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February 09, 2010

Upcoming Jeff Keni Pulver Events (Feb 12 - Mar 3rd 2010)

During few weeks I am traveling to a number of places: Paris, Barcelona, Washington DC and Tel Aviv. I will be hosting events in each of these cities as well as NYC.

I hope you can attend one or more of the following events:

Feb 12 - Paris: HD Communications Summit
Feb 15 - Barcelona: Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and friends)
Feb 15 - Barcelona: 140 Characters Conference
Feb 18 - Washington DC - #140conf DC Meetup
Feb 23 - New York City - #140conf NYC Meetup
Feb 26 - Tel Aviv - Purim AdlAyAdA Marching (Jeff Pulver and friends) Breakfast in Tel Aviv
Mar 1 - Tel Aviv - Lecture at The Open University Entrepreneurship Club
Mar 2 - Tel Aviv - Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and friends) and the Bird Brain Unconference.
Mar 3 - Tel Aviv - #140conf Tel Aviv Meetup

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

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

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February 04, 2010

Guest Blogger: Does Facebook really matter? - Steve Promisel

This past Saturday morning, around 10:30 ET, my mobile phone started going off like crazy...phone calls from all over North America, text messages from my wife, and emails from lots of old friends....all within a few minutes.

What would create such an uproar on a quiet Saturday morning? Apparently, I was robbed in London and trying to get my friends on Facebook to wire me money on Western Union so I "could get home" by sending them Facebook emails and using chat.

Needless to say, I was not in London, nor was I robbed. Clearly, my Facebook friends are smart enough to see right through this and the calls to me were to let me know that my account was hacked. Since I wasn't at home, my wife wrestled control away from the hackers and had my password reset.

End of story, right? Well, about an hour after I regained control, my account was disabled by Facebook for "violation of Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities". Apparently, I had one particularly egregious violation which caused the account to be disabled...I was hacked. I'm the victim! Didn't matter. I followed the appeal process. No response. Researched similar cases on the Internet and tried other email addresses. No response.

Interestingly enough, over the past few days, my emotions have gone from semi-panic (I'm not going to find out who won Mafia Wars! -- not) to who gives a flying @#$@#.

Yes, Facebook has a tremendous value in being able to connect with people that live in different parts of the world or are simply old friends from high school and college that I was able to re-connect with via Facebook. Everyone else lives within five miles of me, works with me, or can otherwise pick up the phone or get together to catch up.

On the other hand, Facebook is a ridiculous waste of time. Swagbucks, the aforementioned Mafia Wars, Farmville, Fishville, and others of their ilk are just flotsam in the Facebook sea of useless trivia.

At the end of the day, I wouldn't have even gotten to this point if Facebook had some semblance of customer service or a clear issue resolution process. I'd happily spend a bit of time each day ignoring the dumb stuff and catching up on my extended friend's lives. But Facebook, even for people like Jeff Pulver, apparently doesn't give a youknowwhat. Jeff can't have more than 5000 friends, although he can have 350,000 followers on Twitter. Other friends, many with influence in the blogosphere, tell stories of being completely unable to get Facebook issues resolved. Apparently, there's no way to speak to a human being about issues.

So, in the time that I'm not on Facebook, I'm catching up on my RSS feeds, reading books (on my iPhone Kindle app of course) or spending more time figuring out why Jeff is so gosh-darn excited about Twitter.

Maybe I should get stuck in an elevator to find out.

*** Update: 4 days after my account was disabled and approximately 6 or so hours after I used the hash tag "#facebook" in a tweet, my account was restored. Coincidence?

(note: Steve works for Oracle Corporation...the comments made here are solely Steve's opinion and do not necessarily reflect the views of Oracle).

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Tags: social media, Facebook, Steve Promisel, Jeff Keni Pulver

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February 02, 2010

Stuck in an Elevator at the New York Times

How does someone get to have a 75+ minute tweetup in an elevator at the New York Times? I'm not exactly sure, but yesterday it happened to me.

Yesterday afternoon I went to the New York Times to attend what turned out to be an amazing discussion of social media and the Haiti Disaster. The session was moderated by Andrew Rasiej, founder of the Personal Democracy Forum and the speakers included my friend Ann Curry (@AnnCurry) from NBC News and the Today Show together with Rob Mackey (@RobertMackey), staff writer The New York Times, Erik Parker (@theparkerreport), a journalist who was in Haiti when the earthquake struck and Jason Cone (@MSF_USA), communications director, Doctors Without Borders. I attended the session to hear their first hand accounting of their experiences in Haiti.

After the session was over I was talking to Ann Curry and we were amongst the last of the people to leave the room. What happened next became surreal. Nine of us went into the elevator on the 15th floor at the New York Times and what should have been a 20 second ride down to the ground level turned into a 75+ minute experience as we got stuck in an elevator when the elevator missed the lobby level and went about one and half more feet below the lobby.

Turned out the elevator had an amazing cast of characters which included: Ann Curry; Jennifer Preston (@NYT_JenPreston), Social Media editor of the New York Times; Geo Geller (@GeoGeller) my friend who made it a point to document the experience; Ann Blinkhorn (@annblinkhorn) an executive recruiter; Phil Thomas DiGiulio (@holaphil), Co-founder @pegshot; Alex Howard (@digiphile), Associate editor, SearchCompliance.com; Todd McCarty the new Senior Vice President, Human Resources at the New York Times and one person who preferred to be invisible.

Moments after we were stuck, @NYT_JenPreston was the first to press the alarm which got the immediate attention of building maintenance. Almost immediately the cameras came on and photos were taken by @GeoGeller and video was captured by @holaphil. In a few minutes the air was turned in the elevator and the doors were jammed open by an inch or two. When that happened we relaxed and got comfortable while we waited to be rescued from the elevator.

I tried to tweet but my cell phone coverage was in and out but I was finally able to share my tweet "Stuck in the elevator with @anncurry @geogeller @holaphil and 5 others in New York Times building."

The conversations that happened during the time we were together in the elevator were fun and enjoyable. It helped that everyone was relaxed and friendly. The experience turned into a pretty amazing and unplanned tweetup and a chance to get to know a bunch of people whom I would never would have otherwise had a chance to spend time with.

About 75 minutes later the doors to the elevator were opened and we all walked out of the elevator. Afterwards we posed for a few photos, shared a few hugs and finally left the building.

When I woke up this morning I read about my experience of being trapped in an elevator in Gawker and branded as an "internet ubernerd." The world then became very surreal when Ann told our story in the opening of the Today Show by sharing the video captured by @holaphil. You can watch the opening of the Today Show by clicking here.

Last night was reminder that at any time an ordinary moment can become extraordinary.

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Tags:social media, twitter, Geo Geller, Ann Curry, Jennifer Pressman, Phil Thomas DiGiulio, Alex Howard, Jeff Keni Pulver

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February 01, 2010

Attending Mobile World Congress (MWC)? - Join me at #140conf: Barcelona

If you will also be in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress (MWC), please consider spending the afternoon of February 15th with me at 140 Characters Conference: Barcelona

Event schedule:
(as of 31-Jan-10)

12:30 - Registration / Networking
13:00 - Welcome
13:10 - Jeff Keni Pulver (@jeffpulver) - creator, #140conf The State of NOW
13:30 - Jeffrey Hayzlett (@JeffreyHayzlett) - CMO, Kodak, "The Power of Social Media and how it grows value for your brand"

13:50 - "The twitter Kids"
Participants:
AJ Leon (@ajleon) - Social Entrepreneur, Co-Creator of #twitterkids
Melissa Leon (@melissaleon) - Co Founder the LaC Project. Creator of #twitterkids

14:05 - Brian Simpson (@Bsimi) - Director of Zen Chaos, Roger Smith Hotel "It's All About the People"
14:15 - Mahesh Murthy (@maheshmurthy) - Founder, Pinstorm; Venture Capitalist, Seedfund, "Real-Time Marketing"
14:25 - Ajit Jaokar (@AjitJaokar) - founder, futuretext

14:35 "twitter and Education"

Participants:
Gavin Dudeney (@dudeneyge) - Moderator
Graham Stanley (@grahamstanley) - Barcelona-based teacher
Nick Hockly (@TheConsultantsE)
Pilar (aka Dreamer) (@englishteach8) - Teacher & bookworm

14:55 - Brett Petersel (@brett) - entrepreneur, educator, and technology enthusiast
15:05 - MOFilm Winner
15:15 - Networking Break
15:45 - CMO Panel - Exploring the effects of the Real-Time Internet on our Business

Participants:
Jeffrey Merrihue (@JeffreyMerrihue) - Chairman, MoFilm and AT&T, Best Buy, Chevrolet, Pepsi, Samsung & Yoplait

16:05 - Tim Behrsin (@timbehrsin) - iNum Business Development, "Emerging role of telecommunications in relief work"
16:15 - JP Rangaswami (@jobsworth) - Chief Scientist, BT
16:30 - Jon Landau - Producer Avatar & Titanic

(schedule is subject to change without notice)
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visit: http://140conf.com for a list of all upcoming worldwide #140conf events

font size=1>Tags: 140conf, social media, 140 Characters Conference, twitter, Jeff Keni Pulver

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January 29, 2010

My session from DLD10: The Real-time Web

On January 25, 2010 I moderated a discussion about the Real-Time web at DLD10 together with: Loic Le Meur (Seesmic), Ray Narayan (Glam Media) and Baratunde Thurston (The Onion).

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Tags: DLD, DLD010 Jeff Keni Pulver

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January 27, 2010

First set of speakers for the 140 Characters Conference (#140conf) NYC 2010 Announced:

The 140 Characters Conference: New York City (#140conf) will be taking place April 20-21, 2010 at the 92nd Street Y. This event is shaping up to being the largest worldwide gathering of people interested in the effects of the real-time Internet on both business and “we” the people.

On April 20/21 we will be taking a hard look at something I call “The State of NOW” and the continued effects the worldwide adoption of social communication platforms such as twitter is having on a number of industries including: Celebrity, “The Media”, Advertising, Politics, Education, Music, Television, Comedy, Real Estate, Public Policy and more.

During the past month I have been working with number of people who volunteered to help curate a session or two at the upcoming event. 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 days and 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 for the two day event, register NOW to guarantee youself access to the event.

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

- Alon Nir (@TheKotel)
- Andrea Syrtash, Oprah.com contributor and author (@AndreaSyrtash)
- Ann Curry, NBC News (@AnnCurry)
- Avner Ronen, CEO/founder, boxee (@avneron)
- Bijan Sabet, partner, Spark Capital (@bijan)
- Bruce Upbin, Managing Editor, Forbes (@bupbin)
- Caissie St.Onge, (@Caissie)
- Chris Lehmann, Principal of the Science Leadership Academy, (@chrislehmann)
- Chris Weingarten, Music Critic, (@1000TimesYes)
- Daren Forsyth, Founder, 140Characters.co.uk, (@DarenBBC)
- Dave Winer, (@davewiner)
- Dennis Crowley, co-founder, Four Square (@dens)
- Donny Deustch (@Donny_Deutsch)
- Eric Sheninger, Principal of New Milford HS (NJ), (@NMHS_Principal)
- Gary Vanderchuck, Wine guy, host of Wine Library TV, (@garyvee)
- Hank Wasiak, Executive Producer and Co-Founder, The Concept Farm, (@hankwasiak)
- Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump)
- Jay Rosen, Journalism professor, NYU (@jayrosen_nyu)
- Jeff Jarvis, blogger, author, professor (@JeffJarvis)
- Jeff Pulver, founder #140conf, (@jeffpulver)
- Jeffrey Hayzlett, CMO, Kodak (@jeffreyHayzlett)
- Joan Walsh, Editor of Salon, (@joanwalsh)
- John Borthwick, CEO, Betaworks (@JohnBorthwick)
- Jonathan Maberry, author, writing teacher and lecturer. (@JonathanMaberry)
- Kyle Pace, Instructional/Consumer Technology Specialist, (@kylepace)
- Liz Strauss, Founder of SOBCon, brand strategist, (@lizstrauss)
- Matt Pinfield, Morning Show on 101.9 RXP, (@mattpinfield)
- Matthew Bishop, The Economist, (@mattbish)
- Maz Nadjm, Social networking at Sky Television, (@Mazi)
- MC Hammer (@MCHammer)
- Melinda Emerson, entrepreneur, (@smallbizlady)
- Pat Kiernan, News Anchor, NY1 (@patkiernan)
- Ryan Penagos, Writer / Editor at Marvel.com (@Agent_M)
- Stacey Monk, Founder of Epic Change & TweetsGiving, (@StaceyMonk)
- Stefanie Michaels (@adventuregirl)
- Steve Greenberg, founder/CEO, S-Curve Records (@steviegpro)
- Steven Anderson, Technology Educator, Blogger, Co-Creator of #edchat, (@web20classroom)
- Tal Givoly, Chief Scientist, Amdocs (@givoly)
- Tim Armstrong, CEO, AOL
- Tom Brevoort, VP Marvel, (@TomBrevoortsays)
- Tom Whitby, Professor of Education in Secondary English (@tomwhitby)
- US Airforce, @USAirForce

Note: Speakers are subject to change without notice. These "characters" are accurate as of: January 26, 2010.

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

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

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January 24, 2010

Event: Purim AdlAyAdA Marching (Jeff Pulver and friends) Breakfast in Tel Aviv - Feb 26th

Friends are invited to join the first traditional Jeff Pulver (and friends) Purim Marching Breakfast. Please attend in a Purim costume.

This will be a great networking opportunity and a chance to have an impact in the lives of the kids at the Bialik Rogozin School in Tel Aviv.

If possible, please plan to bring toys and chachkes for the kids.

I am also looking for volunteers to help with the organization of the event.

To RSVP - please sign up for this event on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=285236291808

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The Bialik Rogozin School in Tel Aviv, an educational campus that serves 750+ at-risk children in grades K-12 are looking for friends to come to the Bialik Rogozin School on Friday, February 26th.

The event starts at 0900 and will include a marching parade.

I am asking my friends in Israel to consider joining me on this day the Bialik Rogozin School and help bring a smile to the these kids.

I would appreciate it if you could share this event with your friends and encourage your friends to help make a difference in the lives of these at-risk kids. I am asking for your help to show that it is possible to use social media for the social good in Israel.

The campus is Haa'liya street 49 Tel aviv, website : http://www.schooly.co.il/cbr/

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Background: The Bialik Rogozin School in Tel Aviv is an educational campus that serves 750+ at-risk children in grades K-12. The school is run by principal Karen Tal and her devoted staff, and with children and teenagers from twenty-eight countries. They are new immigrants, children of foreign workers, refugees from Darfur and Israeli Arabs. Many are from single-parent families. Bialik Rogozin is a caring and nurturing center that provides hot meals, music and art instruction, specialized tutoring and a solid education in a safe and welcoming environment.

The time you spend at the school will be felt and will help transform the lives of these kids.

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January 22, 2010

Reminder: Deadline is TODAY for Speaker Proposals for #140conf NYC

A Call for Speakers (and Characters): The 140 Characters Conference: April 20/21 in NY

The 140 Characters Conference: Exploring the State of NOW (#140conf) will be returning to New York City and taking place at the 92nd Street Y on April 20-21, 2010.

The event will be taking a look at the effects of the emerging real-time internet on business and systemic changes the worldwide adoption of twitter is having on: Celebrity, The Media, Music, Advertising, Politics, Education, Communications, Public Diplomacy, Fashion, Design, Public Safety and more.

The deadline for speaking proposals is: Friday, January 22nd. Please send speaking proposals to: jeff@pulver.com

My hope is to once again attract a diverse worldwide gathering of 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.

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

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

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January 20, 2010

A Roar of tweets: Twitter used to help land plane with aid for Haiti earthquake victims

Sometimes the real becomes surreal. Over the weekend I was on twitter and monitoring the best I could the unfolding situation in Haiti.

I happen to have been online during the time Doctors Without Boarders were trying to land their lane and ran into difficulties. I saw their press release and tweet, I saw Ann Curry's tweet about the situation and I ended up tweeting and retweeting about what was happening. And when I ended up including the US Air Force in one of my tweets, I received a message back from the US Air Force - "We're working it right now. More to follow."

I especially appreciated receiving a tweet from the US Air Force once the plane had landed.

My tweets were just part of a roar of tweets that were happening but more proof to me that together we can effect change. Together we can make a difference.

This story was recently shared in the New York Daily News. You can read this over at: Twitter used to help land plane with aid for Haiti earthquake victims

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Tags: Haiti, social media, twitter, Jeff Keni Pulver

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January 18, 2010

Twitter: Music - 140 Characters Conference Tel Aviv

Join Israeli music industry professionals Ayelet Yagil (moderator), Irad Eshel, Liron Teeny, Yoni Bloch, and Ivri Lider for a lively and often very funny discussion about the impact of social media on the music industry.

Also includes interviews with Steven Stern (Underground Experience) and Mel Rosenberg (Afeka College), a “must see” ground-breaking interactive music video by Yoni Bloch, and a special promo for Benny's Cafeteria. ;-)

Recorded at the 140 Characters Conference in Tel Aviv, December 6, 2009.
* Due to some adult-oriented language and content, this video is rated “TV-14”, parents are strongly cautioned.

Panel:
Ayelet Yagil: Music Editor at ynet.co.il, @ah_yell_it
Irad Eshel: Producer, @irad, www.IradMusic.com
Liron Teeny: Galgalatz DJ, @liront, www.glz.co.il
Yoni Bloch: Artist, @yonibloch, www.YoniBloch.com
Ivri Lider: Artist, @ivrilider, www.IvriLider.com

Also:
Steven Stern, Co-Founder & CEO, Underground Experience: www.UndergroundExperience.com, www.MyUXP.com, @stevenstern
Mel Rosenberg, Dean of Students, Afeka College, www.Afeka.ac.il, @melrosenberg>@melrosenberg

Chaim Goldman, Creative Director & Senior Producer, GoGlobal New Media Marketing, www.Go-Global.TV, @chaimgoldman

Bonus Garage Band Recording:The infamous "Mustard Sally" music video by The Commandments (Jeff Pulver, Mel Rosenberg & Dror Gill). Brought to you by the Mustard Growing Assoc. of North Dakota.

Video Produced by: GoGlobal New Media Marketing
Conference Hosted by: Afeka College of Engineering

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

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January 16, 2010

Wyclef's Personal Statement on the accusations against Yele Haiti

Sending out my respect to Wyclef as someone who continues to stand up and change the world and do good things in a way that only he can.

PLEASE help the people of Haiti. Please donate to Yele Hati Earthquake Fund. If you are in the United States, Text YELE to 501 501 and donate US$5. Or visit http://www.yele.org.

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Tags: YELE, 140conf, Wyclef, Haiti, social media, twitter, Jeff Keni Pulver

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January 14, 2010

Sending my respects to Wyclef Jean and the People of Haiti

Wyclef Jean is a person who leads by example and someone who have the ability to stand up and change the world. I had no idea meeting him at the first #140conf would be so meaningful to me but it was. When Wyclef was in Norway to honor the President Obama's receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize I felt some of Wyclef's amazing energy at the concert he performed in. When I sent him a direct message on twitter to share my feelings, he took the time to respond directly to me. For a second I felt connected to what was happening in Norway and I know that is just one of the core results of twitter- connecting in thought instantaneously. Now we can connect to act within a minute through twitter.

I learned about the earthquake in Haiti during the #140conf Meetup in Philly on Tuesday night. I learned about the work of Wyclef soon after.

We are living in a time where the effects of the "NOW Internet" can change the world. For the first time ever, we the people can directly effect change by sharing messages and by donating money using platforms like SMS/text. When the message gets propagated around the world on places like twitter, the world has a new way to show support and respond. These are different times. NOW times. Watching the people of the world respond how they have is no surprise to me. During 2009 I discovered and rediscovered Humanity many times on twitter. We are all now seeing what it means to connect to people and empower people with a platform to take action themselves.

Wycelf is in Haiiti since yesterday and actively using the funds raised through twitter posting to help those in need.

Sending out my respect to Wyclef as someone who continues to stand up and change the world and do good things in a way that only he can.

PLEASE help the people of Haiti. Please donate to Yele Hati Earthquake Fund. If you are in the United States, Text YELE to 501 501 and donate US$5. Or visit http://www.yele.org.

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Tags: YELE, 140conf, Wyclef, Haiti, social media, twitter, Jeff Keni Pulver

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Invitation to Companies to Pitch at 140Demo @ #140conf NYC

At the 140 Characters Conference: NYC (#140conf), taking place April 20/21 2010, I am bringing back a session I introduced at #140conf Tel Aviv: 140 Demo.

I am looking for companies who would like an opportunity to pitch their products to the community attending #140conf NYC. The catch? Each company selected will have exactly 140 seconds to make their pitch. The company which gets the biggest audience response will be awarded “Best of Show.”

To apply to be a part of 140 Demo @ #140conf - please follow this link.

Application Deadline: January 29, 2010.

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January 13, 2010

About Last Night: The !40conf Meetup in Philadelphia

I just wanted to thank everyone who came out to National Mechanics Bar last night and took part in the first #140conf Philly Meetup. I appreciated the opportunity to share my observations about the emerging real-time Internet and the "State of Now."

I thank: Gloria Bell (@gloriabell), James Bressi (@jamesbressi), Jonny Goldstein (@jonnygoldstein) and Don Lafferty (@donlafferty) for their contributions to the success of the event. If it wasn't for their help in the planning, organization and operations, last night would never of happened. It is an honor to have a chance to work with such a great team of people.

I also thank the people who joined the stage with me. Special thanks to Melinda Emerson (@smallbizlady), Chris Lehmann (@chrislehmann) and Jonathan Maberry (@JonathanMaberry) for taking the time and engaging with the audience. I enjoyed each of the presentations and I'm happy so say that they will all be joining us in NYC in April at #140conf NYC.

Based on the success of last night's event, I am making a commitment to return to Philadelphia again in the near future and co-host another #140conf Philly Meetup.

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January 11, 2010

Social Media Jungle at CES 2010: (#smjces) tweet by tweet

"Social Media Jungle" took place the morning of January 6, 2010 at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show. Social Media Jungle is an event I first produced in 2008 and it was the second year it was also held at CES.

The twitter hashtag for the event was #smjces and the following are the tweets that originated in room N256 at the LVCC and at times re-originated from other people from around world. Last night I went on to: http://search.twitter.com and I searched #smjces. The following 241 tweets from 71 unique people tell the story of "Social Media Jungle" at CES 2010. The people tweeting changed as guests weaved in and out of our audience.

Guide to the twitter names of the speakers (in order of speaking appearance):

jeffpulver: Jeff Pulver
DaveTaylor: Dave Taylor (co-host)
24k: Chris Raushnot
sass: Jeffrey Sass
Weave: Eric Weaver
Scobleizer: Robert Scoble
BenGrossman: Ben Grossman
WarrenWhitlock: Warren Whitlock
deanmeistr: Dean Meyers
DeanLand: Dean Landsman
setlinger: Susan Etlinger
ksablan: Kevin Sablan
justinlevy: Justin Levy

