life, these moments fade faster than ever and I seem to have a consistant struggle of trying to keep my head above water. It doesn't help that at any given moment I am working on one or two conferences while also dealing with a startup and ideas for a couple of books - one fiction and the other non-fiction.

And now today is August 20th and I have not much to show for it in terms of writing. The few blogs shared in June and July were in support of the conferences which I was working on.

My hope is that in the weeks ahead I will once again make the time to share an idea, a thought, a passion and continue to connect with some of the people who have been visiting this blog since July, 2003.

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July 21, 2011

A Call for Speakers: Announcing BrandsConf 2011

BrandsConf 2011 ( http://2011.brandsconf.com ) will be taking place on November 9, 2011 and will be returning to the 92nd Steet Y in New York City.

The underlying theme of the conference continues to be "The Humanization of Brands" and the impact this is having in an infinite number of business verticals. At BrandsConf we are looking for people with first hand experience to share their stories and their perspectives. I am looking for the people who work directly for brands to come forward and share their insights / experiences.

This is NOT a platform to promote a marketing company, customer case study or a service. Whenever possible, I look for "the client" to speak on their own behalf. If you work for an agency, please consider proposing to moderate a panel with people you know who represent brands. Please make sure that your panel proposal includes at least two people who are not your clients.

The people chosen to speak at BrandsConf will be those whose speaking pitch focuses on what it means for a brand to become (more) human and the impact this is having in their business.

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Since the birth of the real-time Internet, many businesses around the world offering products and/or services have found themselves establishing a presence on Facebook, twitter (and soon Google+) and have been challenged with the task of having to having to have someone (or a team) represent their company and become their online and physical voice for their brands.For many companies this is something both new and challenging. "Brands Are People Too"

After watching thousands of brands become alive on social media, rather than just being an observer of such trends I thought the time was right to invite up to 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 the business segment they are operating in. Brands transcend business sectors and my hope is to have a variety of industries represented at our second BrandsConf event. In the tradition of the #140Conf events, individual presentations will be 10 minutes long and panels will run 15 to 20 minutes.

The conference will explore a range of topics from best practices to the legal issues to the natural conflict of personal and corporate branding. Plus a wide range of related topics that I hope to hear from the people who come forward to speak at this conference. I'm looking for first-hand accounts of how the humanization of branding is being applied and the impact it is happening in across the business world. My goal is to bring together a great group of Characters to both lead and contribute to the discussions.

The take-aways from this event will provide the attending delegates knowledge, perspectives and insights to the next wave of effects the real-time Internet will have on brands and business.

"Behind the Brand is a Human Voice"

At the receiving end of a brand experience is a connected, broadcast enabled, consumer. Opening your brand, being human, and the art of listen brings about a fundamental shift, and potential re-structuring of we, as marketers bring our brands to market.

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 exciting event.

#BrandsConf is the hashtag for the event. I would appreciate your help in spreading awareness for our November 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: BrandsConf 2011, please submit your speaking proposals over at: http://brands2011.140conf.com/call-for-speakers The deadline for speaking proposals is: Friday, August 5th but the first to submit will be the first I consider for the event. You can also feel free to please tweet speaker nominations/suggestions to #BrandsConf.

I am also looking for sponsors and for exhibitors to be part of our conference. For more information about sponsoring and exhibiting, please send email to: alan at weinkrantz.com.

Hope to see you in November at BrandsConf.

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Tags: Brandsconf, social media, twitter, NYC, Jeff Keni Pulver

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July 14, 2011

Announcing Speaker Lineup for #140edu NYC 2011

Since the first #140conf, Education and the real-time web is a topic I have covered at almost all of our events. Earlier this year I decided to develop a two day focused conference to explore "The State of Education NOW" which lead to the launch of #140edu, taking place August 2-3 at the 92nd Street Y in New York City.

Education is at the front of every parent's mind. We all worry – are our children learning what they need to be fully realized citizens of the world? Please join Science Academy's Chris Lehmann and myself at #140edu for this special two-day event.

#140edu offers special pricing for educators and students. We are inviting all bloggers – who cover education, parenting, and social issues that pertain to education to join us. Click here to review the #140edu schedule.

Speakers at #140edu include:

- Adam Bellow (@adambellow) – Founder, eduTecher
- Andrea G. Michnik (@AndreaGenevieve) – Director of PR and Social Media Marketing, International Studies Abroad
- Aparna Vashisht (@Parentella) – Founder & CEO, ? Parentella.com
- Barry Joseph (@barryjoseph) – Online Leadership Program, Global Kids, Inc.
- Barry Schuler (@BSchuler) – Chairman, New Tech Network; Director, KnowledgeWorks Foundation
- Chris Lehmann (@chrislehmann) – Principal of the Science Leadership Academy
- Christian Long (@ChristianLong) – Vice President – Education, Cannon Design
- Cynthia Lawson (@cynthialawson) – Assistant Professor and Artist, Parsons The New School for Design
- Dale J. Stephens (@DaleJStephens) – Leader of the @UnCollege movement. Evangelist
- David A. Singer (@DavidASinger) – School Board Trustee, Harrison School District
- Debra Eckerling (@campusexplorer) – Senior Editor, Campus Explorer
- Don Burton (@dcburton) – Founder, eebee's Adventures
- Douglas Crets (@DouglasCrets) – Director, dB C Media
- Eric Sheninger (@NMHS_Principal) – Principal, New Milford High School
- Erik Endress (@erikendress) – Interactive & Social Media Specialist, New Jersey School Boards Association
- George Haines (@George_Haines) – Director of Technology, Sts. Philip and James School
- Gina Johnston (@NHSoCal) – Social Media Strategist, New Horizons Computer Learning Centers of Southern California
- Inga Rós (@Inga_Ros) – Teacher, Commercial College of Iceland
- Jack Hidary (@jackhidary) – entrepreneur – business, social, political
- Janos Marton – Director, The Living Museum
- Joan Tiburzi (@JoanTiburzi) – current trustee and past president of the Harrison School Board
- Katie McFarland (@Katiemc827) – Staff Development Specialist, Cattaraugus Allegany BOCES
- Kelly Sutton (@KellySutton) – Founder, HackCollege
- Kim Sivick (@ksivick) – Coordinator of Lower School Technology, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
- Kyra D. Gaunt, Ph.D. (@kyraocity) – TED Fellow 2009. Voicing the unspoken thru song, scholarship & social media.
- Louis N. Wool (@louisnwool) – Superintendent of Schools of the Harrison Central School District (and the 2010 NYS Superintendent of the Year).
- Lynn Langit (@llangit) – co-founder of Teaching Kids Programming
- Mahipal Raythattha (@mahipalr) – Founder, Brain Racer Inc.
- Marc Ecko (@marcecko) – founder, Marc Ecko Enterprises
- Mel Rosenberg (@MelRosenberg) – Educator, Parent, Futurist, Microbiologist
- Michele Haiken (@TeachingFactor) – Founder, theteachingfactor
- Mike Karnjanaprakorn (@mikekarnj) – Co-founder, Skillshare
- Patrick Higgins (@pjhiggins) – Supervisor of Humanities, Verona Public Schools
- Perry Hewitt (@perryhewitt) – Director – Digital, Harvard University
- Randee Schneeberg-Pomerantz – Director/Founder, Just Math Enterprises
- Rebecca Levey (@beccasara) – Founder/Queen Bee, KidzVuz.com
- Shelley Krause (@butwait) – Academic Matchmaker & Tribe Finder, Rutgers Preparatory School
- Shelly S Terrell (@ShellTerrell) – Educator, tech trainer, Edtech, Elearning, TEFL. #Edchat coordinator.
- Steven W. Anderson (@web20classroom) - Educator, Speaker, Blogger, #Edchat co-creator
- Tom Krieglstein (@tomkrieglstein) – Founder, Swift Kick
- Tom Whitby (@tomwhitby) – Prof of Education. Founder: #Edchat, The EDU PLN Ning, Linkedin group Technology-Using Professors et al.
- Warren Etheredge (@thewarrenreport) – The Warren Report
- Wendy Brawer (@GreenMap)
- Will Craig (@WillCraigatPWP) – Educational Director at Partners With Parents and Director of Educational Programming at The Handel Group

(Note: Speakers are subject to change without notice.)

To register for #140edu, please visit: http://140edu.com/register.

For more information about upcoming worldwide #140conf events, please visit: < A HREF=http://140conf.com>http://140conf.com.

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June 09, 2011

Tweet To Win a Free Ticket to #140conf:- Today!

#140conf is taking place on June 15th and 16th. I have 4 tickets to give away today.

For a chance to win one of the tickets

1. Tweet out the reason you’d like a free conference pass, in the following format:

I’d like to attend #140conf because…

2. Make sure you’re following @jeffpulver (so you can be notified via Direct Message if you win.)

The most creative Tweets will win. Winners will be notified via direct message by midnight ET tonight, June 9th. Travel and accommodation are not included.

Best of luck!

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May 27, 2011

Jeff Pulver: Closing Remarks from #140confNW

At the conclusion of #140conf Northwest (#140confNW), I shared the following comments:

Looking back at the event, #140confNW was a pretty special day in the history of the #140conf events. I thank Cheryl Bledsoe and everyone who helped with the production of the event.

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May 25, 2011

Kim Nowacki: ‘Slacker’ and the Serendipity of Twitter

Last week, Kim Nowacki was in the audience at #140conf Northwest, attending a #140conf event for the first time since October, 2009 when she was at the Kodak Theatre for the first #140conf Los Angeles

She shared her commentary in her recent blog post: ‘Slacker’ and the Serendipity of Twitter.

Kim starts with: "In the fall of 2009, Jeff Pulver stood on the stage of the famed Kodak Theatre in Hollywood and unflinchingly preached, perhaps mostly to the choir, about the transformative power of Twitter.

Last week, I watched him do it again in front of a half-empty hotel ballroom in downtown Vancouver, Wash., my hometown. Pulver (@jeffpulver), founder of the 140 Character Conferences, which are emerging as the social media little brother to the TED talks, told the crowd, many from emergency and social services, about how in Twitter he saw “serendipity, humanity and love.”

she continues: "...perhaps no coincidence then, that when Pulver talks about Twitter, I can’t help but think of Austin native and indie filmmaker Richard Linklater, whose films often marvel at the mundane and celebrate the simple serendipity of life.

His 1991 cult favorite “Slacker” has no beginning and no end, but instead is a series of ricocheting interactions over the course of the day in the lives of 20-something Gen-Xers as they discuss conspiracy theories and self-indulgent philosophies..."

"...However, there are plenty of people, like those that love the subtlety of Linklater’s work, that do see the poetry of day-to-day life and think in the bigger picture of what all this interconnectedness means.

Pulver is one of them.

When he tweets, people listen, and then tweet back, and retweet — and on it goes, with those thoughts ricocheting out into the world. Friendships and alliances are instantly born. Perhaps that’s why Pulver believes that at the heart of Twitter is the power to listen, connect, share and engage.

Those are also the philosophies behind Pulver’s 140 Character Conferences. The conferences, which go by the Twitter hashtag #140Conf and are named for the number of characters you can have in an individual tweet, are held in big and now small cities across the world.

The speakers are a mix of media thinkers and doers, brand marketers, dot-com developers, celebrities, activists, entrepreneurs — and, in the case of last week’s #140ConfNW, an impressive amount of emergency and social services that are now using Twitter as a platform for quickly getting information out and also combating misinformation that can spread like wildfire across social networking sites..."

What can I say? I liked Kim's accounting of the #140conf experience.

Please read her entire blog post over at: http://www.gossipandvice.com/2011/05/‘slacker’-and-the-serendipity-of-twitter/

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May 24, 2011

Tweet To Win Airfare, Hotel + VIP Access to #140conf NYC

#140conf NYC is taking place June 15/16 2011 and our VIP Cocktail Party is taking place on June 14, 2011

I'm very excited about the upcoming event and I want to find someone who also wants to be there and experience #140conf NYC. The catch? YOU need to tweet why YOU want to be at #140conf NYC.

The winner will receive 2 nights in a New York City hotel, a VIP ticket, and roundtrip airfare to NYC. This contest is open from 9:00 AM on May 24th (ET) until 9:00 PM on May 26th.

For a chance to win the prize:

1. Tweet out the reason you would like a free airplane ticket and VIP conference pass, in the following format:

I’d like to attend #140conf because...

