I would like to thank everyone who played such an incredibly important role in helping to make Social Media Week such a huge success.  Particular thanks to our volunteers, staff, advisory board members, city organizers, event partners, sponsors, media partners and of course our wonderful attendees.

In total, more than 7,000 people attended across the six cities and over 150 individual organizations were directly involved in helping to produce the conference.

In addition to significantly increasing in size from 2009, the scope of our program also grew with more than 200 events hosted, covering such topics as social media’s impact on healthcare, technology, non-profits, corporate social responsibility, higher education, politics, open design, crowdsourcing, social graph optimization, PR and brand communications.

Here in New York, we hosted 80 individual events, partnering with organizations such as Wired, JWT, The New York Times, Porter Novelli, The Paley Center for Media, Razorfish, MoMA, Sony, Converseon, Morris+King and many many more.

Thanks to our production partners Colaboratorie Mutopo, our global headline sponsor Meebo for all their support and also to our supporting sponsors Pepsi Refresh and PepsiCo.

Thanks also to New York sponsors MotoBLUR, Thrillist, Wholefoods & Diageo and to our media and communication partners PSFK, The New York Times, Mashable, Fast Company, Porter Novelli, 360i, SmartBrief, Mediaite, Mediabistro, PR Newswire, PressLift, SoundCtrl, Gary’s Guide and CSR Wire, and to our streaming partner Livestream.

If you missed some of the events here in New York you can check out the video archive here: http://socialmediaweek.org/newyork/livestream/ and for press coverage of the events visit: http://socialmediaweek.org/newyork/press-media/

Finally, we welcome all feedback, both good and bad and would love to hear specific thoughts on how we can improve every aspect of the conference in future years. If you have a couple of minutes, please complete this short survey: http://cot.ag/aFo8bk

Thank you again!

Toby Daniels & the Social Media Week Team

One the events was entitled Innovation in Politics, Policy, and Social Change through Social Media and was hosted at the New York Times.  Check out the full video from the event below.

Title: Innovation in Politics, Policy, and Social Change through Social Media

Description: A reflection on the Obama campaign and a look ahead at the future of harnessing social media for change.

Speakers: Panelists: Chris Hughes: Co-founder of Facebook and President Obama’s Director of Online Organizing during the campaign. Andrew Rasiej: Founder of Personal Democracy Forum, an annual conference and website covering the intersection of politics and technology, Jamie Daves: Venture capitalist and entrepreneur with over ten years of experience in the public sector who has helped found a number of successful nonprofit and political organizations. Moderator: Brian Stelter of the NY Times.

Hosted by: The New York Times

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Social Media Week NY: Innovation in Politics, Policy, and Social Change through Social Media Pt. 3 from Panman Productions on Vimeo.

Of course, Social Media Week wouldn’t be possible without the incredible support of its volunteers, advisory board and the wider New York community.  While we are producing a number of events ourselves we are also looking for you to support our efforts by registering and/or hosting your own events.

For more information on how to participate, please visit the Getting Involved section of the main website.

Thanks for supporting Social Media Week New York.  We cant wait to meet you!