Social Media Jungle at CES 2010: tweet by tweet

1. ksablan: RT @justinlevy: If you're attending #ces this week you should consider Social Media Jungle http://bit.ly/69GkU5 #smjces [disc: I'm speaking]
2. clayhebert: @jeffpulver Looking forward to finally meeting you in person at #CES. Hoping to attend #smjces if I can sneak away from client's booth :-)
3. Weave: Leaving the @TribalDDBVan @DDBCanada office to catch my flight to #CES & #SMJCES. Excited to hang out and chat up some very cool ppl!
4. bengrossman: Well... I'm off to catch a flight to Vegas for #CES. Hope to see many of you at #SMJCES, where I'm speaking along with some great folks!
5. MsCarleeJean: Who can get me into the #pepcom digital experience? They denied me lovely. #ces #smjces #avnawards
6. sass: Viva Las Vegas (and CES and #smjces) (@ McCarran International Airport (LAS) w/ 10 others) http://4sq.com/3VwSr0
7. jeffpulver: @WarrenWhitlock I enjoyed catching up yesterday and look forward to seeing you today at Social Media Jungle #ces #smjces
8. mjcarter: @jeffpulver Have fun at #smjces!
9. HLytle: Starting my day with #smjces. Looking forward to these speakers http://bit.ly/6B2jQe
10. sass: Room N256 for #smjces (@ Las Vegas Convention Center) http://4sq.com/1KZm7r
11. mahanay: Yes... Me too!: RT @HLytle: Starting my day with #smjces. Looking forward to these speakers http://bit.ly/6B2jQe
12. justinlevy: Running a few minutes late to #smjces - on my way over now
13. bengrossman: Alas... Delayed to #SMJCES by the business center printer! Should make it in time for first talk! :-)
14. ksablan: @jeffpulver says social obsessions will change the way we work and live #ces #smjces
15. ksablan: @jeffpulver has four important words for Twitter: Listen. Connect. Share. Engage. #ces #smjces
16. bengrossman: Got to #SMJCES in time to see @JeffPulver kick things off! Very engaged audience... Looking forward to speaking re Social Media ROI shortly.
17. rossteasley: RT @ksablan: @jeffpulver has four important words for Twitter: Listen. Connect. Share. Engage. #ces #smjces
18. Weave: Watching Jeff Pulver speak very eloquently abt his ham radio days @ #smjces. Jeff: i was WD8BES.
19. jeffloper: RT @Weave: Watching Jeff Pulver speak very eloquently abt his ham radio days @ #smjces. Jeff: i was WD8BES.
20. WarrenWhitlock: Jeff gets it RT @jeffpulver @WarrenWhitlock I enjoyed catching up yesterday. look forward to seeing you at Social Media Jungle #ces #smjces
21. jp1113: Hollywood bows to worldwide public opinion on Twitter. Brands need Chief Listening Officers #CES #smjces
22. ksablan: @justinlevy Great. Can't wait to herar you share your successful social media story #smjces #ces
23. FunomenalRealtr: RT @ksablan: @jeffpulver has four important words for Twitter: Listen. Connect. Share. Engage. #ces #smjces
24. ksablan: @jeffpulver says every company should have a CLO (Chief Listening Officer) #smjces #ces
25. realtyknowledge: RT @FunomenalRealtr: RT @ksablan: @jeffpulver has four important words for Twitter: Listen. Connect. Share. Engage. #ces #smjces
26. jeffloper: RT @ksablan: @jeffpulver says every company should have a CLO (Chief Listening Officer) #smjces #ces
27. jp1113: Twitter empowers strangers to help anyone at any time. Everyone has the opportunity to experience some level of serendipity. #smjces #ces
28. bengrossman: @msfraust Thank you thank you! Already really successful and going well. How's Boston? #CES #SMJCES
29. paulburns: RT @ksablan: @jeffpulver says every company should have a CLO (Chief Listening Officer) #smjces #ces
30. bengrossman: And @jeffpulver gets out the camera for #SMJCES coverage... beautiful images all was come out when this happens. @DaveTaylor at the podium.
31. paulburns: What do you think - what impact did Twitter have on Avatar's success? #smjces #ces
32. bengrossman: @JustinLevy Good to see you over there, Justin! Look forward to catching up later, and of course, your 2009 learnings. #SMJCES #CES
33. jp1113: You can't separate out people from the companies they work with. Everyone speaks for their company. -@davetaylor #ces #smjces
34. ksablan: RT @contentnow: #CES @davetaylor own your mistakes,stay cool, fight fire w water not fire [see @contentnow for more] #smjces
35. ksablan: @gingerscott Hopefully, #ces (and #smjces right now) helps you follow what's going on
36. jp1113: Microsoft uses MVP program to breed brand evangelists. Don't forget a crisis management plan. #ces #smjces
37. jp1113: The fastest social media growth area is women over 50. -@24k #ces #smjces
38. ksablan: Regarding social media, @davetaylor says you have us to ask "What can I do to help my community?" #ces #smjces #important
39. paulburns: Sigh...I really wish @24k wasn't reading his presentation word for word right now...#smjces #ces
40. bengrossman: Nice talk by @DaveTaylor... that 10 minute slot is tight, right? Hoping I can reign myself in. Currently doubtful, but hopeful. ;-) #SMJCES
41. phintch: RT @jp1113: The fastest social media growth area is women over 50. -@24k #ces #smjces
42. ksablan: @24k also stressed LISTENING at #smjces . @sass is now on, again stressing LISTENING. I detect a theme here. #ces
43. neumanngroup: Do not shout to a large crowd, listen to a small crowd. Good advice. #smjces @saas #ces
44. bengrossman: It used to be as hard to hear a pin drop as to find a needle in a haystack. Social media amplifies listening. -@sass #SMJCES #CES
45. ksablan: @sass says social media is like listening on steroids. #smjces #ces
46. bengrossman: @sass Excellent slides and images for #SMJCES! Kudos, kudos. #CES
47. jp1113: Social media is listening on steroids. We are flies on the wall for 1000 conversations. You hear the truth, not what u think it is. #smjces
48. ksablan: Hey @sass 'listen' to this. Your slideshow (I won't assume a certain MS product) ROCKS! Yay for pics and 1-word slides. #ces #smjces
49. TUnderwood: RT @ksablan @jeffpulver says every company should have a CLO (Chief Listening Officer) #smjces
50. mahanay: I agree! RT @bengrossman: @sass Excellent slides and images for #SMJCES! Kudos, kudos. #CES
51. DeanLand: Jeff Sass @sass doing his usual great job presenting at Social Media Jungle in Vegas at CES. Jeff's slides are a hoot! #SMJCES
52. ksablan: @sass says "listening in real time affects sales" #smjces #ces #roi
53. jp1113: Reactions to your movie on Friday must change how you advertise it on Saturday || is the ad industry ready to keep up? #smjces #ces
54. DarinRMcClure: RT @ksablan: @sass says "listening in real time affects sales" #smjces #ces #roi
55. 24k: RT @ksablan: @24k also stressed LISTENING at #smjces . @sass is now on, again stressing LISTENING. I detect a theme here. #ces
56. jp1113: @sass awesome presentation. Love the slides and examples. Thank you! #smjces
57. 24k: @SmileyVegas I'm listening to the comments about my preso. I have some work to do, but this is why I accepted to speak at #smjces #ces
58. mahanay: @sass says 'when u engage your customers w/ soc media, they can become an army of evangalists' #smjces #ces
59. jp1113: @intlces followers, let me know if you have questions for the Social Media Jungle! #smjces #ces
60. neumanngroup: H.E.A.R. Helpful, Engaging, Accessible, Responsive. Good advice for companies in the social media space. @saas #smjces
61. mahanay: RT @neumanngroup: H.E.A.R. Helpful, Engaging, Accessible, Responsive. Good advice for companies in the social media space. @saas #smjces
62. paulburns: By far the best haircut of CES to date #ces #smjces at digital Hollywood http://twitpic.com/wxqyt
63. jeffloper: RT @neumanngroup: H.E.A.R. Helpful, Engaging, Accessible, Responsive. Good advice for companies in the social media space. @saas #smjces
64. DaveTaylor: @kcovert we miss you here at SMJ! :-(. #ces #smjces
65. 24k: @DaveTaylor @JeffPulver Great job opening the Social Media Jungle #smjces #ces event today!
66. Chrisrtwt_normalTwitter-icon_normal
67. setlinger: Up now at #SMJCES: Eric Weaver of Tribal DDB on social media hype #CES
68. jp1113: 11,000 social media "gurus" joined Twitter -- after Oprah did. @weave #smjces #ces
69. jeffloper: What your customers say about your product is more important than what you say about it @sass #ces #smjces
70. setlinger: Whoa. @weave says kids take Perry Ellis clothes, do their own fashion shoots, post them. Talk about brand appropration! #SMJCES #CES
71. cduncan75: RT @JeffLoper: What your customers say about your product is more important than what you say about it @sass #ces #smjces
72. DeanLand: Quote from @weave: "2010 is the year to take risks" Amen. @SMJCES
73. jp1113: A brand has a fluid and not always measurable dialogue. We must move past our risk aversion. We also must regain trust. @weave #smjces #ces
74. setlinger: Really? 66% of all consumer touchpoints are customer generated (McKinsey, July 2009, via @weave) #SMJCES #CES
75. neumanngroup: Great presentation by @weave I plan to share it with my marketing team @mcnallysmith are you listening? #smjces
76. mahanay: 'Brands are no longer static. They are a conversation' via @weave #smjces #ces
77. bengrossman: RT @setlinger: Really? 66% of all consumer touchpoints are customer generated (McKinsey, July 2009, via @weave) #SMJCES #CES
78. voler: RT @mahanay 'Brands are no longer static. They are a conversation' via @weave #smjces #ces
79. 24k: @Weave Great #smjces presentation Eric. Learning a lot about presos today.
80. jp1113: Really? 66% of all consumer touchpoints are customer generated (McKinsey, July 2009, via @weave) #SMJCES #CES (via @setlinger)
81. jp1113: Location based social media is key for 2010. @scobleizer is singing @foursquare's praises. We at @intlces love it, too. #ces #smjces
82. VegasBill: http://twitpic.com/wxuim - Now listening to Robert Scoble at the Social Media Jungle at 2010 #CES @scobleizer. #smjces
83. DeanLand: @scobleizer prosyletizing (oohing & aahing) Foursquare and the advances of networking. #SMJCES
84. dinachaz: RT @jp1113 The fastest social media growth area is women over 50. -@24k #ces #smjces
85. mahanay: RT @jp1113: Location based social media is key 4 2010. @scobleizer is singing @foursquare's praises. We at @intlces love it, 2 #ces #smjces
86. ethanelser: RT @jp1113: Hollywood bows to worldwide public opinion on Twitter. Brands need Chief Listening Officers #CES #smjces
87. earthxplorer: RT @VegasBill: http://twitpic.com/wxuim - Now listening to Robert Scoble at the Social Media Jungle at 2010 #CES @scobleizer. #smjces
88. jp1113: Apps for @foursquare data may emerge just like the ubiquitous Twitter apps we have now. Great advertising opportunity too. #ces #smjces
89. jeffloper: Listening to @scobleizer speak on the importance of FourSquare. #ces #smjces
90. jp1113: @dinachaz I am very interested in @gowalla for 2010. We'll see how they can compete and differentiate their brand #ces #smjces
91. ksablan: http://twitpic.com/wxv45 - Only three mobile devices in this shot of audience at #smjces as @scobleizer talks mobile. #ces
92. ksablan: @scobleizer calls @foursquare "crack for networkers" #smjces #ces
93. realghost: This Jungle thing is going well, but some people look like death after being out all night in Las Vegas. You know who you are. #SMJCES #CES
94. setlinger: @scobleizer on @foursquare: "Somebody w/ enough data and enough time is going to do sthing really interesting with that data." #SMJCES #CES
95. Weave: Thanks @jp1113 @24k @voler @mahanay @neumanngroup @jonlan @hctc @setlinger & of course @DeanLand for #smjces retweets. :)
96. paulburns: @foursquare = "crack for networkers" #smjces #ces
97. DeanLand: GPS and context; side discussions abound at Social Media Jungle. SMJCES
98. 24k: http://twitpic.com/wxvrk - Hi @Scobleizer, great preso so far on social networking & FourSquare. #smjces #ces
99. Foursquare: RT @ksablan: @scobleizer calls @foursquare "crack for networkers" #smjces #ces <- wish I could see a stream of this somewhere!
100. danpatterson: RT @foursquare: RT @ksablan: @scobleizer calls @foursquare "crack for networkers" #smjces #ces <- wish I could see a stream of this ...
101. DeanLand: Missed #SMJCES? Download from slideshare the presentation given by @weave. Well worth it. Kudos.
102. WesleyTech: RT @mahanay: 'Brands are no longer static. They are a conversation' via @weave #smjces #ces
103. paulburns: @scobleizer - game on: "the only two companies that matter in the mobile space now = Google & Apple. No one else comes close." #smjces #ces
104. setlinger: @scobleizer: "Go look at Google Maps on the Android compared to the iPhone. It's dramatically better." #SMJCES #CES
105. WesleyTech: RT @ksablan: @scobleizer calls @foursquare "crack for networkers" #smjces #ces
106. tkarow: RT @WesleyTech RT @mahanay: 'Brands are no longer static. They are a conversation' via @weave #smjces #ces
107. mahanay: RT @setlinger: @scobleizer on @foursquare: "Some1 w/ enuf data + enuf time is going to do sthing really intrstg w/ that data." #SMJCES #CES
108. HLytle: Love that @scobleizer just pulled nexus one, iPhone and droid out of his pocket. #SMJCES
109. HLytle: RT @DeanLand: Missed #SMJCES? Download from slideshare the presentation given by @weave. Well worth it. Kudos.<>
110. setlinger: @foursquare Follow #SMJCES :-)
111. neumanngroup: RT @foursquare: RT @ksablan: @scobleizer calls @foursquare "crack for networkers" #smjces #ces <- wish I could see a stream of this ...
112. mahanay: 'Twitter has dramatically changed in the last 6 month b/c of new retweet feature and lists' via @scobleizer #smjces #ces
113. kenekaplan: RT @foursquare: RT @ksablan: @scobleizer calls @foursquare "crack for networkers" #smjces #ces <-wish I could see a stream of this!
114. mahanay: RT @HLytle: RT @DeanLand: Missed #SMJCES? Download from slideshare the presentation given by @weave. Well worth it. Kudos.<>
115. setlinger: Now up: @bengrossman on social media ROI. #smjces #ces
116. neumanngroup: RT @HLytle: Love that @scobleizer just pulled nexus one, iPhone and droid out of his pocket. #SMJCES
117. Weave: Having tough time connecting via wifi at #smjces. Makes me nuts. Will upload today's preso to http://slideshare.net/weave later today.
118. 24k: @BenGrossman Thx for explaining ways to think about social media return on investment. You touched on many points I mentioned #smjces #ces
119. ksablan: @scobleizer has largely replaced Google Reader with links found via Twitter #smjces #ces
120. ksablan: Kudos to @bengrossman for starting his session by asking a question. Listening. #smjces #ces
121. LGatCEA: am here! #smjces #ces hi peeps :)
122. mahanay: RT @ksablan: @scobleizer has largely replaced Google Reader with links found via Twitter #smjces #ces
123. Weave: Be sure to follow the #smjces organizers, @JeffPulver and @DaveTaylor. Good guys.
124. rossteasley: RT @ksablan: @scobleizer calls @foursquare "crack for networkers" #smjces #ces
125. HLytle: Are you following @BenGrossman? You should be. One of the most intelligent conversations I have heard about SM ROI. #SMJCES
126. LGatCEA: I just touched @Scobleizer :) #CES #smjces
127. ksablan: I love how the word "handle" is being used so much at #smjces #ces @WarrenWhitlock
128. bengrossman: @24k Sure thing! Glad we've come to a meeting of the minds on the subject. :-) #SMJCES #CES
129. mahanay: 'Most trusted source consumer info = friends + fam. 2nd = online stranger' via @bengrossman #smjces #ces
130. simchabe: rt @Weave Be sure to follow the #smjces organizers, @JeffPulver and @DaveTaylor. Good guys **Thanks! Had Jeff now following Dave too
131. bengrossman: RT @mahanay: 'Most trusted source consumer info = friends + fam. 2nd = online stranger' via @bengrossman #smjces #ces
132. 24k: @WarrenWhitlock Great presentation Warren! You're rocking the #smjces #ces
133. LGatCEA: listen and love. It's as simple as that. -@warrenwhitlock #smjces #CES
134. sharonmostyn: RT @mahanay: 'Most trusted source consumer info = friends + fam. 2nd = online stranger' via @bengrossman #smjces #ces
135. mahanay: RT @24k: @WarrenWhitlock Great presentation Warren! You're rocking the #smjces #ces
136. bengrossman: @hctc Hope I shared some valuable information... thanks for the follow! #SMJCES #CES
137. whitneytaylor: RT @LGatCEA: listen and love. It's as simple as that. -@warrenwhitlock #smjces #CES
138. bengrossman: @24k Alas, I haven't yet gotten it up on @SlideShare-I should be uploading it over at http://www.slideshare.net/bengrossman soonish! #SMJCES
139. bengrossman: @JeffLoper I just promised @24k a presentation up at http://www.slideshare.net/bengrossman relatively soon. Will ping! #CES #SMJCES
140. bengrossman: @24k Sure thing... will ping you when it happens! #CES #SMJCES
141. whitneytaylor: I am always amazed and honored when @jeffpulver remembers me and says hello. #smjces #CES
142. bengrossman: @sharonmostyn Yes, indeed! You can find the study over here: http://bit.ly/8oPNju #SMJCES #CES
143. whitneytaylor: Proximity adds value. #smjces #CES
144. josephaldrich: LOL RT @RossTeasley: RT @ksablan: @scobleizer calls @foursquare "crack for networkers" #smjces #ces
145. sass: @ScottMonty Look forward to seeing you! You hacked my preso slides (ask someone who saw...lol) #smjces
146. dwire: RT @setlinger @scobleizer on @foursquare "Somebody w/ enough data and enough time is going to do sthing interesting with that data." #SMJCES
147. 24k: RT @mahanay: 'Most trusted source consumer info = friends + fam. 2nd = online stranger' via @bengrossman #smjces #ces
148. thelastshow: RT @VegasBill: http://twitpic.com/wxuim - Now listening to Robert Scoble at the Social Media Jungle at 2010 #CES @scobleizer. #smjces
149. LGatCEA: What does it all mean?? Get involved, be active and don't ever say "ah, that'll never work" cause it probably will #smjces #ces
150. 24k: @DeanMeister @DeanLand Really enjoyed your presentation with video and exposure to augmented reality with social media. #smjces #ces
151. bengrossman: Yay! Social media PR and 'digital communications' presentation from @setlinger... off to a great start! #SMJCES #CES
152. 24k: 3 Rules for Social PR preso by @Setlinger at #smjces #ces getting started now. Thank you for talking about how to rethink "media" relations!
153. Weave: @setlinger: "PR types often trained to hold information back. But the world expects info sharing." Indeed. #smjces
154. paulburns: Advice for CES: merchandise the session hashtags and speaker twitter names better next year. #ces #smjces
155. bengrossman: Comment from the audience during @setlinger's preso: "Embargoes will die. They are a shrinking currency" #SMJCES #CES
156. ksablan: @setlinger is having good conversation about rethinking "media" relations with attendees at #smjces #ces
157. Weave: @Setlinger: "Create neural relationships NOW for the time when social technologies are fully baked." Has crush on @CommonCraft. :) #smjces
158. LGatCEA: "huge fan of data visualizations" .. (me too) common craft and @jess3 #smjces #ces
159. mahanay: RT @Weave: @setlinger: "PR types often trained to hold information back. But the world expects info sharing." Indeed. #smjces
160. LGatCEA: be timley. 6 hours is too late. 60 minutes may be too late. #ces #smjces
161. bengrossman: @HLytle Well done... thoroughly enjoyed! :-) #SMJCES #CES
162. bengrossman: Nice data visualization resource, as shared by @setlinger: http://bit.ly/83XtJ6 #CES #SMJCES
163. Weave: @Setlinger: "Make this a rethinking year." AMEN, sistah! 2010 is time to rethink ur mktg and PR approaches. #smjces
164. whitneytaylor: Even this year I'm still one of the youngest in the room. #smjces
165. sharonmostyn: Awesome, thanks! RT @bengrossman: @sharonmostyn Yes, indeed! You can find the study over here: http://bit.ly/8oPNju #SMJCES #CES
166. mahanay: RT @bengrossman: Nice data visualization resource, as shared by @setlinger: http://bit.ly/83XtJ6 #CES #SMJCES
167. sass: @justinlevy up next at #smjces. Should be good.
168. sarahjaneml: Congrats! Embrace that fact, young lady! ;) RT @whitneytaylor: Even this year I'm still one of the youngest in the room. #smjces
169. sass: Humanizing, relationship building and trust... That's what is important. @justinlevy #smjces
170. jstrellner: @foursquare Still interested in seeing the #ces / #smjces tweets streaming? @socialping does that & more, and I can set you up.
171. joyloo: @rkowalski7 @LGatCEA @jp1113 wish i was at the social media jungle @ CES #smj #ces #smjces
172. bengrossman: "Same tools can be used by a person, a small business, or a large business and have similar result." -@JustinLevy #CES #SMJCES
173. ksablan: @jeffpulver sees rise in C2C (consumer-to-consumer) marketing. @davetaylor stresses transparency. #smjces #ces
174. 24k: @LasVegasHilton Congrats @JustinLevy mentioned you in his presentation during the #smjces #ces in #Vegas!
175. neumanngroup: c to c. Consumer to consumer marketing. Remember "b to b" and "b to c"?? #smjces
176. whitneytaylor: I hope to see more women speakers at #smjces 2011. Hey @jeffpulver I'm available!
177. LGatCEA: RT @whitneytaylor: I hope to see more women speakers at #smjces 2011. Hey @jeffpulver I'm available!
178. HLytle: RT @whitneytaylor: I hope to see more women speakers at #smjces 2011. Hey @jeffpulver I'm available!
179. jp1113: Everyone at the #smjces might be interested in checking out #CES Social Circle http://bit.ly/8XkzFE
180. LGatCEA: It's the 35+ crowd that's engaged in social media now #ces #smjces
181. LGatCEA: Massive cultural changes inside organizations. #smjces #ces
182. The_Shark: Wait, then how old am I nowadays?? RT @LGatCEA It's the 35+ crowd that's engaged in social media now #ces #smjces
183. ksablan: Twitter goes public by 2011 <- prediction by @jeffpulver at #smjces #ces
184. mitchellhislop: @whitneytaylor lucky I'm not there...I might take that crown #smjces
185. alexpriest: Twitter goes public by 2011 <- prediction by @jeffpulver at #smjces #ces /via @ksablan
186. michelleubell: RT @ksablan: Twitter goes public by 2011 <- prediction by @jeffpulver at #smjces #ces http://myloc.me/2FJxc
187. Mary_a_Myers: RT @michelleubell: RT @ksablan: Twitter goes public by 2011 <- prediction by @jeffpulver at #smjces #ces http://myloc.me/2FJxc
188. mahanay: RT @ksablan: Twitter goes public by 2011 <- prediction by @jeffpulver at #smjces #ces
189. ksablan: http://twitpic.com/wycwy - Visual roll call of speakers at #smjces This is @setlinger
190. ksablan: http://twitpic.com/wyd1y - Visual roll call of #smjces This is @jeffpulver
191. ksablan: http://twitpic.com/wydbv - Visual roll call of speakers at #smjces This is @davetaylor
192. neumanngroup: @whitneytaylor being interviewed just after the #smjces sessions! http://twitpic.com/wydms
193. ksablan: http://twitpic.com/wye3w - Visual roll call of speakers at #smjces This is @Weave
194. whitneytaylor: Thanks for snapping this! RT @neumanngroup @whitneytaylor being interviewed just after the #smjces sessions! http://twitpic.com/wydms #ces
195. ksablan: http://twitpic.com/wyexl - Visual roll call of #smjces speakers. This is @sass (slide master)
196. ksablan: http://twitpic.com/wyf56 - Visual roll call of #smjces speakers. This is @deanmeistr
197. ksablan: http://twitpic.com/wygow - Visual roll call of #smjces speakers. This is @deanland
198. ksablan: http://twitpic.com/wyhh7 - Visual roll call of #smjces speakers. This is @deanland
199. 24k: @PeterArceo He did mention the LV Hilton today during his preso at #smjces #ces. He mentioned it to illustrate a point about FourSquare.
200. LGatCEA: Spotted! @twoopinions at #smjces #ces http://twitpic.com/wyj3u
201. nathanreep: following along w/ some Incredible insights and speaker presentations at CES Social Media Jungle event... wish I was there! #smjces #ces
202. 24k: @setlinger Good to meet you while we were both speaking at #SMJCES #CES today. I've added you to my Twitter list @24k/people-met-irl
203. intlCES: RT @jp1113: The fastest social media growth area is women over 50. -@24k #ces #smjces
204. aharpaz: RT @jp1113: The fastest social media growth area is women over 50. -@24k #ces #smjces
205. rival_gates: RT @jp1113: The fastest social media growth area is women over 50. -@24k #ces #smjces
206. calliopeconsult: RT @jp1113: The fastest social media growth area is women over 50. -@24k #ces #smjces
207. intlCES: RT @jp1113: Really? 66% of all consumer touchpoints are customer generated (McKinsey, July 2009, via @weave) #SMJCES #CES (via @setlinger)
208. nathanreep: RT @jp1113: The fastest social media growth area is women over 50. #ces #smjces {Both are relationally based... coincidence? #ithinknot}
209. wvpmc: SOYcial media? RT @jp1113 The fastest social media growth area is women over 50. -@24k #ces #smjces
210. biali: RT @jp1113: The fastest social media growth area is women over 50. -@24k #ces #smjces
211. intlCES: RT @jp1113: 11,000 social media "gurus" joined Twitter -- after Oprah did. @weave #smjces #ces
212. setlinger: A few thoughts on today's Social Media Jungle at #CES today. Thank you @jeffpulver for hosting! http://twitpic.com/wyj3u #SMJCES
213. jeffpulver: One of the take aways today from #smjces was "location, location, location." Speakers predicted a BIG year ahead for @foursquare.
214. DWesterberg: RT @jeffpulver: take aways today from #smjces was "location, location, location." Speakers predicted a BIG year ahead for @foursquare.
215. paulburns: RT @jeffpulver: One of the take aways from #smjces was "location, location, location." Speakers predicted a BIG year ahead for @foursquare.
216. whitneytaylor: My Day 1 #CES #smjces recap: http://j.mp/5GXtHD
217. mayhemstudios: RT @whitneytaylor: My Day 1 #CES #smjces recap: http://j.mp/5GXtHD
218. mitchellhislop: RT @whitneytaylor: My Day 1 #CES #smjces recap: http://j.mp/5GXtHD
219. LGatCEA: RT @whitneytaylor: My Day 1 #CES #smjces recap: http://j.mp/5GXtHD
220. AnnaFrenkel: RT @jeffpulver: One of the take aways today from #smjces was "location, location, location." Speakers predicted a BIG year ahead for @fo ...
221. mahanay: @jeffpulver and @DaveTaylor: thanks for the awsome presentations & gr8 co-hosting of #CES Social Media Jungle #SMJCES
222. CSchreitmueller: RT @jp1113: The fastest social media growth area is women over 50. -@24k #ces #smjces
223. LGatCEA: check out this screen cap, @jeffpulver @davetaylor ... social media love! http://twitpic.com/x0z4r #CES #smjces
224. Weave: Thank you to everyone who sat in my presentation today at #CES #SMJCES. It's now up on SlideShare: http://j.mp/10ThingsFor10
225. 24k: RT @Weave: Thanks to everyone who sat in my presentation today at #CES #SMJCES. SlideShare: A HREF= http://j.mp/10ThingsFor10>http://j.mp/10ThingsFor10 - Good meeting you.
226. dakini_3: RT @Weave: Thank you to everyone who sat in my presentation today at #CES #SMJCES. It's now up on SlideShare: A HREF= http://j.mp/10ThingsFor10>http://j.mp/10ThingsFor10
227. keridwyn: RT @Weave: Thank you to everyone who sat in my presentation today at #CES #SMJCES. It's now up on SlideShare: A HREF= http://j.mp/10ThingsFor10>http://j.mp/10ThingsFor10
228. 24k: RT @DaveTaylor: Here are all my photos from the #SMJCES event at #CES today, as a Facebook photo album, need FB acct http://bit.ly/8rsfoG
229. ksablan: What are the characteristics of a Chief Listening Officer? @jeffpulver @sass @justinlevy @bengrossman #smjces
230. DarinRMcClure: RT @ksablan: What are the characteristics of a Chief Listening Officer? @jeffpulver @sass @justinlevy @bengrossman #smjces
231. deanmeistr: RT @24k: @deanmeistr @deanland Good to converse about SM & brand engagement, subject of my preso. ME: Interesting convo, more 2 come #SMJCES
232. renatorosa: RT @jp1113: Really? 66% of all consumer touchpoints are customer generated (McKinsey, July 2009, via @weave) #SMJCES #CES (via @setlinger)
233. deanmeistr: @setlinger playing catchup frm #SMJCES - so glad U suggested visualizing data 2 make sense of info torrents http://bit.ly/6oiofE #vizthink
234. whitneytaylor: #smjces told us to keep our phones on, always connected. HighEd Tech said turn them off, this could be why education is disconnected. #CES
235. neumanngroup: RT @whitneytaylor: #smjces told us to keep our phones on, always connected. HighEd Tech said turn them off, this could be why education ...
236. mahanay: #ff @whitneytaylor @neumanngroup @LGatCEA: some of my fellow #ces #smjces attendees
237. jeffpulver: Special thanks to the speakers and the delegates who helped define Social Meda Jungle at #CES this year. #smjces
238. PatDDixon: RT @jeffpulver: Special thanks to the speakers and the delegates who helped define Social Meda Jungle at #CES this year. #smjces
239. whitneytaylor: Special thanks to the speakers and the delegates who helped define Social Meda Jungle at #CES this year #smjces /via @jeffpulver // loved it
240. deanmeistr: @weave I had to hunt 2 find your twitter contact on your web site-3 clicks down? TSK TSK! Anyway, GREAT to meet at #SMJCES & follow up talk.
241. DeanLand: Oops, left out the link to the article by @jonlan: http://bit.ly/7aAXZ3 Jon's coverage of @SMJCES.

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These tweets represent the discussion before, during and after Social Media Jungle @ CES 2010.

Special thanks to the speakers: Dave Taylor, Chris Rauschnot, Jeffrey Sass, Eric Weaver, Robert Scoble, Ben Grossman, Warren Whitlock, Dean Landsman, Dean Meyers, Susan Etlinger, Kevin Sablan and Justin Levy as well as to everyone who participated in the conversations - both in Las Vegas and those who were following the tweets online.

I look forward to the opportunity to bring Social Media Media back to CES in 2011.

If you would like learn more about other events Jeff Pulver creates/produces/hosts, please visit: http://140conf.com.

Tags: social media, Social Media Jungle, CES, SMJCES, Dave Taylor, Jeffrey Sass, Whitney Taylor, Susan Etlinger, Jeff Keni Pulver

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January 09, 2010

Lindsay Goodman interviews speakers/delegates at 2010 CES Social Media Jungle

On January 6, 2010 Lindsay Goodman (@LGatCEA) interviewed a number of the speakers and delegates who were at the Social Media Jungle at the 2010 CES.

The people interviewed include: Jeff Pulver (@jeffpulver), Dave Taylor (@DaveTaylor), Whitney Taylor (@whitneytaylor), Susan Etlinger (@setlinger ) and Jeffrey Sass (@sass).

I look forward for the opportunity to produce another edition of the Social Media Jungle at the 2011 CES.

Tags: social media, Social Media Jungle, CES, SMJCES, Dave Taylor, Jeffrey Sass, Whitney Taylor, Susan Etlinger, Jeff Keni Pulver

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January 07, 2010

Live Today from CES: In the Year 2525

Later today, at 3PM PST / 6PM EST I will be one of the guests at the K-Zone, Kodak’s in-booth television studio at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Date: January 7th, 2010
Time: 3PM PST / 6PM EST

Topic: In the Year 2525

Topics description: What did we do before social networks? This panel will discuss current tech and social media trends like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube and what we’ll see in the next 5, 10, 20 years. Crystal ball optional.

Running from: 3:00 PM to 3:25PM (PST).

Kodak host: Jeff Hayzlett, @JeffreyHayzlett, chief marketing officer, Kodak
Other guests include: Adam Ostrow - @adamostrow; Chris Brogan - @chrisbrogan; Daniel Brusilovsky - @danielbru

The session will be held in front of a live audience and the session will be streamed live over the internet through: http://www.Kodak.com/go/CES.

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Tags: social media, Kodak, CES, KZone,Jeff Keni Pulver

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January 05, 2010

A Call for Speakers (and Characters): The 140 Characters Conference: April 20/21 in NYC

The 140 Characters Conference: Exploring the State of NOW (#140conf) will be returning to New York City on April 20-21, 2010 - http://140conf.com

The deadline for speaking proposals is: Friday, January 22nd. Please send speaking proposals to: jeff@pulver.com. Speakers can also be nominated by including #140conf in related tweets.

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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.

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 how twitter is being used and the impact it is happening in the industry sectors this event is focusing on. My goal is to bring together 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 140 of the right characters can impact 140,000 online participants at the event. I saw this happen in 2009 at the New York, LA, London and Tel Aviv events, plus multiple #140Conf MeetUps held across the U.S.

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.

#140conf is the twitter hashtag for the conference. I would appreciate your help in once again spreading awareness of the April 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: 140 Characters Conference, and or would like to suggest a speaker, please tweet your nomination to #140conf. I will be checking the twitter stream on an almost real-time basis for nominations. You can also contact me by sending email to: jeff@pulver.com. The deadline for speaking proposals is: Friday, January 22nd but the first to be nominated will be the first considered.

I am also looking for sponsors and for exhibitors to be part of our twitter showcase. My goal is to have a special section of the event just for applications, and a maybe this time a Best Of #140conf Award for killer apps. For more information about sponsoring and exhibiting, please contact me by sending email to: jeff@pulver.com.

A new approach to the pricing of the #140conf events was announced last week. Click here to learn more about this.

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

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

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January 04, 2010

Call for Speakers/Sponsors: HD Communications Summit - Europe, February 12, 2010

The first HD Communications Summit in Europe will take place in Paris
on February 12, 2010.

Please send speaking and sponsorship proposals by January 12, 2010 to Daniel Berninger - dan@danielberninger.com

FT-Orange Group will host the event at their R&D Center in Issy les Moulineaux near Paris.

The HD Communication Summits in NYC in May and September of 2009 proved to be must attend events for everyone in the emerging HD ecosystem.

See first summit agenda here

See second summit agenda here

The choice of Paris for the next summit arises in recognition that Europe leads the world in HD.

FT-Orange Group, in particular, leads in deployment of both wireline (500,000+ HD users in France) and wireless (deployment in Moldova and announced plans in the UK).

The HD Communication Summit series are the only events attracting all the key HD players. There exists no better forum for business development and getting up to speed on the state of the HD art.

The HD Communications Summit will include vendors demonstrating their products and their platforms, service provider deployment reports, and we will take a look at all the issues and challenges for transforming the existing communications infrastructure into one which supports HD.

From mobile handsets and enterprise desktop phones to the core infrastructure that drives the communication network, the advent of HD voice can and will transform communications.

There is a lot of work ahead for all of us. From helping to educate consumers worldwide about the promise of HD to the issues surrounding widespread adoption and implementation.

I'm putting out this Call for Speakers and looking for creative, out-of-the-box thinkers to come forward and pitch us about the HD topics they are passionate about and would like to speak about.

Please think about what YOU could contribute to the dialog regardless of where you see yourself inside the ecosystem - be it - end user / handset maker / carrier / telecom equipment maker / chip manufacturer/ or next generation services provider.

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Tags: HD Communications Summit, voip, HD Voip, Jeff Keni Pulver

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January 03, 2010

Thomas DeLorenzo (@TDeLorenzo) looks back at #140conf Los Angeles

From: Jeff Pulver’s 140 Character Twitter Seminar Is More then about Tweets & Tweeps!

"Because of the overlap with the Women’s Conference, I asked PR & Social Media expert Thom DeLorenzo if he would mind stepping into some of the sessions and give his impressions via podcast.

Wow! “Impressions” isn’t a strong enough word. The text messages that were flying between him and me while he was in session and I was covering the WC09 was mind-boggling.

...It’s more than just about twitter–it’s about deciphering twitter;
how to use twitter– personally and professionally
how not to use twitter
consumer engagements and losses
placing twitter in the realm of web 2.0 and social media
use of social media tools in campaigns and online brand awareness
and much, much more."

Listen to the podcast with @LAStory & @TDeLorenzo over at: Jeff Pulver’s 140 Character Twitter Seminar Is More then about Tweets & Tweeps!

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

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January 02, 2010

UPDATE: Social Media Jungle @ CES 2010 on January 6th

I am looking forward to returning to Las Vegas in a few days to attend CES 2010 and produce “Social Media Jungle” on January 6th. This year I am co-hosting the event with Dave Taylor.

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Social Media Jungle Description: (from CES Website)

It's wild out there in the social media jungle! Unbridled growth and tens of millions of "addicts" have made social media an unstoppable force that's changing the way we live and work. Sit in on state-of-the-industry updates, and get a candid look at how social media disrupts the workplace by empowering companies to lower burn rates. Plus, you'll learn how companies can use social media to motivate consumers and drive product sales without increasing costs. This year our underlying theme is: “How the consumer electronics industry can benefit from social media.”

The event costs $295 in advance and $395 on-site. If you are thinking about attending, please take a moment register for the event today by visiting: http://www.cesweb.org/sessions/search/results.asp?categoryID=1883. Remember to choose the "Social Media Jungle" registration option.

Event Schedule (as of January 2, 2010)

Wednesday, January 6 LVCC, North Hall, N256
(event runs from 8:30 AM to 12:15 PM)

8:30-9:00 a.m. “Real-Time Social Networking” - An opportunity to network with the speakers and delegates attending Social Media Jungle.

9:00-9:10 a.m. Welcome to the Jungle, Jeff Pulver

9:10-9:30 a.m. Consumer Marketing in the State of NOW, Jeff Pulver

9:30-9:45 a.m. Social Media Reputation, Dave Taylor

9:45-9:55 a.m. Brand Engagement in Social Media, Chris Rauschnot

9:55-10:20 a.m. Listen & Hear, Jeffrey Sass

10:20-10:30 a.m. Building Trust in Social Media, Eric Weaver

10:30-10:50 a.m. What’s Next in Social Media? Robert Scoble

10:50-11:00 a.m. Social Media ROI, Ben Grossman

11:00-11:10 a.m. Social Media Reciprocity, Warren Whitlock

11:10-11:25 a.m. Digital Presence in the NOW and Beyond, Dean Landsman and Dean Meyers.

11:25-11:35 a.m. Communication Strategies for Social Business, Susan Etlinger

11:35-11:45 a.m. Leveraging the Livestream in Consumer Marketing, Kevin Sablan

11:45-11:55 a.m. Social Media Lessons Learned during 2009, Justin Levy

11:55-12:15 p.m. Evolution of Trust Agents, Chris Brogan

(schedule is subject to change without notice)

Follow the speakers at Social Media Jungle @ CES 2010 by subscribing to this twitter list.

On January 6th you can track the tweets from the Social Media Jungle by tracking #smjces.

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To register, visit the CES Registration Page and follow the registration process and select Social Media Jungle as the registration option.

Join me at one of the January 2010 #140conf Meetups:

At the #140conf Meetups we discuss the emerging Real-Time Internet and the effects on business. They are a monthly gathering for friends of #140conf to get together and discuss issues of the day.

Upcoming #140conf Meetups - January 2010:

Jan 12th - Philly
Jan 14th - Boston
Jan 19th - NYC
Jan 21st - London

If you would like to sponsor or speak at a future meetup or if you would like to see a #140conf meetup happen in a city closer to you, please feel free to contact: Jeff Pulver / jeff @ pulver.com

You can join the #140conf Meetup Mailing List over at: http://meetup.com/140conf

Upcoming #140conf 2010 Events 0:

February 15th:#140conf Barcelona - Barcelona, Spain
March 16th : #140conf @ SXSW (you need to register for SXSW to have access) - Austin, TX
April 20th-21st - #140conf NYC '10. Register NOW - NYC, NY

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- Conference Insider: A new approach to the pricing of the #140conf events in 2010

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

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January 01, 2010

Happy Birthday Steve Greenberg!

Just wanted to send a birthday "Shout Out" to my friend @steviegpro, a person who amongst many other things is also the one responsible for world knowing the song "Who Let the Dogs Out?"

When listening to the song, please note that is Steve is the who is doing the barking. :)

Happy Birthday Steve!

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Tags: Steve Greenberg, twitter, Jeff Keni Pulver, steviegpro

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December 31, 2009

140 Steps To Cure Your Twitter Addiction

Another great video created, filmed, directed and produced by Jeffrey Sass of sassholes and founder / curator of Invitations, the premiere spot for those needing to experience Social Media Rehab.

In all seriousness, as we continue to experience the effects of hyper-communications during 2010 and beyond, facilities similar to the one Jeff created in his mind ("Invitations") will become a real-life business opportunity.

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Tags: Jeffrey Sass, sassholes, Miami, social media, twitter, Jeff Keni Pulver

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December 30, 2009

Conference Insider: A new approach to the pricing of the #140conf events in 2010

I’ve been creating/producing/hosting conferences since 1996. Over the years I learned a lot about the conference business and was fortunate to develop the event platform that helped popularize VoIP (Voice over IP) around the world.

One area that everyone in the conference business fights with themselves is the pricing of their events. We never know if we are charging the right amount for access to our events until it is too late.

Something Fred Wilson shared in a blog post titled Conferences back in May has been resonating in my mind the last few weeks of the year.

It turns out that Fred is “...not a big fan of attending conferences.” With regard to event pricing Fred wrote: “The most interesting people you can meet are the outsiders, the up and comers, and the hackers who can't afford to lay out $4000 to attend an event and are never going to get an invite to an event where you have to know somebody or "be somebody" to get in. So I avoid those most of all.”

And Fred’s right about this. The way I compensated over the years to open my doors to students and to offer discounts to startups. But I’m sure this policy didn’t do enough to bring as many outsiders as I could.

During 2009 I introduced a new conference, the 140 Characters Conference (#140conf) whose scope was a lot wider and deeper than any conference I was associated with in the past. During the course of the year I was fortunate to be able to bring together together a worldwide community of people in: New York City, Los Angeles, London and Tel Aviv while nurturing a much larger community of people online. Along the way I learned a thing or two about viral marketing in 2009 and how to produce these four events without spending any money on advertising or marketing. And with this all said, I also knew that I needed to try something different with regard to the costs to attend future #140conf events.

And Fred’s words got me thinking about the conference business in general and how to best approach the pricing of #140conf events in 2010. I decided to try something which is quite disruptive to the way I approached event pricing since 1996 because I like to be on the disruptive side of industries as my own history has shown.

My new approach is to offer “social pricing” to conferences which will (hopefully) cover my own incremental per-person costs and be at a level that I hope would also naturally attract the “outsiders, the up and comers, and the hackers” who can’t afford to lay out the kind of money I was asking for in the past.

Starting with #140conf NYC ‘10, the ticket prices will be more reflective of the cost to attend the theater and/or a music concert in New York City than a typical tech event.

From today thru March 6, 2010 the cost to attend the entire 2 days of #140conf NYC ’10 is: $100. Afterwards the price goes to: $140. This translates to a cost of $50 to $70 a day for this conference which I hope is affordable to anyone who has wants to be a part of the #140conf experience. For people who want to attend and have a budget for something extra, I am also offering “VIP” tickets at $395 for the two days for people who would benefit from: the ability to network with the speakers backstage in the speakers lounge, access to preferred seating and an invite to the planned VIP/Speaker party as well as other perks to be added leading up to the event.

The formal “Call for Speakers” for #140conf NYC ’10 will be going out next week. In the meanwhile, if you would like to reserve your seat at the next #140conf NYC, please visit: http://140conf.com/register today.

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

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December 28, 2009

Guest Blogger: Unified Communications 2015: Six Predictions - Steve Parrott

In the last of a series of posts from fellow bloggers at the Seamless Enterprise, Steve Parrott shares his thoughts on the near term future of unified communications.

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Unified Communications 2015: Six Predictions

Author: Steve Parrott

Technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace. What is hot today can easily become a “has been,” “could-have-been”, or hobby within a year. Although Unified Communications is still in its infancy, we can confidently say that will not be the case and instead, are already looking ahead at how it will change how we communicate. Here are half a dozen predictions of how we see UC changing the enterprise within just a few short years.

1. It won’t be called UC anymore. The seamless convergence of networks, mobility, voice, and collaborative applications will become second nature to us, making collaboration an intuitive part of our daily lives.

2. Enterprises will do far more “single-provider” partnering when it comes to mobile devices and handsets. With mobile integration the norm, businesses will no longer see a need for, or value in, splitting their purchases so evenly among multiple wireless carriers. Given that the many of the benefits of UC are in a seamless experience, business will strive to create a common employee experience regardless of the end user device.

3. We’ll lose our sense of distance and differentiation in terms of communications. We will communicate virtually anytime from anywhere. The lines that delineate our local, long distance, wireless, and international calling will vanish. Communications, all of which will have converged, will be free flowing, enabling us to move seamlessly from one mode of communications (voice) to another (text, collaborative conferencing, work sharing, etc.).

