Social Media Week

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6 Cities, 5 Countries and 3 Continents of #SMW

Image via TheStrategyWeb.com

Image via TheStrategyWeb.com

It’s hard to believe that Social Media Week kicks off in less than two weeks. With dozens of events occurring simultaneously around the world, we wanted to give you a quick preview of what’s in store from our six participating cities. Each host town promises to bring their own culture and flavor to the SMW lineup – so stay tuned to learn more from each of our city organizers right here on the global event blog.

New York

It’s the city that never sleeps – and it seems as though SMW organizers from the Big Apple are no different judging by this jam-packed lineup of events. The agenda is filling up quickly, so be sure to register now to reserve your spot.

Sample of what’s to come: SMW New York will be event to remember with a lineup that includes Networked News Gatherers: Defining the Social Media Editor Role, IDEO + Social Media Week: Humanizing Social Media and MoMA’s Digital Culture NYC: Breaking Down the Walls.

San Francisco

For those of you on the West Coast, SMW San Francisco offers a number of events sure to whet your social media appetite.

Sample of what’s to come: San Franscisco won’t disappoint with events like Geo-Loco! The Future of Geo-location Services and Innovation through Real-time Feedback Loops.

Toronto

Our friends up north are also busy at work filling up the Toronto schedule with the very best in social media content.

Sample of what’s to come: Expect big things from Canada’s biggest city, including No Cheerleaders Allowed: An Honest Conversation about Social Media and How to Raise #Money if You’re Not @BarackObama: Turning Social Buzz into Dollars.

London

London may be a city of great history – but the UK arm of SMW knows how to look ahead to the future as well. Get ready for innovative, thought-provoking sessions that cover the latest trends in social all week long.

Sample of what’s to come: The London conference is hosting a special tweetup for theatre buffs (Twespians) as well as a social media and measurement seminar that will explore some of the hottest tools and technologies helping people monitor social activities.

Berlin

Team Berlin has assembled a broad-ranging lineup of sessions and events for Social Media Week – and though our German is a bit rusty, we know the programming will be nothing short of ausgezeichnet. (That’s “excellent” for all you English-speakers.)

Sample of what’s to come: Berlin is hosting events about How Social Media is Changing Design, as well as The Future of Music and Entertainment.

São Paolo

Representing South America, São Paolo is hard at work putting together a fantastic schedule of events that will include some of the foremost regional leaders in the space. While the São Paolo team puts the finishing touches on their lineup, be sure to follow them on Twitter and check back here for more announcements about their SMW programming.

Which events are looking forward to most? Let us know in the comments below or send us a tweet @360i or @socialmediaweek.

Five Questions for Soraya Darabi of drop.io’s PressLift

Soraya Darabi claims she’s a would-be harmonica player on Twitter, and it’s easy to see why she doesn’t have time to take that show on the road. She’s busy preparing PressLift for its Social Media Week debut, while also contributing to Social Media Week’s board, to name a couple of her latest commitments. Fortunately for all of us, she took the time to serve as the guinea pig in the SMW blog’s interview series; we’ll have features with more social media movers coming up.

sraya darabi

Social Media Week: What are you most looking forward to during Social Media Week?

Soraya Darabi: Apart from the panel drop.io is hosting, the PressLift event, and an event I’m hosting with Caroline McCarthy, Alli Mooney and Emily Gannett called “Digital Divas,” to honor women in technology, I’m looking forward to the New York Times panels, the Charitini /Think Social non-for-profit panel and the special New York Tech Meetup hosted by Scott Heiferman of Meetup.

How is PressLift going to contribute to SMW?

PressLift is in open-beta now, but we will officially launch during Social Media Week.  Both Steve Greenwood and I are on the Social Media Week advisory board and PressLift is an official communications partner of SMW.  Plus, drop.io is a partnered organization.  Clearly, we’re involved and looking forward to the events and festivities, and spreading the word about them as best possible.

You recently moved from one of the most established brands in traditional media to a relatively new startup where you’re launching a new product. How does the experience compare?

SD: Comparing The New York Times to drop.io is not easy.  I loved my job at The Times and the thrill of working for a celebrated, around-the-clock news and information organization was unparalleled.

What’s great about drop.io is that even though it’s a Time magazine “Top 50″ Web site with millions of users, the company truly has that fun and energetic start up vibe.  I work directly with a team of 14 brilliant technology enthusiasts.

If you’re on a desert island and your phone can only tap into enough bandwidth to download a single mobile application, what would you choose?

Am I alone on this island? If not, and there are a few tiki hot spots, then I’d say foursquare.  But if alone, my answer is the Classics app.   I hope my mobile device is the Apple tablet.

If you could pick any person living or dead to be the patron saint of social media, who would you choose and why?

This question is making me laugh.  I don’t know… Tom from MySpace? With over 270 million friends he most definitely deserves the honor.

-Interview by David Berkowitz, Sr. Director of Emerging Media & Innovation at 360i

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