2. Make sure you’re following @jeffpulver, so you can be notified via Direct Message if you win.

The person who I feel had the most creative tweet will win. The one winner will be notified via direct message by 6:30 PM ET on May 27th. (Please only participate if you are available to spend June 14th and June 15th in NYC. The winning ticket is not transferable.)

Click here to review the contest rules.

Best of luck!

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May 22, 2011

Updated List of Speakers at #140conf - June 15/16

As the content DJ for #140conf, as I work on mixing the schedule, I try to share the voices of as many people from a variety of backgrounds and geographies as possible. My hope is for the people on our stage to connect with our audience and that at the end of two days, the effects the worldwide systemic change the emerging real-time internet is having on our lives will become more obvious.

Please take a look at the current schedule ( http://nyc.140conf.com/schedule ) to get a feel of #140conf NYC.

If you are thinking about attendin, today would be a great time to secure your seat. With a ticket costing just US$ 140 for the two days, register NOW to guarantee yourself access to the event over at: http://nyc.140conf.com/register. Price goes to $249 a seat after June 3rd.

The current cast of "Characters" speaking at #140conf NYC 2011 include:

- Adam Ostrow (@adamostrow) - Editor-in-Chief, Mashable
- AJ Leon (@ajleon) - Chief Maker of Trouble, Pursuit of Everything
- Alicia Ybarbo (@AliciaYbarbo) - Producer, Today Show at NBC News + co-author "Today's Moms"
- Alissa Sheley (@alissasheley) - Director of Social Media, Jones Huyett Partners
- Alon Nir (@TheKotel) - founder, Tweet Your Prayers
- Amanda Greene (@LAlupusLady) - Alliance for Lupus Research
- Amanda Palmer (@amandapalmer) - Music Artist
- Amy Cao (@amyblogschow) - Head of Community at @Foodspotting and creator of Stupidly Simple Snacks
- Andrea Kavanaugh (@akavan) - Virginia Tech, Associate Director, Center for Human-Computer Interaction; Formerly Research Director, Blacksburg Electronic Village
- Andrew Pergam (@pergam) - Editorial Director, The Institute for Interactive Journalism
- Andrew Rasiej (@Rasiej) - Founder Personal Democracy Forum; Chairman NY Tech Meetup
- Andy Carvin (@acarvin) - Senior strategist at NPR
- Andy Dixon (@andydixn) - ex-con with convictions
- Angela Shelton (@angelashelton) - Performer, Writer, Storyteller, Filmmaker, Teacher, Artist
- Anita Cochran (@anitacochran) - Owner, Anitacochran.tv
- Ann Curry (@AnnCurry) - News Anchor on NBC's Today Show and host of Dateline NBC
- Anthony Rotolo (@rotolo) - Professor, Syracuse University
- Becky McCray (@BeckyMcCray) - Publisher, Small Biz Survival, Co-Host #140conf SmallTown
- Bob Watson (@TopBrokerOC) - founder, Social Media Mastermind Orange County
- Brad Wyman (@bradwyman) - Director of Programming of WyTv
- Brenda Blackmon (@brendablackmon) - Journalist, Author "A Mom's Story"
- Brett Henley (@bretthenley) - "weaver"
- Brian White (@BrianKOLD) - Reporter, KOLD Tucson, On-Air Online
- Carey Fuller (@careyfuller)
- Cathy Brooks (@CathyBrooks) - Raconteur/Founder Other Than That
- Chelsea Marti (@TTaxChels) - Manager, PR & Social Media, Intuit
- Chris Sacca (@sacca) - Managing Director and Founder, Lowercase Capital
- Christine Miserandino (@bydls) - Created the #spoonieAuthor "The Spoon Theory, founder ButYouDontLookSick.com
- Christopher Penn (@cspenn) - VP, Blue Sky Factory, co-founder PodCamp
- Cody Heitschmidt (@codyks) - VP Biz Dev, LogicMaze
- Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) - Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
- Craig Newmark (@craignewmark) - founder, Craigslist
- Dan Feld (@dan_feld) - Regional Sales Manager EEMEA, Amazon Web Services
- Dan Gillmor (@dangillmor) - A life in media — music, newspapers, online, books, investing and education.
- Dan Lewis (@sesamestreet) - Director of New Media Communications @sesamestreet.
- Daymond John (@TheSharkDaymond) - founder, FUBU
- Debra Eckerling (@WriteOnOnline) - Creator, Write On! Online
- Deepak Chopra (@DeepakChopra) - Author
- Dennis Crowley (@dens) - co-founder, Foursquare
- Donna Murdoch (@donnamurdoch)
- Elizabeth Norton (@Elizabeth_N) - BeeClicked/CapeMayMoms/PartyPlanningProfessor
- Emily Cavalier (@ECava) - Writer, Moneymaker, Connector, http://MouthOfTheBorder.com
- Emily May (@iHollaback) - Executive Director, Hollaback
- Eric Weaver (@Weave) - VP Digital Strategy and evANTgelist, Ant's Eye View
- Erik Trinidad (@FancyFastFood) - Recipe Blogger, "Fancy Fast Food" and fast food critic for The Huffington Post.
- Estrella Rosenberg (@charityestrella) - Founder, Big Love Little Heart
- Geo Geller (@geogeller) - Weaves straw into gold - image maker, Humanitarian
- George Haines (@George_Haines) - Technology Teacher, Sts. Philip and James School
- Gigi Belmonico (@GigiBelmonico) - Image Expert, Glamour Girl and Bombshell Coach
- Gilad Lotan (@gilgul) - VP R&D, SocialFlow
- Glenn Manishin (@glennm) - Partner, Duane Morris LLP
- Hadley Ferguson (@hadleyjf) - Middle School History teacher, Teaching with Primary Sources Mentor Advisor for the Library of Congress.
- Hank Wasiak (@hankwasiak) - Author. TV Host. Teacher. Partner - The Concept Farm
- Ian Spector (@IanJSpector) - Entrepreneur, Bestselling humorist/creator of Chuck Norris Facts
- Imal Wagner (@imalwagner) - branding communications innovator for emerging media
- Ja-Nae Duane (@TheSunQueen) - Strategist; Founder of Wild Women Entrepreneurs
- James Bower (@superid101) - Chairman & CEO, Numedeon
- Jay Ehret (@themarketingguy) - Chief Officer of Awesomeness, The Marketing Spot
- Jeanne Bowerman (@jeannevb) - freelance writer, screenwriter/novelist, co-founder of #scriptchat
- Jeff Hasen (@jeffhasen) - CMO, Hipcricket
- Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) - Author, Professor
- JeffKeni Pulver (@jeffpulver) - founder & curator, #140conf events
- Jeffrey Hayzlett (@JeffreyHayzlett) - Author, ex-CMO Kodak
- Jennifer Preston (@NYT_JenPreston) - Writer, New York Times
- Jessey Pacho (@ArtofPhade) - Graffiti Artist
- Jessica Northey (@JessicaNorthey) - Founder/CEO of Finger Candy Media
- Jessica Orquina (@JAOrquina) - Public Affairs Specialist, e-Communications and Marketing Branch, Internal Revenue Service
- Joanna Belbey (@Belbey) - Co-founder, The BGK Group
- Joe Trippi (@JoeTrippi) - Fmr Dean Campaign Mgr; Author of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
- John Borthwick (@Borthwick) - CEO, betaworks
- John Ness (@JohnNess) - Executive editor for NBC Local Media (moderator)
- John Paton (@jxpaton) - CEO, Journal Register Company
- John Stepper (@johnstepper) - Managing Director, Deutsche Bank
- Joyce Sullivan (@JoyceMSullivan) - Co-Founder, Communications & Digital Media, Financial Women's Association
- Julian Bond (@Julian_Bond) - Social Media Manager, Detroit Medical Center
- Kate Carruthers (@kcarruthers) - co-founder, Social Innovation Sydney
- Kathryn McMann (@KathrynMcMann) - Holistic & trans-media marketer
- Katz Kiely (@katzy) - Advisor
- Kedre Browne (@BubzArt) - Graffiti Artist
- Kelly Dawn (@KellyFund4Lupus)
- Kim Sivick (@ksivick) - Coordinator of Lower School Technology at a Philadelphia K-12 all boys school
- Kimber Myers (@getglue) - Director of Partnerships, GetGlue
- Krupali Tejura (@krupali) - Radiation Oncologist
- Lea Marino (@LvM) - Community Manager at @Bizzy and @MacCheesy aficionado
- LisaAllen Brown (@BostonLogan) - Mgr Emerging Media, Massport - Boston Logan International Airport
- Liz Strauss (@lizstrauss) - Founder, SOBCon
- LJ Rich (@LJRICH) - Managing Director, Perfect Pitch Productions
- Lori Feldman (@lbfeldman) - Director, Branded & Social Media Marketing, Citi Global Transaction Services
- Marc Ecko (@MarcEcko) - founder, Marc Ecko Enterprises
- Marci Liroff (@marciliroff) - Casting Director, Producer, Acting Coach, Animal Rights Activist, food lover, and all around cool chick.
- Maria Avgitidis (@TheDateCoach) - Matchmaker & Dating Coach, Agap Match
- Mark Horvath (@hardlynormal) - Advocate for the Homeless and Humanitarian
- MaryAnn Zoeliner (@TodaysMoms) - Producer, Today Show at NBC News + co-author "Today's Moms"
- Matt Gibbs (@gibbs12) - Manager - Social Media and Audience Development, Playboy
- Matthew Ebel (@matthewebel) - Captain, Matthew Ebel Entertainment
- Maureen Dennis (@weewelcome) - Founder, Wee Welcome
- Mel Rosenberg (@MelRosenberg) - World's no. 1 expert in breath odors, Author Children's Books
- Melissa Leon (@melissaleon) - Director of Education @osCharity. Creator of #twitterkids.
- Michael Butvinik (@Btvnk) - Modern Movie Critic
- Michael Matias (@Michael_Matias) - Student
- Michael Tasner (@TazSolutions) - Chief Strategy Officer, Taz Solutions
- Michelle Chmielewski (@MiChmski) - Community Manager, Synthesio
- Mike Dougherty (@wickedjava) - President Big Damm Fan Films, Inc.
- Mike Errico (@mikeerrico) - Music Artist
- Monte Farber (@AskMonte) - Psychic, best-selling author of 45 books on ESP, Astrology, Tarot & Love. 2,000,000 books in print in 14 languages
- Natalie Lent (@natalielent) - Director, Emerging Platforms, ID PR
- Patrick Higgins (@pjhiggins) - Supervisor of Humanities
- Patrick Starzan (@Starzan) - VP Marketing, Funny or Die
- Peter Corbett (@corbett3000) - CEO of iStrategyLabs
- Peter Davison (@OurManinSH) - Founder, Our Man in Shanghai
- Phil Buehler (@pwbuehler) - Head of strategy for OgilvyOne by day, visual artist by night
- Rajesh Setty (@RajSetty) - President, Foresight Plus
- Reven Wurman (@RTCWurman) - Photographer, Formerly Producer of the TED Conferences
- Robert LoCascio (@LP_CEOROB) - founder & CEO, Liveperson
- Romany Malco (@romanymalco) - Actor
- Rosana Hermann (@rosana) - Creative Manager, R7.com
- Ryan Osborn (@rozzy) - Director social media for NBC News
- Sarah Baird (@scbaird) - Founder/CEO, Takeashine
- Sarah Baskerville (@Baskers) - a person
- Scott Mills (@GraffitiBMXCop) - Social Media Officer + Graffiti Art Coordinator - Toronto Police / Crime Stoppers International
- Shira Lazar (@shiralazar) - Hybrid Journalist, CBS On-Air Online
- Simon Hay (@SimonHayHealer) - Healer
- Steve Greenberg (@steviegpro) - CEO & Founder, S-Curve Records
- Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) - Digital producer from Piers Morgan Tonight
- Steve Rosenbaum (@magnify) - CEO, Magnify
- Steve Tucker (@Tykerman1) - Farmer
- Stowe Boyd (@stoweboyd) - front man, stoweboyd.com
- Sue Black (@Dr_Black) - Bletchley Park evangelist
- Ted Cohen (@spinaltap) - Managing Partner, TAG Strategic
- Ted Rubin (@TedRubin) -Chief Social Marketing Officer, Collective Bias
- Theresa Albert (@theresaalbert) - President, My Friend in Food
- Tim Armstrong (@timarmstrongaol) - CEO, AOL
- Tonya Hall Barzhini (@Barzhini) - Chief Marketing Officer + Social Media Radio Host, Graham Advertising
- Tracey Jackson (@traceyjackson4) - screenwriter, documentary film maker and author
- Warren Etheredge (@thewarrenreport) - The Warren Report

Hope to see you at #140conf next month in New York City

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May 21, 2011

Upcoming #140conf Cocktail Parties: NYC and LA

Upcoming #140conf Cocktail Parties: NYC and LA (2011)

As a member of the #140conf community you are invited to attend the following events:

May 24th - #140conf NYC Cocktail Party - from 6-8PM at the Roger Smith Hotel / Henry's Rooftop Bar - RSVP: http://140bwnyc11.eventbrite.com/

June 1st - #140conf LA Cocktail Party - from 7-9 PM at Central in Santa Monica - RSVP: http://la140conf612011.eventbrite.com

The 2011 #140conf is taking place in New York City on June 15/16 at the 92nd Street Y. If you are thinking about attending, NOW would be a great time to register. For more information visit: http://nyc.140conf.com

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May 20, 2011

Jeff Pulver: A talk about Ham Radio, twitter and Dreams (#140confNW) - May 19th 2011

On Thursday, May 19th I spoke about the #140conf experience when I spoke in Vancouver, Washington at #140conf Northwest. This is a talk which covers: Ham Radio, twitter and dreams.