4. Enterprises won’t be buying and focusing on all the separate elements that make up communications today, such as a server, a PBX, a gateway, or a wireless device. The solutions will be integrated, carrier-provided / hosted, and based on simple architectures to address all many of the common deployment problems. There may still be a small box on the premises, but that box is likely to be for routing to the network.

5. Service providers will deliver strong customer service … or else. Although service perceptions are an issue with some carriers today, this will have to change. Carriers will have to be exceptionally good in delivering the communication and collaboration enterprises demand, since their role will broadly expand in the next few years. The network will have to be absolutely dependable, and the carrier will have to be incredibly responsive to each enterprise customer’s changing needs. Those carriers that aren’t good at customer service will have failed or be failing.

6. We’ll still talk to one another. Voice will never go away entirely. We may find more nifty ways to seamlessly collaborate that will be attributed to UC, but rest assured we’ll still make voice calls. In fact, we will always make voice calls, because for many needs, they remain the most efficient way to do things. It may seem hard to believe, but even five years from today, voice will still be the “killer app” driving UC.

For end users, this will mean we won’t have to make choices as to what is the best way to communicate. The optimal mode of communications will be part of the model…specific to that time, place and circumstance. If you’re speaking on your wireless device, and the person at the other end is available via text, then that is how they will receive your communication. Users won’t have to choose among separate e-mail accounts or communications devices; they’ll just communicate. What could be easier?

Steve Parrott is guest blogging on behalf of Sprint’s Seamless Enterprise blog (seamlessenterprise.com), which focuses on unified communications, convergence and related enterprise issues.

You can follow Steve on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/Stevenparrott

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Alon Nir: The Story Behind @TheKotel

A great session from the 140 Characters Conference in Tel Aviv.

Learn how an economist unwittingly started a Twitter sensation with the launch of @TheKotel, and was, himself, blessed beyond measure.

Video Produced by: GoGlobal New Media Marketing

Conference Hosted by: Afeka College of Engineering

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

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December 27, 2009

Jeff Pulver Beaches About Social Media Jungle CES 2010 #SMJCES

Yesterday afternoon Jeff Sass (@sass) interviewed me about the upcoming Social Media Jungle conference taking place on January 6, 2010 at CES in Las Vegas.

For more information about Social Media Jungle and to register, visit the event on the CES website and follow the registration process and select Social Media Jungle as the registration option.

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Tags: social media, Social Media Jungle, CES, SMJCES,Jeff Pulver

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Jeff Pulver Beaches About Social Media Jungle CES 2010 #SMJCES

Yesterday afternoon Jeff Sass (@sass) interviewed me about the upcoming Social Media Jungle conference taking place on January 6, 2010 at CES in Las Vegas.

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Tags: social media, Social Media Jungle, CES, SMJCES,Jeff Pulver

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December 24, 2009

Recap of the first #140conf Los Angeles Meetup

Since the launch of the #140conf events, one of the amazing by-products from the conferences has been the launch of local #140conf Meetup groups in a growing number of cities.

On the evening of December 14th, the first #140conf LA meetup took place at the Yahoo! offices in Burbank, California. Eric Greenspan helped with the co-host duties. Eric and his MakeItWork team came down from Santa Barbara and worked together with a number of volunteers and helped produce the first #140conf LA Meetup. Special thanks to everyone who contributed to the success of the event.

The speakers included:
@adventuregirl who spoke about “Sharing and Caring”;
@marlooz: - “Love 2.0” and the "tweetfunding" of her laptop.
I enjoyed learning about how the advent of social media brought forth an era of coopitition on the Sunset Strip during the "Sunset Strip Tweet Crawl" talk given by @Alflamont (The Comedy Store) + @N8theSk8 (The Viper Room).
@BethFrysztak, @3Lunches, @momsofamerica were part of a lifestreaming discussion they called "Playing in Traffic."
And my friend @evanlowenstein spoke about the "Evolution of communication between artists and their fans."

A number of the people who attended the meetup shared their commentary / feedback on their blogs. For a more complete recap of the event, please read the following blog posts:

- Justin Moore-Brown: The 140 LA meetup
- Yahoo! Advertising Blog: 140 Conf Meetup @ Yahoo!
- Vanessa Rivers: "OSN101: Learn to Surf Like A Pro!"
- Ricardo Bueno: Recap: #140Conf LA Meetup
- Victor Caballero: Los Angeles Yahoo 140 Conf Meetup
- Greg Pincus: Tweetups and Meetups and Conferences (Oh, My!)

I look forward to returning to California in 2010 and having an opportunity to attend additional meetups.

Video archive of #140conf LA Meetup (special thanks to: @marlooz).

For more information regarding future #140conf meetups, please visit: http://www.meetup.com/140conf/.

For more information regarding future #140conf Conferences, please visit: http://140conf.com.

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

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December 22, 2009

Guest Blogger: The Coming Tidal Wave of Video - Dan Jacobson

With the popularity of YouTube and the ability to watch video on mobile devices, video phones are no longer something from science fiction. The video phone concept was actually introduced five years before the Internet, by AT&T at the 1964 World’s Fair. We’ve come a long way since that visionary day when the Picturephone was unveiled. When visiting with my friends at Sprint we talked about video applications for social media and the enterprise. Dan Jacobson, one of the seamlessenterprise.com bloggers took time to blog about what we discussed.  

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The Coming Tidal Wave of Video

By Dan Jacobson

Driven by a video generation soon to be entering the workforce, along with the increasing power of video in all types of social media, it’s fair to say that enterprises will be dealing with much more video within the next several years.

For most companies, video has been limited to a few training videos on the company intranet, or the occasional videoconference. But judging from the consumer side – and to an increasing extent the business-to-consumer side – video will no doubt be the Next Big Thing.
Look at the growing number of companies that plug their products and services with video, either on their own website or on sites such as YouTube. That’s only going to grow. There’s nothing better than a funny or poignant video that catches fire, generates millions of views, and presents a positive view of your company or positions you as a creative, “cool” organization. There’s also the consideration of dealing with consumer-generated videos – hopefully positive in showing ways to use your product, but potentially negative, like the couple who sang about how the airline broke their guitar earlier this year. A company has to be ready to respond with its own videos, if needed, in such situations.

For an enterprise, video is one aspect of collaboration and working together on a common project. It is actually one area that I believe will grow the fastest. In this instance, I’m talking more about two-way video sharing, not just pushing out a video to employees or consumers or business associates. This is something that Unified Communications – by enabling connectivity anywhere and anytime, in order for users to drive business value – can make possible.
For example, let’s say employees are in a video meeting, but one of them has to leave to travel to an appointment. That employee, en route to her car, could remain part of the meeting via her mobile device. This requires integration of the mobile and corporate networks, but this integration is something that more and more companies are embracing.

Video not only needs mobile integration to work effectively, but also networks that are robust enough for employees to get the bandwidth they need wherever they are. Video does chew up bandwidth pretty quickly, so enterprises have to be sure that their corporate networks have the capacity for them, and that they are taking advantage of wireless networks – such as 4G – that can deliver the needed bandwidth.

As Jeff Pulver has pointed out, for the millennials, the generation that is just now entering the workforce, video is intuitive. It’s the standard way of doing things. Their arrival in the workforce, coupled with the growing power of video in marketing and promotion, is creating a Perfect Storm if you will, launching a tidal wave of video washing over business as we know it.

Dan Jacobson is guest blogging on behalf of Sprint’s Seamless Enterprise blog (seamlessenterprise.com), which focuses on unified communications, convergence and related enterprise issues.    

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December 21, 2009

Announcing: #140conf Barcelona - February 15th (during Mobile World Congress)

The 140 Characters Conference: Barcelona will be taking place during the afternoon of February 15th, 2010 at the Opium Cinema.

Since the launch of the #140conf events, conferences have taken place in: New York City, Los Angeles, London and Tel Aviv. At these events we have explored the effects of twitter on a wide range of topics including: Celebrity, “The Media”, Advertising, Politics, Music, Education, Public Safety and Public Diplomacy.

The #140conf events provide a platform for the worldwide twitter community to: listen, connect, share and engage with each other, while collectively exploring the effects of the emerging real-time internet on business.

Some of the speakers at our Barcelona event include:

- Cathy Brooks, Raconteur
- Rob Conway, CEO and board member of the GSMA
- Jeffrey Hayzlett, CMO, Kodak
- Jon Landau, Producer of Avatar and Titanic
- Jeffrey Merrihue, Chairman, MoFilm
- Jeff Pulver, creator, #140conf
- Babs Rangaiah, Vice President, Global Comms Planning, Unilever
- Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO WPP

For more information and to register, please visit: http://barcelona.140conf.com.

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December 20, 2009

My Favorite Hotel in the World: The Hotel Montefiore in Tel Aviv

These days, when someone asks me “Of all the hotels you visit each year, which is your favorite hotel?”, the answer is an easy one. My choice?, The Hotel Montefiore in Tel Aviv.

Description (from their website):
"The 12-room Hotel Montefiore, set in the heart of Tel Aviv’s White City nabe (already home to some 2,000 original Bauhaus buildings). The meticulously renovated 1920s mansion has been updated with more contemporary indulgences, like a haute Southeast Asian eatery on the ground floor. Upstairs, rooms have private balconies and original period furnishings—think chairs, tables, and sofas by German designers Thonet—and art by the city's contemporary up-and-comers. The recently opened Bauhaus Center is just a short stroll away; as is its aesthetic opposite, the beach." (and the wifi is free.)

For the past year and a half, every time I have traveled to Tel Aviv, I have stayed at the Hotel Montefiore. And each time I have stayed at the hotel, I was assigned room 26. After a while, I started to get that familiar feeling whenever I stayed there and at this point, the Hotel Montefiore feels like my home in Tel Aviv.

The team at the hotel has always been polite, professional and are always available to serve. Over time, staff members have become my friends and I feel more comfortable staying at the Hotel Montefiore any other hotel I’ve ever visited. Then again, this might be why I feel like I’m at home whenever I’m there. :)

I am not aware of any other hotel in the world that provides as much personal attention to guests like me as the Hotel Montefiore does. For instance, on the days that I schedule back-to-back meetings at the hotel, I can rely on the hotel staff to act as an extension of my own staff and help queue the people waiting for my meetings.

I discovered the Hotel Monteifore because I am a big fan of the Brasserie in Tel Aviv and when I heard that the Brasserie’s owner, Mati Broudo, was opening up a hotel, I figured I just had to stay at it.

In fact, when it comes to personal service, I am not aware of another hotelier who does it better than Mati. During my recent stay at the Hotel Monteifore, when I checked in to room 26, I couldn’t help but notice that there was a sign on my room door, “Jeff Pulver’s room.” To complete the experience, the room key for room 26 had the Hotel Montefiore name on one side and “Jeff Pulver’s Room” printed on the back. While I have been traveling for business for many years, this is the first time I have ever experienced personalized service like this.

If you are traveling to Tel Aviv on business, you owe it yourself it make it a point to stay at the Hotel Montefiore. And when you call to make a reservation, tell them that Jeff sent you. :)

Friends visiting Tel Aviv should also make it a point to visit Mati’s other venues, coffeeBAR and Rothschild 12.

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Tags: Tel Aviv, Hotel Montefiore, Mati Broudo, Jeff Keni Pulver

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December 16, 2009

Guest Blogger: Laying the Technology Groundwork for Social Media - Steve Parrott

I recently met with Steve Parrott and two other Seamless Enterprise bloggers and discussed the role of social media in Corporate America. Steve has already shared his thoughts from a cultural perspective, and here’s his second post with thoughts on the technical issues.  

Laying the Technology Groundwork for Social Media

By Steve Parrott

When I talked in my previous post about the challenges social media face in the enterprise, I emphasized the organizational and cultural considerations. But these are only some of the issues an organization faces. In fact, even if you prepare and overcome the organizational and cultural considerations, it doesn’t mean that implementing social media is a snap from a technology standpoint.

There are several things that IT departments need to do to lay the groundwork for a social media initiative. For starters, the enterprise network has to be powerful enough, and robust enough, to handle the increased load and different type and style of communication that social media brings into the business. For instance, depending on how a company uses social media, there may be a lot more video traffic involved than ever before. Or more communication using the Internet. Or even the need to reconfigure your firewall to account for the new usage patterns and traffic destinations.

Video may be generated by the company for posting it to its Facebook page. Or the company may encourage customers to send in their own videos for promotional or other purposes. Or the increased use of video could be strictly internal, linked to an intranet-based wiki, for example. But a company that has gotten by with a single T1 to its various locations – and most companies still do that (or worse, a fractional T1) – will find that 1.5 Mbps just doesn’t cut it when videos start moving around.

It is also critical to remember that much of the success of social media in the enterprise presumes that communication occurs anywhere and at any time. This means that wireless networking also becomes more important. Social media only works when all the individuals involved are able to stay in contact with the company, with customers, with partners, or with fellow team members, virtually anytime. The enterprise that embraces social media must also embrace mobility in all its forms. Not just voice, but also instant messaging, status updates, presence, and collaboration. As Jeff emphasizes, the State of NOW is essentially an instantaneous environment. The old saying, “Time waits for no man,” is now more like “Twitter waits for no one.” And Facebook only waits for your next update.

Another network consideration is how mobility becomes interweaved within the enterprise network. Since it is impossible for an employee to always be at their desk, again, this comes back to the need to make everyone involved with social media fully accessible at any time, and give them the ability to work fully effectively wherever they may be.

Most critically with social media in the enterprise the technology solutions must match the expectations of the medium. If you are using front line employees to successfully communicate your corporate message through social media, those employees must have the network resources they need. Salespeople, for instance, often work from remote offices or from home, as do many contact center people who may have an increasingly important role in monitoring customer feedback. This means having sufficient bandwidth, wireless or wired, and the ability to be totally integrated into the enterprise network in order to participate as they should in the social media revolution.

Finally, one early step – something that companies should frankly be doing regardless of their social media plans – is to implement some sort of voice trunking such as SIP or VoIP. These solutions can replace the local telephone company trunks with access via a single converged network that can easily handle all voice on the same “pipe” as your data, and video circuits. It is an efficiency and money-saving move in its own right, but also an essential step toward implementing Unified Communications and social media tools effectively.

The good news is that any and all of these are technologies that companies can put in place today to support social media and real-time internet. Then all they have to worry about are those pesky organizational and cultural issues.

Steve Parrott is guest blogging on behalf of Sprint’s Seamless Enterprise blog (seamlessenterprise.com), which focuses on unified communications, convergence and related enterprise issues.

You can follow Steve on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/Stevenparrott

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December 14, 2009

Guest Blogger: When Social Media Meets Unified Communications - Dan Jacobson

As part of my discussion with the Seamless Enterprise bloggers, we chatted about the enterprise, or IT, side of social media. We agreed that social media is changing how we work – and even driving the type of networks companies implement, such as unified communications. Some may not recognize unified communications as social media, but if you look at its capabilities, it’s about bringing the enterprise together into the Now. With UC, corporate America can be part of the social media revolution.

Note: If you’re reading this blog, you should assume that I make money from some posts I put on this blog from advertisers. Some links on this blog are paid links. All banner advertising on my blogs are paid for by advertisers.

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When Social Media Meets Unified Communications

By Dan Jacobson

Uniting social media and Unified Communications (UC) is essential if an enterprise wants its people to be able to collaborate whenever and wherever they need to. But because UC is not always the clearest of terms, let’s start with a UC definition from a fellow guest blogger and colleague Steve Parrott:

“UC is the integration of wireless, wireline and collaboration solutions enabling a business and their end users to control how, where and when communication occurs through a consistent interface regardless of mode or access method. An effective UC deployment provides the business simplicity through common end-user interfaces, value through significantly improved network and IT infrastructure efficiency, and productivity in improving interactions between users.”

My own super-simple version of this is that UC is how we enable connectivity anywhere and anytime, in order for users to drive business value. Tie that to social media, and it leverages one of the greatest benefits of UC, which is collaboration. UC allows users to be fully aware of each other’s status and location and to instantly get into contact using the best means available at that moment. It may be a text if someone’s in a meeting, a mobile call if they’re away from their desk, or an on-the-fly video meeting if that is what is needed and if all the parties are available.

One of the key ways social media can enhance UC – and vice versa – is through presence and location. When you look at Twitter, for example, it’s all about where I am and what I am doing right now. That’s a function of presence and location. On the corporate side, if I know you’re in a meeting and unavailable, I won’t waste time trying to contact you, and will know to try you later. If I can establish that you and the other members of my team are all available, we can quickly arrange a collaborative conference to complete a project.

Sure, some of this can be done today via emails and calendar updates, but presence makes it all happen faster and more efficiently. Also, social media tools such as corporate wikis or Facebook-style intranet features can make the information that we need for our collaborative conference much more available. And with UC, a key part of which is mobile integration – the blending of mobile and wired networks – these are accessible anywhere.

No effective enterprise social media initiative is going to succeed without a heavy dose of mobility. People – particularly the front-line people who are critical to making their companies immediately responsive to what goes on in the Twittersphere and blogosphere – just don’t work that way anymore. They are on the move, and they need to be able to access and engage social media wherever they are. For them, mobility is truly the foundation of the State of NOW, and UC extends the benefits of that mobility and the collaboration it enables throughout the organization.

Dan Jacobson is guest blogging on behalf of Sprint’s Seamless Enterprise blog (seamlessenterprise.com), which focuses on unified communications, convergence and related enterprise issues.

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December 13, 2009

Register TODAY for Social Media Jungle @ CES 2010

I am looking forward to returning to CES 2010 to produce “Social Media Jungle” at CES. This year I will be co-hosting the event with Dave Taylor.

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Social Media Jungle Description: (from CES Website)

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This event costs $295 in advance and $395 on-site. If you are thinking about attending, please take a moment register for the event today by visiting: http://www.cesweb.org/sessions/search/results.asp?categoryID=1883. Remember to choose the "Social Media Jungle" registration option.

Hope you can join us at the Social Media Jungle @ CES. I would appreciate your help in sharing awareness of this event with your friends.

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Event Schedule (as of December 13th)

Wednesday, January 6 LVCC, North Hall, N256
(event runs from 8:30 AM to 12:15 PM)

8:30-9:00 a.m. “Real-Time Social Networking”

9:00-9:10 a.m. Welcome to the Jungle, Jeff Pulver

9:10-9:30 a.m. Consumer Marketing in the State of NOW, Jeff Pulver

9:30-9:45 a.m. Social Media Reputation, Dave Taylor

9:45-9:55 a.m. Brand Engagement in Social Media, Chris Rauschnot

9:55-10:20 a.m. Effects of twitter on Consumer Marketing, Jeffrey Sass

10:20-10:30 a.m. Building Trust in Social Media, Eric Weaver

10:30-10:50 a.m. What’s Next in Social Media? Robert Scoble

10:50-11:00 a.m. Social Media ROI, Ben Grossman

11:00-11:10 a.m. Social Media Reciprocity, Warren Whitlock

11:10-11:25 a.m. Digital Presence in the NOW and Beyond, Dean Landsman

11:25-11:35 a.m. Effective PR Strategies in the era of Social Media, Susan Etlinger

11:35-11:45 a.m. Leveraging the Livestream in Consumer Marketing, Kevin Sablan

11:45-11:55 a.m. Social Media Lessons Learned during 2009, Justin Levy

11:55-12:15 p.m. Evolution of Trust Agents, Chris Brogan

Follow the speakers at Social Media Jungle @ CES 2010 by subscribing to this twitter list

(schedule is subject to change without notice)

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To register, visit the CES Registration Page and follow the registration process and select Social Media Jungle as the registration option.

Tags: social media, Social Media Jungle, CES, SMJCES,Jeff Pulver

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December 12, 2009

Event: #140conf Los Angeles Meetup - Monday December 14th

On Monday December 14th I am co-hosting the first #140conf Meetup, together with Eric Greenspan, taking place at Yahoo's office in Burbank, CA.

This meetup is an opportunity to discuss the emerging Real-Time Internet and the effects on business. A monthly gathering for friends of #140conf to get together and discuss issues of the day.

Schedule:

5:00 - Registration / Networking (early bird giveaway)
5:30 - Welcome & Childbirth on the Real Time Internet from @ericgreenspan
5:40 - Jeff Pulver, Welcome to the State of NOW

Speakers include:

- @adventuregirl - Sharing and Caring
- @marlooz: - Love 2.0 and the "tweetfunding" of my laptop.
- "Sunset Strip Tweet Crawl" - @Alflamont (The Comedy Store) + @N8theSk8 (The Viper Room)
- @BethFrysztak, @3Lunches, @momsofamerica - "Playing in Traffic"
- @evanlowenstein, "Evolution of communication between artists and their fans"

7:30 - Wrap up / Networking

8PM - AFTERPARTY (open to public)! (sponsored by Make It Work and New Media Vault) (RSVP here)

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*** Special thanks to Eric Greenspan and his team for the support of the Los Angeles #140conf Meetup. ***

For more information regarding this meetup, please visit: http://www.meetup.com/140conf/calendar/11868810/.

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

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Yossi Vardi at #140conf Tel Aviv

I had the honor to interview my friend Yossi Vardi on the morning of December 6th at the 140 Characters Conference, Tel Aviv.

This was one of my favorite sessions at the conference.

Video Produced by: GoGlobal New Media Marketing
Conference Hosted by: Afeka College of Engineering

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Tags: 140conf, social media, 140 Characters Conference, twitter, Yossi Vardi, Tel Aviv, Jeff Keni Pulver

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December 10, 2009

Jeff Keni Pulver: Keynote at #140conf Tel Aviv - “The State of NOW”

On Sunday, December 6, 2009 I hosted/produced the 140 Characters Conference in Tel Aviv. The following is the speech I gave when I helped open the conference.

Video Produced by: GoGlobal New Media Marketing
Conference Hosted by: Afeka College of Engineering

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

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December 09, 2009

Recap: 140 Characters Conference (#140conf) Tel Aviv

In the end, the 140 Characters Conference: Tel Aviv (#140conf) turned out to be one of the betters days of my life. There was an energy present in the room which was pretty amazing which I am still feeling as I write this. I am also still processing everything that I saw and experienced but I wanted to take a moment and thank everyone who was a part of #140conf Tel Aviv before I return back to the States in a few hours.

#140conf brought together a community of people with diverse backgrounds from across multiple industries from across Israel.

While the event brought together over 250+ people to the Afeka College, another 6,464 people from around the world watch the conference during the course of the day. (the sessions were broadcast on Ustream - http://www.ustream.tv/channel/140conf-tel-aviv - and a much higher quality version will soon be available for viewing.)

One of my goals of creating and producing #140conf was to in effect help cross connect communities which are using twitter/Facebook as a platform to communicate for their business but would have otherwise have never had any reason to meet each or connect with each other.

Special thanks to: Afeka College of Engineering, Mel Rosenberg, Sharon Ariel and the team at Afeka, Roniet Berci, Gilad Zirkel, Chaim Goldman, Orli Yakuel, Yotam Troim, Maayan Minzly, Meir Pinto, Marc Fishman, Geo Geller and Sharon Kuper for their help with the event.

I am looking forward to producing #140conf Tel Aviv again.

Friends are invited to join the #140conf Group on Facebook.

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

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December 08, 2009

Guest Blogger: The Business Culture of Social Media - Steve Parrott

I recently met with Steve Parrott and two other Seamless Enterprise bloggers and discussed the role of social media in Corporate America. Steve will be sharing his thoughts from a cultural and technical perspective. Here’s the first of his posts dealing with the cultural aspects of social media as it relates to business. In a future post he’ll share his thoughts about the technical issues for all of my IT followers.

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The Business Culture of Social Media

By Steve Parrott

The challenges to social media usage in the enterprise aren’t necessarily technical ones. It’s pretty straightforward what technology is needed and how companies need to integrate mobility into their network in order to be sure that their employees have the anytime-anywhere access to the social media tools. Instead, the challenges are really organizational and cultural.

People talk about the “intersection” of social media and business as if it’s still coming, as if it is something that hasn’t happened yet. That is simply not true. The degree of intersection may vary by company and industry, but it’s clear that this intersection is taking place right now. Business, it’s safe to say, has entered the Age of Social Media.

At its heart, social media is about messaging, location awareness, presence, and collaboration, and despite minor differences, those concepts are the same from a business standpoint. Social media as we typically think about it involves individuals communicating better with their friends, families, and acquaintances. On the business side, the rationalization is different. It’s about better communications among employees, team members, partners, and customers. And in particular, doing it anywhere and at any time.

So far, the most attention has been on the external uses of social media. Like airlines using Twitter to inform followers about special fares, service providers of various types using it for customer care and service, and entertainment companies leveraging bloggers and Tweeters to spread the word about their latest productions.

Moving beyond (or perhaps, more specifically, moving among) these budding uses of social media is where the challenge lies in the enterprise. A company has to take a close look at how it gets its people to embrace social media concepts and how it can evolve the process-oriented aspects of business to the more fluid and collaborative nature of the real-time internet. Not only is it an organizational shift, but a cultural one as well.

Companies taking advantage of customer-facing social media also have to ask themselves what they are going to do with the feedback and information they get, and how they will deal with the commentary generated in the Twittersphere. If they’re going to be successful, they have to have the right people in place who can react appropriately to any negatives and who are prepared to go all out in leveraging the positives. They have to be instantly responsive, as well as instantly effective, in their response. This means tearing down any bureaucracy that stands in the way of that responsiveness.

However social media is used, it definitely cuts horizontally across departments and divisions. While customer-focused social media will probably be driven by marketing, there are sales, product management, legal, and IT aspects to it as well. Because social media can be whatever the enterprise wants it to be, it will require each organization to define it, draw some parameters around it, and either meld it to their culture … or transform their culture to fit it.

Steve Parrott is guest blogging on behalf of Sprint’s Seamless Enterprise blog (seamlessenterprise.com), which focuses on unified communications, convergence and related enterprise issues.

You can follow Steve on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/Stevenparrott

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December 05, 2009

Watch #140conf Tel Aviv - LIVE on December 6th

The live broadcast of #140conf Tel Aviv will start at 10:00 in Tel Aviv on December 6th and run until 13:00. The 2nd Broadcast will start at 14:30 and run until 18:00 (These hours are 0900 to 1200 CET and 1330 to 1700 CET; 3AM to 6AM EST and then again 7:30 AM to 11:00 AM EST)

Video chat rooms at Ustream

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

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So why Tel Aviv for the 4th 140 Characters Conference in 2009?

After producing the 140 Characters Conference in: New York City, Los Angeles and London, I chose to do the next event in Tel Aviv because when I look at the evolution of twitter and Facebook and the commercialization of presence, the roots for these platforms can be traced back to the people of Israel.

In the mid 1990s the consumer internet communications industry was born in Israel. Looking back, it was the launch of Internet Phone from VocalTec and the launch of ICQ from Mirabilis which had the most significant contributions to what has evolved into what we know as social media. These platforms popularized concepts that were a prequel to the core features seen in Facebook and twitter today - (i.e. features like: on-line status messages, presence, groups.)

When I look to the future of what's next in social media, I don't know of a better group of people to engage in the conversation than my friends who lives have been touched by the evolution of these technologies during the past decade.

I believe at #140conf Tel Aviv we will have a chance to better understand "The State of NOW" and the impact living in the now will have in the near future.

I am looking forward to producing/hosting #140conf Tel Aviv tomorrow.

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

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December 02, 2009

Guest Blogger: Christopher Glenn - Business Enters the World of Now

Following is the first of several blogs you’ll see over the next month from Sprint’s “Seamless Enterprise” bloggers. Sprint’s work in converged networks and mobile integration is helping pave the way to the new “Now” world of borderless or “seamless” communications, shattering barriers, changing the way we work, learn and play. The series will explore the reasons fueling the communications revolution, the technologies and ideas behind it, and the challenges and opportunities for global businesses and IT.

Business Enters the World of Now

By Christopher Glenn

Ask 100 people what they want, and you’ll probably get 100 different answers. Ask them when they want it, and you may only get one answer – NOW! We are increasingly living in a world where even the milliseconds it takes for a web page to load can create stress. Unfortunately, as more and more information is created, speed alone will not satisfy our craving for having things Now – we have to discover new ways to filter information to create our own unique streams of consciousness.

Social media such as Twitter, FaceBook, wikis, and blogs, are just a few examples of how social context (the pre-defined affiliations we have with other people, groups, and organizations) is becoming the most important tool for filtering and organizing the information we receive. Only social context can bring this invisible hand into the information world, replacing the bureaucratic, hierarchical structures that historically have determined who needed access to what information and when.

Just as Communism fell at the end of the last century, centrally-controlled information paradigms like Web 1.0 and email are falling under the sheer volume of information being created. This is why I have been predicting the end of email as we know it. Only when a stream of information is filtered through an infinite number of variables that track your friends, your interests, your demographic, your job rank and role, your clubs and group affiliations, where you are and where you've been, etc., can you make sure that what you need is delivered Now. This kind of contextual filtering can’t happen with today’s centrally-controlled information world, because the stream of information needs to be based on who you are and what you are doing right Now.

More and more people are embracing this “State of Now,” as Jeff Pulver has christened it, as they interact with friends and family. But to come full circle, companies must embrace this social revolution in how they interact with us as customers and between themselves and their employees if they want to thrive. The communications tools to keep everyone connected, virtually anywhere and anytime, are there – in terms of mobile wireless connections powerful enough to handle whatever voice, data, and video streams are being sent. The challenge for companies will be in re-engineering business processes to empower the front-line people in a way that frankly scares corporations to death today.

But the front line is already winning out. Customers now Twitter the latest problems with new smartphone devices within moments of going on sale and the wireless carriers’ customer service agents are monitoring Twitter to collect, organize, and remedy the problems in a fraction of the time it used to take. This saves millions of dollars in lost sales, returned merchandise, and service and repair expenses.

When I started in business, we use to write 10-year plans. Then, we did 5-year, 3-year and now 1-year plans. Strategic planning for companies will never go away, but it is becoming more and more obvious that a company’s ability to respond to things that it did not plan for may well be more important than to execute against those plans it did make.

Converged wireless and wireline communications networks are the foundation for the transformative changes we will see in the next few years in the way people and companies interact. The State of Now demands instant responsiveness, allowing users of social media to seize any and every moment by making sure they can get what they want as soon as they want it. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a customer buying a product or service or getting a response to a complaint, or employees sharing sales, marketing, or customer feedback data. Companies must start living in the State of Now, because many of their customers already are.

Christopher Glenn is guest blogging on behalf of Sprint’s Seamless Enterprise blog (seamlessenterprise.com), which focuses on unified communications, convergence and related enterprise issues.

You can follow Christopher on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/NetThink

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Tags: Sprint, social media, Seamless Enterprise, twitter, Christopher Glenn

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The 10 Minute Jeff Sass Interview of Jeff Pulver

A few days ago I met Jeff Sass (@sass) for breakfast and he captured the following interview:

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

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November 30, 2009

Call for Speakers: Announcing #140conf Barcelona

I believe we are now living in “The State of NOW” (see: http://pulverblog.pulver.com/archives/008950.html ) and that the advent of the NOW Internet has ushered in a new era of the net whose effects will be felt for some time to come. My interest in the real-time Internet lead me to the launch of the “140 Characters Conference” (#140conf) series earlier this year. At the first #140conf I looked at twitter as a platform and the effects twitter is having on a number of industries. As the real-time internet evolves and grows I expect to be looking at additional platforms and influences in the real-time Internet, but for the moment, twitter is the language spoken at #140conf. At #140conf we will be exploring the effects of the NOW Internet on the future of business.

Since the time the first #140conf took place in New York City back in June, I have produced follow up events in: Los Angeles, London and I will be hosting an event in Tel Aviv on Sunday.

Today I am excited to announce that #140conf: Barcelona will be taking place the afternoon of February 15th during the Mobile World Congress.

I am now looking for speakers for the event and look forward to producing this event in Barcelona. #140conf: Barcelona will be taking a hard look at the evolving real-time Internet and the impact it is having on a number of areas including: Celebrity, “The Media”, Music, Advertsing as well as other topics based on the proposals received.

I’m looking for friends to help me identify people whose voices should be heard at #140conf: Barcelona. I am looking for people whose approach to business has been touched by the real-time Internet and twitter and I would appreciate help in finding these people. If you have an idea/suggestion, please feel free to send email to: jeff@pulver.com.

(Companies interested in sponsoring should also feel free to contact me.)

The format of the #140conf: Tel Aviv will be fast past with the majority of the individual speaking spots limited to 10 minutes and the panels will be no more than 20 minutes.

The deadline for this “Call for Characters” is December 17th but, if possible, I would appreciate receiving your feedback before the deadline.

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

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November 27, 2009

Looking forward to #140conf: Tel Aviv

On Sunday, December 6th, the fourth 140 Characters Conference of 2009, #140conf Tel Aviv will be taking place at Afeka College of Engineering.

Since the launch of the #140conf events, conferences have taken place in: New York City, Los Angeles and London. During the course of 2009 we have explored the effects of twitter on a wide range of topics including: Celebrity, “The Media”, Advertising, Politics, Music, Education, Public Safety and Public Diplomacy.

#140conf: Tel Aviv will have a wider scope than the previous #140conf events.

The day will start with a "Breakfast with Jeff Pulver and Friends" followed by an all-day conference.

During the course of the day we will be taking a look at "The State of NOW" with a specific focus on three topic areas:

- twitter
- Facebook
- The emerging Real-Time Internet

The format of #140conf Tel Aviv will follow in the style of past #140conf events. You can expect most of the individual talks to be 10 minutes; "Featured" talks to be 15 minutes and for the panel discussions to run 20 minutes.

The take aways from this event will provide the attending delegates knowledge, perspectives and insights of what the emerging real-tme internet will have on business in 2010 and beyond.

Seating is limited. If you are thinking about attending, please consider REGISTERING today to secure your seat at the event.

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

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November 25, 2009

Jeff Pulver’s #140conf NYC Holiday Party: December 17th

On December 17th in New York City I am hosting a Holiday Party at the Village Pourhouse starting at 6:30 pm. Friends who are interested in attending can click here to RSVP.

Costs: $20 in advance, $25 at the door

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November 22, 2009

The Week that Was: A look back at #140conf London

On November 17th, people from 15 countries: (Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, UAE, UK, USA) were part of the community that helped define #140conf in London.

I enjoyed the opportunity to once again work with Jeffrey Hayzlett and the Kodak team. I thank our sponsoring partners: Kodak, BT and The Creative Stores.

As I was working on the content for #140conf London, I wanted to pull together a diverse group of people whose collective experiences in using twitter were a reflection of the emerging real-time internet, something that I have been calling "The State of NOW."

