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The conversations are starting. The excitement is building. But if this is your first Social Media Week, there may be a few questions. We’re here to help break it all down for you. Before you know it, you’ll be a SMW pro. What is Social Media Week? Social Media Week is a worldwide event exploring…
It really does take a village to make SMW a success. Our global team of 7, (yes, we’re a small group) work with local organizations and businesses in each of our host cities to run SMW twice a year (yes, we have 2 global conferences with each city hosting only once a year). The local…
We all need a little extra time every now and then. Due to a record number of submissions and overwhelming demand, we’re giving you more time and are extending the event submission deadline to September 5th. For every city (except LA and Chicago), you now have 2 more weeks to get your ideas in and…
In less than 3 weeks on May 2, you’ll know the the full line up of cities for September’s Social Media Week, but for now, we want to welcome back some cities are returning and let you know about one very exciting change. September’s Returning Cities Berlin, hosted by DeskWanted Bogota, hosted by Zemoga Chicago,…
Social Media Week has reached an important milestone today for the September 19-23 conference, as we are proud now to reveal the first wave of confirmed events taking part in this simultaneous worldwide event. This September’s event–powered by global headline sponsor Nokia–is the largest yet, taking place in twelve cities on four continents. “Social Media…
Following on yesterday’s post by Toby Daniels, we thought it might be helpful to provide some inspirational examples of some ways in which the Social Media Week platform can deliver upon these new ideas of “experience design” for events. In just a few short years since its inception in February 2009, there have been hundreds…
Social Media Week Chicago city partners Zocalo Group and the Chicago Tribune shared some exciting news today focusing on the announcement of their founding board of advisors. This illustrious group of business leaders will provide a welcome contribution to the development of SMW Chicago. Coming from such diverse organizations as Google, Dell, Boeing, Unilever, Chicago Magazine, Groupon, Hyatt and…
Our twelve Social Media Week teams around the globe have been making great headway in developing the program for the events of September 19-23. The SMW Los Angeles team, run by SocialRadius, put out an announcement today encouraging their community to get involved: In Los Angeles, the event will take place at five “content hubs” in Santa…
Hello friends of Social Media Week! We’re pleased to inform you all that programs for Social Media Week in all five cities–Los Angeles, Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Mexico City and Milan–are coming together well and getting ready to launch in a few weeks. However: there is still plenty of time for you or your organization to…