Special thanks to Jeffrey Brunch @jeffreyrbunch for filming my talk.

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Tags: 140conf, social media, 140 Characters Conference, twitter, Cheryl Bledsoe, 140confNW, Jeffrey Brunch, Jeff Keni Pulver

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May 19, 2011

Waking up in Vancouver, WA - Where Dreams Come True

This morning I am in Vancouver, Washington to be a part of today’s #140conf Northwest (#140confNW) event.

#140conf Northwest happened because Cheryl Bledsoe is a dreamer, a do-er, and someone who knows has to transform her dreams into a reality. Cheryl was inspired to bring #140conf Vancouver, Washington after watching the first #140conf take place in NYC back in 2009.

If you would have asked me the week before the first #140conf took place in 2009 if I ever expected to be visiting Vancouver, WA to speak at a future #140conf event, the answer would have been no. In fact back then I had no idea that in 2009 the #140conf events would take me from NYC to: Los Angeles, London and Tel Aviv or that in 2010 I would end up hosting #140conf in 10 cities around the world.

In December 2010 I announced “#140conf LOCAL Events” my attempt to help expand the #140conf experience beyond my own personal ability to travel and produce events. While I continued to create / produce / hoste / curate my own #140conf events, my hope was to qualify groups of people to create a #140conf LOCAL event of their own.

Since making this announcement a number of people applied to host their own local events, including Cheryl Bledsoe. What Cheryl didn’t realize that while helping to make her dream come true by bringing a #140conf event to Vancouver, WA, she was also helping make my dream come true by taking the idea of the #140conf LOCAL events and turning it into a reality.

As a result of Cheryl and a number of other dreamers, the first #140conf LOCAL events are taking place in May, 2011. Back on May 9th, #140conf dreamers Deb Brown @debworks and Nathan Wright created, hosted, curated and produced #140conf Des Moines (#140confDM) was a great event. One which I had hoped to speak at but do to my still recovering from pneumonia I wasn’t able to be at.

Today #140confNW is happening just about an hour from now. On May 24th dreamer Greg Falken is hosting #140conf Central Sierra. Dreamers Mo Krochmal ,Jonathan Ezor and Jeff Namnum (and others) are responsible for #140conf Long Island taking place on May 26th.

There are current plans to bring #140conf LOCAL to Waterloo, Ontario and to the Hudson Valley in New York State. If you are interested in bringing #140conf to your home town, please visit: http://140conf.com/140conf-local.

I thank everyone who is part of the #140conf LOCAL movement and I look forward to seeing the #140conf events continue to grow both across America and around the world and helping my #140conf dreams come true.

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May 18, 2011

Back in Palo Alto

This morning I find myself back in Palo and heading towards Sand Hill Road.

After really good days of meetings + pitching in Cambridge/Boston, we are better prepared for today's meetings.

There is something to be said about following your own dreams and doing what you need to do in order to help them come true. I believe we are onto something very BIG.

This afternoon I'm flying north to Portland. Not to pitch anyone but rather to co-host what l believe will be an amazing event tomorrow in Vancouver, Washington - 140 Characters Conference Northwest.

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Tags: Palo Alto, startup, 140confNW,
Entrepreneur, Jeff Pulver

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Believe in Someone

There are times when the best gift you can give is to believe in someone and let them know it.

Your words and continued encouragement can and will have a positive impact on their life.

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May 17, 2011

A magical moment: Rayna Ford and Paul Simon performing Duncan

I first heard about this story from my friend Jacob Ner-David.

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A found the following text on YouTube, written by Rod Ford, which provides a great background for the following video:

Filmed at The Sound Academy in Toronto, Ontario on May 7, 2011.

This is one of the most magical moments of our lives.

My wife Rayna told me prior to the show that she had a dream that she would get up on stage and play "Duncan" with Paul. Naturally, we giggled about this prospect. Nonetheless, when we were in the second row, Rayna continued to request this song. He heard her in the audience and told her he would play it. She told him that "Duncan" was the first song she had learned on guitar. As a result, Mr. Simon asked her to join him on stage and play the song. It was truly a wonderful moment that we will never forget in our lives.

Mr. Simon and his band and staff were absolute sweethearts to us throughout the show and in meeting them backstage. Also, we would like to thank all of our friends and well wishers for their kind words and congratulations.

It has truly been a whirlwind as we have since had interviews with the CBC (Local and National) and NTV (Local Newfoundland News Station), various radio stations and websites.

When I first saw my video, I had wished that I hadn't coached her and I was concerned that I had ruined the video for her. But, at the time, I too was overly excited and extremely nervous for her. Fortunately, there are many great video versions of this moment so I can now look upon this video as a document of my own excitement and pride.

She is the love of my life and I could not be more proud of how she handled herself both onstage and in the media.

She is my hero!!!

Peace and Love,
Rod Ford"

Tags: Jeff Keni Puver, Rod Ford, Rayna Ford, Jacob Ner-David

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May 16, 2011

#140conf LA Cocktail Mixer - June 1st

I will be back in the Los Angeles area at the end of May and on June 1st I am hosting the #140conf LA Cocktail Mixer.

The event is taking place from 7-9 PM at Central, 1348 14th Street in Santa Monica.

To RSVP please visit: ttp://la140conf612011.eventbrite.com/

Hope you can join us.

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May 15, 2011

Following my Dreams once again

Cat Stevens once wrote:

“But take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything you've got.
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.”

(from “Father and Son”)

Tonight I’m going out on the road in search of funding for a new startup that I first had the idea for back in 1998.

One of the things I have learned about ideas and opportunity is that timing is everything. This is why I have waited until now to work on following this dream.

I’m very proud and trilled to be working on a new “Stealth Mode” startup with two friends whom I hope to make a difference with.

This week we will be spending a couple of days in Boston and then heading over to San Francisco for meetings in and around Silicon Valley.

I often tell people that if he they have an idea for a startup, they owe it to themselves to make it happen. I hope to do the same once again.

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May 13, 2011

Jake Shimabukuro performing Bohemian Rhapsody

I first heard this song playing on the "Coffee House", channel 31 on SiriusXM Radio on Wednesday. Close your eyes and just listen to this song. :)

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May 12, 2011

Blogging Again

While dealing with the effects of having pneumonia, I spent a lot of time thinking about things. About how things are, were and I would like them to be.

I came to the conclusion that I would like to blog again. So here I am.

What I am not sure of yet if I can get myself to the point where I am blogging every day and sometimes a few times each day. I’m still figuring this out.

What I reminded myself is that my blog is my platform to be heard from. So why not use it?

For those of you who read my blog, thanks for reading me. Thanks for sharing your time with me. Your time and your presence is appreciated.

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Dilbert - The Knack

A classic tale of a future engineer at a young age:

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Tags: Ham Radio, Dilbert, Jeff Pulver

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May 11, 2011

Join and Experience #140Conf in NYC on June 15/16 2011

#140conf is an event where people will be sharing their stories about their life experiences with the evolving real-time web, and how something they are passionate about has been effected by the way people are using platforms like twitter.

This is also an event where some people are traveling in some cases a great distance to attend. To date the community attending our upcoming #140conf 2011 event includes people from 14 countries and from 25 States.

During the course of the two-day event you will hear from a wide variety of people from many diffent walks of life as they share their stories about how one aspect of the "the real-time web" has touched their lives, their business and changed the way things are.

The approximate 140 speakers will be an almost even mix of both men and woman, something pretty rare in conferences these days.

There will be times where the room will be filled with emotion. We will laugh, some may cry and others will feel the energy of the moment throughout the two days of talks. If you attend with an open mind, chances are you will experience serendipity in action as you meet people whom you would have never otherwise met from industries not your own, but somehow you will connect and find the things in common that will help to forge deep bonds and friendships that will last. This is the "hybrid vigor" the #140conf events have become known for.

In the audience, you will meet people who are dreamers and doers, as well as people who have seen success and others who are still trying to figure this stuff out.

What you will not learn is how to tweet or how to better use Facebook. That is not the core of what we are about at #140conf. You may hear about some better use cases and better approaches to using one platform or another but the majority of the talks will be passion driven.

If you are thinking of attending, please take a moment and register today.

Hope to see you in NYC.

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May 10, 2011

Microsoft Buying Skype?

Just read the news that Skype may soon become a brand associated with Microsoft. Interesting.

I can appreciate why some people think Facebook wants to own Skype. But do you really think Facebook wants to have to deal with the overhead of worldwide Telco regulations? The short answer is No! Facebook is in the business of connecting people with people. They have found success and have a customer base of over 600 million and enjoy doing so in a regulation free environment. Why would Facebook want to risk changing that?

Back in 2005, it would have been possible to reach out to the world’s telco operators and raise $3.6 billion dollars in order to take Skype off the marketplace. Back then the potential effects of Skype’s success was disruptive to the future of communications and most operators would have paid the price to remove such a competitive threat. Turns out they didn’t have to. Instead eBay purchased Skype and in just a matter of months, one could tell that Telcos no longer were afraid of Skype. Mostly because they knew that eBay would never do something stupid which in turn might have a negative effect on their core business.

Back on September 12, 2005 when it was announced Skype was sold to eBay, admittedly, I was pretty excited about that deal. I just re-read a blog post I wrote about the sale - ”Some thoughts on eBay’s Purchase of Skype -- Evidence that the Communications Revolution will be IP-Televised (and available for purchase on eBay (or downloaded for free via BitTorrent, if not Kazaa)):”

Turns out that the promise of the deal the way I saw things never really happened.

eBay could not really leverage Skype the way they could have. And eBay wasn’t about to become a next generation brokerage house even though they owned the core pieces needed to become a disruptive force of nature in the online brokerage business.

In fact September 12, 2005 was the day Skype died the first time. In real life the soul of the remaining company had to deal with eBay politics and allocations of all sorts and in the end the company that was absorbed into eBay was just not the same company.

It literally took years for the company originally known as Skype to come back to life after getting sold to eBay. Skype was very (very) late with their mobile strategy. And while these days it may appear that Skype is a highly functional company, there remains some deep issues inside and around the company which will continue to linger for years to come.

Now flash forward to 2011 and one has to wonder what the real reasons are for Microsoft to make the move they are reported to be making. Are telcos once again fearful of Skype and does Microsoft want to take away this fear on behalf of their telco customers? I don’t think so. Is Microsoft looking to leverage the Skype communications protocols for their own suite of communication products? Maybe. Is Microsoft in love with the video technology that Skype has evolved? again maybe. Does this make Skype worth 7 or 8 billion dollars in the eyes of Microsoft? Could be, but again I’m not so sure. It is quite possible Microsoft is willing to pay the price so that their closet rivals can’t have Skype. And in order to protect their future customer base a move to take Skype out of the hands of their competitors is well worth 7 or 8 billion dollars to Microsoft.

But be forewarned, it is also possible for Skype to die a second time. And if this happens there may not be another chance to reform the band, liberate the company, nurture it and once again try to sell it.