I especially experienced a lot of serendipity in the building of the event. 140conf was unique in that both friends and friends of friends came forward to suggest topics to be discussed and in some cases made themselves available as a character whose voice would be heard on the O2 Indigo stage.

When #140conf commenced, I opened it with four words: Listen. Connect. Share. Engage. I spoke about their meaning to me and how I apply these words when using twitter. I shared my story of growing up as a ham radio operator and made a connection between saying “CQ CQ” on the ham radio and saying “Good morning” on twitter. Looking back, it was a pretty magical moment when Stephen Fry arrived and came on stage to share his thoughts about twitter. Hearing his words reinforced a lot of my own thinking on the ever evolving relationship between celebrity and the media and fans. As I was listening to Stephen, I experienced a renewed feelings of humanity as the serendipity of the moment as the momentum began and we started trending on twitter and the voices of those on stage started to be heard and echoed around the twitterverse.

We explored a diverse number of topics on Tuesday, 35 in all, and a chance to hear from 67 amazing people in what was presented as part of a full day “Tech Concert.”

I left London feeling humble and positive about the future. I thank everyone who came to London to support the event. I thank each and every one of our speakers who joined me on the O2 Indigo stage and our delegates, some of whom traveled a world away to join us. I learned a lot during the 16 weeks I worked on this event. I look forward to continuing this conversation and staying in contact with the community.

I thank the people who didn't know me who took a chance and attended #140conf London. I hope they had a chance to make a friend or two, catch up with some of the people who where your friends online and along the way connected with the information being shared on stage.

My deep heart felt thanks goes to Jeffrey Hayzlett and his team and Gary Bolles who came out from California for being co-hosts. I thank Dean Landsman and Dean Meyers for playing the shared role of “Dr. of Time” on-stage and for keeping the sessions on time. Special thanks to: Imal Wagner, Alan Weinkrantz, Sherry Bitting, Josie Fraser, Maz Nadjm, Daren Forsyth, Lauri Stevens, Becky McCray for their priceless contributions to #140conf London. Special thanks to the volunteer on-site operations team who helped us look good. I also thank my friends Dan Berninger and Gary Shainberg for their contributions to the event. My friend Geo Geller also helped.

With much appreciation,

Jeff Pulver / @jeffpulver

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November 21, 2009

impressions of first European 140Conf in LONDON - Nov. 17th

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Video created by: @GabeMac. Contains video clips from: @StephenFry, @JeffPulver, @DarenBBC, @JeffreyHayzeltt

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November 20, 2009

Upcoming #140conf City Meetups - December 2009

Independent of the #140conf Conferences, there are now three cities where members of the #140conf community are getting together to continue the discussons started at #140conf. If you are interested in the subject matter, you are invited to attend one or more of the following meetups:

Upcoming #140conf City Meetups - December 2009

December 1st - New York City

December 14th - Los Angeles

December 15th - Seattle

Interested in attending one or more of these #140conf Meetups? Join #140conf Meetup Mailing List

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Backstage at #140conf London

Jeff Pulver @jeffpulver and Stephen Fry @stephenfry

Photo taken by: Alan Weinkrantz

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November 18, 2009

#140conf London - Coverage by the media

#140conf London took place yesterday at the O2 Indigo in London. In the end, 67 people spoke in 35 sessions during the course of the day. Quite a number of people from the UK media were in attendance.

Below are links to coverage the event received in the UK media.

- Channel 4: Stephen Fry leads Twitter conference

- Financial Times: Stephen Fry and the new kings of Twitter

- Guardian: #140con: The Twitter millions create the story, says Stephen Fry

- Telegraph: Stephen Fry says Twitter lets celebrities bypass media

- BCS: Stephen Fry speaks at Twitter conference

- ITProPortal: Stephen Fry Lauds Twitter For Its People Friendly Features

- Pocket-link: Stephen Fry: "Twitter is people-shaped, not business-shaped"

- Shiny Shiny: Twitter 140 2 - Andrew Keen, author Cult of the Amateur

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November 16, 2009

#140conf London starts tomorrow

The 140 Characters Conference London: Exploring the State of NOW, will taking place at the O2 Indigo on November 17th

I would like to thank the 60+ speakers, sponsors and delegates attending #140conf London. Special thanks also to everyone responsible with the event operations and special thanks to my friends on twitter who helped contribute to the buzz and who provide a constant reminder to me about the humanity and serendipity one can discover on twitter at any given moment.

When you have a chance, please visit the event schedule to get a feel of the number of different people and different topics that will be discussed. At #140conf, I look at twitter as a platform we use and as a language we speak. #140conf will provide a chance to connect with people from a diverse number of industries from a number of places around the world where the only thing we all have in common is that we speak twitter.

Please follow the #140conf hashtag tomorrow to keep up with the buzz and information and knowledge shared at #140conf London.

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November 15, 2009

Keep up with the Characters from the 140 Characters Conference:

Two new twitter lists:

- Speakers from #140conf Los Angeles (Oct 27/28)
- Speakers from #140conf London (Nov 17th)

Just click on the links above to follow some pretty amazing characters.

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Finding Your Angel Investor

Back in September I was interviewed by Jonna Krotz for her story, Finding Your Angel Investor.

Her story offers some good pointers for people looking for Angel investors. If you are a new entrepreneur going out for the first time for Angel investors, you would benefit from reading the story.

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November 14, 2009

NOW in London

After the success of the first #140conf in New York City this past June, I made a commitment to produce follow up events. The first was the #140conf event that happened at the end of October in Los Angeles and the second is the event taking place on Tuesday here in London.

In the time leading up to the London conference, I continue to appreciate the systemic effects the worldwide adoption of twitter is having on business.

We are living in the very early stages of the “State of NOW.” Over the next few years the emerging real-time Internet will have a dramatic effect on the way many of us approach business and how we interact on the Internet. We are living at a time where in many ways the world has gone flat, just as Thomas Friedman describes. These are the days where time and distance from something happening no longer keeps you from access to what happened. Access to news and information is becoming democratized as long as you have a connection to the broadband internet.

The State of NOW will provide billions of dollars of opportunity for some people to take advantage of. When access to information becomes democratized, people around the world who have access to the broadband internet have access to the same information at the same moment. What they do with this information is up to them, but the fact that access to information is open to anyone and everyone changes the rules of engage for some businesses.

Looking forward to #140conf London on Tuesday.

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November 12, 2009

How I discovered twitter

Earlier this week I sat down with Film News Briefs for an interview. Below is an excerpt from the interview:

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Film News Briefs (FNB) Innovators: Jeff Pulver

FNB: How did you discover Twitter?
JP: I cheated a little bit. A friend was using twitter, at CES [Consumer Electronic Show] 2007.

FNB: So the service was still relatively new?
JP: I think it came out in June ‘06. I was with my friend Chris [Brogan], and we were in CES and at the same time Mac world was going on. And I couldn’t figure out how he knew where all his friends were and what was going on at Mac World. We were considering flying to San Francisco for it and ultimately didn’t. When I got back I got my account going and started to connect to people. I realized that this was slowly becoming a new way to communicate with folks. It’s different than what I had thought.

FNB: Really, How so?
JP: I spent thirty some-odd years as a Ham radio operator and I’m someone when I was nine years old went into my uncle’s office and I noticed that he talked to a radio and all of a sudden people started talking to him. I was so obsessed with that it took me till I was twelve and a half to get my ham radio license and I used that as my social media. Where I was social, where I grew up, where I connected to people where I discovered humanity for the first time. It was pretty amazing and my foundation of voice which is really just an extension of communication. Twitter is really an extension of that. Anyone that used instant messaging is used to sharing ideas, and Twitter isn’t new, but it was so simply modified and adopted and the creators of Twitter changed the platform as the consumers used it so @ replies didn’t originally exist. There were many things in the language that didn’t exist when it was first introduced.

FNB: How do you feel Twitter has changed community?
JP: Right now the thing that has happened with Twitter — believe me, no one from San Francisco went to Iran and recommended this to the dissidents and suggested using Twitter to tweet the Iranian election. No one went to Hollywood and said if you’re a celebrity, use twitter to delineate the studios cause we can give you direct branding. But it’s happening. The governments of the US, Israel and the UK use Twitter for public diplomacy. In the United States, there are over 260 police municipalities that tweet for public safety. People in public health use it. I’ve found educators using it. Rather than blocking it, they are using it to teach. It’s a global phenomenon that represents the beginning of the real time internet. For the first time in a very long time, people have a voice and it can matter.

FNB: How is Twitter affecting Hollywood?
JP: It scares the crap out of the Hollywood guys. You should see what they are trying to do to upcoming actors and actresses. They are putting in no tweet clauses.

FNB: Even for big stars, we heard they put a no-tweet clause for Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz for an upcoming movie.
JP: Really? What this represents is a classic form of disruption. Disruption is one of my favorite words. I used it to help redefine the telecommunication industry and its redefining Hollywood. I’m not saying to use twitter to break NDA’s and there are certain shows that you don’t want to reveal the plot but you can tease a little bit. To officially say thou shall not tweet is ridiculous.

To read more of this interview, please visit: http://filmnewsbriefs.com/2009/11/fnb-innovators-jeff-pulver/

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November 11, 2009

Call for Speakers: Social Media Summit - Israel - 6 Dec 09

On Sunday December 6th, I am hosting/producing: “Social Media Summit: Israel” which will explore the state of Social Media, where things are headed in the future and where the money is today and will be tomorrow. There will be a discussion of both Facebook and twitter and we will be exploring the emerging real-time Internet and the impact this will have on business.

I am looking for creative, out-of-the-box thinkers to come forward and pitch me about a topics they are passionate about. Note: the stage is where we will share and present ideas. This is not a venue to pitch a company, product or service.

If you are interested in being a part of this event and or would like to suggest a speaker, please contact me via email (jeffp @ pulver.com) or here on Facebook. My goal is to put together a draft agenda for the event over the next 10 days.

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November 10, 2009

#140conf Los Angeles: Guide to Videos from Day 1 (Oct 27 2009)

(Special thanks to @RealPlayer for posting these videos)

- Jeff Keni Pulver (@jeffpulver), creator #140conf, "Welcome to #140conf LA: The State of NOW"

- Cyndi Stivers - Managing editor, EW.com (Entertainment Week), Cyndi's talk.

- Dave Winer (@davewiner) - Software developer, Entrepreneur, and Writer, "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fail Whale"

Venture Outlook: Investing in the Real-Time Internet

Participants:
- Bijan Sabet (@bijan) - General Partner, Spark Capital
- Howard Lindzon (@howardlindzon) - Founder, Social Leverage
- Ron Conway - Founder and Managing Partner, Angel Investors
- Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer) - moderator

Watch: Venture Outlook: Investing in the Real-Time Internet

- Jeffrey Hayzlett (@JeffreyHayzlett) - CMO, Kodak, "The Power of Social Media and how it grows value for your brand"

- Porter Gale (@porterVA) - VP Marketing, Virgin America, "twitter and an Airline. Our story"

- David Saranga (@DavidSaranga), "Using twitter for Public Diplomacy"

- Aaron Bleyaert (@BigBley), Tonight Show Blogger, Celebrity Twitter Tracker.
Watch Aaron's talk

- The Tim Kring Interview

Peter Hirshberg (@hirshberg) - Chairman, The Conversation Group
Tim Kring (@TimKring) - Creator, Heroes

Watch The Tim Kring Interview

- The Democratization of Information: Are we transitioning from an Age of Information into an Age of Misinformation? And, if so, what can we do about it?

Participants:
Al Seckel (@insightfultoo) - Cognitive Neuroscientist
Arianna Huffington (@ariannahuff) - Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post
Caprice Young (@capriceyoung) - President and CEO, KC Distance Learning
Jon Klein (@JonKleinCNN) - President, CNN
Peter Hirshberg (@hirshberg) - Chairman, The Conversation Group

Watch The Democratization of Information

- Digital Producers and Disruptors

Participants:
Jeff Keni Pulver (@jeffpulver) - moderator
Natalie Lent (@natalielent) - Director, Emerging Platforms, ID PR
Sadao Turner (@SadaoTurner) - Online producer for everything Ryan Seacrest
Sarah Ross (@sarah_ross) - Katalyst Media, Head of Digital

Watch Digital Producers and Disruptors

- Scott Porad (@scottporad) - CTO for Cheezburger Network, "Listening and Engaging"

- Twitter as a platform to pursue your passion

Participants:
Jack Gray (@jackgraycnn) - Producer/Writer for Anderson Cooper 360
Jane Buckingham (@Jane_Buckingham) - The Modern Girl's Guide to Life
Jeff Keni Pulver (@jeffpulver) - moderator
Soleil Moon Frye (@moonfrye) - Actress, Director, and Screenwriter

Watch Twitter as a platform to pursue your passion

- Google Wave and the Future of Communications

Participants:
Greg Dalesandre (@gregd) - Product Manager, Google Wave
Jeff Keni Pulver (@jeffpulver) - Moderator
Michael Killian (@MichaelJKillian) - Avaya Director of Endpoint Devices

Watch Google Wave and the Future of Communications

- Public Policy & Law

Participants:
Adrian T Dayton (@adriandayton) - CEO, Comrad Esq.
Brett Trout (@BrettTrout) - Patent Lawyer, Author of Cyber Law
Glenn Manishin (@glennm) - Tech Lawyer, Web Pioneer

Watch Public Policy & Law

- twittermoms: The Interview

Participants:
Megan Calhoun (@twittermoms) - Founder Twittermoms.com
Rachel Masters (@masters212)

Watch interview: twittermoms

- twitter and Music

Participants:
Jeremy Welt (@jblogg) - SVP of New Media at Warner Bros Records
Steve Greenberg (@steviegpro) - founder, CEO, S-Curve Records
Ted Cohen (@spinaltap) - Managing Partner, TAG Strategic

Watch session: twitter and Music

- Jeffrey Pollack (@JeffreyPollack) - Commissioner, World Series of Poker
Watch Jeffrey Pollack

- tweets, tells and tales: The Poker Panel

Participants:
Annie Duke (@RealAnnieDuke) - Professional Poker Player and Celebrity Apprentice Contestant
Joe Sebok (@JoeSebok) - President, PokerRoad.com; Cohost, PokerRoad Radio
Lisa Tenner (@lisatenner) - Founder, Tenner & Associates, Inc.
Matt Savage (@SavagePoker) - American Poker Tournament Director

Watch tweets, tells and tales: The Poker Panel

- Stowe Boyd (@stoweboyd) - Stowe Boyd and The /Messengers, an analysis/synthesis service focused on the social web revolution. "Social Business: Flux, Fluid, Flow"

- Hollywood Politics: The Making of a Twitter Cause Celeb

Participants:
Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) - Correspondent, AMC News; Executive Director, Why Tuesday?
Maegan Carberry (@maegancarberry) - Blogger, Huffington Post & CauseCast; Co-host, Variety's Wilshire and Washington
Ted Johnson (@tedstew) - Variety's Editor at Large
Wendy Cohen (@wendynuale)

Watch Hollywood Politics: The Making of a Twitter Cause Celeb

- Mark Horvath (@hardlynormal), Making the Invisible Visible

- Police Chiefs that tweet

Participants:
Chief Dan Alexander (@bocachief) - Chief of Police, Boca Raton, FL
John Stacey (@ChiefStacey) - Chief of Police, Bellevue, NE
Lauri Stevens (@lawscomm) - Social Media Strategist for Law Enforcement
Scott Whitney (@ACWhitney) - Assistant Chief of Police, Oxnard, CA

Watch Police Chiefs that tweet

- Peter Gregson (@petergregson) - Cellist and Co-founder of the Production Company Coffeeloop
Watch performance

- Artist & Manager - Notes on twitter & real time communication

Participants:
Aaron Ray (@redbaron1200s) - Partner & Head of Digital, The Collective
Mike Shinoda (@m_shinoda) - Member of Linkin Park & Blogger
Scott Perry (@scottperry) - Founder of New Music Tipsheet

Watch: Artist & Manager - Notes on twitter & real time communication

- Wm. Marc Salsberry (@wmmarc) - Photographer and Entrepreneur, "Passion + Cancer = The Perfect Wingman"

- Kevin Pollak (@kevinpollak) - Actor and Comedian, Interviewed by Jeff Pulver
Watch Kevin Pollak Interview

- twitter and Comedy

Participants:
Chris Hardwick (@nerdist)
Doug Benson (@DougBenson)
Rob Huebel (@robhuebel)

Watch: twitter and Comedy

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November 08, 2009

Fans, Followers and Friends Exploring the effects of twitter on the Celebrity / Fan relationship (from #140conf Los Angeles)

This session has: Doug Jones (@actordougjones), together with members of Lady Phoenix (@LPhoenixMusic): Ashley Poole (@ASHLEYPOOLE1), Diana Rauel Ortiz (@DngrsDame) and Melissa Schuman (@melissaschuman). (former members of the group Dream).

I enjoyed the flow of this interview.

One of my favorite moments at #140conf LA happened about 6 minutes into this interview when the girls from Lady Phoenix sang "Addicted."

Specials thanks to: Doug Jones, Ashley Poole, Diana Rauel Ortiz and Melissa Schuman for being a part of #140conf LA.

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November 06, 2009

Not Another Twitter Conference [Spark Series, Episode 2]

"This video shadows the group at Jeff Pulver’s #140conf in Los Angeles:"

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November 05, 2009

Announcing the Nov/Dec #140conf NYC Meetup

When: December 1, 2009 5:00 PM

Where:
3LD Art & Technology Center
80 Greenwich St. (between Rector and Edgar Streets.)
New York, NY 10006

The next #140conf NYC Meetup will be taking place on December 1st from 5 to 8 pm and will follow the same format as the previous #140conf Meetups.

This Meetup is sponsored by: feedtrace

Schedule:

5:00 - Registration / Networking
5:30 - Jeff Pulver, Welcome / A look at the State of NOW

- twitter and Tanzania and the #twitterKids (@melissaleon and @ajleon)
- Video Recap / Reflections from #140conf LA (@ssmirnov)
- twitter and XM Sirius Radio
- twitter for News Gathering / insights (@TodayShow)
- twitter + PR / Panel Discussion

7:30 - Wrap up / Networking

To RSVP, click here.

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November 04, 2009

Roger Smith Hotel explores twitter at #140conf LA

Watch all of the Roger Smith Interviews over at: http://www.rogersmithlife.com

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Upcoming #140conf Events:

Nov 17 - London
Dec 1 - NYC #140conf Meetup
May 4-5 2010 - #140conf NYC

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#140conf London Update: Attend #140Conf in London on 17 November

When I look at the schedule for the upcoming 140 Characters Conference: Exploring the State of NOW, taking place in London on 17 November, the first word that comes to my mind is diversity. Over the course of just one day there will be 31 sessions presented on the O2 Indigo stage, covering a diverse set of topics including: Reputation, Brands, Education, Media, Small Business, Sports, Public Safety, TV, Music. and a lot more.

Thinking of attending? NOW would be a great time to Register for #140conf London

Some of the 60+ people who will be speaking at the event include:

Alberto Nardelli (@AlbertoNardelli) - Entrepreneur, co-founder of tweetminster.co.uk, ceo at unltdworld.com.
Alex Bellinger (@alexbellinger) - Journalist; Founder, SmallBizPod
Amy Sample Ward (@amyrsward) - connecting social change/benefit groups to social media tools for listening, conversations, and more effective real change
Andrew Davis (@andrew_davis) - Ex MySpace Marketing and Content Manager (06-09). Now Director of The Worst Kept Secret which is teaching what you didnt learn in school.
Andrew Keen (@ajkeen) - Author, Cult of The Amateur:
Babs Rangaiah (@babs26) - Vice President, Global Comms Planning, Unilever
Becky McCray (@BeckyMcCray) - Founder, Small Biz Survival
Boyd Hilton (@boydhilton) - TV Editor for Heat Magazine
Chris Brogan (@chrisbrogan) - President, New Marketing Labs
Ciaran Norris (@ciaranj) - Director Invention/SocialMedia8
David White (@daveowhite) - Chair
Dean Landsman (@DeanLand) - Media and Communications specialist.
Digital Maverick (@digitalmaverick) - Learning technologist, Moodle evangelist
Ebony Rhiney-James (@EbonyRJ) - Digital Marketing Manager at Warner Music Group
Federico Grosso (@federicogrosso) - SVP Business Development, Blinkx
Gerd Leonhard (@gleonhard) - Media Futurist, Author, Blogger
Heather Gorringe (@wiggled) - Founder, Wiggly Wigglers
James Clay (@jamesclay) - ILT & Learning Resources Manager at Gloucestershire College e-learning
James Poulter (@jamespoulter) - Digital Strategist for Ogilvy PR
Jeff Keni Pulver (@jeffpulver) - Creator, #140conf
Jeffrey Hayzlett (@JeffreyHayzlett) - CMO, Kodak
Jon Gripton (@JonGrip) - Senior News Editor, Sky News
Jonathan Almond (@jonalmond) - Big Brother
Josie Fraser (@josiefraser) - Social & Educational Technologist
Jürgen Coetsiers (@creativestores) - Founder, The Creative Stores
Kathleen Hessert (@kathleenhessert) - CEO, Sports Media Challenge
Kyra Gaunt, Ph.D. (@kyraocity) - Associate Professor of Music and Anthropology, Baruch College-CUNY, writer, blogger
Lauri Stevens (@lawscomm) - Social media strategist for Law Enforcement.
Manny Norte (@mannynorte) - Kiss FM
Mark Middlemas (@MMids72) - Managing Partner, Business Development, UM London
Marsha Collier (@MarshaCollier) - Author, Ebay for Dummies; Radio Host
Mathys van Abbe (@mathys) - Founder & CEO Mobypicture
Maz Nadjm (@Mazi) - Responsible for social networking at Sky Television, sky.com
Nick Halstead (@nickhalstead) - CEO, TweetMeme
Nick Keane (@nickkeane) - Knowledge Manager with NPIA in London.
Pamela O'Hara (@pmohara) - Co-founder, Batch Blue
Peter Gregson (@petergregson) - Cellist and Co-founder of the Production Company Coffeeloop
Ray Paul (@raypaulbbc) - Executive Producer for Weekend Programs at BBC Radio 1
Roberto Bonanzinga (@Bonanzinga) - Balderton Capital
Ruth Barnett SkyNews (@RuthBarnett) - Twitter correspondent, Sky News
Saul Klein (@cape) - Index Ventures
Sean Seton-Rogers (@setonrog) - PROfounders Capital
Sherry J. Bitting (@SJBRules) - Co-founder and Marketing Director, Parlour Magazine
Shirley Williams (@shirleyearley)
Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) - Actor, Writer
Steve Saul (@stephensaul) - Social media/blogger for Simon Cowell's X-Factor
Sue Black (@Dr_Black) - Computer Science Head of Department
Tal Givoly (@givoly) - Chief Scientist, Amdocs
Thembisa Mshaka (@putyrdreams1st) - Author
Tim Bradshaw (@tim) - Digital media correspondent, Financial Times
Vikki Chowney (@vikkichowney) - Editor of Reputation Online, Centau Media

(speakers subject to change without notice)

One of my goals of creating and producing the #140conf events is to in effect enable what could be best described as: "Social Media Heterosis" (hybrid vigor in the social media space) and cross connect communities which are all using twitter as a platform in their business but would have otherwise have never had any reason to meet each or connect with each other. The upcoming event in London will reflect this thinking.

While twitter is both the language we speak at #140conf and the platform we are using, my goal isn’t to be "just a twitter conference" but rather continue to look at how a diverse group of people are being effected by the emerging NOW Internet and provide a platform for people to listen, learn and connect with the people who were sharing their voices and perspectives, hence the intended intention for diversity.

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

Hope to see you in London.

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November 03, 2009

Hank Wasiak @ #140conf LA

Hank Wasiak (@hankwasiak) - Executive Producer and Co-Founder, The Concept Farm

"From Mad Man To Twitteraholic: Time To Change The Way We See Social Media." - October 28, 2009 at 140 Characters Conference, Los Angeles.

Photo taken by: Jeff Keni Pulver

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November 02, 2009

Recap from #140conf LA - Two words: Serendipity and Humanity

Two words: Serendipity and Humanity echoed throughout the 140 characters conference at Kodak Theater in LA - home of the OSCARS.

Special thanks to everyone who joined us at #140conf in Los Angeles last week. Your presence was much appreciated and helped define #140conf LA and the State of NOW even more.

I enjoyed the opportunity to work with Jeffrey Hayzlett and the Kodak team. DeVries did a series of "State of NOW" interviews and their lounge was a real time face to face meeting place. I thank Mashcast for their wonderful Opening Video. Real Networks continues to post the sessions over at: http://www.youtube.com/user/realplayersp

Special thanks to our sponsoring partners: Kodak, DeVries, Real Player SP, Virgin America, Bing, Avaya, Glam Media and Mashable.

As I was working on the content for #140conf LA, I wanted to pull together a diverse group of people whose collective experiences in using twitter were a reflection of the emerging real-time internet, something that I have been calling "The State of NOW."

When #140conf commenced, I started to experience a warmth, a renewed feelings of humanity as the serendipity of the moment as the momentum began and we started trending on twitter. A few times we were number 2. While we explored a diverse number of topics (64 over the two days), in the end it was "you", we the people, and as our stories unfolded it carried us on a twitter magic carpet ride.

I left Los Angles feeling humble and positive about the future. I believe the message about the coming change the emerging real-time internet the voice of our shared humanity is starting to be heard and echoed around the twitter-verse and beyond.

One thing we all resonated with as homeless tweeter Ann Marie and Mark Hovarth who works with the homeless made us realize on twitter you are not alone. Your voice matters. In 2009 it is possible for people to use it as a platform to stand up and change the world. People have a platform to be heard.

I thank each and every one of our speakers who took to the Kodak stage, some who traveled a great time and distance by air, land and Greyhound to be there with us.

I thank the people who didn't know me who took a chance and attended #140conf LA. I can only hope that you had a positive experience and walked away feeling some of the warm positive energy which was being shared in the Kodak theatre.

I believe we are living at a very special point in time. Perhaps it is the Golden Age of the Interment.

From Educators to the Police to Rock Stars, Actors and Comedians, we explored
the systemic effects the worldwide adoption of the real-time web is having on society. We also heard from Bing, Google and MySpace, all companies operating in the Real-Time web.

I enjoyed the opportunity to meet some of the amazing people who were a part of the community. The times I moderated a panel discussion or interviewed someone left me with some pretty precious memories.

The unique format of #140conf comes from my 14+ years experience in creating/hosting/producing events. The format allowed us to experience 140+ speakers in 64 sessions on one stage.

Sitting in the audience there were time I found myself feeling a wide range of emotions. Something rare for me at most events I had ever produced in the past. Turns out, strange as it may seem that we are all human, well most of us are... and when we give someone a chance to tell their story there are just some things we experience that
connects and bonds us together.

My deep heart felt thanks goes to my co-producer Jeffrey Hayzlett from Kodak and his team and Cathy Brooks and Gary Bolles for being co-hosts. I would like to thank Emily “the mistress of time” Cavalier for keeping the sessions on time and the volunteer on-site operations team who helped us look good. I also thank my friends Dan Berninger and Geo Geller for their contributions to the event.

Next up for me is #140conf London taking place on November 17th.

The next #140conf event in New York City will be taking place on May 4-5, 2010. I am now looking for: sponsors, exhibitors, characters and patrons to join me and the others for upcoming events.

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Upcoming #140conf Events:

Nov 17 - London
Dec 1 - NYC #140conf Meetup
May 4-5 2010 - #140conf NYC

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November 01, 2009

General Admission tickets for #140conf London for Students

Since 1997, when asked, I have provided access to college students (both Graduate and Undergraduate) to many of the events which I have been associated with.

In keeping with this tradition, General Admission tickets for the upcoming 140 Characters Conference are now available for the first 100 students who click on this link. (This offer is only for students currently enrolled at a recognized college/university. All registrations will be subject to our review. You will need to show a current college ID when you pick up your ticket.)

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October 29, 2009

Devries PR Real Time Reactions from #140conf LA

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October 26, 2009

#140conf Los Angeles Starts Tomorrow

The 140 Characters Conference: Exploring the State of NOW, will taking place at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, CA starting tomorrow, October 27th.

After the success of the first #140conf in New York City this past June, I make a commitment to produce follow up events in both Los Angeles and London. I have been working on these conferences more or less non-stop ever since. The trade off is that I have at times have fallen behind in my blogging, my emailing and the time I am able spend on Facebook and at times even twitter. I am reminded that there are only 168 hours in a week and despite what I may say, one does need to get some sleep every now and then.

In the weeks leading up to the Los Angeles conference, I started to appreciate the systemic effects the worldwide adoption of twitter is having on society and it is my hope and goal with the event for people to get a better appreciation of what is happening on the Internet today. When you take a deep look at the ways various groups of people have independently adopted twitter for their own purposes, you might appreciate why I call twitter “social media tofu.”

I have been creating, hosting and producing events since 1996. In the years of making events happen, it took until 2009 to have an opportunity to discuss mainstream topics and invite a number of high profile people to speak one of my events. There have been moments leading up to this coming event that have felt more than a little surreal.

We are living in the very early stages of the “State of NOW.” Over the next few years the emerging real-time Internet will have a dramatic effect on the way many of us approach business and interact on the Internet. We are living at a time where the world has gone flat, just as Thomas Friedman describes. These are the days where time and distance from something happening no longer really matters. Access to such information is becoming democratized. Regardless of where you are in the broadband world, as long as you have internet access, you can learn about events in (almost) real-time.

I’d like to thank the 140+ speakers, sponsors and delegates attending #140conf Los Angeles. Special thanks also to everyone responsible with the event operations and special thanks to my friends on twitter who helped contribute to the buzz and who provide a constant reminder to me about the humanity and serendipity one can discover on twitter at any given moment.

Please follow the #140conf hashtag the next couple of days to keep up with the buzz and information and knowledge shared at #140conf Los Angeles.

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October 25, 2009

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

140 Characters Conference is starting on Tuesday. I have five 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 @140conf (and/or @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 PT tonight, October 25th. Travel and accommodation are not included.

Best of luck!

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

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October 24, 2009

Looking back at the Oct #140conf NYC Meetup

I would like to thank EVERYONE who made it a point to join us on Wednesday night at the Msnbc.com digital café at 30 Rock for the October #140conf NYC Meetup.

Special thanks to Gina Stikes and Sam Go from MSNBC for hosting the event.

I may be just a little biased, but I have to say that it felt like a pretty special event with good positive energy in the room. I especially enjoyed how each of the speakers shared their respective passions and how one talk blended into the next.

I tried to keep the format similar to what delegates attending the #140conf events can expect. Individual talks that run 5 / 7 / 10 minutes and panel discussions that last up to 20 minutes.

In support of “Follow Friday” on twitter, please consider following the following people who spoke on Wednesday night:

Sam Go, msnbc.com / NBC News producer - @samgo

Siok Siok - Filmmaker, Director of twittamentary Twitter Documentary, TV executive producer, teacher - @sioksiok
Geo Geller - Filmmaker, Inventor, Artist, Exec Producer Twitter Documentary twittamentary - @geogeller

From the Radio Panel:
- Anne Mai Bertelsen, Mai Strategies - @annemai
- Jeff Haley, CEO, Radio Advertising Bureau - @haleymedia
- Brian D'Aurelio from EMMIS NY (not sure of twitter name)

Miz Metro. Vocal Artist-Songwriter-Co Producer/Director of HIP HOP HOWL - @mizmetro

Anthony Massucci, columnist, AOL DailyFinance.com - @hianthony

Mo Krochmal, Asst Professor of Journalism, Hofstra University - @Krochmal

Aneta Genova, accessory designer, fashion blogger and an instructor at Parsons The
New School for Design and the Academy of Art University Online - @Bobbintalk

Andrew Hazen, “a Serial Entreprenuer, Internet Marketing Expert (SEO/SEM/Social) and a Domainer.” - @AndrewHazen

Nichelle Stephens, Bookkeeper, Cupcake Enthusiast, Editor of We Inspire, @niche

Jeffrey Hayzlett, CMO, Kodak, @jeffreyhayzlett

The next #140conf NYC Meetup will be on December 1st. As I mentioned during the meeting, I am also looking for event and/or venue sponsors for upcoming #140conf Meetups.

If you find yourself passionate about some of the things we discuss at #140conf and would like to speak at a future event, please let me know. If there is someone who you think should be invited to speak at a future event, please let me know that too. (I’m looking for people to share their passion about a specific topic. Not looking for anyone who wants to speak and pitch their product, service, company or themselves.)

Those of you on the mailing list who live outside of the metro NYC area, I would be happy to explore the possibility of bringing a #140conf Meetup to your city in 2010.

If you would like to reach me, send an email to: jeff @ pulver.com

You can join the mailing list by visiting: http://meetup.com/140conf/.

Next week on Oct 27/28 is #140conf LA followed by #140conf London on Nov 17th.

Lauren Litwinka, one of NYC’s rising social media stars, wrote about this Meetup in these two blog posts:

#140conf Meetup Review - Part I and #140conf Meetup Review - Part II

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October 23, 2009

Join me at the 140 Characters Conference in LA next week:

The Los Angeles edition of the 140 Characters Conference will be taking place at the Kodak Theater on October 27/28.

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October 22, 2009

General Admission tickets for #140conf Los Angeles for Students

Since 1997, when asked, I have provided access to college students (both Graduate and Undergraduate) to many of the events which I have been associated with.

In keeping with this tradition, General Admission tickets for the upcoming 140 Characters Conference are now available for the first 500 students who click on this link. (This offer is only for students currently enrolled at a recognized college/university. All registrations will be subject to our review. You will need to show a current college ID when you pick up your ticket.)

Hope to see you at the #140conf Tech Concert.

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October 16, 2009

Tweet To Win Round Trip Tickets on Virgin America this weekend to #140conf

#140conf Los Angeles is taking place October 27/28th.

Virgin America is providing 4 Round trip tickets to LAX from any Virgin America city to the winners of this weekends contest.

Winners will receive a round trip ticket on Virgin America to LAX and a ticket to #140conf Los Angeles.

For a chance to win one of the ticket packages:

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

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

2. Make sure you’re following @140conf, so you can be notified via Direct Message if you win.

The most creative Tweets will win. Four winners will be notified via direct message by 6:30 PM ET October 18th.

Best of luck!

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

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Stand up and Change the World

If you have something to say, say it
If you have something to sing, sing it
If you have something to write, write it

Stand up and change the world.

