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Alex Hillman, Indy Hall |
How Geeks Grabbed Philadelphia by the Balls
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Ready to skip town because you think it's played out? Techies aren't techie enough? Creatives aren't creative enough? We'll talk about how Philadelphia turned around in just 2 years by embracing its strengths and local flavor, helping to build new leaders, and inspiring an intense city pride.
It's not as tough as you think: blending socialization with education, this new generation of Philadelphians share their recipes for you to take back and make your city the next big thing.
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Case Study, Community / Online Community, Economic Concerns, Government and Technology, Locations -- US, Social Issues
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Paul Saucido, La Banda Elastica |
Austin; Latino Internet Capitol of the World!
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Austin; Latino Internet Capitol of the World!
Something in the Air?
Latinos are online now at an unprecedented level. From Social Media to Marketing and Trending, Latinos have created forums for the culture's unique needs. More exciting is these Latino bloggers, specialists, entertainment editors and personalities living and work in Austin. These Latino-Austinites reach an international audience with their work, be it a CEO or music lover looking for vital information or gossip. Austin's star shines bright with these Web-heads English, Spanglish y en Espanol.
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Locations -- US, Music 2.0
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Jeff Slobotski, Silicon Prairie News |
Don't Move! Build a Startup Community Where You Live
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As eyes are focused on places well-known for startups and innovation, hear three up-and-coming cities discuss how they're building and fostering their entrepreneurial communities. From Portland, Boulder, Omaha, and beyond, exciting things are happening in places you don't expect.
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Blogging, Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Case Study, Community / Online Community, Journalism 2.0, Locations -- US
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Kristy Bowden, Digital Media Council |
Austin: We're Playing To Win
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Video games. Animation. Film. Music. Austin’s got it all. And, you can too…
Austin is number one in Texas at growing its local digital media industry and attracting new digital media companies. Discussion will feature successful models for the sustainability and growth of this vital sector of the local economy.
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Government and Technology, Locations -- US
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Pat Moorhead, AMD |
How Austin Got Socially Experienced
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While known as the live music capital of the world, Austin is making serious inroads as the most social media savvy city. With major tech companies as city residents, Austin tech leaders will provide attendees social media best practices and insights during this interactive panel.
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Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Community / Online Community, Locations -- US, Online Relationships
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Brian Breslin, Infinimedia |
Coconut Valley - Building a Tech Community on the Beach
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Starting from a mere handful of people and growing into the thousands, come learn how we grew our tech community out of the sand in South Florida. Learn tips and tricks for growing your own tech community even in the most unfriendly/untechy areas of the world.
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Community / Online Community, Locations -- US
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Lani Rosales, New Media Lab |
Austin as a Technology Center - Case Study
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Regardless of economics, Austin has flourished as a technology center throughout the years due to creative business & political leadership and individuals making up a culture conducive to and attractive to the tech industry. Architects of this culture will reveal the playbook so other cities' technology industries might prosper like Austin.
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Case Study, Community / Online Community, Government and Technology, History of Technology, Locations -- US, Other / Out There
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Bill Jensen, LA Weekly, Village Voice Media |
Tech Scene Smackdown: LA vs. SF vs. NYC vs. Boston vs. Austin
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Presently the online social media space consists of hyper-localized
bifurcated tech communities: what is problematic is that many of the more "successful" cool kids are guilty of "being at every single party" and using the scene as a way to "fameball" i.e. gaming it to advance their own popularity instead using it as a platform to advance ideas and exert influence.
With great power comes great responsibility - and in line with your vision this panel would bring together figureheads/influencers from each of the 5 nationally prominent tech communities as well as bring up possible conflicts and misconceptions relating to each; that L.A. is full of "fun-employeds," that New Yorkers are shills for traditional media, that people from S.F. are just Spocks with no social skills or perspective.
Rather than just pit influencers against each other, our moderation would highlight the strengths and weaknesses of each and hopefully faciliate a forum for dialogue and cooperation between all members of what is positioned to be global phenomenon in the way people mobilize online and off.
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Blogging, Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Case Study, Community / Online Community, Locations -- US, Social Networking
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Jeff Moriarty, Sitewire |
Community Snowballing in Phoenix: How We Did It
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Events like PodCamp AZ, Ignite Phoenix, Phoenix Friday Nights, Refresh Phoenix and Gangplank turned Phoenix into a hotbed of social & community events. Learn how you can use locally grown free events to give people in your town this problem: deciding what fun event NOT to do.
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Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Community / Online Community, Locations -- US, Online Relationships, Social Networking
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Mike Samson, crowdSPRING |
The 3rd Coast: How to Be a Startup Outside of Silicon Valley
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It is difficult to establish a startup no matter where you are in the world, but there are great companies and events that began life outside of Silicon Valley. Threadless, 37Signals, FeedBurner, BIG Omaha conference, and SXSW itself are proof that technology life exists away from the coasts. These less-than-obvious locales are becoming hotbeds of innovation and attracting talent and capital.
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Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Community / Online Community, Funding / VC, Locations -- US
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