I look forward to watching the elements of this deal unfold.

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Tags: VoIP, Skype, Microsoft, Jeff Pulver

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May 09, 2011

My contribution to the3six5 - May 9th 2011

These days I find myself consumed with learning and experiencing new digital communication technologies. I believe there is something “there” and one day we will see the deep space pulsar research of Joe Taylor, Nobel Prize winner, applied in future communication applications used on the internet. As a Ham radio operator, I enjoy using a new, recognized method of communicating, something created by Joe Taylor known as JT65a.

Today I woke up at 5:42 AM. After making sure my son Jake was awake at 6:01 AM (knowing he would then wake up his brother at 6:30), I went upstairs to my ham radio station to check the stations which were logged overnight.

By the time I got back downstairs to my morning reality, both Jake and Dylan were up and getting ready for school. 6 AM to 7 AM on weekdays has become my favorite part of the day. I enjoy being around my kids before school and sometimes having the chance to act as their personal short order cook. Today only Jake put me to work. I have started to appreciate the time I have left with my kids who are now in the 11th grade. One more year my kids will be graduating high school. A few months later when they are in college my short order cooking will be just a memory so I have made it a point to make the most of the seemingly little moments each day.

After my kids went on their bus around 7:20 AM, my twitter day began.

Since 2007, each morning I start my twitter day with a simple “Good Morning.” I enjoy the randomness of who responds to my morning message. Over the years I have met some very interesting characters. Some conversations start and stop in the morning and others are carried out over a series of days and weeks. I find mornings to be an inspiring time of day to connect.

These days I live for the mornings.

Next time you have the chance, reach out and connect with someone. It could change your life.

see the original post over at: http://the3six5.posterous.com/may-9-2011-jeff-pulver

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Ending My Radio Silence

While I discovered ham radio growing up, it is has been a long while since I turned on my ham radio from my home. However, one of the unintentional consequences of coming down with pneumonia back in March was my rediscovery of my passion to communicate.

In between watching re-runs of NCIS, variations of Law and Order and the CSI, I took time to look at past issues of QST and became slightly obsessed with two new forms of digital communication popular on HF: WSPR and JT65A.

What got my immediate attention was that these technologies started out as an innovation of Joe Taylor who is an astrophysicist and won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Mr Taylor developed a way to do “listening in deep space” and adopted his approach in the development of WSPR and JT65A. These two applications have the ability to listen to what sounds like noise and pick out very weak sounds (and in this case ham radio stations). This is important because the incredibly weak signals would not normally be able to be heard if it wasn’t for the development of WSPR and JT65A.

The significance of all of this means that one no longer needed a big antenna and a big signal to be able to make contact with distance stations on a regular basis. For the first time, people with very modest antennas and very modest stations can and have been able to establish communications with ham stations all over the world.

Earlier in my life as a ham, I was fortunate to be able to have a large antenna array. Generally speaking this meant when I used to turn on my station and turned my antenna to a general direction, I was usually heard.

Fast forward to 2011 and while re-establishing my old station was not an option, I decided to try using a simple wire antenna to see if what I read about could actually be true for myself. One thing lead to another and soon I found myself ordering a Alpha Delta DX-EE.

A couple of weekends ago I took the time to unpack the DX-EE package and built the wire antenna indoors. After throwing the antenna out my attic window, I ended up with an inverted “V.” I then dusted off my ICOM 753 Pro II and for the first time in years, turned on a ham radio and listened to the ham bands in my home.

This experience lead me to become almost obsessed with visiting http://dxusa.net/ and checking the latest solar conditions and started to log into a local DX Packet Cluster and started taking note of band conditions.

Once my station was back up and running, I spent nearly two weeks trying to get the WSPR software to work. To date I haven’t been able to. But just this weekend I turned the radio on, turned the dial and established a contact with someone in Russia followed the next morning with someone in Vermont. Within a few minutes it felt like old times. And I could not help but just smile. :)

Just a few hours, after giving up on WSPR, I gave JT65a a try on 20 meters and to my utter surprise, the software just worked. Over the course of a few hours the software logged stations from across the United States, Europe, South America and Asia. And I saw for myself the magic of Joe Taylor’s innovation in action. Somehow, my very modest station was able to receive and decode signals from thousands of miles away. To the naked ear, the signals on 14.076 Mhz were just noise. But with the help of the JT65-hf software, the same underlying technology that can be used in deep space to discover distant pulsars, was helping me listen, connect, share and engage in communication with new friends on planet earth.

With my passion for ham radio communications rekindled, I suspect I will be spending more of my time in the weeks and months ahead, back on my ham radio.

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May 02, 2011

More than 1,000 people attending Fashion140 on May 4th

Back on January 18th when I announced Fashion140 together with Lilly Berelovich from Fashion Snoops, we only could dream that an event which explored "The State of NOW" in the Fashion Industry could attract 1,000 people. But this is exactly what happened. Over 1,000 people will be attending Fashion140 at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center on May 4th.

The #140conf community is amazing. I thank you for your support and for your help in amplifying the messaging of this new event and the serendipity which happened as a result. Looking at the attending community, there are people joining us from 10 countries and from 22 States across the United States. I had no idea that we would end up with such a community attending our inaugural event. We have been humbled by the outreach and community support for this new conference.

For more information about Fashion140 please visit: http://fashion140.com.

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April 27, 2011

#140Conf "Early Bird" Prices Ends Fri Apr 29th

On June 15th and 16th people from around the world are coming to New York to explore "The State of NOW" and the continued effects of the real-time web on our lives - both in business and personally.

Together we will be looking at the growing impact the real-time web is having on a wide range of industries. There is a fundamental shift going on which is driving both positive disruption and a level of disintermediation in both business processes, business models and human behavior . Our sessions will be addressing some of these changes while providing an opportunity for our community to listen, connect, share and engage with each other.

If you are thinking about attending #140conf NYC, today would be a great time to secure your seat. With the "early bird" ticket costing only US$ 100 for this two day event, register NOW to guarantee yourself access to the event over at: http://nyc.140conf.com/register

Our "early bird" pricing ends on Friday, April 29th. You can view the current event schedule over at: http://nyc.140conf.com/schedule

Hope to see you in NYC in June.

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April 14, 2011

117 Reasons to attend #140conf NYC

There are 117+ interesting, smart, insightful, talented and otherwise amazing people who will be speaking at #140conf NYC on June 15th / 16th.

REGISTER today for just $100 to attend the two day event. "Early Bird" registration ends on April 29th.

As of April 14th:

AJ Leon (@ajleon) - Chief Maker of Trouble, Pursuit of Everything
Alicia Ybarbo (@AliciaYbarbo) - Producer, Today Show at NBC News + co-author "Today's Moms"
Alissa Sheley (@alissasheley) - Director of Social Media, Jones Huyett Partners
Alon Nir (@TheKotel) - founder, Tweet Your Prayers
Amanda G (@LAlupusLady) - Alliance for Lupus Research
Amanda Hocking (@amanda_hocking) - Author of the Trylle Trilogy & My Blood Approves series
Amber Rae (@heyamberrae) - Domino Project's Chief Evangelist
Amy Cao (@amyblogschow) - Head of Community @Foodspotting
Andrea Kavanaugh (@akavan) - Virginia Tech, Associate Director, Center for Human-Computer Interaction; Formerly Research Director, Blacksburg Electronic Village
Andrew Pergam (@pergam) - Editorial Director, The Institute for Interactive Journalism
Andrew Rasiej (@Rasiej) - Founder Personal Democracy Forum; Chairman NY Tech Meetup
Andy Carvin (@acarvin) - Senior strategist at NPR
Angela Shelton (@angelashelton) - Performer, Writer, Storyteller, Filmmaker, Teacher, Artist
Anita Cochran (@anitacochran) - Owner, Anitacochran.tv
Ann Curry (@AnnCurry) - News Anchor on NBC's Today Show and host of Dateline NBC
Anthony Rotolo (@rotolo) - Professor, Syracuse University
Aparna Vashisht-Rota (@Parentella) - founder, Parentella
Becky McCray (@BeckyMcCray) - Publisher, Small Biz Survival, Co-Host #140conf SmallTown
Bob Watson (@TopBrokerOC) - founder, Social Media Mastermind Orange County
Brad Wyman (@bradwyman) - Director of Programming of WyTv
Brian White (@BrianKOLD) - Reporter, KOLD Tucson, On-Air Online
Cathy Brooks (@CathyBrooks) - Raconteur/Founder Other Than That
Chelsea Marti (@TTaxChels) - Manager, PR & Social Media, Intuit
Chris Sacca (@sacca) - Managing Director and Founder, Lowercase Capital
Christine Miserandino (@bydls) - reated the #spoonieAuthor "The Spoon Theory, founder ButYouDontLookSick.com
Christopher Penn (@cspenn) - VP, Blue Sky Factory, co-founder PodCamp
Cody Heitschmidt (@codyks) - VP Biz Dev, LogicMaze
Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) - Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
Craig Newmark (@craignewmark) - founder, Craigslist
Dan Feld (@dan_feld) - Regional Sales Manager EEMEA, Amazon Web Services
Dan Gillmor (@dangillmor) - A life in media — music, newspapers, online, books, investing and education.
Dan Lewis (@sesamestreet) - Director of New Media Communications @sesamestreet.
Daymond John (@TheSharkDaymond) - founder, FUBU
Debra Eckerling (@WriteOnOnline) - Creator, Write On! Online
Deepak Chopra (@DeepakChopra) - Author
Dennis Crowley (@dens) - co-founder, Foursquare
Elizabeth Norton (@Elizabeth_N) - BeeClicked/CapeMayMoms/PartyPlanningProfessor
Emily Cavalier (@ECava) - Writer, Moneymaker, Connector, http://MouthOfTheBorder.com
Emily May (@iHollaback) - Executive Director, Hollaback
Eric Weaver (@Weave) - VP Digital Strategy and evANTgelist, Ant's Eye View
Estrella Rosenberg (@charityestrella) - Founder, Big Love Little Heart
Geo Geller (@geogeller) - Artist, Photographer, Humanitarian
George Haines (@George_Haines) - Technology Teacher, Sts. Philip and James School
Gigi Belmonico (@GigiBelmonico) - Image Expert, Glamour Girl and Bombshell Coach
Gilad Lotan (@gilgul) - VP R&D, SocialFlow
Glenn Manishin (@glennm) - Partner, Duane Morris LLP
Hank Wasiak (@hankwasiak) - Author. TV Host. Teacher. Partner - The Concept Farm
Imal Wagner (@imalwagner) - branding communications innovator for emerging media
Ja-Nae Duane (@TheSunQueen) - Strategist; Founder of Wild Women Entrepreneurs
James M. (@superid101) - Chairman & CEO, Numedeon
Jay Ehret (@themarketingguy) - Chief Officer of Awesomeness, The Marketing Spot
Jeanne V (@jeannevb) - freelance writer, screenwriter/novelist, co-founder of #scriptchat
Jeff Hasen (@jeffhasen) - CMO, Hipcricket
Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) - Author, Professor
Jeff Keni (@jeffpulver) - founder & curator, #140conf events
Jeffrey Hayzlett (@JeffreyHayzlett) - Author, ex-CMO Kodak
Jennifer Preston (@NYT_JenPreston) - Writer, New York Times
Jessica Northey (@JessicaNorthey) - Founder/CEO of Finger Candy Media
Jessica Orquina (@JAOrquina) - Public Affairs Specialist, e-Communications and Marketing Branch, Internal Revenue Service
Joanna Belbey (@Belbey) - Co-founder, The BGK Group
Joe Trippi (@JoeTrippi) - Fmr Dean Campaign Mgr; Author of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
John Borthwick (@Borthwick) - CEO, betaworks
John Paton (@jxpaton) - CEO, Journal Register Company
John Stepper (@johnstepper) - Managing Director, Deutsche Bank
Joyce Sullivan (@JoyceMSullivan) - Co-Founder, Communications & Digital Media, Financial Women's Association
Julian Bond (@Julian_Bond) - Social Media Manager, Detroit Medical Center
Kate Carruthers (@kcarruthers) - co-founder, Social Innovation Sydney
Kathy Buckworth (@KathyBuckworth) - Writer
katz kiely (@katzy) - Advisor
Krupali Tejura, (@krupali) - Radiation Oncologist
Lauri Stevens (@lawscomm) - Social media strategist for Law Enforcement
Lea Marino (@LvM) - Community Manager, NYC, Bizzy
Lisa Allen (@BostonLogan) - Mgr Emerging Media, Massport - Boston Logan International Airport
Liz Strauss (@lizstrauss) - Founder, SOBCon
LJ Rich (@LJRICH) - Managing Director, Perfect Pitch Productions
Lori Feldman (@lbfeldman) - Director, Branded & Social Media Marketing, Citi Global Transaction Services
Marci Liroff (@marciliroff) - Casting Director, Producer, Acting Coach, Animal Rights Activist, food lover, and all around cool chick.
Maria Avgitidis (@TheDateCoach) - Matchmaker & Dating Coach, Agap Match
Mark Horvath (@hardlynormal) - Advocate for the Homeless and Humanitarian
Mary Ann (@TodaysMoms) - Producer, Today Show at NBC News + co-author "Today's Moms"
Matt Gibbs (@gibbs12) - Manager - Social Media and Audience Development, Playboy
Matthew Ebel (@matthewebel) - Captain, Matthew Ebel Entertainment
Maureen Dennis (@weewelcome) - Founder, Wee Welcome
Mel Rosenberg (@MelRosenberg) - World's no. 1 expert in breath odors, Author Children's Books
Melissa Leon (@melissaleon) - Director of Education @osCharity. Creator of #twitterkids.
Michael Butvinik (@Btvnk) - Modern Movie Critic
Michael Mathias (@michael_mathias) - Student
Michael Tasner (@TazSolutions) - Chief Strategy Officer, Taz Solutions
Michelle Chmielewski (@MiChmski) - Community Manager, Synthesio
Mike Dougherty (@wickedjava) - President Big Damm Fan Films, Inc.
Monte Farber (@AskMonte) - Psychic, best-selling author of 45 books on ESP, Astrology, Tarot & Love. 2,000,000 books in print in 14 languages
Natalie Lent (@natalielent) - Director, Emerging Platforms, ID PR
Patrick Starzan (@Starzan) - VP Marketing, Funny or Die
Peter Corbett (@corbett3000) - CEO of iStrategyLabs
Peter Davison (@OurManinSH) - Founder, Our Man in Shanghai
Phil Buehler (@pwbuehler) - Head of strategy for OgilvyOne by day, visual artist by night
Rajesh Setty (@RajSetty) - President, Foresight Plus
Reven T.C. (@RTCWurman) - Photographer, Formerly Producer of the TED Conferences
Robert LoCascio (@LP_CEOROB) - founder & CEO, Liveperson
Rosana Hermann (@rosana) - Creative Manager, R7.com
Sarah Baird (@scbaird) - Founder/CEO, Takeashine
Sarah Baskerville (@Baskers) - a person
Scott Mills (@GraffitiBMXCop) - Social Media Officer + Graffiti Art Coordinator - Toronto Police / Crime Stoppers International
Sean Gardner (@2morrowknight) - blogger, Huffingtonpost
Shira Lazar (@shiralazar) - Hybrid Journalist, CBS On-Air Online
Simon Hay (@SimonHayHealer) - Healer
Steve Greenberg (@steviegpro) - CEO & Founder, S-Curve Records
Steve Rosenbaum (@magnify) - CEO, Magnify
Steve Tucker (@Tykerman1) - Farmer
Stowe Boyd (@stoweboyd) - front man, stoweboyd.com
Sue Black (@Dr_Black) - Bletchley Park evangelist
Ted Rubin (@TedRubin) - Chief Social Marketing Officer, OpenSky
Theresa Albert (@theresaalbert) - President, My Friend in Food
Tim Armstrong (@timarmstrongaol) - CEO, AOL
Tonya Hall (@Barzhini) - Chief Marketing Officer + Social Media Radio Host, Graham Advertising
Tracey Jackson (@traceyjackson4) - screenwriter, documentary film maker and author
Warren Etheredge (@thewarrenreport) - The Warren Report