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#140conf Update: Attend the #140Conf Tech Concert in LA - Oct 27/28

When I look at the schedule schedule for the upcoming 140 Characters Conference: Exploring the State of NOW, taking place in Los Angeles on October 27/28, the first word that comes to my mind is diversity. Over the course of two days there will be 63 sessions presented on the Kodak Theater stage, covering a diverse set of topics including: Education, The Democratization of Information, Public Diplomacy, Public Health, Public Safety, China, Brands, Comedy, Investing, News, Public Policy & Law, Poker, Small Business, Music, Sports, Hollywood Politics and a lot more.

Thinking of attending? NOW would be a great time to egister today for #140conf Los Angeles.

Some of the 120+ people who will be speaking at the event include:

- Aaron Bleyaert (@BigBley) - Tonight Show Blogger, Celebrity Twitter Tracker
- Aaron Ray (@redbaron1200s) - Partner & Head of Digital, The Collective
- Al Seckel (@insightfultoo) - Cognitive Neuroscientist
- Alexia Tsotsis (@alexiatsotsis) - Tech/Business Lifestyle Reporter, SF Weekly
- Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) - Television and Film Actress
- Amy DeMaria (@CF_Foundation) - Sr. Vice President of Communications, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- Andrew Lih (@fuzheado) - Author of The Wikipedia Revolution, journalism prof and dir of new media at USC Annenberg School, China Internet/tech.
- Andrew Nystrom @ LAT (@latimesnystrom) - Digital Media Strategist, Los Angeles Times
- Anita Campbell (@smallbiztrends) - CEO, Small Business Trends
- Annie Duke (@RealAnnieDuke) - Professional Poker Player and Celebrity Apprentice Contestant
- Aparna Vashisht (@Parentella) - Founder, Parentella
- Arianna Huffington (@ariannahuff) - Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post
- Ben Parr (@BenParr) - Associate Editor, Mashable
- Betsy Aoki (@bing)
- Bijan Sabet (@bijan) - General Partner, Spark Capital
- Billy Bush (@BillyBush) - Co-host, Access Hollywood
- Chief Dan Alexander (@bocachief) - Chief of Police, Boca Raton, FL
- Colleen Patterson (@colleenpattrson) - National Aboriginal Health Organization
- Crosby Noricks (@PR_Couture) - Social Media Strategist, Red Door Interactive; Founder and Editor, PR Couture
- Cyndi Stivers - Managing editor, EW.com
- Daniel B. Honigman (@dan360man) - Digital Communications Supervisor, Weber Shandwick
- Dave Winer (@davewiner) - Software developer, Entrepreneur, and Writer
- David Sarno (@dsarno) - Internet Business Reporter, LA Times
- Debbie Stier (@debbiestier) - SVP, Associate Publisher, Harper Studio
- Doug Benson (@DougBenson) - Stand-up Comedian; Contestant on Last Comic
- Doug Jones (@actordougjones) - Television and Film Actor
- Eric Sheninger (@NMHS_Principal) - New Milford High School, NJ
- Glenn Manishin (@glennm) - Tech Lawyer, Web Pioneer
- Greg Dalesandre (@gregd) - Product Manager, Google Wave
- Hank Wasiak (@hankwasiak) - Executive Producer and Co-Founder, The Concept Farm
- Howard Lindzon (@howardlindzon) - Founder, Social Leverage
- Jack Gray (@jackgraycnn) - Producer/Writer for Anderson Cooper 360
- Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) - Correspondent, AMC News; Executive Director, Why Tuesday?
- Jamie Gold - Winner, 2006 WSOP
- Jane Buckingham (@Jane_Buckingham) - The Modern Girl's Guide to Life
- Jeffrey Hayzlett (@JeffreyHayzlett) - CMO, Kodak
- Jeffrey Pollack (@JeffreyPollack) - Commissioner, World Series of Poker
- Jeff Pulver (@jeffpulver) - creator, #140conf
- Jessica Gottlieb (@JessicaGottlieb)
- Joe Sebok (@JoeSebok) - President, PokerRoad.com; Cohost, PokerRoad Radio
- John Bell (@jbell99) - Head of the 360 Digital Influence Team, Ogilvy PR
- John Stacey (@ChiefStacey) - Chief of Police, Bellevue, NE
- Jon Klein (@jonklein) - President, CNN
- Kathleen Hessert (@kathleenhessert) - CEO, Sports Media Challenge
- Kevin Pollak (@kevinpollak) - Actor and Comedian
- Kevin Sablan (@ksablan) - Blogger, 140pix.com and AlmightyLink.com
- L.A. Weekly (@LAWeekly)
- Lauri Stevens (@lawscomm) - Social Media Strategist for Law Enforcement
- Lisa Tenner (@lisatenner) - Founder, Tenner & Associates, Inc.
- Loic Le Meur (@loic) - Founder and CEO, Seesmic.com
- Macala Wright Lee (@Macala) - Founder, Fashionably Marketing
- Maegan Carberry (@maegancarberry) - Blogger, Huffington Post & CauseCast; Co-host, Variety's Wilshire and Washington
- Mahesh Murthy (@maheshmurthy) - Founder, Pinstorm; Venture Capitalist, Seedfund
- Marc Sirkin (@autismspeaks) - Chief Community Officer, Autism Speaks
- Maria Ogneva (@themaria) - Marketer, Strategist, Entrepreneur
- Mariel Hemingway (@Marielhemingway) - Actress, Writer
- Mark Krynsky (@krynsky) - Web producer, X PRIZE Foundation
- Mark Tauber (@marktauber) - Publisher of HarperOne
- Mark Victor Hansen (@MarkVHansen) - Motivational Speaker; Founder, Chicken Soup for the Soul Book Series
- Matt Savage (@SavagePoker) - American Poker Tournament Director
- Maya Bisineer (@thinkmaya) - Entrepreneur, Thinkmaya.com
- Megan Calhoun (@twittermoms) - Founder Twittermoms.com
- Michael Jones (@mjones) - COO, Myspace
- Mike Shinoda (@m_shinoda) - Member of Linkin Park & Blogger
- Natalie Lent (@natalielent) - Director, Emerging Platforms, ID-PR
- Nicole A Schreiber (@nicoleaimee) - Social Media Marketer, Interactive Agency
- Nina Bargiel (@slackmistress)
- Oded Noy (@OdedNoy) - Entrepreneur and Founder, Social Approach
- Peter Gregson (@petergregson) - Cellist and Co-founder of Coffeeloop
- Peter Hirshberg (@hirshberg) - Chairman, The Conversation Group
- Porter Gale (@porterVA) - VP Marketing, Virgin America
- Rachael Masters (@masters212)
- Richard Rushfield (@richardrushfield) - West Coast Editor, Gawker
- Rob King (@Rfking) - VP + Editor in Chief, ESPN.com
- Robert G. Allen (@BestSellerBob) - Author, One Minute Millionaire
- Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer) - Blogger, Scobleizer.com
- Ron Conway - Founder and Managing Partner, Angel Investors
- Roy Zu-Arets (@royzuarets)
- Sadao Turner (@SadaoTurner) - Online producer for everything Ryan Seacrest
- Sam Go (@samgo) - MSNBCi Twitter Team
- Sarah Ross (@sarah_ross) - Katalyst Media, Head of Digital
- Scott Porad (@scottporad) - CTO for Cheezburger Network
- Scott Townsend (@unitedlinen) - Marketing Director, United Linen Inc
- Scott Whitney (@ACWhitney) - Assistant Chief of Police, Oxnard, CA
- Shelly S Terrell (@ShellTerrell) - Educator and Blogger, Teacher ReBoot Camp
- Siok Siok Tan (@sioksiok) - Filmmaker, Director of Twitter Documentary, TV executive producer, teacher
- Sol Lipman (@thesolster) - co-founder, 12 Seconds TV
- Soleil Moon Frye (@moonfrye) - Actress, Director, and Screenwriter
- Stefanie Michaels (@adventuregirl) - Travel and Media Expert, Journalist
- Steven W. Anderson (@web20classroom) - Educator and Blogger, Web 2.0 Connected Classroom
- Ted Cohen (@spinaltap) - Managing Partner, TAG Strategic
- Ted Johnson (@tedstew) - Variety's Editor at Large
- Tim Kring (@TimKring) - Creator, Heroes
- Tom Jolly (@TomJolly) - Sports Editor, New York Times
- Tom Whitby (@tomwhitby) - Professor of English, Secondary English
- Wm. Marc Salsberry (@wmmarc) - Photographer and Entrepreneur

During the past few days I realized that what the #140conf event series really represents are what can be best characterized as “Tech Concerts”, especially since the people who are speaking are the rock stars of their respective industry segments and in some cases really are Rock stars. The #140conf events are taking place in venues where concerts happen on a regular basis. And at the end of the day as the event creator, co-host and producer, I am trying my best to provide great days of end-to-end entertainment and engaging discussions.

Click here to register for #140conf Los Angeles.

Hope to see you at the #140conf Tech Concert.

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October 15, 2009

Jeff Pulver on Bloomberg TV

On October 14th I was a guest of Pimm Fox on his Bloomberg TV show "Taking Stock." During the segment I spoke about the emerging real-time Internet and spoke briefly about my upcoming Los Angeles conference, The 140 Characters Conference taking place October 27-28 at the Kodak Theater.

Real Time Internet Grows - Interview with Jeff Pulver (Taking Stock)

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General Admission Seats Now Available for #140conf in LA (Oct 27/28)

I have opened up the General Admission seats above the first floor in the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles and I am offering access to these seats for US$ 200 for both days of the 140 Characters Conference. (General Admission seats will not have access to the floor seats)

Delegates attending #140conf LA will be able to experience 63 different sessions with 120+ people presenting on the Kodak stage over the two days. See the #140conf LA event schedule for details.

If you would like to purchase a $200 General Admission ticket, please use this link

or visit http://lax.140conf.com/register and use the promotional code: GeneralAdmision

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October 14, 2009

Help Drew Olanoff Raise $1 Million Dollars for Cancer Research

@Drew Olanoff is an amazing person. Someone who is making a difference. Someone who shows us each an every day how to make a difference and how to make each day count. And someone who is a friend of mine.

Seeming Drew in New York in June on the first day of #140conf on the same day that he had a chemo treatment was overwhelming to process. And yet Drew spent the time with us in NYC and attended and spoke at the conference.

And after hearing that Drew Carey say that he would donate One Million dollars if he can get to 1 million followers on twitter by December 31st in order to get the @Drew twitter name was a reminder of how special Drew Olanoff really is.

Yesterday Drew Olanoff and Drew Carey met for the first time on CNN during the following Interview:

Tags: twitter, CNN, Drew Carey, Drew Olanoff, Jeff Pulver

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October 12, 2009

Jeff Pulver Interviewed by SeoVice.com about “The State of NOW”

This interview took place on October 10, 2009 in Tel Aviv.

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October 11, 2009

Next Stop: New York

During the past 10 days I've attended Stream 09 in Athens and then spent the past week in Israel where I had a chance to catch up with the Israeli Hi-Tech Industry and attend Geekcon 2009.

This morning I am heading back to the States and when I arrive, 100% of my focus and attention will shift to producing the upcoming 140 Character Conferences in both Los Angeles and London.

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October 07, 2009

Event: Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and friends) in Tel Aviv on October 11th

On Sunday, October 11th I will be in Tel Aviv and hosting my fifth Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and Friends) in Tel Aviv this year from 0900 to 1100. I am looking forward to catching up with my friends.

To RSVP, please visit this event on Facebook.

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October 06, 2009

twitter: The Telegraph of the 21st Century

From the perspective of the communications industry, the growing worldwide adoption of twitter in 2009 by various segments of society in the 21st century may be as big as the invention and introduction of the telegraph in the 19th century. At least it feels like this to me.

One thing which has become clear to me during the past few months is the amount of change the worldwide adoption of twitter is having on an ever increasing number of diverse divisions of society - from Iranian Politics to Public Safety to Public Diplomacy to the Advertising, Media and Entertainment industries.

Something BIG is happening and change is in the air.

Just like how the introduction of the telegraph helped shape the future of communications, I believe the worldwide adoption of twitter is ushering in an era which the real-time Internet will play a major role which is still being defined. 500 years post-Columbus the world is once again flat and access to information is becoming democratized regardless of the time and distance from the location of where the information was first reported.

Until recently we went to websites like Google and asked a question. These days when one person and then 10 people and then 100 people go to places like twitter and make a statement, the collective voice can start to be heard. For the first time in a long time, YOUR voice matters. And the voice of the people can and will be heard.

Regardless of the business sector which is your domain, chances are that the advent of the emerging real-time Internet will effect your business. I believe the change we are experiencing is deep rooted and in the years ahead, billions of dollars of opportunity will be there for the first movers in this emerging industry.

I am producing a series of conferences, the 140 Characters Conference (#140conf) which are focusing on what I call “The State of NOW” which are taking a hard look at the emerging real-time Internet and the systemic effects twitter is having on business.

If you want to be better understand the change which is underway, please make it a point to attend the 140 Characters Conference in Los Angeles on October 27/28 at the Kodak Theater and/or the 140 Characters Conference in London on November 17th at the O2 Indigo. I’m proud to have Kodak as the title sponsor for both events.

Special 40% discounts are available for: Educators, Not-for-profits and Startups looking to attend and support these events. Special delegate scholarships are also available. For more information please contact: jeff@pulver.com.

I hope you can join me in Los Angeles and/or in London at an upcoming 140 Characters Conference.

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I was recently interviewed on FOX Business and shared my belief that twitter is actually worth more than one billion dollars. You can watch the entire video here

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October 05, 2009

Back online, now in Tel Aviv

After Stream 09 I flew to Tel Aviv where I arrived yesterday morning and where I will be spending the week.

I was in Athens, Greece since last Thursday for Stream 09. For the second time since 1998, I ended up being more or less "disconnected" for 3 days.

In all fairness there was (better) Internet access than last year at Stream but I decided to spend my time at Stream connecting with people rather than catching up on the internet. I have mixed feelings about internet connectivity at unconferences. I believe the lack of internet access has the effect of making all of the attending delegates more social. And while the thought of not having broadband internet access is usually stressful to me, in the end I think I benefited from being disconnected.

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September 30, 2009

140 Words about 140 Characters

Later today I will be flying to Athens to be a part of WPP Stream 2009. Based on my experience last year of having a great time at Stream but not because of the on-site Internet access, I thought I would post in advance the Ignite-style talk I will be giving tomorrow afternoon.

140 Words about 140 Characters - Jeff Pulver @ Stream 2009

SMS
ODEO
Jack, Ev, Biz.
Start Obvious
Prototype twitter
What are you doing?
Friend
Follower
tweet
Scaling
APIs
Buzz
Fail Whale
Social Media
Business Model?
Respect
Reputation
Don’t Spam.
Be Responsible.
Have Conversations.
Capture and share life’s moments.
Interact.
Discover people.
Make friends.
Attend tweetups.
Serendipity.
SXSW 2007
Share links.
Discovery: Sites, People and News
Real-time Search emerges.
Fred Wilson invested.
me too.
Advertising Brands. Policies?
Business Model?
Politics. The Presidency.
The Media. Connect to TV Anchors. Newspaper Writers. Authors.
Celebrities now tweet.
Music industry too.
News breaks.
Mumbai
Susan Boyle
Plane in Hudson
NOW Media
Oprah
Ashton Kutcher. Larry King.
Race to a Million.
Real-Time Internet Emerges
Systemic Change with worldwide adoption
Iran Elections.
Public Diplomacy? Yes!
Public Safety? Police tweet.
Michael Jackson dies. We mourn.
NFL
Sarah Brown
Business Model? now evolving.
Valuation? Now a Billion?
What’s next?
Champagne!

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September 29, 2009

Announcing...The NOW Awards

See Rules here.

The NOW Awards recognize celebrities and ordinary people who are making Twitter matter. From media and politics to technology and business, these game changers embody the qualities that are making Twitter and the emerging NOW internet a growing force in the world.

Include #140Conf, the word “vote” and your All-Star Tweeter’s username in your tweet. And remember, you can vote for anybody.

Special thanks to @tinker for powering the NOW Awards.

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Contest Rules:

-To be valid, votes must include #140Conf vote @

-Re-tweets are NOT counted as votes

-@ replies are NOT counted as votes

-The system counts first valid vote per twitter account per nominee

-Users may vote for an unlimited number of nominees

-Votes will not be withdrawn, so please vote with care.

NOTES:

*Voting begins at 10:00 am (EST) on September 29, 2009 and ends at 11:59 pm (EST) on October 24, 2009

*Winners will be announced October 27th @ the #140Conf Networking Reception

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September 28, 2009

September Dawn

(Photo taking a few minutes before Sunrise on September 25, 2009 on Long Island on my way to Gadgetoff 09)

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September 27, 2009

Jeff Keni Pulver: Upcoming Event Schedule - October 2009

October 1-3 - WPP Stream 2009, Athens Greece (Attending)
October 7 or 8 - Breakfast event in Tel Aviv (Details to follow)
October 12 - 140 Characters Conference: Tel Aviv (Creator / Producer)
October 19 - i-stage, Phoenix, AZ (I am one of the Judges at the event).
October 21 - October #140conf NYC Meetup, New York City (Creator / Producer)
October 27/28 - 140 Characters Conference: Los Angeles (Creator / Producer)

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Future events:

November 17 - !40 Characters Conference: London (Creator / Producer)

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September 26, 2009

Tweet to Become a Character at #140conf Los Angeles

A month from today I will be in Los Angeles preparing for #140conf LA taking place at the Kodak Theater.

The “Cast of Characters” at #140conf represents a portion of the community attending the event. Characters will have full access at the event but there are no speaking roles being offered.

To be considered as a possible candidate Character to join our cast in Los Angeles:

1. Tweet out the reason you are a character, in the following suggested format:

- @140conf I am a Character. I want to be at #140conf because... (yes, you can improvise if needed. After all you are a Character!)

As an alternative approach, record a short video and make your case on video why you are a character. (12seconds is the recommended platform). When promoting a supporting video, use the format:

- @140conf I am a Character and should be considered for cast of #140conf. Watch (link to video)

2. Make sure you’re following @140conf and/or @jeffpulver, so you can be notified via Direct Message if you win.

At least one winner will be awarded daily. All Winners will be notified via direct message by midnight ET on October 9th. Travel and accommodation are not included.

I look forward to catching up with all of the Characters at the 140 Characters Conference in Los Angeles.

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

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September 24, 2009

Commentary about my FOX Interview from Alex Goodall

I enjoyed reading Alex Goodall's commentary about my FOX interview in his blog post: Jeff Pulver, The Twitter Phenomenon And The NOW INTERNET as he accurately captured what I said.

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Here are some of the highlights of Pulver’s view of Twitter:

Transforming communications

Twitter changes the way we communicate. Pulver implicitly compares it with radio and television

Disintermediation of communication

Meaning – the gatekeeps of communication channels are removed.

“first time in history, a person’s voice really matters”

“democratisation of information”

Examples of Twitter uses

* Impacts upheavals in countries
* Celebrities taking control of interactions – and being more personal
* Governments using Twitter for public diplomacy
* Over 280 police principalities in the USA are using twitter to share public safety information

“People using twitter in their everyday lives are pioneering a field we cannot define yet”

I agree with this wholeheartedly. I’ve written elsewhere that no-one can foresee the full impact and uses of Twitter. This phenomenon is still evolving.

How things are changing

* In the past, we went to Google and asked questions. Now, we go to twitter and make a statement
* We are living in the state of “now”. The “Now Internet” is very encompassing and empowering.

Transparency

Twitter encourages and enables the trend towards transparency: for example in politics and advertising

Humanity, Emotions

Twitter started as a tool for individuals, but is now being used with increasing enthusiams by corporations and brands. Pulver highlights the dilemma caused by the culture clash of individual (which includes humanity and emotions) vs. corporate (which doesn’t).

He asked: If you are a person using Twitter to promote a brand “are you allowed to be sad, show emotions?”

His answer is:

“The more human you can be, the longer legs you will have”

“Brands always have corporate things to worry about, but you can always share emotions”

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If you are interested in twitter and the emerging NOW Internet, please consider attending one of my upcoming 140 Characters Conferences taking place in Tel Aviv, Los Angeles and London. For more information please visit: http://140conf.com

To receive #140conf Updates, follow @140conf and @jeffpulver on twitter

To Join the #140conf Mailing list, click here.

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

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September 22, 2009

twitter is worth Billions. Join me at #140conf and Understand WHY this is.

Last week it was announced that twitter did another round of funding, this time valuing the company at a Billion dollars. Yesterday morning I was interviewed about the current twitter valuation on FOX Business and I shared my belief that twitter is actually worth more than that. You can watch the entire video over here.

During the interview I realized from the perspective of the communications industry that the worldwide adoption of twitter in various segments of society in the 21st century is as big as the introduction of the telegraph and/or telephone in the 20th century. At least it feels like that to me.

(if you have comments about the interview, please share them below.)

Yes, I am an investor in twitter. I am also someone with 15 years experience of being involved and around emerging net technologies and I have a history of getting involved early in such markets. I do believe there is something special happening right now in the history of the Internet that we don’t yet have a name for but will in the future.

The core focus of the #140conf events is the emerging Real-Time Internet and what I call “The State of NOW.” At these events I look at twitter as a platform and as a language. The focus is on the impact of these emerging real-time social communication platforms and the effects on various elements of society around the world. At these conferences you will hear from people involved in the media, Internet and Entertainment industries as well as from people from other walks of life who you would never run into at a tech conference. I believe the change we are experiencing is deep rooted and in the years ahead, billions of dollars of opportunity will be there for the first movers in this emerging industry.

After creating and hosting events for the past 14 years, I decided to change the format of the conferences that I produce. The #140conf events are unique in that they take place in a Theater and during the course of any day the attending delegates have an opportunity to hear from up to 60 different people. The sessions are fast paced and full of energy. Individual talks are set to run 7 to 10 minutes; “Keynotes” are no more than 15 minutes and the panel discussions are 15 to 20 minutes.

I will be producing three #140conf events over the next couple of months.

- #140conf Tel Aviv is taking place on October 12th
- #140conf Los Angeles is taking place on October 27/28
- #140conf London is taking place on November 17th
and the #140conf NYC Meetup is taking place on October 21st.

I believe the "State of NOW" represents a big shift in the nature of how we will use the Internet and I look at just about everyone who is a member of the growing worldwide #140conf community to be a pioneer in this new field. When I started working on the first event I had a goal of "producing an event that explored the use of twitter as a platform and looked at the effects of twitter on: Celebrity, The Media, Advertising and Politics." #140conf events cover these topics, the Arts & Sciences and more. (Please take a look at the schedule to see what I mean.)

My goal isn’t to be "just a twitter conference" but rather continue to look at how a diverse group of people are being effected by the emerging NOW Internet and provide a platform for people to listen, learn and connect with the people who were sharing their voices and perspectives.

If you would like to connect with the future and get a feeling of some of the things I am seeing, please consider attending one of the #140conf events that will be happening in October and November.

More information about all of the upcoming #140conf events can be found over at: http://140conf.com

I would appreciate it if you could share this blog with your friends and associates and help me spread the word about #140conf and "The State of NOW."

If you would like to get involved with my future events, to speak, sponsor or suggest topics to cover, please feel free to contact me. Just send email to: jeff @ pulver.com

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To receive #140conf Updates, follow @140conf and @jeffpulver on twitter

To Join the #140conf Mailing list, click here.

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September 21, 2009

Jeff Pulver on FOX Business: twitter is worth BILLIONS

Earlier today I was a guest on the Fox Business show: "Money for Breakfast" and I had a chance to share my perspective about twitter and why I thought it was worth more than a billion dollars.

I spoke about the effects about the widespread adoption of twitter around the world and the resulting effects in different areas of society ranging from: Politics, Media, Advertising and the Entertainment business.

I believe we are living in what I call "The State of NOW" which in turn lead to the creation of the 140 Characters Conference, #140conf.

Upcoming #140conf Events:

Oct 12 - Tel Aviv
Oct 27/28 - Los Angeles
Nov 17 - London

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

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September 20, 2009

Jeff Pulver on Fox Business: Monday Sept 21st at 8:30AM EDT

On Monday, September 21st at 8:30AM EDT I will be interviewed about twitter on Fox Business: Money for Breakfast. The segment should be watchable over at: http://interactive.foxbusiness.com/live.

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September 17, 2009

The VoIP Industry ReBoot Continues

On Tuesday, September 15th, the second HD Communications Summit took place in New York City. This conference brought together the emerging HD Communications Industry and took place on the heals of the announcement of Orange enabling HD Voice in Moldova. (see New York Times, Sound of Mobile Calls Gets an Upgrade).

Back in December 2008 I had a feeling that HD Voice was going to happen and happen big in 2009 and thanks to the pioneering work of France Telecom / Orange, their efforts are helping to keep me a person of my word. :)

Since the first HD Communications Summit back in May, “HD Voice” has become the shiny new buzzword in the communications industry. I have enjoyed seeing HD Voice getting attention at a variety of trade shows and conferences since then.

Special thanks goes to Daniel Berninger who helped organize the event and the support our sponsors: AudioCodes, Broadcom, Global IP Sound, Gigaset, Polycom, Snom, voxbone and Wyde Voice. Thanks also to all the speakers who took the time to come to NYC and have their voices heard. And a super special thanks goes to my friend Jake MacLeod, Principal Vice Present and CTO of Bechtel, who made it a point to take notes during each of the presentations and shared his notes and his take aways at the end fo the event.

Personally, I enjoyed seeing a growing number of familiar faces in the audience and on stage. While some of my friend’s titles and companies have changed, their commitment to challenge the status quo continues on. It was great seeing the industry get together, compare notes and take the steps needed to move their efforts forward. I believe Tuesday’s gathering will have a positive effect for the future of the industry as a whole. We are now living in an era of coopitition in the HD Voice space, a time where competitors realize it is time to work together to promote a common goal. Together we have forged a bond which us take us forward as HD Voice gains widespread adoption.

I opened the day by sharing some of my thoughts about “Accelerating the conversion to HD”

Some of the points that I made during my talk were:

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- Moldova/Orange 2M on line with HD. Incubator. Most of Eastern Europe will go HD in the years ahead.

- Change will happen – encourage market disruption and accelerate change to HD.

- Back in 1995 we were hobbyists - now it is a serious technology and business

- Hyper-communications – Overloaded / overwhelming – hyper-connectedness; what will it be like 5 years from now?

- Embassies, Nuclear Risk Reduction, State Department, all are interested in HD voice.

- The existing carriers are investigating the technology as well as the cable companies.

- Introduction of VoIP = Lower costs, wider distribution, lower profits, more competition

- Creation of HD Connect Now – consortium of 12 companies; Working on interoperability among the chip vendors

- Need to continue building global awareness and promotion

- Need to continue to assemble a cohesive ecosystem

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Look for HD Voice to continue to be in the the news in 2009 as more service providers announce their commitment to redefining the sound of communications.

Looking for a great source for HD Communications News and Information? Visit: HDConnect

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September 16, 2009

Event: September #140conf NYC Meetup Today

Later today I will be hosting the first #140conf Meetup in New York City. Friends of #140conf will be gathering at New World Stages (350 W 50th Street) to discuss the real-time Internet and take a look at the way various industries are being effected by twitter.

Schedule for September 16th:
(as of 14-September)

3:00 pm - Registration Opens/ Networking
3:30 pm - Welcome, Jeff Pulver / Daniel Berninger / Update on #140conf Activities
3:40 pm - Jeff Pulver, creator #140conf, "State of NOW" Interactive discussion
4:00 pm - Stuart Tracte
4:10 pm - Sarah Prevette, Founder of Sprouter
4:20 pm - Brian Simpson, Roger Smith Hotel
4:30 pm - Allan Isfan, CEO of FaveQuest
4:40 pm - Owen JJ Stone aka Ohdoctah.
4:50 pm - Catherin Marzi, ESPN
5:00 pm - TBA
5:15 pm - General Q & A

For more information about this meetup, please visit: http://meetup.com/140conf.

And for more information about the #140conf, please visit: http://140conf.com

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September 13, 2009

The Jeff Pulver Interview: The State of NOW

Last month when I was in Seattle attending Gnomedex, I was interviewed by Robert McLin about the upcoming 140 Characters Conference and something which I call: "The State of NOW."

If you are interested in attending one of the upcoming 140 Character Conferences, please visit: http://140conf.com.

Related blog posts: Doug Pete - The State of NOW

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

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September 11, 2009

Looking back at 9/11

While there are other things on my mind today, it is hard for me to ignore the fact that today is September 11th and that I used to work for Cantor Fitzgerald Securities and spent June 1993 thru June 1996 working on the 32nd and 104th floors at One World Trade Center.

There were plenty of times when I was at my desk at 8:47 AM and never did we ever expect to have a plane come thru the windows.

I still have a hard time thinking about the people, their families and everyone who went to work on 9/11/01 just like any other regular day in their life, not knowing how everything would change, in some cases forever, afterwards.

Eight years later, I am reminded we need to remember to “Carpe Diem” – “Seize the Day”, while we all can, as often as we can.

Live the moments. Experience life.

Tags: World Trade Center, 9/11, Jeff Pulver

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September 09, 2009

Schedule for #140conf: Los Angeles is now online

After spending the past couple of months working on the content for the upcoming 140 Characters Conference in Los Angeles, the first draft of the event schedule is now available for viewing over at: http://lax.140conf.com/schedule.

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

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September 07, 2009

Event: Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and friends) in Tel Aviv on September 9th

On Wednesday, September 9th I will be in Tel Aviv and hosting my forth Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and Friends) in Tel Aviv this year from 0900 to 1100. I am looking forward to catching up with my friends.

To RSVP, please visit this event on Facebook.

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

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September 06, 2009

Tel Aviv Sunset

(photo taken on September 6, 2009 with a Nikon D90 and a 28-200mm zoom)

Tags: Tel Aviv, sunset, Jeff Pulver

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September 04, 2009

Cancer, comedy and a cure:

“Blame it on the rain. Blame it on the stars. And when there is nothing else to do, blame it on Drew.

More than 10,000 people have blamed more than 22,000 things on Drew Olanoff's cancer ever since he started #blamedrewscancer, the social-media Twitter campaign that unites online communities in the fight against cancer.

Olanoff, a 29-year-old San Francisco technology worker, was diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkin’s lymphoma on May 20. Instead of panicking, he decided to turn his plight into one big practical joke. Now, what started as a clever gag is being used to combat not only his cancer, but everyone else's.

Olanoff knows all too well about how creativity in cyberspace can raise money for needy charities. In March, before he was diagnosed, Olanoff put out a challenge on Twitter: Whoever donates the most money to The Make-A-Wish Foundation would get their Twitter name tattooed on his arm. A man of his word, Olanoff now has @melaniemitchell plastered on his skin for life, and The Make-A-Wish Foundation has an extra $2,112 to make a sick child’s dream come true.

Once cancer became personal, Olanoff upped the ante and began a campaign on the microblogging site Twitter that would allow people to let off steam and “blame his cancer for stuff”.

“It [cancer] changes your perspective on everything. I fancied myself as someone who didn’t take things for granted, but I think once this all started happening I was like well I could do a little better job of that,” he says.”

Read the entire story, “Cancer, comedy and a cure”: here

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September 02, 2009

Listening to WRXP (101.9 FM) on the Road and in the AIR

When I am in New York City, I start my days by turning on my FM radio and listening to the music and the people of WRXP (101.9 FM), one of the best rock radio stations in America. If you want to hear the future of rock radio, be sure to listen to the morning show on WXRP.

During the past few weeks, as I have traveled across America, I enjoyed listening to WRXP on my laptop. There seems something very surreal to be traveling on a Virgin America flight from San Francisco to New York City and listening to a FM radio station while at 35,000 ft.

The quality of FM radio delivered via wifi across the Internet is just amazing. I would argue that FM radio on my laptop sounds a lot better than on my bedroom clock radio. And now that I am in London, I have spent the day listening to WXRP on my laptop. This experience sort of redefines the experience of “being there.”

Click here to listen to WRXP and experience the future of Rock radio.

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September 01, 2009

The Road to #140conf: The State of NOW

August 2009 was one of the busiest Augusts I can remember.

But then again, in past years I wasn’t working on #140conf. During August I visited: Denver, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles (twice) and spent time in meetings in New York City.

At the moment I am working in parallel on three #140conf events - Tel Aviv (Oct 11/12), Los Angeles (Oct 27/28) and London (Nov 17/18).

Later today I will be flying to London to do a walk-thru at the venue for #140conf: London. While in London I will be catching up with a number of the people who will be speaking at #140conf London. I will also be hosting a “Friends of #14conf” Cocktail party on Thursday, September 3rd.

On Friday I’m flying to Israel and on Sunday, September 6th, I’m hosting a “Friends of #140conf” Cocktail Party for my friends interested in getting involved with #140conf: Tel Aviv.

While in Israel I will be catching up with my friends involved in the Israel Hi-Tech Industry and I will be meeting with a number of startups.

And then on September 16th in New York City, I will be hosting a “Friends of #140conf” Cocktail Party after the September 2009 #140conf Meetup.

For more information about the upcoming #140conf events, please visit: 140conf.com.

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

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August 30, 2009

Event: Friends of #140conf London Cocktail Party - September 3rd

Special thanks to Sun Startup Essentials who is our event sponsor.

When: Thursday, September 03, 2009 from 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM (GMT)

Where: Sun Microsystems Ltd. / Regis House
45 King William Street
London, UK EC4R 9AN

To RSVP click here.

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

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August 27, 2009

Write a Blog Post: Your Organically Grown Audience is Waiting for you

Thinking about posting something in your blog but have writers block? Was blogging a good idea for yourself before you go involved with social media and you no longer find yourself with the time to write quality blog posts?

Sometimes it pays to write something just to connect with the people who are subscribed your feed, the people who made it a part of their day to visit your blog. These are the people who are willing to comment and share information when prompted. They are YOUR audience.

If you continue to keep your thoughts to yourself, you will lose the very thing which you have been growing since the launch of your blog...your organically grown audience.

So please take a moment and share a thought today. And tomorrow and the next day.

Whether you have an audience of 5 or 500 or 500,000, your voice matters. There are people waiting to hear what YOU have to say. Please take a moment and share your thoughts today.

Tags: blogging, Entrepreneur, Jeff Keni Pulver

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August 26, 2009

Jeff's Video of the Day: Ben Stiller Meets with Ryan Seacrest:

I'm enjoying watching Ben Stiller as he is exploring social media and continues to bring some of his friends into the conversation.

