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Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
As you know Social Media Week is one of the world’s most unique global platforms, offering a series of interconnected activities and conversations across the world on emerging trends in social and mobile media.
Our twelve cities for September 2011 are locked up and though it is months away, we’ve nearly finalized our city lineup for February 2012 as well. We are still accepting February 2012 submissions for two more weeks, so if your company is interested in applying to become a host city, we’d love to hear from you. Go here to register!
Join the list of twenty cities that have hosted Social Media Week so far (with many new cities for February 2012 to be announced soon)!
Tags: partners, social media, social media week
Posted in City Focus, Getting Involved, global
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
Social Media Week London, run by local team Chinwag, announced today that they have confirmed over forty events to be included in the program this February 7-11 and look to add even more by the time the conference arrives.
Of this announcement, Chinwag said:
Yesterday, we put out a press release announcing some juicy tidbits of what’s in store for Social Media Week London.
The board in the office that we use for tracking confirmed events is slowly, but surely, being covered in luminous sticky notes. Actually, not that slowly. There’s still time to get involved, check out the website for more details.
Of the forty or so events confirmed, highlights include:
Behind the Scenes at the BBC – a chance to see how BBC uses social media across their programming and platforms with a chance to spend some social time with the team afterwards.
Social TV – A lunchtime discussion exploring the growth of two screens, how people watch TV and interact with a second device, how this impacts TV advertising and what social features like check-ins and TV-based apps will bring.
Public Sector Huddle – Dell and professional social network Viadeo, will host a half-day unconference exploring how social media is effecting government, NHS, councils and the public sector.
Social Media Week Measurement Challenge – social media metrics companies will be invited to measure the week’s coverage on social channels and present their findings at the end of the week, along with a panel and best practice measurement clinic.
And much more to come in the days ahead. There’s no doubt that Social Media Week London is going to be great!
Ben Scheim is vice president of partnerships and communications for Crowdcentric and a director of Social Media Week. Please reach out to him for media requests or if you are interested in discussing brand partnerships or sponsorships for Social Media Week. He can be reached at ben@crowdcentric.net.
Tags: #smw, announcement, partners
Posted in City Focus, Event Spotlight, Local Partner Spotlight, News
Monday, September 20th, 2010
After weeks of preparation with our partner and developer Mobile Roadie, we are pleased to announce today, on the eve of Social Media Week September 2010′s commencement, the debut the official global conference app for Social Media Week, available on the iPhone and Android platforms:
DOWNLOAD THE APP HERE FOR IPHONE AND ANDROID OPERATING SYSTEMS: http://mobileroadie.com/apps/smw
The Social Media Week App powered by Mobile Roadie will allow you to navigate through through the September 2010 experience right from your mobile phone! Through the power one app, explore and connect with all five SMW cities: Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Mexico City and Milan.
With the Mobile Roadie Official Social Media Week app, you can:
-Via the EVENTS tab: Review the schedule for each city and see details about events
-Via the FAN WALL tab:
- Post pictures and see photos and comments posted from all around the world (let’s blown this one out!)
- Post on the SMW app global wall
- See SMW app users from around the world and find users near you
-Read NEWS via the SMW BLOG
-Follow tweets across each cities via RECENT ACTIVITY.
-Receive real-time updates on events and Social Media Week related news via push notifications.
-Via PHOTOS tab, check out the most recently posted SMW Flickr photos.
-Via UStream tab, watch streams events via Ustream.
-And much more!
We are really excited about the great power of this app and implore you all to make sure to download it and use throughout the week to stay connected to everything Social Media Week taking place around you. Find it here or by searching “mobile social media week” in the iTunes App Store.
Mobile Roadie is a turn-key platform to quickly and inexpensively build and manage mobile apps. They have built apps for Madonna, Taylor Swift, the Miami Dolphins and many more. Check them out at mobileroadie.com.
Tags: #smw, announcement, global, mobile, partners, partnerships, schedule, social media week
Posted in global, Partner Profiles
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
One of the most exciting components of the September 20, 2010 Social Media Week Global Press Conference at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, will be the launch of a unique and powerful fundraising website, Twelethon.com, organized by Social Media Week LA city partner Erick Brownstein and his team at the New Agency.
Consisting of one part talent show, one part non-profit and many parts social media, Twelethon.com will wrap the mission of raising funds for a downtown Los Angeles Inner-City Arts organization around the dynamic concept of a creative content hub throughout Social Media Week this September 20-24. Inner-City Arts, site of the SMW Opening Party on Monday evening, has been an oasis of creativity and learning in the heart of LA’s Skid Row since 1989, and Social Media Week LA is very enthusiastic about working with them on this project.
Beginning September 13th, people from all corners of the social media landscape – celebrities, activists, bloggers, artists and more – will be invited to record and submit their personal interpretations of the Twelethon’s tagline, ‘Express Yourself: Creativity Matters.’ Submitted videos can be up to three minutes in length and will display the variety of ways people express themselves creatively; from a tap dance to a short film to a few jokes…even finger painting with their kids. Amateurs and professionals alike will commingle on Twelethon.com with both recorded content, livestreamed performances and an ongoing live feed from the event’s Creativity Room in Hollywood.
“Creativity inspires creativity and we’re hoping for a snowball effect of creative expression, ultimately inspiring people to support Inner-City Arts with a financial donation,” explains Erick Brownstein, founder of The New Agency and lead organizer of Social Media Week Los Angeles. “The beauty of the Twelethon and social media in general is that it can provide an open platform inviting participation from the young and the old, the famous and the aspiring, the talented and the…inspired.”