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Review the #140conf NYC Schedule over at: http://nyc.140conf.com/schedule.

Hope to see YOU in New York on June 15th and 16th.

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March 23, 2011

Announcing: Preliminary Speaker List for #140conf NYC 2011

The 140 Characters Conference: New York City (#140conf) will be taking place June 15-16, 2011 at the 92nd Street Y. This event will be the the largest worldwide gathering of people interested in the effects of the real-time Internet on both business and “me” the people.

The voices shared at #140conf NYC include those from: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, France, Israel and from across the United States. To date about 80% of the expected 140 speakers have been confirmed and the remainder are in the process of being confirmed. More speakers will be announced in the weeks ahead.

If you are thinking about attending #140conf NYC, now would be a great time to secure your seat. With the "early bird" ticket costing only US$ 100 (until April 29th) for the entire two day event, register NOW to guarantee youself access to the event over at: http://nyc.140conf.com/register.

Some of the "Characters" speaking at #140conf NYC 2011 include:

- AJ Leon, Chief Maker of Trouble, Pursuit of Everything (@ajleon)
- Alicia Yarbo, Producer, Today Show at NBC News and co-author "Today's Moms", (@TodaysMoms)
- Alissa Sheley, Director of Social Media, jones huyett Partners (@AlissaSheley)
- Alon Nir, Founder, Tweet Your Prayers (@TheKotel)
- Amanda Hockings, Author of the Trylle Trilogy & My Blood Approves series, (@amanda_hocking)
- Amanda Greene, , Alliance for Lupus Research (@LALupusLady)
- Amber Rae, Domino Project's Chief Evangelist, (@heyamberrae)
- Andrew Pergam, Editorial Director , The Institute for Interactive Journalism (@jlab)  (@pergam)
- Andrew Rasiej, Founder Personal Democracy Forum; Chairman NY Tech Meetup, (@Rasiej)
- Andy Carvin, Senior Strategist, NPR (@acarvin)
- Angela Shelton, Performer Writer Storyteller Filmmaker Teacher Artist, (@angelashelton)
- Anita Cochran, Owner, Anitacochran.tv (@anitacochran)
- Ann Curry, New Anchor on NBC's Today Show and host of Dateline NBC, (@anncurry)
- Anthony Rotolo, Professor, Syracuse University (@rotolo)
- Becky McCray, Publisher, Small Biz Survival (@BeckyMcCray)
- Bob Watson, Founder, Social Media Mastermind Orange County (@TopBrokerOC)
- Brad Wyman, Director of Programming of WyTv, (@bradwyman)
- Chelsea Marti, Manager, PR & Social Media at Intuit, Intuit Inc. (@TTaxChels)
- Christopher Sacca, Managing Director and Founder, Lowercase Capital (@sacca)
- Cody Heitschmidt, VP Biz Dev, LogicMaze (@codyks)
- Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, NJ, (@CoryBooker)
- Craig Newmark, founder, Craigslist (@CraigNewmark)
- Dan Gillmor, Director, Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University (@dangillmor)
- Dan Lewis, Director of New Media Communications, Sesame Workshop (@SesameStreet)
- Dan Feld, Regional Sales Manager EEMEA, Amazon Web Services (@dan_feld)
- Daymond John, Founder, FUBU (@TheSharkDaymond)
- Debra Eckerling, Creator, Write On! Online (@writeononline)
- Deepak Chopra (via Skype) (@DeepakChopra)
- Dennis Crowley, co-founder, FourSquare (@dens)
- Elizabeth Norton, , BeeClicked/CapeMayMoms/PartyPlanningProfessor (@Elizabeth_N)
- Emily May, Executive Director, Hollaback (@ihollaback)
- Estrella Rosenberg, Founder, Big Love Little Hearts (@charityestrella)
- George Haines, Director of Technology, Sts. Philip and James School (@oline73)
- Gigii Belmonico, Image Expert, Glamour Girl and Bombshell Coach, (@GigiBelmonico)
- Gilad Lotan, VP R&D, SocialFlow (@gilgul)
- Glenn Manishin, Partner, Duane Morris LLP (@glennm)
- Hank Wasiak, Partner, The Concept Farm (@hankwasiak)
- Imal Wagner, branding communications innovator for emerging media , (@imalwagner)
- Ja-Nae Duane, Strategist; Founder of Wild Women Entrepreneurs, (@thesunqueen)
- Jay Ehret, Chief Officer of Awesomeness, The Marketing Spot (@TheMarketingGuy)
- Jeanne Veillette Bowerman, freelance writer, screenwriter/novelist, and co-founder of #scriptchat, (@Jeannevb)
- Jeff Hasen, CMO, Hipcricket (@jeffhasen)
- Jeff Jarvis, Author, Professor, (@jeffjarvis)
- Jeffrey Hayzlett, Author, (@jeffreyhayzlet)
- Jessica Orquina, Public Affairs Specialist, e-Communications and Marketing Branch, Internal Revenue Service (@JAOrquina)
- Jessica Northey, Founder, Finger Candy Media (@JessicaNorthey)
- Joanna Belbey, Co-Founder, The BGK Group (@belbey, @thebgkgroup)
- John Paton, CEO, Journal Register Company (@jxpaton)
- John Borthwick, CEO, Betaworks (@Borthwick)
- Julian Bond, Social Media Manager, Detroit Medical Center (@Julian_Bond)
- Kate Carruthers, Co-Founder, Social Innovation Sydney (@kcarruthers)
- Kathy Buckworth, writer, (@KathyBuckworth)
- Katz Kiely, advisor, (@Katzy)
- Krupali Tejura, Dr., (@krupali)
- Lauri Stevens, , LAwS Communications (@Lauri Stevens)
- Lea Marino, Community Manager, NYC, Bizzy (@LvM)
- Liz Strauss, Founder, SOBCon, (@lizstrauss)
- LJ Rich, Managing Director, Perfect Pitch Productions Ltd (@ljrich)
- Marci Liroff, Owner, Marci Liroff Casting (@marciliroff)
- Maria Avgitidis, Matchmaker & Dating Coach, Agape Match (@thedatecoach)
- Mark Horvath, , InvisiblePeople.tv (@Mark Horvath)
- Mary Ann Zoeliner, Producer, Today Show at NBC News and co-author "Today's Moms", (@TodaysMoms)
- Matt Gibbs, Manager - Social Media and Audience Development, Playboy (@gibbs12)
- Matthew Ebel, Captain, Matthew Ebel Entertainment (@matthewebel)
- Maureen Dennis, Founder, Wee Welcome (@weewelcome)
- Michael Dougherty, President, Big Damn Fan Films, Inc. (@wickedjava and @browncoatsmovie)
- Michael Butvinik, Modern Movie Critic, (@btvnk)
- Michael Mathias, (just a kid), (@Michael_Matias)
- Michael Tasner, Chief Strategy Officer, Taz Solutions (@TazSolutions)
- Michelle Chmielewski, Community Manager, Synthesio (@MiChmski)
- Monte Farber, Co-President, Zerner/Farber Editions (@askMonte)
- Natalie Lent, Director, Emerging Platforms, ID PR (@natalielent)
- Peter Corbett, iStrategyLabs, CEO (@corbett3000)
- Peter Davison, Founder, Our Man in Shanghai (@ourmaninsh)
- Rajesh Setty, President, Foresight Plus, LLC (@RajSetty)
- Robert LoCassio, CEO, Live Person (@LP_CEOROB)
- Rosana Hermann Efraim, Creative Manager, R7.com (@rosana)
- Sarah Baird, Founder/CEO, Takeashine (@scbaird)
- Sarah Baskerville, , (@Baskers)
- Scott Mills, Social Media Officer+Graffiti Art Coordinator / Social Media Adviser @CSIWorld, Toronto Police Service / Crime Stoppers International (@GraffitiBMXCop @CSIWorld @TorontoPolice)
- Sean Gardner, Blogger, Huffingtonpost (@2morrowknight)
- Simon Hay, Healer, (@SimonHayHealer)
- Steve Greenberg, CEO, S-Curve Records (@steviegpro)
- Stowe Boyd, front man, stoweboyd.com (@stoweboyd)
- Sue Black, Bletchley Park evangelist, (@Dr_Black)
- Ted Rubin, Chief Social Marketing Officer, OpenSky (@tedrubin)
- Theresa Albert, President, My Friend In Food (@theresaalbert)
- Tim Armstrong, CEO, AOL (@timarmstrongaol)
- Tonya Hall, Chief Marketing Officer - Social Media Radio Host, Graham Advertising - The Tonya Hall Show "Embracing the POWER of Social Media" (@TonyaHallRadio @Barzhini)
- Tracey Jackson, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker ("Lucky Ducks"), and author, (@traceyjackson4)

Note: Speakers are subject to change without notice. These "characters" are accurate as of: March 21, 2011

To register for #140conf NYC, please visit: http://nyc.140conf.com/register

For information about sponsoring #140conf NYC, please contact: Alan Weinkrantz - alan@weinkrantz.com.