Follow these people on twitter:

@redhourBen - Ben Stiller
@ryanseacrest - Ryan Seacrest
@jeffpulver - Jeff Pulver

Tags: Ben Stiller, twitter, 140conf, Ryan Seacrest, Social Media, Jeff Keni Pulver

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#140conf On the Road - Aug 25 to Sep 16th:

During the next few weeks I will be visiting a number of cities where I will be hosting "Friends of #140conf" Cocktail Parties.

Schedule:

Aug 27th - Menlo Park, CA - Dutch Goose Burgers N Brews.
7 to 10 PM (Dave Peck, co-Host) - RSVP here

Sep 3rd - London, UK - Location To Be Announced
7 to 9:30 PM - RSVP here.

Sep 6th - Tel Aviv - Location to be Announced
1900 to 2100 - RSVP here

Sep 16th - New York City - New World Stages.
The first #140conf Meetup - Content + Cocktails
3pm to 5pm - Meetup Discussion
5pm to 7pm - Cash Bar + Networking
RSVP here

I hope you can join me at one or more of these events.

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To receive #140conf Updates, follow @140conf and @jeffpulver

To Join the #140conf Mailing list click here

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August 25, 2009

Jeff's Video of the Day: Diane Birch on CBS Early Show

Ever since my friend Steve Greenberg told me about Diane Birch, I have been enjoying her music and watching her evolution as a performing artist.

A few hours ago I saw her perform at the Stephen Talkhouse in the Hamptons where she put on a great and amazing show with a lot of energy and a lot of soul. Diane is one of the breakout artists of 2009 and someone whose music will soon be recognized by the music industry.

Here Diane performs “Nothing But a Miracle" on the CBS's Early Show:

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Follow these people on twitter:

@steviegpro - Steve Greenberg
@dianebirch - Diane Birch
@jeffpulver - Jeff Pulver

Tags: Steve Greenberg, Diane Birch, Jeff Keni Pulver

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August 23, 2009

Remember to be True to Yourself

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. - William Shakespeare

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One of the business lessons I have learned and continue to experience is the meaning to the worlds “ To thine own self be true.”

How often is it that we find ourselves in pursuit of a goal willing to do almost anything to get “there” and after getting “there” realize that we gave up a piece of ourselves that we can never get back?

I have learned there will be times I am willing to do almost anything to make a deal happen. However, if in the end of doing the deal I don’t honor my integrity then the value of the deal will go to zero as the personal costs of doing the deal will end up being much greater than any financial rewards I could ever get out of it.

Looking back, some of the best deals I have ever done in my life are the ones where I said “No!” and took a pass. It wasn’t easy to say “No!”, but when I look back, I have no regrets.

Tags: leadership, Entrepreneur, Jeff Pulver

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August 22, 2009

Jeff's Video of the Day: Ben Stiller discusses twitter with Mickey Rooney

Ben Stiller is one of the people whom I hope agrees to join the “Cast of Characters” at the #140conf, the 140 Characters Conference, taking place October 27-28 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, CA.

Tags: Ben Stiller, twitter, 140conf, Mickey Rooney, Social Media, Jeff Keni Pulver

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Guest Blogger - Daniel Berninger: Ignore the headlines in AT&T and Apple's response to FCC

The headlines in AT&T and Apple's response to the FCC deny any anti-competitive behavior. Coverage of the responses repeat these denials, but the content of the responses reflect a straight forward anti-competitive strategy. Check out AT&T's response here and Apple's response here. The responses outline how AT&T and Apple work to block iPhone applications that compete with the core mobile phone functionality of the iPhone.
The contract between the companies explicitly requires Apple to get AT&T's permission for VoIP apps. Apple's response lists the ways Google Voice displaces phone functionality as justification for non-approval.

The question is not whether or not the AT&T-Apple deal is anti-competitive - it is. The question is whether AT&T and/or Apple have the market power necessary to make anti-competitive behavior illegal. There exist a range of objective and subjective ways to answer this question, but the long track record suggests the issue gets resolved by political considerations. The Bush administration shut down a antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft initiated during the Clinton administration and endorsed the resurrection of the old AT&T monopoly in the form of Verizon and AT&T (aka SBC).

Google, not AT&T or Apple, is already the target of the Obama administration's antitrust enforcement energies. The FCC's recent letters to Apple, AT&T, and Google signal a new stance. The letters will effect the behavior of the companies even if the prospect of enforcement action remains remote. AT&T has deep expertise in managing the threat of government antitrust enforcement, Apple and Google do not. It will be interesting to see how the these dominant info tech brands navigate in the unfamiliar territory, but political sentiment regarding antitrust enforcement seems clearly on the upswing.

The prospect of a major antitrust enforcement action along the lines accomplished in the breakup of AT&T and attempted in the case of Microsoft are near zero. The Obama administration can nonetheless move the communication industry in the direction of competition through tactical interventions against specific abuses of market power. This is precisely what the FCC letters to AT&T, Apple, and Google represent. Apple's insistence the state of affairs for Google Voice was non-approval (not denial) leaves room for reversing their objections. AT&T does not suffer direct price competition for data or voice plans, but incremental improvements in open Internet connectivity makes life less and less comfortable.

FCC Chairman Genachowski's priorities of broadband, competition, and innovation promises to make the anti-competitive path to riches a difficult road at least for the time being. As argued in “"Telecom Turnaround”, the demand for AT&T's core voice product will continue to shrink until AT&T gets around to improving the value proposition of basic voice. The iPhone offers the same mediocre voice quality as the other 100 handsets available from AT&T. The AT&T/Apple attempt at vertical integration of voice may or may not succeed, but the strategy does not bode well for long term market share. Apple's vertical integration in personal computers conceded 90+% market share to Microsoft which stayed out of the hardware business.

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Daniel Berninger is CEO, FWD. His bio can be seen here.

Tags: VoIP, FCC, Google Voice, Daniel Berninger, Pubic Policy, Apple, AT&T, iphone

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August 21, 2009

Apple Responds to the FCC:

I saw this in Apple's response to the FCC:

"There is a provision in Apple’s agreement with AT&T that obligates
Apple not to include functionality in any Apple phone that enables a
customer to use AT&T’s cellular network service to originate or
terminate a VoIP session without obtaining AT&T’s permission. Apple
honors this obligation, in addition to respecting AT&T’s customer
Terms of Service, which, for example, prohibit an AT&T customer from
using AT&T’s cellular service to redirect a TV signal to an iPhone.

From time to time, AT&T has expressed concerns regarding network
efficiency and potential network congestion associated with certain
applications, and Apple takes such concerns into consideration."

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HD Voice: Blowing Past the Limits of Yesterday

When we converse with other people online we are not just chatting. More and more we are in a shared experience, participating in something more than just a conversation – a game, a meeting, a seminar, an event, a reunion. We are not just chatting anymore – we are relating.

HD voice is out there and not talked of nearly enough. So why not? I have been watching the emergence of HD voice and I can tell you that this is more than codec sampling rates, and is deserving of attention from more than audio engineers. Certainly, better audio quality is part of it from great sound to echo suppression and other enhancements. But what else should come with better sound? 3D audio makes it easier to be part of a conference call – you can tell who is speaking with much less effort. In virtual worlds you can see who is speaking in the 3D space and control the volume of those in your audio space – ever want to mute the person on the noisy cell phone?

HD voice opens up new doors without sacrificing – like we have for past technologies. Cell phones for example – portable but with lower call quality than we had before. With HD voice we can turn the tide back. We have the bandwidth, devices and software to bring a new generation of communications to light. One company I have been long involved with and I am currently Chairman of Vivox, has been doing these sorts of things already, pushing high quality engagements from virtual worlds like Second Life to the web communities with projects like AvaLine. AvaLine gives avatars phone numbers so people who are not in the world can contact their friends who are, and vice versa. This kind of thinking opens new avenues of communication and enthralls people in their experiences. Second Life boasts over 15 billion minutes of voice chat since its launch in 2007. Vivox actually has delivered more when taking into account some of their other partners. I would say they are indeed onto something pretty big.

120 years ago phones were a luxury and an idea of something grand. Twenty years ago cell phones transformed the way we communicated. It is now time to break away from the limits of PSTN. We must look to others models of innovation and experience to chart the future.

If you are interested in the future of communications please consider joining me at the HD Communications Summit in New York City on September 15th.

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Tags: HDVoIP, HD Communications Summit, voip, vivox, Jeff Keni Pulver

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August 19, 2009

The HD Communications Summit Agenda (Update #1)

On September 15th 2009 at New World Stages in New York City, I am producing HDComms, the HD Communications Summit. HDComms will bring together the emerging worldwide HD Communications ecosystem and we will explore the state of "HD Communications" and where things are headed. If you have a vested interested in the future of communications, please consider joining us in New York City next month.

HD Communications Summit Agenda
(as of August 18, 2009)

- Welcome - Daniel Berninger, Executive Director, HDConnect
- Jeff Pulver - CEO, pulver.com - "Accelerating the Conversion to HD"

Step 1 - The HD Technology Roadmap

- Nimrod Borovsky, VP Marketing, Enterprise Business Group, AudioCodes
- Martyn Humphries, VP/GM, VoIP Line of Business, Broadcom
- Jan Linden, VP Engineering, Global IP Solutions

Case Study: Lessons Learned from SD to HDTV
Robert Graves, Chairman, ATSC Forum

HD Innovations Panel: Moderator - Slava Borlin, VP Products, SpiritDSP
- Mike Eastman, VP Sales, WYDEVoice
- Alan Percy, Director Business Development, AudioCodes
- A. Ryan Heidari, Director Technical and Product Marketing, Qualcomm

Step 2 - Triggering End User Demand

Jeff Rodman, co-founder, CTO Voice Division, Polycom
Rick Krupka, VP Business Communication Services, Uniden

HD in Action Panel: Moderator - Daniel Petrie, CEO, SIPEz
- Joyce Kim, VP Marketing, Global IP Solutions
- Chalan Aras, VP of Product Marketing, Polycom
- Dave Frankel, CEO, ZipDX

Step 3 - Toward a Fully Functioning HD Ecosystem

- Josh Bottum, Director Business Development, Cisco
- Mike Rude, VP Business Development, DSPGroup

The HD Value Chain Panel Moderator - Michael Stanford, WireEvolution
- Michael Jablon, VP Digital Phone Strategy, Time Warner
- Tony Stankus, Product Manager Emerging Technologies,Gigaset Communications USA
- Mike Storella, Director Business Development, snom

HD Carrier Interconnection Panel:
Moderator - Daniel Berninger, Executive Director, HDConnect
- Eli Katz, founder and CEO, XConnect
- John Butz, Director New Product Development, Neutral Tandem
- Alan Bugos, VP Advanced Technology and Engineering, iBasis (invited)

Step 4 - The Path to HD Mass Market Adoption

- Rod Keller, CEO, Gigaset Communications USA
- Alla Reznick, Dir Product Management, Global Advanced Services, Verizon

Mobile VoIP Panel:
Moderator - Brough Turner, Chief Strategy Officer, Dialogic
- Tobias Kemper, VP Social Media and Communication, Nimbuzz
- Diego Besprosvan, CTO, MailVision
- Mahesh Makhijani, Director Technical Marketing, Qualcomm

Perspectives on HD Tipping Points Panel
Moderator - Doug Mohney, Editor in Chief, HDConnectNow
- Anatoli Levine, Director Product Management, RADVISION and President, IMTC
- Richard Buchanan, Chief Marketing Officer, Ooma
- Jake MacLeod, VP and CTO, Bechtel Communications(invited)

Networking Reception

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Interested in the future of communications? Register TODAY for next month's HD Communication Summit.

Tags: HDVoIP, HD Communications Summit, voip, Jeff Keni Pulver

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August 18, 2009

Please vote for my SXSW Talk: "Get Yourself Lucky"

I will be attending South By Southwest (SXSW) 2010 and I would like to share a talk which I call "Get Yourself Lucky" with the people who are also attending SXSW/interactive 2010.

In order for my talk to be considered, it needs to be voted on by the community. There are quite a number of interesting talks being pitched, but with YOUR help, I hope that you would help get this session added to the schedule.

Get Yourself Lucky!

Category: Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Career / Work Concerns, Self-Help / Self-Improvement
Organizer: Jeff Pulver

What will I learn?:

1. How can I may myself more lucky?
2. How can I put myself in front of more opportunities?
3. How can I leaverage social media to be more lucky?
4. How can I become an expert in a field I am passionate about?
5. How can I meet more people like me?
6. How can I reboot myself?
7. What can I do to give myself a new start?
8. How do I get myself in motion?
9. How can I take actions to redefine who I am?
10. How can I help make other people more lucky too?

Description:

If being lucky is being in the right place at the right time, this session will explore some of the things I have learned it takes to get yourself to that right place and we will explore how you can start to change your luck and direction by leveraging social media and your own efforts. I am someone who believes that "people in motion stay in motion" and sometimes we need to push ourselves in motion.

Please visit: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/2943 and vote on this session. (Deadline for voting is September 7th)

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Tags: Entrepreneurship, leadership, Entrepreneur, SXSW, Jeff Keni Pulver

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Jeff's Video of the Day: Mad Avenue Blues

I first saw this video last month when I was in Jackson Hole attending the Internet Cowboys Unconference, ICUC09.

Yes it is a long video. But so was the song it is a parody of, "American Pie."

If you are involved in the Media/Entertainment industry, take the next 9 minutes and watch and listen to the video below. I believe this video more than others really captures the state of the media/entertainment industry.

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Tags: media, Madison Avenue, WPP, Jeff Keni Pulver

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August 17, 2009

HD Communications Summit: Lessons learned from the example of HDTV

There exist important lessons for HD communications in the example of HDTV even if the transformation of television does not map precisely. Robert Graves, the person in the best position to explore these lessons, recently joined the speaker roster for the HD Communications Summit. Robert Graves is Chairman of the ATSC Forum and a 22 year veteran of the journey from SDTV to HDTV. Robert Graves enjoyed a front row seat to the emergence of HDTV first as the person responsible for representing AT&T on the Grand Alliance, and, later, as the chairman of Advanced Television Systems Committee.

HDTV overcame all the obstacles presently facing HD Communications in terms of establishing a technology roadmap, triggering end user demand, fostering a HD ecosystem, and pushing for mass market adoption. As in the case of HD Communications, the manufacturer community first recognized the potential of HDTV. Competition between companies in the US and Japan sparked the initial progress. The Japanese won first mover status with an analog implementation of high definition TV. Companies in the US joined together in a forum hosted by the FCC in pursuit of fully digital solution. The US effort to converge on a common standard produced the Grand Alliance in 1996 as the means to integrate the best of the competing proposals.

The firstHD Communication Summit in May 2009 led to the founding of HDConnect as the grand alliance equivalent for HD communications. The success of the emerging high definition communications sector hinges on achieving the same device interoperability as HDTV. HDConnect consists of a steering committee, technical working groups, and separately funded co-marketing activities. The steering committee establishes policy for use of the HDConnect trademark, provides oversight for technical working groups, and sponsors co-marketing activities. Companies interested in participating should contact Daniel Berninger at dan@danielberninger.com .

The high definition televisions that appeared in retail channels in 2005 where expensive and there existed very little HD content the few people that could afford them. However, this starting point kicked of a cycle of improvement that cut the price of HDTV's nearly in half each of the next several years. The decline in price expanded the addressable market which in turn attracted new HD content in a virtuous cycle. The marketing campaigns of consumer electronics channels, entertainment networks, and cable companies turned HDTV into a mass market phenomena by 2009.

HD Communication is relatively far along with mature and inexpensive HD devices from companies like AudioCodes, snom, and Polycom. HDConnect seeks to help make sure the technology roadmap allows all of these HD devices and supporting service providers can interconnect. The heaviest lifting involves building end user demand for HD communication products and services, but the reward for the companies willing to make the investment will prove even larger than the windfalls enjoyed by companies involved in HDTV. High definition television enhances the entertainment experience, but communication represents a key input for the entire global economy. HD promises new applications and productivity improvements that will transform the multi-trillion dollar communication industry.

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Want to learn more about HD Communications? Register today for the HD Communicatons Summit taking place on September 15th, 2009 in New York City.

Tags: VoIP, HDComms, HD VoIP, Audiocodes, HDConnect, snom, Polycom, Robert Graves, Jeff Keni Pulver, Daniel Berninger

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August 16, 2009

Call for Characters: Announcing #140conf Tel Aviv

Since the time the first #140conf took place in New York City back in June, I have been working on a number of followup events including: #140conf: Los Angeles and #140conf: London. I have also been contacted by people in a number of cities and I am actively considering new events to be added to the #140conf schedule. Today I am excited to announce that #140conf: Tel Aviv will be taking place on 7-8 October.

I am now looking for the “Cast of Characters” for the event and look forward to producing this event in Israel. #140conf: Tel Aviv will be taking a hard look at the evolving real-time Internet and the impact it is having on a number of areas including: Celebrity, “The Media”, Politics as well as other topics based on the proposals received.

I’m looking for friends to help me identify people in Israel whose voices should be heard at #140conf: Tel Aviv. I am looking for people whose approach to business has been touched by the real-time Internet and twitter and I would appreciate help in finding these people. If you have an idea/suggestion, please feel free to send email to: jeff@pulver.com.

(Companies interested in sponsoring should also feel free to contact me.)

The format of the #140conf: Tel Aviv will be fast past with the majority of the individual speaking spots limited to 10 minutes and the panels will be no more than 20 minutes.

The deadline for this “Call for Characters” is August 30th but, if possible, I would appreciate receiving your feedback before the deadline.

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

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August 15, 2009

From 1990: The "affordable, transportable, cellular telephone," from Radio Shack

Sometimes we need to be reminded about where technology came from to better appreciate where it is going.

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August 14, 2009

Putting the Cable Industry on notice. HD Voice is happening.

I had an interesting time at the CableLabs Summer Conference at Keystone Resort, Colorado. When I first arrived I had a chance to catch up with the teams from both AudioCodes and IP Gallery and a few of the familiar faces I have gotten to know over the years involved in the communications industry.

Looking around the reception on Monday afternoon, it was clear to me that the telecom recession was over, with the room packed with vendors and about 1,000 people from around the world who made the trek to Colorado for the CableLabs Summer Conference.

This was a closed conference with the majority of the sessions only open to the members of Cablelabs.

If there was one session at the CableLabs Summer Conference that a Cable company’s Chief Strategy Officer should have been at, it was the HD Voice session which I greatly appreciate being invited to be a part of. I say this because after listening to Orange’s Vivek Badrinath, Executive Vice President, Networks, Carriers, and Platforms, it is clear to me that consumer HD Communications is a reality, it IS happening and it is going to happen faster than anyone may have otherwise expected.

Vivek was welcomed warmly and embraced by the CableLabs delegates. During his talk I was thinking of the Twilight Zone Episode “To Serve Man” where (according to Wikipedia) a race of aliens known as the Kanamits lands on Earth and promises to be nothing but helpful to the cause of humanity. Initially wary of the intentions of such a highly advanced race, even the most skeptical humans are convinced when their code-breakers begin to translate one of the Kanamit's books, with the seemingly innocuous title, "To Serve Man."

Sharing their advanced technology, the aliens quickly solve all of Earth's greatest woes, eradicating hunger, disease, and the need for warfare. Soon, humans are volunteering for trips to the Kanamits' home planet, which is supposedly a paradise.

All is not well, however, when a code-breaker discovers the Kanamits' true intentions: Their book, "To Serve Man", is a cookbook, and all their gifts were simply to make humanity complacent.” (if you haven’t seen this episode - you can watch it here).

Given the fact that France Telecom / Orange already has over 500,000 customers who have subscribed for their HD Voice offerings and that their numbers are going to continue to grow as Orange rolls out their HD Communication offers across Europe, I couldn't help but make the connection between Vivek and the leader of the Kanamit's.

If I were involved with a cable company, I would have categorized his talk as an early wake-up call and understand the worldwide Cable industry was put on notice to be on the lookout for other incumbent operators who have both a broadband offering and wireless offering to follow in the footsteps of France Telecom / Orange and use HD Communications as a platform to retain and grow their customer base.

Now is NOT the time for the Cable industry to continue to take a “wait and see” approach with HD Communications but rather now is the time to commit to residential trials for HD Voice consumer if the cable industry wants to protect what has become their multi-billion dollar monthly cash cow known as “digital voice services.”

Over the next few years, the growth of consumers who subscribe for HD Communications offered by both wireless and broadband service providers will help lift the communications industry.

“Fear, Greed and Disruption” remain my three favorite words and I am enjoying this moment in time in the history of communications. I remain a big fan of France Telecom for continuing to lead and innovate with HD Communications.

Friends who would like to learn more about HD Communications are invited to attend the next HD Communications Summit taking place on September 15th in New York City.

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Tags: HDCommunicationsSummit, HDComms, HD Communications, voip, HD Voice, Orange, France Telecom,
CableLabs, HD Voip, Jeff Keni Pulver

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August 12, 2009

Sometimes Social Media Just Tastes Good

On Friday August 7th there was a day full of social media events that took place in and around Boston. During the lunch hour I hosted my second hosted "Social Media Pizza" at Regina's in the north end of Boston. 25+ people joined us for a pizza lunch. After lunch a group of my guests decided to walk over to Faneuil hall and had some ice cream at Sprinkles.

I enjoyed catching up with friends from the Boston Social Media community prior to the commencement of Podcamp Boston 4.

I look forward to returning to Boston in the Fall to host another Social Media Pizza event.

And yes, sometimes Social Media just tastes good. :)

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Tags: lunch, Boston, PCB4, SMP02, Steve Garfield, Social Media Pizza, Jeff Pulver

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August 10, 2009

Next Stop: CableLabs’ Summer Conference in Keystone, Colorado

Back on December 28th I declared “High Definition (HD) VoIP will be BIG in 2009” and as each day in 2009 progresses, this statement is becoming more true.

I often say, “the next person you meet can change your life.” When I look back at my inspiration for trying to make HD Voice a reality, the reason I decided to make the effort to promote the virtues of HD Voice, comes from my friend Shabtai Adlersberg, Chairman and CEO of Audiocodes. It was only after meeting with Shabtai at his offices in Airport City in Israel last December did I start to realize the hugh potential and huge positive impact the adoption of HD Voice technologies could have on the communications industry.

Meeting with Shabtai lead me to producing the first HD Communications Summit back in May, together with the formation of HDConnect, and I am looking forward to co-hosting the second HD Communications Summit in New York City on September 15th.

In a few hours I will be leaving for the airport to fly from New York to Denver and from Denver I will be driving to Keystone, Colorado to catch up with friends attending the CableLabs’ Summer Conference. I am speaking on the HD Voice panel at the conference on Tuesday. I am looking forward to having the opportunity to share my perspective about HD Communications with the Cable Industry.

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(Shabtai Adlersberg, Chairman and CEO of Audiocodes.)

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Tags: VoIP, Shabtai Adlersberg, HD VoIP, Audiocodes, Jeff Pulver

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August 06, 2009

Kodak Brings Social Media into the Spotlight

140 Characters Conference (#140conf) takes center stage at the KODAK Theatre in Los Angeles; attendees will talk, tweet and discuss the future of Real Time social web

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 4 -- A new wave of characters will take to the red carpet at the prestigious KODAK Theatre, to attend the 140 Characters Conference on October 27th and 28th in Los Angeles. The KODAK Theatre’s prestige and glamour is fitting in an age where social media is connecting individuals both in and out of the limelight. The LA event is expected to draw up to 1,200 attendees, seeking knowledge and insight regarding the effect the Real Time social web has on global business. During the conference, Kodak will exhibit their latest consumer products; feature red carpet photos and will host an “interview booth” for attendees to share their favorite KODAK Moments over Twitter.

“Kodak prides itself on helping people build relationships,” said Jeff Hayzlett, chief marketing officer and vice president of Kodak. “We’re extremely pleased to co-host the conference and help show the world how the social media platform has transformed the way we communicate, explore and interact with the world around us.”

"Kodak is a perfect example of a brand setting itself apart in this new "State of Now" world,” said Jeff Pulver, creator and producer of the 140 Characters Conference. “The conference's goal is to examine the impact real time social Internet has on celebrity, media, advertising and politics, and can only be enhanced by Kodak’s participation. We’re thrilled to partner with them.”

The “characters” slated to attend the event are those who are actively participating, who are passionate about Twitter, and who can speak to the effect “tweeting” has on topics such as business, celebrity, politics, and more. The conference will attract established celebrities, brands, members of the media and Twitter users, some of whom have become celebrities and brands in their own right. A second conference will take place in London on November 10th and 11th.

About Kodak

As the world's foremost imaging innovator, Kodak helps consumers, businesses, and creative professionals unleash the power of pictures and printing to enrich their lives.

To learn more, visit http://www.kodak.com and follow our blogs and more at http://www.kodak.com/go/followus.

More than 75 million people worldwide manage, share and create photo gifts online at KODAK Gallery --join for free today at www.kodakgallery.com.

About the 140 Characters Conference

The 140 Characters Conference (#140conf) is the first event of its kind to take a hard look at the effects of Twitter on: Celebrity, The Media, Advertising, Politics and more. At the 140 Characters Conference we look at Twitter as a platform and as language we speak (but not the only platform and not the only language.) Overall we are exploring what Jeff Pulver describes as "The State of Now" and the effects of the Real-Time Internet on Business. http://www.140conf.com

KODAK is a trademark of Kodak.

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

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August 05, 2009

Jeff Keni Pulver talking about HD Communications:

Whether you are involved in the communications industry or if you want to stay on top of emerging trends in technology, you should consider spending September 15th 2009 at the HD Communications Summit in New York City.

Hope to see you there.

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Tags: VoIP, HD Communications, HD VoIP, Jeff Keni Pulver

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August 04, 2009

Announcing Social Media Pizza #2: Aug 7th in Boston

On Friday, August 7th I will be visiting the Boston area and I thought it would be fun to reach out and see who might be available to join me and some of my friends from the Boston area for a social lunch experience in Boston.

Details:

The second Social Media Pizza will be taking place on August 7th from 1PM to 2:30PM at: Regina's Pizzeria, 11 Thatcher St in Boston.

Click here to RSVP to the event on Facebook.

I'm looking forward to hosting Social Media Pizza #2.

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Tags: lunch, Boston, PCB4, SMP01, facebook, Social Media Pizza, Jeff Pulver

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August 03, 2009

Getting More out of Podcamp Boston 4

Podcamp Boston 4 will be taking place August 8-9, 2009.

I had a great time at both the original Podcamp in 2006 and at PodCamp Boston 2 in 2007. Being part of the PodCamp community has had a positive impact on my life and is one of the reasons I have gotten to know many of the people I know in the greater Boston area.

And while I missed Podcamp Boston 3 last year, I am looking forward to returning to Boston can catching up with the community who will be at the University of Massachusetts Boston Harborside campus.

After attending more conferences and unconferences than I can remember, I started keeping mental notes on how I could get more out of future events. While I’m pretty sure Chris Penn and Chris Brogan will cover some of this during their opening remarks, the following are my words of advice for friends attending PodCamp Boston 4 (and other unconferences in the future):

“Don’t Wait to Say Hello”

If I had a chance to send words of advice to friends attending PodCamp for the first time, it would be to “Not to wait to say hello.”

I have lost track how many times I’ve attended a conference and saw a number of people when I first arrived and said to myself I would catch up with those people later in the day or the next day only to never see them again the entire event.

"Don’t be SHY"

If you have a hard time meeting new people, now is a chance to break out of your shell and give the rebooted version of YOU a try. Reach out and say hi! You may be surprised how friendly everyone REALLY is. :)

"Be SEEN"

It is real hard for you to enjoy ad-hoc meetings if you are spending your time outside of the facility. You have budgeted the time to be at PodCamp for a reason. So take advantage of it. Make an effort to be visible.

”HELP a Friend”

If you see someone is looking for a room, or looks a little lost, go over to the person and try to help them. It is in situations like this where friendships are born. If you see a person in need, HELP them.

”Ask Questions”

Now is the time to get questions answered. Ask questions of the people speaking and of the people you see in the hall ways. There is no such thing as a stupid question. The only issue comes when you regret not asking someone a question. At PodCamp there are many people around you who share a common passion and who are subject matter experts on a variety of topics. Be sure to seek out the people whose blogs you have read and who you may follow on twitter.

"Exchange Your Social Media Identities"

When you meet someone, be sure to tell them how to connect with you on the social networks you are active on. If you are not using your name as your TwitterID, be sure to share it. If you are active on Facebook and other networks, be sure to let those people who you are connecting with know how to find you.

*"ALLOW for serendipity"*

Almost without fail the best contacts I make at a conference are unplanned - yes I talk with a lot of speakers and attendees I knew would be there, but almost always it is a random person I meet at a dinner, or while waiting in a line for an event, or just taking a shared ride in an elevator that ends up being the contact that sticks post-event.

"Be SOCIAL"

As a member of the PodCamp Boston 4 community, make it a point to go to the social events.

"Understand that some meetings will not HAPPEN"

Apply the 15 minute rule and move on. “Things happen” and not everyone is as efficient with their on-site schedule as you are. It helps to keep the cell phone numbers of the people you are meeting handy. (And it is ok to blow off a meeting or two in favor of something that just came up, so better to text/SMS the person and tell them you are running late and need to reschedule.)

"ENJOY yourself"

Give “having fun” a try. If in doubt what this means ask Chris Brogan. Chris understands how to “take having fun…seriously.”

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Tags: podcamp, PodCampBoston4, Chris Brogan, Chris Penn, PCB4, Jeff Keni Pulver

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August 02, 2009

Guest Blogger: Daniel Berninger - "Telecom Turnaround"

The shrinking reasons for using a telephone translates into declining voice minutes quarter over quarter. Multiple sources for commodity voice services leaves the remaining demand less and less profitable. These facts argue for some new thinking about a means to turnaround telecom, yet the increasingly desperate search for telecom revenue includes all manner of ideas except the most obvious - improving voice quality. Addressing the fact voice quality remains unchanged since 1937 seems like a strong candidate, but the notion is strangely foreign to many.

The people making decisions argue customers are not asking for high definition voice. This may be true, but customer demand does not drive technology. Customers did not demand a move from telegraph to telephone, radio to television, black and white to color, or AM to FM broadcast. Every telephone company on Earth delivers the same interchangeable level of quality, so the threat arguing for improving voice quality does not come from with the telecom industry itself. Voice services are increasing displaced by alternative modes of communication like Twitter, Facebook, and Gmail. The number of hours in a day and week remains unchanged, but voice represents but one of many communication options vying for these finite hours.

The decline in demand for voice began around the year 2000 as availability of Internet connectivity made the new modes of communication widely available. The fact telcos tend to focus on innovations that serve internal needs (e.g. reducing costs) represents a fatal flaw in the current environment. If there exists any doubt about how telco's view innovation, consider the degree to which voice quality offered end users changed over the years versus the many fold transformations in the ways telcos delivered voice service. The market power that enabled this inward focused innovation no longer exists. The companies behind healthiest parts of the ecosystem all focus on innovation that directly benefits end users.

HD offers just the sort benefits that could bring end users back. Dealing with a crisis of shrinking demand will either motivate telco's to embrace customer focused innovation or the decline will continue until telephone companies cease to exist. Alexander Graham Bell's invention set a relatively low bar for voice quality in 1876 that the industry improved on through 1937. Continuing to ignoring voice quality no longer represents an option. The dynamic is precisely the same as the one that recently played out between dial-up and broadband Internet access. Broadband and HD expand productivity and the range of applications. Standard definition voice is headed to the same place as dial-up Internet access.

Skeptics outside the industry tend to get stuck on the question of how so much time elapsed before voice quality improvements arose as an issue. The answer follows from the reasons noted above and the absence of the Internet as an alternative communication platform. The legacy telephone network incorporates to its core a single level of voice quality. Changing voice quality before the Internet meant a wholesale replacement of the telephone network. HD leverages a VoIP based architecture where quality gets determined by software, equipment, and devices at the edge of the network. VoIP system on a chip solutions with HD options only became available in the last few years. The second and third generation of these chips getting incorporated in devices now make HD as easy to deploy as any other VoIP based solution - just in time for a telecom turnaround.

The September 15th HD Communications Summit will explore the prospect of HD resurrecting interest in voice communication.

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Daniel Berninger is CEO, FWD. His bio can be seen here.

Tags: voip, FCC, public policy, social media, HD VoIP, Daniel Berninger, HD Communications

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The FCC Questions Apple, AT&T and Google:

Last Tuesday (July 28th) when I was interviewed for the NY Times story, “Even Google Is Blocked With Apps for iPhone”, one of the questions I was asked was who I thought was the reason behind Apple's decision to block Google Voice from the iPhone Apps store. To which I immediately responded, AT&T.

In 2009, the advent of VoIP continues to be a disruptive force, although the fear of it comes from the potential of what it represents more than how it is being used today.

And as to the reasons why Apple/AT&T decided to block access to Google Voice, it is clear to me that despite whatever was said in the trade press, in the end the wireless division at AT&T still has not fully embraced the impact of what it means when “Voice is an Application” and no longer just a service. Or maybe they have and they have decided to do everything in their power to prevent the widespread use of VoIP inside of WiFi hotspots on mobile devices which are under their influence.

As to why Apple/AT&T allowed Skype to run on the iPhone but not Google Voice, it might come down to "business." In this case, it is possible that Skype is purchasing some of their US termination from AT&T. Or maybe there is something else lurking behind the scenes that we are just not yet aware of. I also wonder who at AT&T and who at Apple were responsible for this decision.

Fast forward a few days later and I was excited to learn that the FCC got involved by reaching out to: Apple, AT&T and Google with a number of questions on of their own. I believe their respective answers will be quite revealing and while they may ask for “Confidential Treatment” to some (or all) of their respective answers, I believe in the end we will all learn at least a little bit more about how these companies approach business.

I for one am was very happy to see the FCC do what they did with regard to Apple + AT&T vs. Google, a great move by the Chairman. After many years of taking a back seat to related events, it is great to watch the actions of the new FCC. A FCC that once again is poised to provide thought leadership for the rest of the world...and it’s about time!

Links:

FCC letter to Apple - Download letter
FCC letter to AT&T - Download letter
FCC letter to Google - Download letter

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Tags: VoIP, FCC, Google Voice, Jeff Keni Pulver, Pubic Policy,Apple, AT&T, iphone

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July 31, 2009

John Bell: Building Personal Brands Starts With Being 'Real'

Just a couple of days after the #140Conf in New York, John Bell and I spoke at a "Stream Breakfast" about personal branding. I enjoyed the conversation we had and the interaction with everyone who joined us for the discussion.

