Updated: June 10th, 2009
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Hello, And Welcome to the Cool Twitter Conferences Website!
FIRST CONFERENCE: WASHINGTON, DC, THURSDAY, JUNE 11TH, 2009, 10:00AM - 4:30PM
We are pleased to announce that we are holding our first one-day conference here in our hometown of Washington, DC, on Thursday, June 11th.
We have just finalized our venue for the inaugural conference here in Washington, DC. We will be holding it at the Busboys & Poets venue in the heart of the U street corridor at 14th and V in Washington, DC.
Speakers:
Brian Dresher
Acquisition Marketing Manager
USA TODAY
"How USA TODAY is Leveraging Twitter to Extend its Reader Community"
Alex Wellen
Deputy Political Director, CNNPolitics.com
Senior Producer, The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
CNN
Chris Cillizza
Writer of "The Fix"
The Washington Post
Tim J. Griswold
Executive Director & Founder
Foundation For Caregivers
"In Pursuit of the Holy Grail"
Anne Zieger
Editor in chief
Healthcare Group
FierceMarkets
"Mining Twitter for B2B Information: Amazingly Effective Tools and Tactics"
Raj Malik
Sr. Director, Legal & Business Affairs
Network Solutions
“Getting the Legal Department and Management in Your
Company to Embrace Social Media - Steps to Get Started
While Avoiding Unnecessary Risks”
Shashi Bellamkonda
Social Media Swami
Network Solutions
“Getting the Legal Department and Management in Your Company to Embrace Social Media - Steps to Get Started While Avoiding Unnecessary Risks”
Nicole Young
Marketing and Events Coordinator
Busboys & Poets Restaurant
"Sweet Tweets"
Rory S. Cooper
Director of Strategic Communications
The Heritage Foundation
"How the Heritage Foundation and the Conservative Movement Harnesses Social Media"
Jennifer Kaplan
Partner
Greenhance
"Creating A Green Platform Through Twitter"
Gayle Weiswasser
Vice President
TMG Strategies
"Twitter's Role in Crisis Communications: Planning in Advance and Effective Use"
Lynn Anne Miller
Founder
Miller Strategic Marketing LLC
"The Green Gold Rush on Twitter"
Jessica Lee
Senior Employment Manager
APCO Worldwide
Editor
Fistful of Talent
"Twitter to Hire (or How to get yourself a job.)"
Patrick Ruffini
Online Political Strategist
Ruffini Strategies, LLC
Mark Stelzner
Founder
jobangels
Rick Robinson
Founder
SonicGleek Productions (maker of Twitchamp)
Universals - Technology Changes, Human Behavior Doesn't
*** Our Program Agenda Is Currently Full ***
We are no longer accepting abstracts for the Washington, DC event. We thank very much all those have submitted abstracts, and apologize that we could not accommodate everyone. We will be keeping all submitted proposals on hand and may be contacting you for a future event. Thank you.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
This conference is aimed at providing an informational exchange opportunity for all those trying to understand and maximize the opportunities surrounding the technology and the phenomenon that is Twitter.
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
Registration from June 8th through June 10th, 2009: $195.00 USD
On-Site Registration - June 11th, 2009: $295.00 USD
Twitter Beginner Boot-Camp: $95.00 USD
Voluntary Carbon Offset: $5.00 USD*
The Twitter Beginner Boot Camp will take place from 8:00am-9:30am before the start of the conference. It will be aimed at educating and bringing individuals up to speed on the basics of Twitter and potential applications.
*Cool Twitter Conferences tries to limits its impact on the environment wherever possible and practical. We kindly request all attendees and speakers (including ourselves) to donate $5.00 per person toward offsetting the carbon we all release into the atmosphere through our travel to the conference (by car, by metro, by plane, by train). 100% of these funds will be donated to the Carbonfund.org organization and requested to help finance their Wildlife Refuge Reforestation project in the Tensas River Valley of Louisiana.
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