For more information about upcoming worldwide #140conf events, please visit: http://140conf.com.

I would appreciate your help in spreading awareness of the conference to the people who you are connected with on your social networks.

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Tags: 140conf, social media, 140 Characters Conference, twitter, Jeff Keni Pulver

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March 08, 2011

Upcoming #140conf Activities / March 2011 Calendar

March 9, 2011 - New York City - March #140conf NYC 2011 Meetup: The Human side of Fashion Brands (6:30 - 8:30 PM). Details: http://www.meetup.com/140conf/events/16424527/

March 11 - Austin - #140conf @ SXSW Cocktail Party (7 - 9 PM) - http://140sxsw11.eventbrite.com/

March 11 - “Early Bird” Registration ends for Fashion140 - http://fashion140.com/register

March 12 - Austin - #140conf @ SXSW (3:30 to 6:00 PM) - See Schedule: http://sxsw.140conf.com/schedule

March 14-17 - Austin - Join the #140conf community booth on the #SXSW Showfloor - Details: ttp://sxsw.com/film/trade_show/exhibitors?action=exhib_show&id=S11-3725

April 29 - “Early Bird” Registration ends for #140conf NYC - http://nyc.140conf.com/register

May 4 - NYC - Fashion140 - http://fashion140

May 9 - Des Moines, IA - #140conf Des Moines - http://desmoines.140conf.com/
May 19 - Vancouver, WA - #140conf NW - http://nw.140conf.com
May 24 - Twain Harte, CA - #140conf Central Sierra http://centralsierra.140conf.com
May 26 - Central Islip, NY - #140conf Long Island - http://li.140conf.com

June 15-16 - #140conf NYC - http://nyc.140conf.com. Join the worldwide gathering of the #140conf community

August 2-3 - NYC - #140edu - http://140edu.com - Exploring the State of NOW in Education.

Posted by jeff at 04:49 PM | Permalink

Announcing #140edu: August 2011 in New York City

Today I am announcing a new event, #140edu, a conference taking place August 2-3 at the 92nd St Y /New York City that will explore the "State of Education - NOW," and the underlying effects the real-time web is having on Education. The event website is http://140edu.com.

Ever since the first #140conf event in New York City back in June 2009, I have been looking at the effects of the real-time web on Education. To date, the #140conf events have provided a platform for: students, parents, elementary and secondary school teachers, college professors and high school principals. At a recent #140conf it was said that "in 1920 being illiterate meant not being able to read or write. In 2010 being illiterate means not knowing how to surf the net."

In an attempt to provide more attention and more voices to the educators of the world, I have partnered with Chris Lehmann (@chrislehmann) - Principal of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia.

It is our goal to take a hard look at the State of Education NOW and provide a platform for educators, parents, students, administrators, school boards, together with anyone and everyone with a vested interest in the state of education a chance to be heard and ideas shared and explored.

Since the birth of the real-time Internet, many educational institutions around the world have found themselves establishing a presence on both Facebook and twitter and have been challenged with the task of having to having to have someone (or a team) represent their school and become their online and physical voice for their students. For many schools this is something both new and challenging.

The growing widespread popularity of cell phones have ushered in the era of both texting and sexting and other related disruptions. Some schools have restricted the use of cell phones in schools while other schools have eventually embraced it.

Some teachers are reachable by their students on their cell phones and remind students of their homework assignments and answer questions about work assignments. The evolution of the 7 AM to 3PM lifestyle to a 24/7 lifestyle is changing the students connect with both other students and their teachers.

Ever since the launch of Facebook, K-12 schools around the world have been dealing with the unintended consequences of "friending" in the classroom and the issues it raises. Facebook forces the issue of "friending," be it between students and students, students and teachers, parents and teachers and sometimes between students and Principals and Parents and Principals. Some schools have banned the use of Facebook and others have embraced it only to realize that students are smarter than school policies and in the end they will decide how they communicate and with whom.

And it isn't only Facebook.

twitter has become a popular platform for educators from around the world to discover and connect with each other. The #edchat chats continue to grow. In a world that has become flat, educators are just a tweet away from each other and each day they continue to discover and explore common ground and are sharing experiences and observations for how to best approach education in the era of the real-time web.

The changes in the way we live our lives must create change in the way we teach and learn. The real-time web should create profound changes in the way we think about what, how and why students and teachers can do, create and communicate. The very nature of what we consider "school" should be radically different given the powerful reach of the communicate tools our students have at their disposal. #140edu is dedicated to exploring and expanding that change. Join us.

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A Call For Speakers

With today's "Call for Speakers" we are 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 the education segment they are operating in. Educators from around the world are encouraged to come forward and share their ideas. Students and parents are also encouraged to come forward and share their perspectives. And anyone and/or everyone who has a vested interested in the State of Education NOW are invited to come forward and share their perspective. My hope is to have a variety of industries represented at our first event.

In the tradition of the #140Conf events, individual presentations will be 10 minutes long and panels will run 15 to 20 minutes.

The conference will explore a range of topics from best practices to the legal issues to the natural conflict of personal and corporate friending. Plus a wide range of related topics that I hope to hear from the people who come forward to speak at this conference. I'm looking for first-hand accounts of how the real-time web is being applied and the impact it is happening in across the education world. My goal is to bring together a great group of Characters to both lead and contribute to the discussions.

The take-aways from this event will provide the attending delegates knowledge, perspectives and insights to the next wave of effects the real-time Internet will have on education.

I would appreciate your help in spreading awareness of this new conference, 140edu. To get a sense for education media covering previous #140conf education tracks view "The Inpsired Classroom," "Edutopia," or watch this video of a group of students who presented at a #140Conf entitled, "twitter and Animal Farm." I also recommend watching the 10 minute talk Chris Lehmann did at #140conf NYC last April.

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 education community at large to get there.

If you are interested in speaking at: #140edu, please submit your speaking proposal by Friday, April 15th. The link is: http://140edu.com/call-for-speakers. The first to submit will be the first we consider for the event.

We are also looking for sponsors and for exhibitors to be part of our conference. For more information about sponsoring and exhibiting, please send email to: alan@weinkrantz.com.

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.

I would appreciate your help in once again spreading awareness of the conference to the people who you are connected with on your social networks.

Thanks!

Tags: 140conf, 140edu, Chris Lehmann, social media, education, Jeff Keni Pulver

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March 06, 2011

Looking for a Co-Founder / Lead Developer

I'm friends with the founder of a new startup whose vision I believe in who is looking for a co-Founder / Lead Developer. The following describes the opportunity. If you know someone who fits this description, please share this opportunity with them. If you are interested, please email: jobs@yappapps.com

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Well connected, passionate entrepreneur with a decade of experience launching and running digital businesses at a major media company is seeking a technical soul mate who wants to democratize technology and do no less than change the world.


If you have a passion for building platforms (not just products), a belief that our digital lives have fostered connectivity (but not necessarily deep connections), and a desire to code for the betterment of man/woman-kind (not just for $$$, though there will be plenty of that too), keep reading below....

YAPP is start-up in stealth mode, currently in beta development. Our HQ are in NYC.

We are looking for:

- A kick-a$$, well-rounded technologist who can solve complex problems elegantly. Specifically: 3+ years of experience developing using open source web application frameworks (e.g. Ruby on Rails, PHP, etc.)

- Deep experience with HTML, HTML5, CSS, Javascript

- Implemented popular 3rd party APIs (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, etc.)

- Knowledge of data structures and database strategy

- Some experience using hosted infrastructure (e.g. Amazon Web Services, Rack Space Cloud)

- Prior iOS and/or Android development a major plus

- Someone with a Bachelors, Masters or PhD in Computer Science/ Engineering

- An entrepreneur in his/her gut who sees the bigger picture

- Someone about which you would say: Oh man, can you code…but you can also make long-term platform and architecture choices that scale

Prior startup experience a plus

- Willingness to live and breath this startup

Significant, founder equity stake and competitive NY start-up salary is on the table.

Prefer technologists located in the New York area (or willing to relocate), but for the right person might also consider someone based in the Bay Area or Tel Aviv.

Please email: jobs@yappapps.com

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February 07, 2011

Invitation to the Bialik Rogozin school ADLOYADA in Tel Aviv

Friends are invited to the Bialik Rogozin school ADLOYADA - an extraordinary event which will take place at March the 18th at 0830 at the school and surrounding streets in Tel Aviv.

This is the second year that we are doing the parade in the adjacent streets, this year we are going to have- street performers, music, huge parade with all the school kids, volunteers and friends of the school who are coming in order to put smiles on the kids faces and to celebrate with them this joyful day and a lot more surprises.

It would be a great time to see everybody and catch up with all of you, I am especially coming to Israel for one day in order to take part in this great parade and party.

It would be great seeing all of you there.

On a more personal note, I think that the school and the surrounding activities around it allow people to see the beautiful, compassionate and accepting the different side of Israel, that is something we can all be proud of and hopefully take part in.

The event details for ettending the event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184770504888304

If you are willing to give a hand and volunteer at the day, please fill in this form: http://bialikrogozin.com

Our facebook fan page for more details on the school: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-Bialik-Rogozin-School-hhbrym-sl-byhs-bylyq-rwgwzyn/171429229568010?v=info

I hope to see you there.

p.s. please share this blog post with friends who may be able to join us.

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January 21, 2011

#140conf NYC - February 2011 Meetup: Future of Story Telling

The first #140conf NYC Meetup of 2011 will be taking place on February 2, 2011.

The underlying theme of this meetup is: "The Future of Story Telling" in the era of the Real-Time web.

"Everybody is a Storyteller: Character trumps Credentials. "

#140conf is a community of Characters; the unique voices and personalities that light up the social web. Lets talk about how we’re all doing in this department. Does your Personal Bio capture the essence of who you really are? You know: that triumphantly smart, hilarious, and thoughtful person only your BFF knows you to be?

Everybody has Credentials. What you need to share is more Character. Forget, the buzzword sleaze around personal branding, we’re going to discuss how to bring your unique personality to the surface through more storytelling. How you see the world. The things that make you tick. The riddle you are trying to solve. Yes, we all have a bigger and epic story to tell. And it’s the story everybody’s waiting to hear.

In all fairness, we’re all going through reinvention. Which means, even the most skilled communicator can get tongue-tied and twisted when trying to represent herself in writing. It’s not easy to share your personal story. Most of us are afraid of two extremes: (1) obnoxious self-importance, or (2) boring earnestness. In the end, we fail to reveal who we really are -- and then fret why people don’t see or appreciate us for what we have to offer!?

You’ll be able to apply the insights from this evening directly back to your Personal Bio, LinkedIn profile, and overall social media presence:

- How to find and express your natural authority: who you were born to be.
- Why credentials and qualifications are really just second fiddle.
- When and how to use external validators to support the story.
- How to represent yourself appropriately for the circles you travel in.

Format / Agenda

After Jeff Pulver welcomes the community and shares his "State of #140conf Update", this #140conf NYC MeetUp will include a 25-minute presentation by Michael Margolis, President of Get Storied to frame the conversation. This will be followed by interactive storytelling exercises that will facilitate networking and sharing by those attending. We’ll close the evening with a discussion about the Future of Storytelling, and its broader implications on the world of media.

Background info: Co-Host and Presenter, Michael Margolis

The son of an inventor and artist, Michael’s fascinated by how ideas socialize into reality. By the age of 23, Michael was a founding member of two pioneering nonprofits in the social enterprise sector. Despite early success, Michael felt something was missing from the conversation. This led him, a decade ago, to discover storytelling as a lynchpin of the change-making and creative process. Today as President of Get Storied, Michael oversees an education and media eco-system including Story University, The Reinvention Summit, and The New Storytellers podcast series. You can connect with Michael on Twitter via @getstoried.