I am someone who believes that if a brand wants to successful with social media, they will remember to be human. This statement means different things for different brands but at the end of the day we sometimes forget there are people involved on both sides of the tweet. I also happen to be a strong believer that personal brands should be "real."

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"Building Personal Brands Starts With Being 'Real' (John Bell)

I was in a bad mood last week. I get tired of the over-promotion of social media (e.g. "you must engage in a conversation with your customers and I'm just the guru to help you with that...) as much as the attempt to "leverage" social media from segments of the marketing community (e.g. "can't we just use it as a content channel...") I had also been away from my family for a bit so that might have had something to do with it....

Then I got a much needed reminder from a man I had only known digitally...

...It was Jeff who reminded me and the others about being real and offering something of yourself to others. He shared some very personal stories quite casually about growing up to use ham radios and his immediate experience with volunteers showing up via a tweet to help with the grunt work of 140conf. His suggestion to the crowd that morning was to be 'real' in whcih I think he meant both be yourself and be generous. There is no reason to build a brand based upon a false sense of who you are."

Read this blog post in it's entirety over at: Building Personal Brands Starts With Being 'Real'

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Tags: 140conf, social media, John Bell, twitter, personal branding, Jeff Keni Pulver

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July 30, 2009

Comm Daily: HD Voice Push Could Face Resistance in Washington

(July 30, 2009)

A proposed government initiative to widely deploy HD voice technology would be a boon to device manufacturers, said analysts and industry executives in interviews. But while Web-based VoIP providers and big network operators are eying HD voice, some smaller service providers doubt the unproven technology is worth the effort. And Washington may have other priorities.

Vonage co-founder Jeff Pulver has heralded HD voice as a technology that could "reboot" telecom and bring billions in revenue back to the industry. Earlier this month, he announced plans to lobby Washington (CD July 15 p6) for widespread rollout of the technology, which doubles a call's audio resolution for more authentic voice production. The effort, called HD Connect, already has hardware manufacturers' support, but Pulver told us he has no investments in HD voice manufacturers. That's not his motivation, he said. "I love the technology."

Vendors like Global IP Solutions (GIPS) and Polycom are actively engaging in Pulver's effort, their executives told us. GIPS was one of the founding members that worked with Pulver to develop the HD Connect campaign, said Chief Marketing Officer Joyce Kim. A government push on HD Voice could benefit phone-centric businesses like the call center industry, conferencing and some collaborative application providers, she said. In the long run, all industries could benefit, said Polycom Chief Technology Officer Jeff Rodman.

A government mandate might not be necessary because the market will be the main driver, Kim said. But Rodman said the government should put some pressure on carriers to support HD voice on their networks so it becomes more broadly adopted.

Hardware manufacturers look to benefit most from a government push for HD voice, said voice service provider officials. "Customers' traditional phones can't support the frequency range that is available through HD, so all the consumers are going to have to upgrade their phones," said Kevin McGuire, vice president of the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association.

But not all network operators are convinced government should take a role. "I don't see any benefits to our customers or to our company" of a government push for widespread HD voice, said Jason Talley, CEO of VoIP carrier Nuvio, which offers HD voice service using devices made by Polycom. "There are other things we need to focus on before we have HD voice be a national priority," agreed McGuire. "We've got voice out there."

Broadband should be priority one, said Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance President Curt Stamp: "Shifting resources and attention from that task at this time doesn't seem to be wise." Pulver's suggestion to use universal service money to subsidize the HD voice effort could also lead to resistance. "Given the sensitivity to the size of the fund and increasing contribution rate, it would be a challenging proposition to expand USF to include HD voice," Stamp said.

"It is probably going to be a hard sell to convince regulators that standard quality voice communication isn't 'good enough,'" said former FCC lawyer Jonathan Askin, associate professor at Brooklyn Law School. But HD voice should be looked at "as an important additional component in improving the ways in which we communicate and to make sure that voice doesn't lag other modes of communication as America invests in improving the qualities and capabilities of our increasing unified communications system," he said. "People were also skeptical about" stereo sound, HDTV and DVDs, he said. "The problem is we don't really know the value of any new technology until we actually see its deployment and evolution."

Pulver could be helped by a new government more in tune to new Internet-based innovations, Talley said. "I think that you will see a push to embrace and deploy new technologies out there," he said. Government agencies will "certainly push Internet technologies just by way of the mandate they've received from Congress" on broadband stimulus, he said.

Waiting for Demand

The market for HD Voice phones could reach $3 billion annually within five years, with the U.S. market starting to take off this year, said In-Stat analyst Keith Nissen. VoIP providers likely will be early adopters of HD voice while big carriers will be slower to adopt, said IDC analyst William Stofega. GIPS has been working with enterprise customers like Google, IBM and Cisco on bringing the service to Web- based voice offerings like Google Talk, Kim said. The residential consumer market isn't part of the plan yet, Rodman said.

Big telcos and cable companies are eying HD voice. A Verizon Business director said recently that the company anticipates early adoption to take place in late 2010, with widespread adoption in 2011. Meanwhile, CableLabs finished a specification for HD voice in February allowing cable operators to integrate the technology within the cable VoIP architecture. Cablevision has already started selling HD voice to its business customers in New York.

CableLabs developed the specification with the belief that it could "help differentiate cable voice service over the next several years," said Eric Rosenfeld, network architecture vice president. However, while there may be long-term interest in HD voice, few U.S. cable companies have publicly expressed plans to adopt the technology, he said. While it's possible some cable companies will adopt HD voice early to differentiate their service offerings from that of phone companies, some may simply want to keep the technology "in their back pocket in anticipation of [some kind of] future competitive offering," he said.

Many small carriers are waiting for the big companies to jump. HD voice is sold by few, if any, of NTCA's small rural carrier members, McGuire said. "Most people are concentrating on rolling out their broadband networks." However, smaller carriers' likely would feel pressure to implement HD voice if the big phone companies adopted it, he said. HD voice could gain traction in much the same way as Caller ID, he said. "Early on, it didn't make a lot of sense to offer it because if it wasn't enabled in the calling party's switch, it wouldn't work for the subscriber. As adoption grew and the switching infrastructure could support it, it became a better and better service, now such that it is the norm in most homes."

Carrier adoption remains the primary hurdle due to fears that implementing the technology will hurt revenue, Kim said. Moving to HD could be a time-consuming and costly process Stofega said. It also requires more overhead in terms of the bandwidth required to support HD voice, he said. Further, making the traffic run in a multi-carrier environment requires some consensus on codecs used in the network and for endpoints, he said. But without widespread adoption in three to five years, the U.S. will fall behind other countries, Rodman warned.

The service could be a differentiator for carriers, Kim said. Stofega agreed: It's an advantage for carriers if they go after it, he said. For the carriers, once one gets it, others will follow, Stofega said. The service could also be a replacement for land lines, an opportunity for wireline companies that have struggled with losing access line customers, he said. Service providers might not charge more for HD Voice, seeing it instead as an upgrade, Kim said.

HD voice means higher costs for service providers because it takes up extra bandwidth, Talley said. With HD voice, "you're providing a much larger frequency range" than "traditional packetization of voice," he said. "The old copper codec ... was 64 [kbps]. In an IP situation, you're able to reduce that substantially to 20 or 22 [kbps]." HD voice brings the figure "upwards" of 64 kbps again, he said. "In a day and age where people are talking about having to do traffic management ... throwing in a wider bandwidth codec down in the pipe is not necessarily the smartest thing to be doing."

It's not a simple matter of passing the extra costs to the customer because awareness and demand are still low, Talley said. Few Nuvio customers know about HD voice, and the ones who do don't want to pay extra for it, he said. "I have yet to see a customer ask for it and/or not use [our] service because we can or cannot offer it." The technology seems best suited for a conference-room environment, he said, but "the customers that we have that would be concerned about high-def voice would much rather use videoconferencing."

Video is nice, but HD voice is a much less expensive way to improve business conferencing, said Doug Mohney, who's working with Pulver in the effort and was the editor-in-chief of Pulver's VON Magazine. Installing the latest video telepresence rigs can cost up to $30,000, whereas an HD business phone would run about $300, he said. And an HD desktop phone probably will get more use, he added.

Then again, customers lately have demanded more mobility, not superior audio, said McGuire. Traditional wireline sounds better than wireless, but "everybody's moving to wireless," he said. "They're willing to accept lower quality service for convenience." -- Adam Bender, Yu-Ting Wang

(reprinted with permission from Warren News)

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The next HD Communications Summit will be taking place in New York on September 15th.

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Tags: VoIP, HD Communications, HD VoIP, Jeff Keni Pulver, Polycom,GIPS, Adam Bender, Jeff Pulver

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July 29, 2009

NYT: Even Google Is Blocked With Apps for iPhone

"Google might power the world’s most popular search engine, but its clout goes only so far. When it comes to getting one of its applications onto the iPhone, it seems Google has to wait in line for Apple’s approval like everyone else — and face the risk of rejection.

In recent weeks, Apple turned down two applications that Google had submitted for review in hopes that they would be added to the company’s App Store, highlighting the increasingly complex relationship between the two companies...

...AT&T may see Google Voice as a bigger threat than Skype, said Jeff Pulver, chairman of the 140 Character Conference, who has long been involved in the Internet calling business.

“I don’t think people will go to their homes and have Skype as the carrier of their choice,” Mr. Pulver said. “Google, tactical and strategic as they are, may have put the fear of God into AT&T.”

The rejections of apps by Apple could dim the halo that has encircled the iPhone since it first became a lucrative platform for outside developers. The lengthy and opaque approval process required to get anything into the App Store has long been a source of frustration for iPhone developers and users alike."

Read the entire story here: New York Times: Even Google Is Blocked With Apps for iPhone

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Tags: VoIP, Apple, Google, Jeff Keni Pulver

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July 28, 2009

Kevin Spacey explains twitter to David Letterman

When I watched this clip of Kevin Spacey trying to explain twitter to David Letterman last week, I just smiled. In fact, thought it was kinda priceless. :)

After seeing this, Kevin Spacey was added to my list of the people I would like to see speak at #140conf in Los Angeles in October.

Tags: Kevin Spacey, twitter, David Letterman, Social Media, Jeff Pulver

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July 27, 2009

Report from 1981 on KRON-TV about the Future of Newspapers

Back in 1981, TV station KRON in San Francisco filed the following report about the future of newspapers. Watching this video, I felt like I was a visitor from the future transported to the past if for only 2 minutes and 17 seconds.

Kinda cool to reminded of what "computers" were like back in the early 80's. I especially enjoyed some of the quotes in this story. While the future of Newspapers may be in doubt for some in 2009, this is a conversation that started at least 28 years ago.

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Related content: Watch - The effect of twitter on Newspapers (from #140conf)

Tags: newspapers, twitter, San Francisco, KRON, Jeff Pulver

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July 25, 2009

A Night at the Rodeo in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Last weekend when I was attending Internet Cowboys Unconference (ICUC09), a number of us had a chance to experience the rodeo in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Tags: Jackson Hole, ICUC, ICUC09, Jeff Keni Pulver

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July 24, 2009

In Search of a Huckleberry Milk Shake (in Victor, Idaho)

On the afternoon of July 18th I first learned about the great tasting Huckleberry Milkshake that Victor, Idaho was famous for. Having never been in Idaho before I decided to go on a drive from Jackson Hole, Wyoming and find out for myself what the hype was all about.

What I discovered on the road to Victor was a slice of Americana which make the entire trip worthwhile. The Emporium is the spot where someone can still visit a soda fountain. A place where you can purchase an inflatable Moose Head for your mantle and the place which makes a great tasting Huckleberry Milkshake.

And before heading back to Jackson Hole, the trip continued to one more town where I discovered one of the remaining Drive Ins in America, a drive-in theater known as "The Spud." Oh, and before leaving I had to stop by at a local eatery and enjoy Idaho French Fries.

Tags: Jackson Hole, Jeff Keni Pulver

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July 22, 2009

Jeff Keni Pulver on Mesudarim

Last night I had a cameo on Mesudarim, the popular TV show on Israel's Channel 2.

Click here to watch. My cameo starts 15 minutes into the show.

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Tags: Mesudarim, Israel, Channel 2, Israeli TV, Jeff Keni Pulver

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July 20, 2009

Hot Air Ballooning in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

On the morning of July 18th, I got up at 4:45AM and at 5:30AM joined a group of others from the Internet Cowboys UnConference (ICUC09) who decided to give Hot Air Ballooning a try.

We spent about one hour in the air and rose to a peak of about 3,500 feet which brought us to an altitude of about 10,000 ft above sea level.

The ride was smooth and quiet except for when the pilot needed to navigate the balloon. Overall the experience was a bit surreal. I highly recommend giving Hot Air Ballooning a try.

Tags: Jackson Hole, Yossi Vardi, ICUC, ICUC09, Jeff Keni Pulver

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July 19, 2009

Call for Characters: Join the Cast of the 140 Characters Conference

The 140 Characters Conference will be taking place October 27/28 in Los Angeles and November 10/11 in London.

If you are a "Character" or would like to nominate a "Character" please feel free to send email to: jeff @ pulver.com or tweet your nomination and include #140conf. The deadline for nominations is July 24th.

The following video explains in greater detail what #140conf is all about:

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

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July 17, 2009

Jeff Pulver talking about "The State of NOW" on The Deal's: Behind the Money

A couple of days after #140conf I sat down with The Deal's Mary Kathleen Flynn and spoke about twitter and "The State of Now."

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What do you think about "The State of NOW" ? Has the way you are approaching the Internet noticeably different this year as compared to last year? What markets do you think will be the most disrupted in the advent of the Real-Time Internet?

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

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July 16, 2009

Next stop: Jackson Hole, Wyoming

I’m up early and heading to the airport.

Today I am heading out to attend the 3rd “Internet Cowboys un-Conference” taking place in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I am looking forward to being part of the group of people attending, contributing to and participating in this event taking place on a ranch.

I’m honored to be invited and have the opportunity to once again participate in the experience.

I’m not sure what my Internet connectivity will be like but I look forward to posting photos and videos from this event here in my blog while I am in Jackson Hole.

Tags: Jackson Hole, Yossi Vardi, ICUC, ICUC09, Jeff Keni Pulver

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July 15, 2009

Take a Chance on YOURSELF

Being an Entrepreneur sometimes means being the first person to see an opportunity. And sometimes you may be the only person who sees that opportunity or feels it in their gut. And that’s o.k. This is how opportunities are created.

The difference between the would be Entrepreneur and the successful Entrepreneur isn’t whether or not every idea one has is a great idea, but rather whether or not the person with the great idea has what it takes to take a chance on themselves and pursue their idea and make it REAL. There is nothing wrong with being confident when thinking about and sharing your idea. And not everyone you speak with to is going to “get it.” One thing I learned the hard way is that it is o.k. to bounce ideas off of friends. The benefit of sharing an idea is that you can avoid being blindsided. Your better friends will know your blind spots and you should give them a chance to be heard.

As an investor in other people’s dreams, often I am approached by people who have an idea for something which could in my mind be amazing, but for some reason the would be Entrepreneur did not take any steps (yet) to pursue their dream and make it real. Most of the time I am more likely to invest in the person who had the confidence and took a chance on themselves and did whatever they could to take their idea and make it real.

The next time you see a chance, take it. The next step you take may change your life.

Tags: Entrepreneurship, leadership, Entrepreneur, Jeff Pulver

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July 14, 2009

Mark Twain on Getting Yourself Lucky:

"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure." - Mark Twain

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Tags: Entrepreneurship, leadership, Entrepreneur, Mark Twain

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July 13, 2009

Taking that next Step...

There are times in your life when it will be up to YOU to make that first move, take that next step, be the one who moves things forward. This is a moment in your life that no one else can do on your behalf. This can not be outsourced. This is something YOU need to do for yourself.

Procrastination is your enemy, not your friend. Like it or not, some things can’t go forward without YOU there to make your move.

There have been times in my life where I spent way too much time on the edge and did not have what it took to move myself forward. This resulted in missed quite a number of missed opportunities and eventually a lot of work to get myself back to the place I was prior to missing that opportunity.

When you know in your gut that the next move is up to you, do whatever you need to dig down deep inside and make that move, whatever it is, and wherever it make take you.

The next step you take may change your life.

Tags: Entrepreneurship, leadership, Entrepreneur, Jeff Pulver

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July 12, 2009

Scott Porad: #140conf: Yes, It Was Important

“Interestingly, Twitter changed a lot in the time between when Jeff Pulver invited me to speak at #140conf and when I actually gave my presentation. I wouldn’t quite say it hit the mainstream, but it went from underground to mainstream visibility, from a code word to a phrase in the lexicon. My 93 year old grandfather has heard of Twitter now (although he doesn’t have a clue as to what it is). More succinctly put: @oprah. Enough said.

Twitter is the cutting edge of social media, and it’s only in an embryonic state. One of the most stunning statistics I heard while at the conference was that all the tweets combined only add up to something like 1% of all text messages sent in the US. And text messaging is by no means ubiquitous just yet...”

Read the rest of Scott’s blog post here.

Watch Scott's presentation at #140conf here:

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Tags: 140conf, social media, 140 Characters Conference, twitter, Scott Porad

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July 11, 2009

Backstage at Mesudarim:

The following are photos from my visit to the Set of Mesudarim. I am looking forward to making my debut on Israeli TV on 21 July at 2100 on Israel’s Channel 2.

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Tags: Mesudarim, Israel, Channel 2, Israeli TV, Jeff Keni Pulver

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July 10, 2009

Guest Blogger: Daniel Berninger - An HD Upgrade for the Most Important Communication Link in the World

The communication hotline President Kennedy installed between the White House and Moscow in 1963 remains operational and deserves a high definition (HD) upgrade. The original hotline involved teletype (not voice), but upgrades over the years added voice and fax capability. The link based at the Pentagon's National Military Command Center (not the White House) still gets tested every hour 24 hours per day. Maintaining the link requires a decent size team even as it gets called into action only occasionally, but the $1mn budget represents a remarkable bargain relative to the cost of most nuclear deterrent activities.

The original idea for the hotline arose from a White House committee headed by 2005 Nobel Laureate Thomas Schelling assembled to find ways of minimizing risks associated with "war by accident, surprise, and miscalculation" in the late 1950's. The hotline proposal remained little more than a good idea for several years until President Kennedy discovered, during the Cuban missle crisis in October 1962, the difficulty of communicating with Moscow (and other heads of state) on short notice. The success of the original hotline gave rise to others. The State Department's Nuclear Risk Reduction Center operates a number of hotlines between the US and other countries. France and
the UK have their own hotlines with Moscow. Israel and Egypt implemented a hotline after their peace agreement.

Hotlines operate independent of the global telephone network for reasons of security and reliability. Voice quality adds a third and at least as important reason to avoid the telephone network. The voice quality improvement provide by HD can dramatically reduce errors in comprehension. HD offers a user experience that approaches the quality of an in-person conversation. The standard frequency response of plain old telephone service drops over half the energy associated with voice and makes 15 and 50 and lots of other words indistinguishable. The prospect of understanding a non-native speaker increases dramatically with HD. The globally secure data circuits necessary to support HD already exist, so nothing except the will to get started prevents a HD upgrade.

The benefits of HD voice quality, the wide availability of broadband, and inexpensive off-the-shelf components make HD hotlines compelling for more than just connecting world leaders. Most people have relationships that could benefit from a HD hotline either in personal or business contexts. It seems strange that the CEO of IBM continues to suffer the same mediocre voice quality in conversations with his legal team as teens chatting after school. Setting up a HD hotline is not complicated uses broadband connections that likely already exist and HD phones available for less than $200. It may actually be the teens that adopt HD hotlines first, because the use of VoIP technology and data connections leave HD hotlines unmetered. It does not cost extra to talk 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

Each advance in communication from the telegraph to the telephone to the Internet and HD hotlines makes the world a little smaller, but improving communication between world leaders does not translate directly into world peace. Communication tools do not automatically manufacturer trust, but they do provide opportunities to reduce misunderstanding. The US taxpayers spent $10's of millions of dollars recently so President Obama could travel to Moscow to meet with President Menvedev and reduce the risk of misunderstanding. No one doubts the value of the original hotline between the countries, and it seems self-evident the original hotline should offer the best available voice quality. At $200 for each HD capable device, the same logic applies to just about every context where communication matters.

Please join us for a discussion about HD hotlines and other emerging communications topics at the brown bag lunch "Conversation with Jeff Pulver" ) hosted by Mintz Levin in Washington, DC on Tuesday, July 14, 2009. RSVP to this event on Facebook

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Daniel Berninger is CEO, FWD. His bio can be seen here.

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Tags: voip, FCC, public policy, Washington, D.C., social media, HD Hotlines, Daniel Berninger, Jeff Keni Pulver

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Call for Characters: Announcing #140conf Los Angeles and London

The 140 Characters Conference (#140conf) that took place June 16-17 2009 is now history. In two days, approx. 140 people spoke on one stage in 69 different sessions. You can now watch the videos from the conference over at http://140conf.com. Special thanks to everyone who participated in the event, both in person and on the net.

I am looking for a new “Cast of Characters” for #140conf: LA taking place October 27/28 in the Wadsworth Theater in Los Angeles as well as for #140conf: London taking place November 10/11. (Special thanks to Kodak who is the title sponsor of both events.)

Once again I plan to look at twitter as a platform and look at the effects of twitter on: Celebrity, “The Media”, Advertising and Politics as well as other topics based on the proposals received.

I believe we are now living in “The State of NOW” (see: http://pulverblog.pulver.com/archives/008950.html ) and that the advent of the NOW Internet has ushered in a new era of the net whose effects will be felt for some time to come. #140conf is not a twitter conference where we will be intentionally sharing twitter “tips and techniques” but rather an event which will be exploring the effects of the NOW Internet on the future of various industries around the world. It just happens I believe twitter is the language of the NOW Internet and I look at the people who are using twitter as a fundamental part of their business as pioneers in this new space.

If you know someone whose approach to business has been affected by twitter, I would appreciate it if you could nominate them to be a character at one or both of my upcoming events. (You can also feel free to nominate yourself.) If you have an idea/suggestion for a panel, please feel free to suggest the speakers. Please feel free to email: jeff @ pulver.com.

I plan on keeping the format of the event fast past with the majority of the individual speaking spots limited to 10 minutes and the panels to be no more than 20 minutes.

The deadline for this “Call for Characters” is July 24th but, if possible, I would appreciate receiving your feedback before the deadline.

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

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July 09, 2009

Jay ThePal Documentary of #140conf

Jay ThePal was part of the “Cast of Characters” at the 140 Characters Conferences that took place last month in New York City.

The following is Jay’s documentary of the time he spent at #140conf:

“Jay ThePal (me) goes to the 140 Character(s) Conference in New York City! Follow his (my) adventures as he meets people, sees people talk and makes new pals!! YEAH! He met up with all sorts of people, from founders of companies to a politician to Internet strategists and a LOT of really cool people from the Twitter! Check it out!

OH YEAH: Watch this docu and listen for cuttings from my new theme song--It's done by Skitzofrenic check out more music here: http://www.myspace.com/skitzonuts BUT WATCH THE DOCU FIRST, MAN!!

Thanks to everyone who spoke to us! Please @reply us on Twitter @ThePal or @JayThePal or @KayThePal if you met us and we haven't followed you back, yet! Connect! It's what the Internet is all about, man! YEAH!! “

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

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Event: “Conversation with Jeff Pulver” - July 14th in Washington DC

Readers of my blog are invited to join me for a "Brown Bag Lunch" in the offices of Mintz Levin in Washington, D.C. for "Conversation with Jeff Pulver" hosted by Howard Symons

The event will run from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM and will follow-up on conversations started in NYC at the HD Communications Summit in May and last month’s 140 Characters Conference.

I am looking forward to the interactive discussion which will follow.

To confirm access to the event, please also register over at: http://amiando.com/dclunch.html. You can also join this event on Facebook.

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Tags: breakfast, Personal Social Media Toolkit, voip, FCC, public policy, Washington, D.C., social media, facebook, Social Media Breakfast, Jeff Keni Pulver

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July 08, 2009

Invitation to Events in Washington DC on July 14, 2009:

Please join me in Washington, DC on Tuesday, July 14, 2009.

My day starts off at the Old Ebbitts Grill for the next Washington DC "Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and friends).”

Following breakfast, friends are invited to attend a brown bag lunch "Conversation with Jeff Pulver" at Mintz Levin hosted by Howard Symons at noon arose to follow-up on conversations started in NYC at the HD Communications Summit in May and the 140 Characters Conference.

The awareness of high definition voice in Washington, DC is near zero even as HD voice quality improvements could prove transformative for every aspect of government from international diplomacy to military communication and homeland security. The awareness of Twitter in contrast is high, but there still exists a need to connect the dots on how Twitter sets in motion the transformation to the NOW Internet.

The trip marks a re-engagement with the policy community in Washington, DC. People following me over the years will remember the founding of the VON Coalition and intensive efforts leading up to the so called ”Pulver Order” in 2004. This trip will include announcements of similarly ambitious plans, and I look forward to a full day of meetings reconnecting with friends in DC. Feel free to email me (jeff @ pulver.com ) to suggest people, government departments, or organizations you think I should visit.

Please RSVP for either the breakfast at Ebbitts Grill and/or the brown bag lunch at Mintz Levin.

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Tags: breakfast, Personal Social Media Toolkit, voip, FCC, public policy, Washington, D.C., social media, facebook, Social Media Breakfast, Jeff Keni Pulver

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July 07, 2009

Event: Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and friends) in Washington DC on Jul 14th

On Tuesday July 14th I will be in Washington, D.C. and hosting my 2nd "Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and friends)" event this year in DC from 8-10 AM.

To RSVP, please visit this event on Facebook.

Everyone attending this breakfast will receive a "Personal Social Networking Toolkit." Friends can learn more about my “Personal Social Networking Toolkit” by watching the video below:

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Tags: breakfast, Personal Social Media Toolkit, Washington, D.C., social media, facebook, Social Media Breakfast, Jeff Pulver

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July 06, 2009

My new book: Get Yourself Lucky

I have recently started writing a book, “Get Yourself Lucky.”

If being lucky means being in the right place at the right time, my book is about getting yourself to that right place. And sometimes the path to getting lucky comes from being in motion. “People in motion stay in motion” is something I also believe. My book will cover this and a number of other thoughts shared in the on-going series of introspective blog posts during the past few years.

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If you are new to my blog, please read: this post to better understand the words of the person you are reading.

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July 05, 2009

Innovation is Alive and Well in Tel Aviv

Tonight I am flying back to the States after spending the past week in Israel.

During the past week I had a chance to meet with more than 30 Hi-Tech startups, mostly focused in the Internet / Apps / Services space. One big difference in the focus of startups since I visited Tel Aviv three months ago were the addition of "NOW" Internet companies in the startup scene. I believe we are at the commencement of a new era in the history of the Internet and the upside will be real BIG for the companies which can figure out how to best leverage the real-time internet.

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July 04, 2009

Happy 4th of July!

Happy and Safe 4th of July to all those who are celebrating today. :)

Tags: July 4th, Jeff Keni Pulver

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July 01, 2009

Congratulations to the Ben Gurion University of the Negev Class of 2009:

Earlier today I had an opportunity to visit and speak at Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) on the day that members of the graduating class presented their senior projects. I first visited BGU on their 2007 Senior Projects Day and was looking forward to once again catching up with some of the future leaders of the Israeli Hi-Tech industry.

Being on campus at BGU was an amazing experience and I was totally blown away by the people I met and senior projects presented, including a number of robots which were demonstrated. I enjoyed talking with a number of the students and having a chance to ask them what they learned during the past year while they were working on their one year projects. In my eyes these were not really students, but rather groups of micro CEOs given the challenge that in one year they need to deliver on the project assigned to them. And while not everyone in every team was able to complete their project, it really didn’t matter. What many of these students learned is that sometimes it is the journey that is more important than where they started from or ended up. And that on that road from inception and creation of a project to the eventual fulfillment and delivery, the knowledge that they picked up and the things which they experienced can be just as important contribution to their future as anything they could possibly learn from attending classes.

While Israel may not have much oil amongst it’s natural resources, being at BGU was a reminder that in Israel, there are oil wells being born every day. The students at BGU represent a cross sampling of people whose presence will be felt in the Hi-Tech industries in the days, months and years ahead. It was an honor to have a chance to experience Israeli innovation first hand.

The time spent at BGU made it clear to me that one of the reasons why innovation is alive and well in Israel has to do with the great work of Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

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Tags: Yossi Vardi, Gilad Zirkel Friedman, Beer Sheva, Israel, Jeff Pulver

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June 30, 2009

TechCrunch: Sense Of Fashion Is A Social Marketplace For Indie Fashion

"Sense of Fashion is an Israeli startup that aims to be a marketplace for both Indie fashion designers to sell their designs and for consumers to be able to access clothes made by aspiring designers. The site also serves a social purpose—it lets any user create a fashion homepage of sorts where you can add photos of what you wear your favorite clothes and designs. Designers can create storefronts on this platform as well."

Click here to read the entire story.

Nice to see Sense of Fashion recognized by TechCrunch.

For related story see: Spotlight on: Sense of Fashion

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Tags: Sense of Fashion, StartUp, Tel Aviv,Israel, Daria Shualy, Social Media, Jeff Pulver

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June 29, 2009

Event: Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and friends) in Tel Aviv (today)

This morning I am in Tel Aviv, Israel and hosting another edition of “Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and Friends)” in Tel Aviv, this time at Tel Aviv University.

I am looking forward to hosting my 14th breakfast of the year and my 3rd in Tel Aviv this year. Special thanks to Sharon Kuper for helping to make this breakfast happen.

Friends attending today's breakfast are asked to include #09BWF14 in the title of their Facebook photo albums.

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June 28, 2009

Are you a Character?

I am looking for a new "Cast of Characters" for the 140 Characters Conference: LA (Oct 27/28) and 140 Characters Conference: London (Nov 10/11).

If you are a character or would like to nominate someone, you can either contact me directly by sending email to: jeff@pulver.com or tweet your nomination and include #140conf. The casting call will end on July 24th.

For more information regarding the 140 Characters Conference, please visit: http://140conf.com

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June 27, 2009

140conf Rebroadcast - June 29 and June 30th

Friends are invited to participate in the re-broadcast of the 140 Characters Conference which will be taking place on June 29th and June 30th.

This will be a “Director’s Cut” re-broadcast as some of the speakers will be tweeting while their session is being re-broadcast.

The broadcast starts at 11 AM (EST) each day.

To watch the re-broadcast, visit http://140conf.com/watch

Hope you can join us on Monday and Tuesday for the re-broadcast. Please include #140conf when you tweet about the content you are watching.

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The 140 Character Conference - Day 1 Rebroadcast Schedule
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June 29th Schedule: (Time is EST)
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1. 11:00 AM - Jeff Keni Pulver (@jeffpulver), creator/founder/host #140conf
“The State of NOW”

2. 11:15 AM - Jack Dorsey (@jack) - creator, co-founder & Chairman, twitter

3. 11:27 AM - Tim O’Reilly (@timoreilly) - Founder and CEO, O’Reilly Media.
“What twitter has taught me”

4. 11:43 AM - Fred Wilson (@fredwilson) - is a VC and principal of Union Square Ventures:
“The Power of Passed Links and Earned Media”

5. 11:53 AM - John Borthwick - CEO of betaworks
“The twitter Ecosystem”

6. 12:05 AM - avid Saranga (@DavidSaranga) - Consul for Media and Public Affairs at the Israeli Consulate in New York
“The use of Twitter in Public Diplomacy”

7. 12:19 AM twitter: Newspapers
“The effect of twitter on Newspapers”

Participants:
John Boitnott (@jboitnott) - Social Media strategist, Village Voice
Erick Schonfeld (@erickschonfeld) - co-editor, TechCrunch
Etan Horowitz (@etanowitz) - Technology writer, Orlando Sentinel
Patrick LaForge (@palafo) - Director of the Copy Desks, The New York Times
Peter A. McKay (@peteramckay) - Writer, Wall Street Journal

8. 12:42 AM - Howard Lindzon (@howardlindzon) - Wallstrip Creator, Hedge Fund Manager, Venture Fund Manager and StockTwits.com
“Living in a twitter world.”