Adds Inner-City Arts President and CEO Cynthia Harnisch: “We are thrilled to be working with Social Media Week Los Angeles on Twelethon.com. Our organization was founded on a belief in the power of creativity and innovation and the Twelethon beautifully captures that spirit.”
‘The Twelethon site is produced and powered by the generous efforts of LA city partner Simian/Volta Media. You can check Simian out at gosimian.com.
Please take the time to find out more about this project at Twelethon.com and we encourage you to contribute in whatever way you are able. For more information, please contact SMW LA coordinator Dawn Sinko at Dawn@TheNewAgency.com.
Ben Scheim is vice president of partnerships and communications for Crowdcentric and a director of Social Media Week. Please reach out to him if you are interested in discussing brand partnerships or sponsorships for Social Media Week. He can be reached at ben@crowdcentric.net.
Tags: "Los Angeles", #smw, announcement, events, partners, schedule
Posted in City Focus, Event Spotlight, Getting Involved
Friday, September 10th, 2010
The Local Partner Spotlight series focuses on local and regional companies that have come on-board to support individual cities of Social Media Week.
Social Media Week Milan pleased to announce that the Italian edition of the venerable tech magazine WIRED will serve as one of the media partners for Social Media Week in Milan, Italy. WIRED Italia, the U.S. of which is considered by many to be “the bible of the internet”, has been helmed by Richard Moon since its birth in 2009. This year, the Society of Publication Designers has named the it one of sixteen titles vying for the honor of “Magazine of the Year.” WIRED uncovers stories, ideas, and people who change the world in technology and communications, a perfect fit for Social Media Week. See the Social Media Week Milan team’s post on this announcement here (in Italian).
The US edition of WIRED supported Social Media Week in New York and San Francisco last February and both the Milan and global SMW teams are very excited that to have WIRED Italia on-board this September.
Ben Scheim is vice president of partnerships and communications for Crowdcentric and a director of Social Media Week. Please reach out to him if you are interested in discussing brand partnerships or sponsorships for Social Media Week. He can be reached at ben@crowdcentric.net.
Tags: #smw, announcement, milan, partners, social media week
Posted in City Focus, Local Partner Spotlight
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
This is the second in a series of posts zoning in on the various cities of Social Media Week September 2010 and taking a look at the exciting things going on there.
Following up on the release of its schedule yesterday, here are some updates what’s happening during Social Media Week in Bogotá this September 20 to 24.
The week’s agenda for Social Media Week Bogotá will be based on three main themes, split up over the days of the week:
On Monday and Tuesday, events will focus on the “Backend of Social Media”, featuring discussions that will go in-depth on technical content, operation behind networks, deployments, and more. Workshops and conferences will discuss processes and methodologies to develop behind-the-curtain social media strategies for companies.
“Social Media in Colombian businesses” will be the focus of Wednesday and Thursday. Conversations will hit upon issues aimed at policy makers and personnel involved in implementing social media strategies in business, including what has been done already, what are the trends, and where will things go. Included will be a workshop to learn how to design a strategy that fits your needs. The events will take place in selected auditoriums around Bogotá on Wednesday and at HUBBog on Thursday.
On Friday, the week’s final day, the focus will be the media featuring panels with the participation of many of the most important media leaders of the Columbia. One panel will cover what has been learned from past political campaigns, and the event will be closed with a panel of the main media outlets of Colombia, on their state today and their vision for evolution with social media. Columbian news leader El Tiempo, one of the global media partners of Social Media Week, will participate in this panel and provide facilities for events on this last day of Social Media Week.
See the entire schedule for Social Media Week Bogotá at bogota.socialmediaweek.org. All in all, it looks like a great week. Next week registration will open, so please check back then. And please follow their Twitter and Facebook accounts to stay updated on this important international event in Bogotá.
Ben Scheim is vice president of partnerships and communications for Crowdcentric and a director of Social Media Week. Please reach out to him if you are interested in discussing brand partnerships or sponsorships for Social Media Week. He can be reached at ben@crowdcentric.net.
Tags: announcement, bogota, events, partners, social media week
Posted in City Focus, global
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
If you’ve had a chance to check out the Los Angeles or Buenos Aires schedules, you may have noticed that they are presented in a handy and easy to read format.
This great presentation is all thanks to our technology partner SCHED*, provider of online scheduling platforms for such great events as Internet Week, CMJ and Bumbershoot.
In particular, what distinguishes SCHED* from many of the other online scheduling modules is its integrated social sharing. Sign-in with your Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn accounts, or create a SCHED* account and share that way–it’s amazing how adding the experience of social connectivity to scheduling makes it easier to not just fill out a schedule with events you know about but also to discover exciting events you wouldn’t already know about.
Find out more about SCHED* at SCHED.org and make sure to use SCHED* to sign up for all the Social Media Week events YOU plan to attend!
To help you get started, go here for instructions for using SCHED*’s Social Media Week integration:
Tags: global, partners, partnerships, sched, social media week, technology
Posted in global, Partner Profiles
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Can’t check out all the events at Social Media Week 2010? Not to worry. In addition to our blog coverage of Social Media Week 2010, we have partnered with SmartBrief on Social Media to help keep you plugged in to all the great insights gathered from Social Media Week.
SmartBrief’s daily newsletters provide summaries and links to the “best of” industry news from around the web direct to your inbox. SmartBrief on Social Media will apply that model to Social Media Week 2010; gathering the best blog posts, articles and thoughts from thousands of sources and placing them in a special section in the newsletter from February 1st through February 5th .
SmartBrief will also be covering Social Media Week events on their blog, SmartBlog on Social Media so be sure to check them out and sign up for the free e-newsletter.
Tags: media, partners, smartbrief, socialmedia
Posted in News