Where:
Samsung Experience
Time Warner Building
3rd Floor Columbus Circle
New York, NY 10019

To RSVP please visit: http://www.meetup.com/140conf/calendar/15987763/

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Tags: 140conf, social media, twitter, Jeff Keni Pulver

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January 18, 2011

Announcing #Fashion140 Conference: May 2011 in New York City

Since conceiving the #140Conf events two years ago, I have been looking for ways to go deeper into specific industries that I observed being disrupted by the real time Internet.

Staying true to providing a platform for the worldwide social media community to: listen, connect, share and engage with each other, while collectively exploring the effects of the emerging real-time internet and social media on business, I'm pleased to announce that I am teaming with Lilly Berelovich of Fashion Snoops to create the first ever #Fashion140 - http://fashion140.com

#Fashion140 is collaborative event examining how social media culture, and the use of real-time web platforms are reshaping the fashion business. My hope is to attract a diverse worldwide community of passionate people who will gather in New York City and connect with one another. The carefully curated speakers will each have 10 minute slots to share their first-hand accounts of how the emerging real-time Internet has impacted their part of the Fashion industry. Our panel discussions will run from 10 to 20 minutes each.

Fashion140 is not an event about micro blogging or about sharing Twitter "tips and techniques," but rather it is the place where we will explore the effects of the real-time Internet across the fashion industry ecosystem.

Please follow @Fashion140Conf for up-to-date information about this event.

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Call for Speakers:

Wanted: Creative, out-of-the-box thinkers to share first-hand experience on how social media strategies have impacted their fashion related business.

We look for success stories and brave attempts directly related to the real time Internet, social media and Fashion.

What we 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.

Fashion Areas we may cover include: Accessories / Advertising / Analytics / Apparel/Garment / Branding / Brands/Collection/Label / Company / Footwear/Leather / Cosmetics / Denim/Jeans / Import and Exports / Fashion Designers / Fashion Trends / Gems & Jewelry / Market Trends / Music / Product Placement / Watches / Models / Education + Institute / Retail/Chain Stores / Embroidery / Fabrics / Home Furnishings / Handicraft / Book Author / Marketing /

If you are interested in speaking at: #Fashion140, please submit your speaking proposal by February 18th over at: http://fashion140.140conf.com/call-for-speakers.

The key to being selected to speak at Fashion140 is to submit a speaking proposal which shares your passion with a topic with how it has been by the real-time Internet. We are looking for first-hand accounts of the impact of the real-time Internet across the in the Fashion industry. For examples of previous #140Conf presentations view our video archives here.

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.

I would appreciate your help in once again spreading awareness of the conference to the people who you are connected with on your social networks.

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Tags: 140conf, fashion140, fashion140conf, Fashion Snoops, social media, twitter, Jeff Keni Pulver

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January 09, 2011

Cavalier King Charles Spaniels share ♥ with Jeff Pulver

One of the reasons I enjoy visiting Tel Aviv:

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Tags: Cavalier, Cavalier+King, Tel Aviv, social media, Jeff Keni Pulver

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January 07, 2011

Event: #140conf Breakfast in New Jersey - Feb 1st

On February 1st I am co-hosting the first #140conf Breakfast in New Jersey in 2011 in a Diner.

Diners have always been a traditional form of social networking in New Jersey and now we will be bringing one of the most famous and largest NJ diners into the social media sphere.

The event is taking place at: Mastoris Diner, 44 U.S. 130 in Bordentown, NJ.

Breakfast includes Mastori's famous cheese & cinnamon bread, danishes, scrambled eggs, home fries, pancakes, French toast, breakfast meats, juice / coffee / tea (tax & tip included).

To RSVP for the breakfast please visit: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/689350867/efbnen

Join this event on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=183700134991596.

Hope to see you at Mastoris Diner.

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Tags: breakfast, New Jersey, social media, facebook, Social Media Breakfast, Jeff Keni Pulver

Posted by jeff at 08:17 AM | Permalink

January 04, 2011

A Call for Speakers and Characters: #140conf NYC - June 15/16

#140conf: Exploring the State of NOW will be returning to the 92nd Street Y in New York City on June 15-16, 2010 - http://nyc.140conf.com

The event will be taking a look at the continued effects of the emerging real-time Internet on business, and systemic changes the worldwide adoption of twitter is having on a wide variety of industries and markets

Areas covered at past #140conf events include: Advertising / Analytics / Book Authors / Branding / Celebrity / Charity / Comic Books / Communications / Education / Entertainment / Fashion / Film / Food / Games / Journalism / Legacy / Location Based Services / Love & Romance / Marketing / Media / Music / News Gathering / Parenting / Public Policy / Politics / Public Diplomacy / Public Safety / Publishing / Real Estate / Social Change / Search / Story Telling / TV

The deadline for speaking proposals is: Friday, February 4th. Please submit your speaking proposal at: http://140conf.com/call-for-speakers.

My hope is to once again attract a diverse worldwide gathering of passionate people who will come to New York City to connect with others, and to share their perspective, their experiences and their stories about how the emerging real-time Internet is effecting their industry sectors and the people inside them.

This is an opportunity to speak on the stage of the 92nd Street Y, in front of an estimated 1,000+. In 2010 over there were over 77,000 people who watched our live broadcast.

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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 present that has been effected by the emerging real-time, NOW Internet.

I am always looking for new faces to share the #140conf stage with. The key to being selected to speak at #140conf is to submit a speaking proposal which shares your passion with a topic with how it has been touched by the real-time web.

My hope is to attract not only established celebrities, members of the media and 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 the impact of the real-time Internet across the in the industry sectors this event is focusing on. My goal is to bring together a curated group of characters to both lead and contribute to the discussions. And this event isn't just about twitter. Open for discussion are all platforms and applications which are effecting and contributing to the real-time internet experience.

I believe that the knowledge shared and learned at this event will help bring more people into the twitter ecosystem. 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.

I would appreciate your help in once again spreading awareness of the June conference to the people who you are connected with on your social networks. 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: #140conf NYC, just visit http://140conf.com/call-for-speakers and share your speaking proposal.

Hope to see you at #140conf NYC in June.

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Tags: 140conf, social media, 140 Characters Conference, twitter, Jeff Keni Pulver

Posted by jeff at 05:20 PM | Permalink

January 03, 2011

The Future of the Smart Phone? Look out for the DUMB Phone Revolution.

Each year the mobile phone handset manufactures spend millions and millions of dollars to bring to market the device which will give them a dominate market share. This trend, which has been going on ever since mobile devices where introduced to the market place is something which will continue to happen. In just a few days, more than 120,000 people from around the world who will be visiting CES 2011 in Las Vegas and many of the guests will be lining up to see the latest innovation in Smart Phones.

Smart Phones continue to drive innovation and continue to push the limits in how we, the people, can and will communicate. And I think that’s great. I’m all in favor of driving innovation and pushing the limits of whatever can be delivered.

However, as a father with two kids who are getting ready to take their road test and become drivers, I am inspired to seed the start of a movement toward the use of DUMB Phones by the person who is driving the car. For their own safety, as drivers, I would like to see my kids use a device that does just one thing...make and receive telephone calls.

No texting, no Googling, no Facebooking, no twitter, No FourSquare. Just a phone. A plain old ordinary phone. A phone that does not even support text. Just a phone that can make a call and receive a call when needed. Hopefully a phone that supports Bluetooth so it can easily become integrated with hands free operations.

Does this sounds over a bit protective? Maybe so. But why do we have to experience another death due to someone texting before someone taking a proactive move and mandates a law to stop the use of phones in cars that offer any functionality beyond voice? I believe we need to take proactive action now, before the government decides to take similar actions to protect us.

While many State Legislatures have passed laws banning active use of cell phones in cars, let us not forget that drinking and driving is also against the law- and yet it still happens. If we don't act first, stronger measures will be taken to protect us.

I would love to find a way to bring together enough people to help start a trend in America that can be brought out to the rest of the world and help stop the needless death of people due to their own internal desires to connect.

During 2011, I would to see proactive work being done to introduce the need for the driver of an automobile to be restricted to using only a DUMB Phone while driving. Sorry, Apple, Blackberry, Google, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and everyone else, but our lives are just too damn valuable to let someone kill themselves because they feel a need to text a friend while driving on the highway.

Want a quick compromise solution? So would I. What I would love to see is for Smart Phone vendors to introduce “DUMB Phone” mode. Just like how the iPhone and other Smart Phones now have a “Airplane Mode” where they only use WiFi, a great first step would be to be able to put the phone into “DUMB Phone” mode which would turn off all of the data services and texting and just enable the device to make and receive phone calls.

Now what this would also do is open up the floodgates to all of the cell phone vendors to bring to market trendy, cool phone styles that capture the colors of the fashion industry and are sold directly to consumers, maybe without the need for any subsidies.

This is not a matter a technology innovation or technology repression, just a desire by one father to help save the lives of his kids and others before it is too late. Why wait for one more texting while driving death or accident to take a proactive stance?

Is this something that resonates with you? In order to effect change, I need to gather as many like minded people as possible. I’m open to ideas / suggestions on how to involve as many people as possible to help effect change.

Can I count on you? Please drop me a line and let’s explore what can be done.

I’m reachable as: jeff @ 140conf.com.

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Tags: CES, CES2011, Dumb Phone, Smart Phone, Jeff Pulver

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January 01, 2011

2010 Reflections and a Look Ahead

Recorded on December 31, 2010. A look back at 2010 at what was and a look forward to 2011 and what may be. From the eyes of the #140conf community.

Next #140conf - #140conf NYC June 15-16 2011 in New York City. This will be a worldwide gathering of the #140conf community.

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Tags: 140conf, social media, 140 Characters Conference, twitter, Jeff Keni Pulver

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December 28, 2010

Reminder: Super Early Bird Pricing for #140conf NYC ends Dec 31st

Since 2009, the global #140conf events have become the place to explore the real-time internet and it's effects on both business and on people. During 2010 we provided a platform where the voices of individuals making a difference were heard. Our stage put a spotlight on humanity and we provided a venue which helped a few thousand people connect with each other through serendipity.

On June 15-16, 2011, #140conf NYC returns to the 92nd Street Y. This event will be a world-wide gathering of people interested in the state of the real-time web.

For #140conf NYC 2011, there are two types of tickets available, "Regular" and "VIP." Until midnight on December 31st, Regular tickets are available at the "super early bird" discounted price of US $80. During 2011 the price of these tickets will rise from $80 to $100 to $140 to $249 each. If you can commit to attending #140conf NYC now, this is the best price you will be able to attend the entire 2-day event.

The "VIP" option is available for people who wish to get more out of the #140conf experience. The pricing of the VIP ticket includes:

- invitation to cocktails with the #140conf NYC speakers on June 14th
- dinner with Jeff Pulver and other VIPs and a few special guests on June 14th
- a box lunch at #140conf on June 15 and 16th.
- preferred seating at the 92nd Street Y during #140conf NYC.

VIP tickets are currently priced at $495 and will increase to $595 and then $695 as the event nears. There are a limited number of VIP tickets for sale for this event.

Please visit: http://nyc.140conf.com/register before midnight on December 31st to take advantage of these prices.

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Tags: 140conf, social media, 140 Characters Conference, twitter, Jeff Keni Pulver

Posted by jeff at 12:35 PM | Permalink

Daniel Bedingfield visits the Jeff Pulver Breakfast in Tel Aviv

On December 20th Daniel Bedingfield (@DanielBedingfld) attended the breakfast that I hosted at Afeka College in Tel Aviv.

After meeting Daniel I asked if he would be part of a Random Concert and he agreed. The following video was filmed from inside of Mel Rosenberg's office at Afeka College.

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Tags: breakfast, Tel Aviv, social media, Jeff Keni Pulver

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December 13, 2010

Announcing: #140conf LOCAL Events

Starting today, members of the worldwide #140conf Community are encouraged to visit: http://140conf.com/my-own-140conf (or just contact me - jeff@140conf.com) if they would like to bring a #140conf event to their city.

Until now, all of the #140conf events were produced by 140 Conference Events and were curated by Jeff Pulver (me). In an attempt to help expand the #140conf experience beyond my own ability to travel and produce events, I'm happy to announce #140conf LOCAL. Going forward events will continue to be created / produced / hosted / curated by #140conf events, as well by groups of people who qualify to create a #140conf LOCAL event of their own.