9. 12:50 AM - twitter: TV
“what twitter means to TV shows and their producers”

Participants:
Caissie St.Onge (@Caissie) - Writer/Producer, Best Week Ever
Craig Engler (@Craigatscifi) - SVP and GM of Sci Fi Digital.
Gavin Purcell (@gavinpurcell) - co-producer, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Shelly Palmer (@shelly_palmer) - Host, MediaBytes. President, NATAS–NY and the Emmy Awards. Author, Television Disrupted

10. 1:12 PM - Liz Strauss (@lizstrauss)”
Marketing for the eavesdroppers in the tridimensional conversation”

11. 1:22 PM - Stowe Boyd (@stoweboyd)
“The evolution of Microsyntax”

12. 1:33 PM - “The effects of twitter on My Business
or how things are different now because of twitter. The corporate perspective”

Participants:
Brian Solis (@briansolis) - Principal of FutureWorks
Brook Lundy (@someecards) - Co-Founder and Head Writer, someecards
Marcel LeBrun (@lebrun) - CEO, Radian6
Tony Hsieh (@zappos) - CEO, Zappos.com

13. 1:54 PM - Maegan Carberry (@maegancarberry) - Blogger, Huffington Post // CauseCast // Lifehack; co-host Variety’s Wilshire and Washington, Managing Editor, truuconfessions.com.
“Politics: possibilities of bipartisanship and/or post-partisanship on Twitter. “

14. 2:05 PM - “twitter as a News Gathering Tool”

Participants:
Ann Curry (@AnnCurry) - News Anchor on NBC’s Today Show and host of Dateline NBC
Rick Sanchez (@ricksanchezcnn) - Host of the 3PM weekday edition of CNN Newsroom
Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer)
Ryan Osborn (@todayshow) - Producer, NBC Today Show

15. 2:41 PM - John A. Byrne (@JohnAByrne) - Editor in Chief, BusinessWeek.com
“The Business Week perspective on twitter”

16. 3:04 PM - James Cox (@imajes)
“The story behind CNNBRK”

17. 3:14 PM - Moeed Ahmad (@moeed) - Head of New Media Technology and Future Media Department Technology Division, Al Jazeera Network
“The Al Jazeera Twitter Strategy”

18. 3:26 PM - Jeremy Epstein (@jer979) - Marketing Navigator, Never Stop Marketing
“How I followed Jeff Pulver on Twitter for 16 Months and Ended Up on This Stage: Twitter as a Strategic Relationship Building Tool”

19. 3:38 PM - Christopher R. Weingarten (@1000TimesYes) - Music Writer, RollingStone.com and Village Voice
“Twitter and the End Of Music Criticism”

20. 3:49 PM - Jeffrey Hayzlett (@JeffreyHayzlett) - Chief Marketing Officer, Kodak
“Kodak and twitter: What we are learning”

21. 4:10 PM - Kevin Slavin - founder area/code
“Things that twitter”

22. 4:21 PM - twitter: Music
“Exploring the use of twitter in the Music Industry”

Participants:
Jim Jones (@jimjonescapo) - Recording artist
Leslie Hall (@dollyhall) - Principal, ICED Media
Ted Cohen (@TAGStrategic) - Managing Partner
Xavier Jernigan (@xjernigan) - Director, Digital Marketing & Strategy at Universal Motown Republic Group

23. 4:40PM twitter: Sports
“A look at how twitter is used in Pro Sports”

Participants:
ESPN Katie Richman (@ESPN_ProdGirl)
Jeramie McPeek (@SunsWebmaster) - Webmaster, Phoenix Suns
Kathleen Hessert (@kathleenhessert) - President, Sports Media Challenge
troy murphy (@troy_murphy) - Forward, Indiana Pacers

24. 4:57 PM - Musicians, Bloggers and Twitter
“The new Artist / Fan Relationship”

Participants:
BarbaraJones (@BarbaraJones)
Diane Birch (@dianebirch) - Recording Artist
Steve Greenberg (@steviegpro) - founder & CEO, S-Curve Records
(includes a performance by Diane Birch)

25. 5:19 PM - twitter: Moms
“Exploring the way Moms use twitter”

Participants:
Audrey McClelland (@AudreyMcClellan) - Co-owner of MomGenerations.com
Jessica Gottlieb (@JessicaGottlieb)
Lindsay Maines (@rockandrollmama)
Maya Bisineer (@thinkmaya)

26. 5:43 PM - Laura Fitton (@Pistachio) - Founder, oneforty inc. and co-Author Twitter for Dummies
“twitter: A Love Story”

27. 5:54 PM - Sharon Glassman (@sharonglassman) - Funny-smart author, HuffPost blogger, performing speaker
“Geek, Dorks, Nerds: How to make your most “uncool” self your Tweetest asset.”

28. 6:01 PM - twitter and Mad Men
“A look at the story behind the story about MadMen who twitter. Surprise Mad Man will be unveiled at #140Conf!”

Participants:
Carri Bugbee (@peggyolson)
Helen Klein Ross (@bettydraper)

29. 6:18 PM - Brad Fidler (@brad_fidler)
“Twitter Freedoms”

30. 6:30 PM - Andrew Keen (@ajkeen)
“Twitter and power”

31. 6:41 PM - twitter Celebs
“the making of a twitter celebrity”

Participants:
adventuregirl (@adventuregirl)
Chris Brogan (@chrisbrogan) - President, New Marking Labs
Julia Roy (@juliaroy) - Senior Agent of Social Life™ at Undercurrent and Creator/Host of Tweet Week, a weekly vlog about Twitter youtube.com/tweetweek
Justine (@ijustine)

32. 7:02 PM - Rajesh Setty (@UpbeatNow) - Entrepreneur, Author and Speaker
“ThinkTweet: Books that tweet”

33. 7:13 PM - “twitter: For the Social Good”

Participants:
Adam Hirsch (@adamhirsch) - COO, Mashable.com
Amanda Rose (@amanda) - Founder, @twestival
drew olanoff (@drew) - #BlameDrewsCancer
Liane Thompson (@missilecitykids)
StaceyMonk (@StaceyMonk) - Founder of Epic Change and TweetsGiving.

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Day 2 Rebroadcast Schedule
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June 30th Schedule: (Time is EST)
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1. 11:00 AM - Mike Koehler (@mkokc) - New Media Director for STF | PR, creator of #OKstorms, #OKice; former multimedia guru at NewsOK/Opubco
“Using twitter for Public Safety”

2. 11:13 AM - Eric Peterson (@erictpeterson)
“twitter Stats”

3. 11:24 AM - Mahesh Murthy (@maheshmurthy) - Founder, Pinstorm
“twitter’s role in an integrated digital marketing plan”

4. 11:35 AM - Steve Rubel (@steverubel) - SVP, Director of Insights, Edelman Digital
“twitter and PR”

5. 11:47 AM - twitter: Book Publishing
“Lies My Twitter Never Told Me” - Twitter Rocks Publishing; Authors Crush It!

Participants:
Debbie Stier (@debbiestier) - SVP, Associate Publisher, Harper Studio
Kaylie Jones (@KaylieJones) - Novelist. Her upcoming memoir is: “Lies My Mother Never Told Me.” Her bestsellig novel: “A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries” (Merchant Ivory film)
Kevin Heisler (@KevinHeisler) - Literary Executor
Ron Hogan (@RonHogan) - Curator, Beatrice.com

6. 12:05 PM - Chris Brogan (@chrisbrogan) - President, New Marking Labs
“twitter and Trust Agents”

7. 12:27 PM - “twitter as the GPS for the Greater Social Media Mesh”

Participants:
Aaron Strout (@AaronStrout) - CMO, Powered, Inc.
Brian Morrissey (@bmorrissey) - Digital Editor at Adweek
David Berkowitz (@dberkowitz) - Emerging Media Director, 360i
Hadley Stern (@hadleystern) - Vice-President, Fidelity Labs
Peter Fasano (@pfasano) - Principal/Lead Catalyst, Mass+Logic

8. 12:49 PM - “twitter and Serendipity”
Sol Lipman, (@solster), co-founder 12 Seconds.TV

9. 1:00 PM - “twitter: Video”

Participants:
Christian Payne (@Documentally)
Jeffrey Hayzlett (@JeffreyHayzlett) - CMO, Kodak
Steve Garfield (@stevegarfield)
Sukhjit Ghag (@sukhjit)

10. 1:21 PM - Bronwen Clune (@bronwen) - CEO, Norg Media
“Twitter, the media and chaos theory”

11. 1:32 PM - “White House Correspondency in the Age of Twitter”

Participants:
Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) - National Correspondent for Air America radio
Jason Linkins (@dceiver) - Editor of the Huffington Post’s “Eat The Press” blog.
Jim Long (@newmediajim) - photojournalist, NBC News
Mike Madden (@mikemadden) - Salon.com Washington correspondent

12. 1:54 PM - “twitter and Brands: Lessons learned and learning”

Participants:
Jeff Simmermon (@jeffTWC) - Director Digital Communications
jeffTWC (@jeffTWC) - Director Digital Communications
Jennifer Cisney (@kodakCB) - Kodak’s Chief Blogger
John Bell (@jbell99) - Managing Director, Ogilvy’s 360 Digital Influence practice
John Wolf (@MarriottIntl) - Senior Director, Public Relations, Marriott Intl

13. 2:12 PM - Marlooz (@marlooz) - Filmmaker and internetjunkie
“Love 2.0″

14. 2:28 PM - “twitter: Publishing
People Get Real: forward-thinking publishing experts discuss twitter and how it is loved & feared in-industry and what this means for you”

Participants:
Ami Greko (@ami_with_an_i) - Digital Marketing Manager, Macmillan.
Colleen Lindsay (@ColleenLindsay) - Literary Agent, FinePrint
Richard Nash (@R_Nash) - former publisher of Soft Skull Press; publishing guru
Russ Marshalek (@russmarshalek) - Freelance book publicist
Ryan Chapman (@chapmanchapman) - Digital Marketing, Macmillan

15. 2:44 PM - Hjortur Smarason (@hjortur) - Editor in chief: IMinnovation.org; Co-founder: IfTheWorldCouldVote.com
“How I became a twitter character - rules of engagement”

16. 2:56 PM - Scott Porad (@scottporad) - Cheezburger Technology Officer; Company: I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Follow Friday”

17. 3:06 PM - “twitter and Science”

Participants:
Deborah Berebichez (@thesciencebabe)
Michelle Gill (@jayhawkbabe)

18. 3:18 PM - twitter: Apps
“A look at twitter apps and their road ahead”

Participants:
Adam Ostrow (@adamostrow)
Adarsh Pallian (@pallian)
Bernard Desarnauts (@bernard_d) - SVP International & GM Europe, Glam Media
Iain Dodsworth (@iaindodsworth)
Jodee Rich (@WingDude)

19. 3:40 PM - Heather Gold (@heathr)
“Being “Private” in Public”

20. 3:51 PM - Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee)
“Scaling and Caring”

21. 4:02 PM - “twitter: The Interview”

Chris Sacca interviews multi-platinum musician, actor, and producer Wyclef Jean about what Twitter means to him and the impact he sees it having on the entertainment industry.

Participants:
Chris Sacca (@sacca)
Wyclef Jean (@wyclef) - multi-platinum Haitian-American musician, actor, producer and former-member of the hip hop trio The Fugees. Wyclef has sold more than 31 million albums.

22. 4:27 PM - “Digital Diplomacy and Cultural Collaboration”

Participants:
Andrew Kneale (@andrewkneale) - Transatlantic Project Coordinator. British Council
Evan M. O’Neil (@gpi) - Global Policy Innovations Magazine
Joshua Fouts (@josholalia) - Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs; Senior Fellow, Digital Media and Public Policy, The Center for the Study of the Presidency Chief Global Strategist, Dancing Ink Productions, LLC
Michael Jay Friedman (@americagovprint) - U.S. Dept. of State (IIP/PUBP)
Rita J. King (@RitaJKing) - CEO and Creative Director, Dancing Ink Productions

23. 4:36 PM - JP Rangaswami (@jobsworth) - Managing Director, BT Design
“twitter in the Enterprise”

24. 4:58 PM - “Designing User Experiences for Twitter”

Participants:
Jayson Elliot (@JaysonElliot) - Director of User Experience, Wunderman
Jeff Dachis (@jeffdachis) - CEO, Dachis Corporation; Senior Partner, Bond Art + Science
Karen McGrane (@karenmcgrane) - Senior Partner, Bond Art + Science
Whitney Hess (@whitneyhess) - Independent user experience designer

25. 5:10 PM - Sudha Jamthe (@sujamthe)
“BottomUp innovation”

26. 5:22 PM - Stephanie Agresta (@StephAgresta) - EVP, Global Director of Digital Strategy and Social Media at Porter Novelli.
“twitter: Affiliate Marketing”

27. 5:39 PM - “twitter and Small Business”

Participants:
Aliza Sherman (@alizasherman)
Brian Moran (@BrianMoran) - Founder/Pres Moran Media Group
Rieva Lesonsky (@Rieva) - Founder/CEO of Grow Biz Media.

28. 5:59 PM - “Twitter & The Effect Of Social Media on Fashion Brands & Retailers”

Participants:
Macala Wright (@Macala) - Director of Online Marketing, 1928 Jewelry
Yuli Ziv (@YuliZ) - co-Founder of My”It”Things

29. 6:11 PM - “Across the pond - UK Media Panel
Open forum with journalists, authors and microbloggers from the UK looking at how twitter is shaping and disrupting across different media and news projects.”

Participants:
Ande Gregson (@media140) - founder, media140
Kate AG (@RadioKate) - Microblogger/Project Catalyst BBC
Paul Carr (@paulcarr) - Author and Guardian columnist

30. 6:32 PM - “The Wisdom of Twitter”

Participants:
Dean Landsman (@DeanLand)
Howard Greenstein (@howardgr)

31. 6:46 PM - Callie Kimball (@calindrome) - Project Manager, Media Works at NBC Universal, and Playwright.
“All the Web’s A Stage: The arts as a shared experience on Twitter.”

32. 6:56 PM - Jeffrey Sass (@sass) - VP Biz Dev, Myxer
“Everything I Know About Twitter I Learned In Grade School”

33. 7:08 PM - Melissa Pierce (@melissapierce) - Producer, Life In Perpetual Beta Film Series
“The Documentary that happened because of twitter”

34. 7:19 PM - Marah (@marahverse)
“twitter: poetry”

Watch: http://blip.tv/file/2269437

35. 7:29 PM - James Gross (@TheJames) - Vice President, Federated Media
“Advertising with twitter”

36. 7:42 PM - “A look at twitter services, apps and what’s next”

Participants:
Albert Maruggi (@AlbertMaruggi)
Mario Menti (@mario) - twitterfeed.com founder
+ special guests

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June 26, 2009

Jeff Pulver and #140conf on CNBC:

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June 25, 2009

Event: Jeff Pulver will be a guest on “Gadgets and Games” with Clayton Morris on Fox News (Friday, 2-3PM EST)

Tomorrow afternoon I will be a guest on “Gadgets and Games” with Clayton Morris on Fox News from 2PM to 3PM (EST). I will be joining Robert Scoble and Gary Vaynerchuk to talk about the future of social media.

I am looking forward to being part of an hour of what I believe will be “Must watch Social Media TV.” :)

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

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June 24, 2009

Watch 33 Sessions from Day 1 of 140conf:

The 140 Characters Conference (#140conf) took place June 16-17 in New York City. Follow the links below to watch any of the 33 sessions from the first day of the event

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The 140 Character Conference Video Library - Day 1 Video Recap
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1. Jeff Keni Pulver (@jeffpulver), creator/founder/host #140conf

Watch: “The State of NOW”

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2. Jack Dorsey (@jack) - creator, co-founder & Chairman, twitter

Watch: http://blip.tv/file/2250926>the twitter story

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3. Tim O'Reilly (@timoreilly) - Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media.

Watch: “What twitter has taught me”

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4. Fred Wilson (@fredwilson) - is a VC and principal of Union Square Ventures:

Watch: “The Power of Passed Links and Earned Media”

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5. John Borthwick (@johnborthwick) - CEO of betaworks

Watch: “The twitter Ecosystem”

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6. David Saranga (@DavidSaranga) - Consul for Media and Public Affairs at the Israeli Consulate in New York

Watch: “The use of Twitter in Public Diplomacy”

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7. twitter: Newspapers

Watch: “The effect of twitter on Newspapers”

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8. Howard Lindzon (@howardlindzon) - Wallstrip Creator, Hedge Fund Manager, Venture Fund Manager and StockTwits.com

Watch: “Living in a twitter world.”

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9. twitter: TV

Watch: “what twitter means to TV shows and their producers”

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10. Liz Strauss (@lizstrauss)

Watch: "Marketing for the eavesdroppers in the tridimensional conversation”

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11. Stowe Boyd (@stoweboyd)

Watch: “The evolution of Microsyntax”

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12. “The effects of twitter on My Business
or how things are different now because of twitter. The corporate perspective”

Watch: The effects of twitter on My Business

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13. Maegan Carberry (@maegancarberry) - Blogger, Huffington Post // CauseCast // Lifehack; co-host Variety's Wilshire and Washington, Managing Editor, truuconfessions.com.

Watch: “Politics: possibilities of bipartisanship and/or post-partisanship on Twitter."

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14. “twitter as a News Gathering Tool”

Participants:
Ann Curry (@AnnCurry) - News Anchor on NBC's Today Show and host of Dateline NBC
Rick Sanchez (@ricksanchezcnn) - Host of the 3PM weekday edition of CNN Newsroom
Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer)
Ryan Osborn (@todayshow) - Producer, NBC Today Show

Watch: “twitter as a News Gathering Tool” (Part 1)
Watch: “twitter as a News Gathering Tool” (Part 2)

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15. John A. Byrne (johnabyrne>@JohnAByrne) - Editor in Chief, BusinessWeek.com

Watch: “The Business Week perspective on twitter”

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16. James Cox (@imajes)

Watch: “The story behind CNNBRK”

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17. Moeed Ahmad (moeed>@moeed) - Head of New Media Technology and Future Media Department Technology Division, Al Jazeera Network

Watch: “The Al Jazeera Twitter Strategy”

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18. Jeremy Epstein (@jer979) - Marketing Navigator, Never Stop Marketing

Watch: “How I followed Jeff Pulver on Twitter for 16 Months and Ended Up on This Stage: Twitter as a Strategic Relationship Building Tool”

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19. Christopher R. Weingarten (@1000TimesYes) - Music Writer, RollingStone.com and Village Voice

Watch: “Twitter and the End Of Music Criticism”

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20. Jeffrey Hayzlett (@JeffreyHayzlett) - Chief Marketing Officer, Kodak

Watch: “Kodak and twitter: What we are learning”

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21. Kevin Slavin (@slavin) - founder area/code

Watch: “Things that twitter”

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22. twitter: Music

Watch: “Exploring the use of twitter in the Music Industry”

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23. twitter: Sports

Watch: “A look at how twitter is used in Pro Sports”

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24. Musicians, Bloggers and Twitter

Participants:
BarbaraJones (@BarbaraJones)
Diane Birch (@dianebirch) - Recording Artist
Steve Greenberg (@steviegpro) - founder & CEO, S-Curve Records

Watch: “The new Artist / Fan Relationship”
(includes a performance by Diane Birch)

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25. twitter: Moms

Participants:
Audrey McClelland (@AudreyMcClellan) - Co-owner of MomGenerations.com
Jessica Gottlieb (@JessicaGottlieb)
Lindsay Maines (@rockandrollmama)
Maya Bisineer (@thinkmaya)

Watch: “Exploring the way Moms use twitter”

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26. Laura Fitton (@Pistachio) - Founder, oneforty inc. and co-Author Twitter for Dummies

Watch: “twitter: A Love Story”

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27. Sharon Glassman (@sharonglassman) - Funny-smart author, HuffPost blogger, performing speaker

Watch: "Geek, Dorks, Nerds: How to make your most "uncool" self your Tweetest asset."

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28. twitter and Mad Men

“A look at the story behind the story about MadMen who twitter. Surprise Mad Man will be unveiled at #140Conf!”

Participants:
Carri Bugbee (@peggyolson)
Helen Klein Ross (@bettydraper)

Watch: twitter and Mad Men

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29. Brad Fidler (@brad_fidler)

Watch: “Twitter Freedoms”

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30. Andrew Keen (@ajkeen)

Watch: “Twitter and power”

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31. twitter Celebs

Watch: “the making of a twitter celebrity”

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32. Rajesh Setty (@UpbeatNow) - Entrepreneur, Author and Speaker

Watch: “ThinkTweet: Books that tweet”

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33. “twitter: For the Social Good”

Watch: “twitter: For the Social Good”

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

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June 23, 2009

Jeff Pulver on the 140 Characters Conference

It was during the following interview that I realized that June 16, 2009 was one of the best days of my life. Special thanks to Open University for being a part of #140conf. And please follow this link to their coverage of this story.

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

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June 22, 2009

Recap: 140 Characters Conference - June 16/17 in NYC

In the end, the 140 Characters Conference (#140conf) turned out to be two of the best days of my life. There was an energy present in the room which was pretty amazing. Just watch part II of “twitter of a News Gathering Tool” to get a feel of what I am referring to. Feel free to browse some of the blog posts and news stories posted to: http://140conf.com/news to hear what some of the attending delegates had to say about the event.

#140conf brought together a community of people with diverse backgrounds from across multiple industries from literally around the world. There are too many people to thank for their individual contributions but I just wanted everyone to know that their contributions were appreciated and I look forward to working with them again.

One of my goals of creating and producing #140conf was to in effect enable what could be best described as: “Social Media Heterosis” (hybrid vigor in the social media space) and cross connect communities which are all using twitter as a platform to communicate for their business but would have otherwise have never had any reason to meet each or connect with each other. (Special thanks to Becky McCray for introducing me to the word “hybrid vigor”)

I first started creating / hosting / producing events in 1996. Over the years the formats of my events have evolved and what 500 people experienced last week at New World Stages was my new recipe for producing events. I believe most events suffer from too-many-breakout-sesion-itis. My solution to this problem is to offer everyone the same shared common experience. This is a chance for everyone who chooses to be in the room to hear what everyone else is saying. This is a chance for a community to bond together and a chance for a voice to resonate. This is why I choose to produce the event on an off-Broadway stage and why I ran everything in the same room.

I believe that everyone IS a Character. That every voice is important and should be heard. While I hope my guests enjoyed hearing from some of the people they knew of before they attended #140conf, I also hope they brought home the voices of some of the people who they didn’t know before but discovered at #140conf. (Personally, I thought Christopher R. Weingarten from RollingStone.com was just amazing. Watch his performance at: http://pulverblog.pulver.com/archives/008954.html)

The introduction of the 10 minute speaker format (see #140conf schedule) mostly worked and offered an opportunity for the discovery of more people and more information than can happen in a traditional conference setting. If you would like to view some of the 69 recorded video sessions from #140conf, you can request viewing access by visiting: http://140conf.com/mailing-list.

I believe the “State of NOW” represents a big shift in the nature of how we will use the Internet and I look at just about everyone who is a member of the #140conf community to be a pioneer in this new field. I believe I achieved my stated goal of “producing an event that explored the use of twitter as a platform and looked at the effects of twitter on: Celebrity, The Media, Advertising and Politics.”

The goal wasn’t to be “just a twitter conference” but rather look at how a diverse group of people are being effected by twitter and provide a platform for people to listen, learn and connect with the people who were sharing their voices and perspectives.

As my short conference format evolves, I am sure it will offer more time for interactive questions. I did ask each of the Characters who spoke to make it a point to stay around and talk with everyone. I thank everyone who listened and I hope more will take this request to heart at future events. When we take questions from the audience, I will ask that questions and/or statements are done in 140 characters or less to allow more time for interaction.

Based on the success of #140conf, I have already started work on two additional events, #140conf: LA and #140conf: London. It is my intention for each event to build upon the characteristics of the city which is located in while continuing to add to the diversity of the communities represented.

I’m happy to announce that Kodak has come forward to be the title sponsor of both #140conf: LA and #140conf: London. This said, I am looking for other companies interested in sponsoring as well as companies which would like to be part of the #140conf Application Showcase.

I am also looking for people to nominate “Characters” for these events. The nomination process is already underway. The deadline for nominations is: July 24th. (If you have any questions about this process, please feel free to contact me directly.)

Special thanks to Social Approach and the work they continue to put into http://live.140conf.com. You can use their platform to subscribe to all of the characters from #140conf.

Special thanks also to our #140conf exhibitors:

- 140Ware
- Chatterbox
- CoTweet
- Glam Media - Tinker
- hootsuite
- Keenkong
- Kodak
- PeopleBrowsr

Special thanks also to Porter Novelli who sponsored our VIP Reception on June 15th and to Partners 1993, Inc. who sponsored our Networking Party on June 16th.

Please visit http://140conf.com to receive updates regarding future events. Please also follow @140conf on twitter.

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June 21, 2009

Christopher R. Weingarten from RollingStone.com at the 140 Characters Conference:

Christopher R. Weingarten (@1000TimesYes) - Music Writer, RollingStone.com and Village Voice spoke at The 140 Characters Conference in New York on June 16, 2009.

I really enjoyed his talk about “Twitter and the End Of Music Criticism.”

One of my favorite memories from the 140 Characters Conference, Chris Sacca (@sacca) and Wyclef Jean (@wyclef):

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

On Monday, June 29th I will be in Tel Aviv and hosting my third Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and Friends) in Tel Aviv this year from 0830 to 1100. I am looking forward to catching up with my friends.

To RSVP, please visit this event on Facebook and please also RSVP over at: http://www.amiando.com/09BWJ14.html and bring your printed confirmation to gain access to the event.

As Aroma is not charging us for use of their facility, the minimum purchase is 20nis. Coffee and a baked good will be offered at that price or order whatever you like but the cashiers will be charging 20nis as a minimum for all attendees.

Everyone attending this breakfast will receive a "Personal Social Networking Toolkit." Friends can learn more about my “Personal Social Networking Toolkit” by watching the video below:

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June 19, 2009

The 140 Characters Conference: twitter as a News Gathering Tool

Since 1996 I have created / hosted / produced many different events. Of everything I’ve ever been associated with, this panel discussion stands out as an amazing and magical moment in time. It is no coincidence that shortly after this session, @AnnCurry was added to twitters “Suggested Followers List.”

I thank Ryan Olsen (@todayshow) for suggesting that I add this topic to 140Conf and Ann Curry for coming to #140conf and sharing her perspective the way she did. (Ann, you were just amazing!)

(Part 2)

(Part 1) (this starts off with the end of Maegan Carberry (@maegancarberry) session)

Special thanks to: Ann Curry (@AnnCurry) - News Anchor on NBC's Today Show and host of Dateline NBC;Rick Sanchez (@ricksanchezcnn) - Host of the 3PM weekday edition of CNN Newsroom; Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer); Ryan Osborn (@todayshow) - Producer, NBC Today Show and Clayton Morris (@ClaytonMorris). Anchor Fox and Friends Anchor Fox for being a part of this session.

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June 18, 2009

Chris Sacca and Wyclef Jean at 140 Characters Conference

One of my favorite memories from the 140 Characters Conference, Chris Sacca (@sacca) and Wyclef Jean (@wyclef):

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June 17, 2009

Jeff Pulver at 140 Characters Conference: "The State of NOW"

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Follow #140conf on live.140conf.com

Keep up wit Day2 of the 140 Characters Conference by watching: http://live.140conf.com

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June 16, 2009

140 Characters Conference - starts today!

Having worked on the 140 Characters Conference more or less non-stop since the end of March, putting in something like 90 to 110 hours a week and maybe more, I’m really looking forward to the event starting at 08:45AM in the morning.

While this conference was announced at the end of this past March, it feels like I’ve been working on this conference for some time. Maybe it is just my years of experience in creating / hosting / producing events, but there is something really special happening at #140conf. The reality is that twitter is the common bond amongst a group of people that have just about nothing else in common.

During my morning talk I hope to share some of my thoughts about the “State of NOW.” I will be announcing two follow on events, #140conf: London and #140conf: LA which are both scheduled to in October 2009. A formal “Casting Call” for the next set of Characters is forthcoming.

This morning when I will stand in front of the attending audience, I will be a humble person. Things are different now. Better in many ways and had I not experienced some of things I did since March, 2008, I would not appreciate this moment as much as I do. I am quite impressed by both the number of people who are attending and what great distance some of my guests have traveled to be a part of the #140conf experience.

I don’t think words alone could share how special and amazing I know tomorrow will be. Who would know that Time Magazine would put twitter on their cover in one week and the following weekend twitter would become the platform of choice to find out news and information from the #IranElection.

I don’t know if there will be enough time for me to share my appreciation for everyone who has contributed directly to the success of the event. I always wanted to produce a conference which had wide enough appeal to bring in reporters from both Rolling Stone and Sports illustrated to Business Week and Forbes and the 140 Characters Conference is such an event.

Special thanks to everyone who has come out and who has helped me spread the word about #140conf.

You can watch the entire broadcast of #140conf by visiting: http://140conf.com/watch. (Broadcasting LIVE on both June 16th and 17th).

You can also track all of the tweets and media created from the event by watching http://live.140conf.com

View the mobile site over at: http://m.140conf.com

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June 14, 2009

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

140 Characters Conference is starting on Tuesday. There are just a handful of seats still available for sale. I am holding on to two 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:

@140conf I’d like to attend #140conf because…

2. Make sure you’re following @140conf, 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 14th. Travel and accommodation are not included.

Best of luck!

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Who is Who: Jeff Pulver on #140conf

Ulrike Reinhard from the who is blog recently interviewed me about the upcoming 140 Characters Conference.

(What I didn't realize was that the video was being recorded. I just thought the audio soundtrack would be used in a story to be published.)

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There are just a handful of tickets still available for next weeks "140 Characters Conference." Click here to register.

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June 13, 2009

Feeling the "Blur" Leading up to #140conf

With the 140 Characters Conference taking place starting Tuesday, during the past few days I have felt the "Blur" generated by this event. It has been a long time since I was sitting in from of my laotop from 6AM to 4PM and didn't have time to write a blog post.

It has been that kind of intense few days.

I decided to take a break and I just recorded the following video:

Special thanks to Chris Brogan for turning me onto twitter back in January, 2007. Special thanks to EVERYONE who has contributed to this event. Looking forward to hosting/producing #140conf next week.

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June 12, 2009

#140Conf: In the News

The New York Observer: Who is Jeff Pulver and Why Is He Hosting a Conference About Twitter?

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June 10, 2009

Event: The 140 Characters Conference - Networking Party

On the evening of June 16th, I am hosting the 140 Characters Conference Networking Party.

Friends are invited to join me and the "cast of characters" who are in town from around the world for my < A HREF=http://140conf.com>140 Characters Conference for a networking / cocktail party

The cost is: $50 in advance and $75 at the door.

Click here to register and be sure to select “140 Conf: Networking Party Only (June 16th)”

This will be a great evening of networking and the biggest networking event of it kind so far this year in New York City.

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June 09, 2009

Tweet to Become a Character at #140conf!

A week from today the 140 Characters Conference will be taking place at New World Stages in New York City.

After sending out RSVP confirmations to the existing Cast of Characters, I learned that I had two openings in the Cast to fill.

The “Cast of Characters” at #140conf will have full VIP access at the event. There is no speaking role being offered but cast members will be selected to help introduce some of the speakers during the course of the conference.

To be considered as a possible candidate Character to join the cast:

1. Tweet out the reason you are a character, in the following suggested format:

- @140conf I am a Character. I want to be at #140conf because... (yes, you can improvise if needed. After all you are a Character!)

As an alternative approach, record a short video and make your case on video why you are a character. (12seconds is the recommended platform). When promoting a supporting video, use the format:

- @140conf I am a Character and should be considered for cast of #140conf. Watch (link to video)

2. Make sure you’re following @140conf, so you can be notified via Direct Message if you win.

Two Characters will win. Winners will be notified via direct message by midnight ET on Tuesday June 9th. Travel and accommodation are not included.

I look forward to catching up with all of the Characters at the 140 Characters Conference next week in New York City.

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June 08, 2009

Start to Understand the State of NOW. Join 140Conf in NYC next week

Every once in a long while, something BIG happens on the internet can be felt around the world, across multiple industries. Something which will end up being very disruptive to some industries while creating opportunities in others. Today we are in the very early days of the next BIG thing, the Real-time Internet. This is something which has been brewing for some time and during the past number of months the table was set for the real-time, NOW Internet to emerge.

Whether or not you use twitter, or FriendFeed or update your status on Facebook, there are enough people who are doing this at a fast enough frequency that collectively they have had the effect of ushering us into something new, something which I am calling the “State of NOW.”

To better understand the State of NOW, the 140 Characters Conference is bringing together a pretty amazing worldwide twitter community June 16th and 17th in New York City. Collectively the people speaking at the 140 Characters Conference are some of the people helping to pioneer the emergence of the real-time Internet based on the way they are using and taking advantage of twitter as a platform. The 140 Characters conference is NOT just a “tech event” but rather a gathering bringing together people representing multiple disciplines from a number of industries. We are an unique gathering of people representing a special moment in time in the history of the Internet.

If you want to understand the unintended consequences of the “State of NOW” on your business, or start to see new opportunities emerge for you to take advantage of, there is no better place to be than the 140 Characters Conference taking place in NYC next week.

The cost to attend both days (June 16th and 17th) is: US$ 895. To attend on only June 16th the cost is $595. The remaining seating is limited. To register, please visit: http://140conf.com/register

Hope to see you in NYC next week.

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June 07, 2009

One week to go before the 140 Characters Conference: Exploring the State of NOW

140 Characters Conference is taking place in just about a week and I wanted to capture and share some of my thoughts about the upcoming event.

What is your take on the real-time Internet?

Hope you can join me in New York City June 16th and 17th.

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June 05, 2009

Life in 140 Characters. Living in the state of NOW.

I love living in the future.

When I was a kid I was promised: flying cars, jet packs and moon bases together with intrusive Jetson-style video conferencing.

Weirdly all that stuff now feels incredibly retro even though it didn't come to pass (yet).

We somehow leapfrogged the future we were supposed to have into one which it in it’s own right is pretty amazing.

I have enjoyed living on the Internet since 1993. Everyone once in a long while there have been tectonic shifts in the fabric of the Internet itself. And it turns out that most recent tectonic shift is one which has been powered by the people who are on platforms such as: FriendFeed, the people who update their status on Facebook and those who are living with twitter have collectively ushered in the era of the real-time internet.

I have enjoyed having twitter as part of my life the past 2 1/2 years. These past few months I have enjoyed watching twitter reach a tipping point and enter the mainstream and be felt in Pop Culture. However, if you pull back from that, I think Twitter itself was a tipping point. A platform that enables us to leapfrog past words like “the social media” or web 2.0. The internet as we knew it has changed. Welcome to the NOW Internet.

How did this happen? By a number of things. But one of them was the accidental genius was in asking Twitter users one simple question: “What are you doing?”

The millions of answers to that question reflect the real-time social sculpture of the Internet. The answers change by the millisecond. These answers are powered by individuals and not servers. It's like the simplicity of the Google search box but in reverse. We went from asking questions to answering them. And by answering these questions we helped to define new “now” and the era of the real-time social Internet.

At the moment I am writing this, I am flying on board Virgin America flight 404 from LAX to JFK. Sitting next to me is someone who saw I was on twitter and we just had a conversation about how the tweets of their friends are often more than a bit mundane. “I'm making coffee”, “I'm going to bed”, “I'm watching TV”, “I’m flying today on @VirginAmerica flight 404 from LAX to JFK” - but the great thing is that those are the answers that remind us we're all in this together. And when someone I know via Twitter does something special, I acknowledge them on and am in turn I am inspired to do more.

And while the effects of large number of people just answering the question of “What are you doing?” has already disrupted a number of industries, this will continue to disrupt other industries in the near future.

The future IS now. Friendships are strengthened because of the immediacy that a 'disruptive' platform can bring. If it's technology like Twitter that shakes up the old world, then good. It's about time. Seems I have been waiting a lifetime for this to happen.

When I started working on the 140 Characters Conference, I like to think that I am pretty clued up about Twitter and what it means to business, but when I look at some of the people on the schedule at the 140 Characters Conference, then I know I've only scratched the surface. And that's as it should be. Twitter is people powered - each of those people has more ideas than any of us can index. I'm happy to have the opportunity to dip into just a fraction of that and be encouraged and inspired.

It's not about what happens next - it's about what is happening NOW. There's the place