Friends who have previously attended at least one #140conf conference can apply at http://140conf.com/my-own-140conf to produce their own #140conf event. If you are interested in exploring this option, you can apply to run #140conf as a "free / not-really-for-profit" event or as a "Commercial / intended for profit" event. The event organizer / team would be responsible for covering all of the production costs of the event. Each application will be reviewed on it's own merit.

Assuming the person / team is prepared to cover all of the out-of-pocket costs related to the event and as long as the person applying to create their own local event has previously attended at least one #140conf event produced by myself, community members are encouraged to to apply. Exceptions are possible in the cases where the applicant has not attended any #140conf event but can certify they have reviewed at least 16 hours of #140conf event archives on-line.

Since the first #140conf event in June, 2009, #140conf has become a platform to explore the effects of the emerging real-time Internet on both business and life. We have been fortunate to be able to share the stories of hundreds of people while looking at how about businesses have changed around the world.

I am looking forward to hearing from YOU and working together to help grow the global #140conf community.

Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions.

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Tags: 140conf, 140confLOCAL, social media, 140 Characters Conference, twitter, Jeff Keni Pulver

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Jeff Pulver Networking Breakfast Events in: Haifa, Tel Aviv + Jerusalem - December 2010

During my upcoming trip to Israel I am looking forward to hosting breakfast networking events in: Haifa (Dec 19th), Tel Aviv (Dec 20th) and Jerusalem (Dec 22nd).

For event details please visit:

19 Dec - Haifa: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=178127818882407
20 Dec - Tel Aviv: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=173826189303074
22 Dec - Jerusalem: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=179670265376965

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Tags: breakfast, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, social media, facebook, Social Media Breakfast, Jeff Keni Pulver

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November 29, 2010

Give the Gift of #140conf NYC

This holiday season, give the gift of Humanity & Serendipity: Give someone a ticket to #140conf NYC 2011.

Since 2009, the #140conf events have become the place to explore the real-time internet and it's effects on both business and on people. During 2010 we provided a platform where the voices of individuals making a difference were heard. Our stage put a spotlight on humanity and we provided venue which helped a few thousand people connect with each other.

Two day Advance tickets for #140conf NYC 2011 taking place June 15-16, 2011 in New York City are currently available at the "super early bird" discounted price of US $80. This event will be a world-wide gathering of people interested in the state of the real-time web. Please consider purchasing a gift ticket for someone (or for yourself). I've never offered this before, but if you purchase a ticket for someone and they can not attend the event, I will encourage "re-gifting" in hopes that another person can come and share the experience.

If you are looking for something very special to give to someone you are struggling with what to get, or just want to give a very unique gift to a business associate or client, a ticket to #140Conf NYC 2011 might be just the ticket.... so to speak.

Just click here to purchase.

Happy Holidays!

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Tags: 140conf, social media, 140 Characters Conference, twitter, Jeff Keni Pulver

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November 22, 2010

Tweet To Win Free Ticket to BrandsConf - Today!

@BrandsConf is taking place on December 2nd in NYC. I have 4 tickets to give away today.

For a chance to win one of the tickets

1. Tweet out the reason you’d like a free conference pass, in the following format:

I’d like to attend #BrandsConf because…

2. Make sure you’re following @jeffpulver (so you can be notified via Direct Message if you win.

The most creative Tweets will win. Winners will be notified via direct message by midnight ET tonight, November 22nd. Travel and accommodation are not included.

Best of luck!

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Tags: Brandsconf, social media, twitter, NYC, Jeff Keni Pulver

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November 19, 2010

Opportunity for Business Students - Undergrad & MBA Students - to Attend #BrandsConf

I have a long standing history of offering college and grad school students free admission to my events. They add to the mix and bring a fresh perspective, and represent the future.

I am staying with this tradition, but with a slight change this time with the upcoming #BrandConf on December 2 at the 92nd St Y, NY.

If you are an undergraduate or MBA Student at school in the NYC area such as: NYU, Columbia, Pace, Hunter, City College, Hofstra - or anywhere else - and would like to attend - please send me an email and tell me WHY you would like to attend. The regular price for paying attendees is $595 for the day. If you qualify, you can attend this event, tuition free.

All I ask is that you make this a meaningful day and you agree to write your take on what you learned on your blog or just send me a proposed post for our blog within 48 hours of the event.

To learn more about the programming just log on to: http://brandsconf.com/schedule

I look forward to hearing from you.

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Tags: Brandsconf, social media, twitter, NYC, Jeff Keni Pulver

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November 17, 2010

Win a Ticket to BrandsConf!

In almost 20 years of being involved in trade shows and conferences, I have never had a more immediate surge of speaking proposals than for my next conference, @BrandsConf which takes place on December 2 at the 92nd St Y.

Deciding on the programming and speakers was really tough because of the quality and original thinking I saw in the proposals. The speaking proposals were taking the notion of humanity very serious in the context of the evolution - or rather revolution that branding is going through. Brands are indeed becoming more human, more caring and more compassionate.

If you would like to win a free ticket to BrandsConf, in a tweet, explain how are you humanizing your brand. If you feel you need more than 140 Characters to explain your strategy, please send me your story and explain what you are doing to help a client or your company to humanize a brand. Just send an email to: jeff.pulver@gmail.com and let your voice be heard.

I will be awarding at least one ticket a day for the next 5 days (From Nov 17th- 21st). Transportation is not included. Winning tickets are not transferable.

I look forward to hearing from you.

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Tags: Brandsconf, social media, twitter, NYC, Jeff Keni Pulver

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November 08, 2010

Reminder - "Early Bird" Registration for @BrandsConf ends Friday

"Early Bird" registration is now open. For only US $395 (until 12 November) you can reserve a seat at the table and connect with creative out-of-the-box thinkers from a variety of industries. Together we will explore the "Humanization of Brands" on December 2nd in New York City.

The event website is: http://www.BrandsConf.com.

Based on the initial response from my announcement of @BrandsConf, I have curated what I believe will be a great conference. Please take a look at the current event schedule ( http://brandsconf.com/schedule ) to get a feel for this event. I hope you will consider joining me in New York City next month.

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Tags: Brandsconf, social media, twitter, NYC, Jeff Keni Pulver

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November 07, 2010

Jeff Pulver - School Bus Drag Racing in Hutchinson, Kansas

Last month when I visited Hutchinson, Kansas for the first time, I was offered a pretty unique opportunity to participate in a School Bus race on a dirt track on the grounds of the Kansas State Fair. Alan Weinkrantz came along for the ride and shot this video.

While I never drove a school bus before and had a fear of tipping the bus whenever we reached one of the curves in the track, in the end it was a lot of fun to be in the drivers seat and participating in the race.

Sometimes coming in last place isn't a bad thing. Alan and I were both safe and happy that I didn't travel more than 25-30 MPH. :)

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Tags: Entrepreneur, school bus race, Kansas, Hutchinson, Alan Weinkrantz, Jeff Pulver

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November 06, 2010

Kevin Honeycutt: Educators in the Real Time Web

Kevin Honeycutt, (@KevinHoneycutt) gave one of the best presentations heard at any of our #140conf events this year when he recently spoke about Educators and the real time web at #140conf SmallTown.

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Tags: 140conf, Kevin Honeycutt, SmallTown,twitter, Jeff Keni Pulver

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November 04, 2010

Jeff Pulver explains BrandsConf

On December 2nd I will be hosting the first BrandsConf taking place at the 92nd Street Y where we will be spending the day exploring "The Humanization of Brands."

Hope to see you in NYC on December 2nd.

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Tags: Brandsconf, social media, twitter, NYC, Jeff Keni Pulver

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November 03, 2010

Save the Date: #140conf NYC 2011 - June 15/16

#140conf NYC will be returning to the 92nd Street Y on June 15-16, 2011. This event is expected to be the largest worldwide gathering of people interested in the effects of the real-time Internet on both business and "we" the people. http://nyc2011.140conf.com is the event website.

On June 14th a #140conf hosted and sponsored "Day of Giving" will be taking place in New York City. This will be an opportunity for Causes to meet with and connect with some of the Social Media practitioners attending #140conf NYC.

A limited number of "Super Early Bird" - 2 Day event tickets are now available for only $80. This ticket price is in effect from now until December 31st. To register, please visit: http://nyc2011.140conf.com/register

Sponsors: #140conf NYC 2011 is looking for companies interested in sponsoring this event and aligning their brands with this very unique event that has tremendous reach.

At #140conf NYC 2010 over 1,000 people joined us. When de-duping the number of followers our 2010 speakers had, they represented a reach of over 10.3 million people. Taking in our total audience we represented over 12 million people. The two-day live broadcast on UStream had a 128,000+ views by 77,000+ unique people. If you would like to have access to our 2011 audience, please visit: http://nyc2011.140conf.com/sponsorship

Speakers: The "Call for Characters" for #140conf NYC 2011 is now open. If you are interested in having your voice heard at the event, please submit your speaking proposal over at: http://140conf.com/call-for-speakers - Only passionate people need apply. The deadline for speaking proposals is: February 4, 2011. The first people to submit will be the first considered for the speaking opportunity.

Hope to see you in New York City in June during #140conf week.

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Tags: 140conf, SLA, Chris Lehmann, social media, 140 Characters Conference, twitter, Jeff Keni Pulver

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October 29, 2010

Looking back at #140conf Detroit

Looking back, last week in Detroit was a pretty special time for me. I enjoyed being at the Fillmore in Detroit and taking in the warm energy shared by the #140conf Detroit community.

For the first time, in a long while, a dream of mine came true. A dream to bring together a dynamic, connected community of people from across the Midwest and North America whose presence could influence both positive change and be a catalyst forsomething good in the future.

Back when I first explored producing #140conf Detroit back in May, I thought it could be great to bring #140conf to Detroit. After visiting with Chris Barger, Buick and the team of #140conf volunteers back in June, I left Detroit with the confidence that something special was going to happen in October.

While working on #140conf Detroit, I got the idea to drive across the Midwest and from August 22nd thru August 28th, the first #140conf Road Trip took place. I thank Alan Weinkrantz and Mo Krochmal for being part of this trip. Our trip lasted 3,046 miles and I had the unique opportunity to meet people in: Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St Louis, Kansas City (both KS and MO), Omaha, Sioux Falls, Fargo, Minneapolis, Madison, Chicago and Detroit. During this trip I felt a special connection with the people with whom I met with and I invited my new friends to join us in Detroit on October 20th. I’m happy that quite a number of people took me up on my offer to represent their city at the conference.

The sessions at #140conf Detroit shared a lot of heart and soul. It was there were we heard from voices from across America as well as from the Midwest as well as those local to Detroit. I hope the people who joined us had a chance to meet and make new friends. I hope last week was the start of something good which we will know about in the weeks and months ahead. You can watch and share the individual session videos from #140conf Detroit over here.

I thank Chris Barger and the Buick team for hosting the October 19th “Day of Giving” at their offices. The idea to bring together Causes and Social Media Practitioners from across the United States worked well and my hope is that we can repeat this again, next year, if not sooner.

I thank: Buick, BT, DoubleTree, Garder-White, Plex Systems, NewTek/Tricaster, Weber Shandwick, WJR and Tap11 for their support of the conference. I thank all of the volunteers in Detroit who did an amazing job both before and on-site during the event. I also thank the 70+ speakers whose voices helped define the conference.

I am committed to bringing #140conf Detroit back in 2011. If you would like to help support my efforts by being a sponsor in 2011, please let me know. And if you would like to speak or know of someone whose story should be shared in Detroit, please let me know. The formal “Call for Speakers” will be announced on the #140conf site in a few months.

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Tags: 140conf, social media, Detroit, 140 Characters Conference, twitter, Jeff Keni Pulver

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October 25, 2010

First-ever #InteractiveVideo-by @AndyGrammer-play it over & over to find @rainnwilson & @jeffpulver. Addictive.

As many of you know, I am proud to be involved in a groundbreaking new music video with technology that will change the way we watch videos.

Thanks to Andy Grammer (@andygrammer) and my good friends at S-Curve Records and Interlude, I was able to appear IN the Andy Grammer interactive music video for "Keep Your Head Up".

The technology lets you choose your path and create one of hundreds of variations of the music video.

Give it a try (or 5) and see if you can spot cameos by Rainn Wilson (NBC's The Office) and yours truly in multiple places.

Please share this amazing collaboration between technology and art on Facebook and Twitter (with #InteractiveVideo)