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Social Media Business Forum Panel Details

Patrick — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:55:32 +0000

On October 23 in Durham, North Carolina, I’ll be speaking at Social Media Business Forum. I’m featured on a pair of panels during the first half of the day’s programming. From 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM, I’ll be participating in the “Advertising and the Social Web: Can it Work?” session with Gregory Ng, the Creative Director [...]

Video: “The Blogging Revolution” Opening Panel at the Independent Blogging Conference at Greensboro

Patrick — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:47:07 +0000

Last October, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Independent Blogging Conference at Greensboro. I spoke on both the opening panel for the day and gave a solo presentation on “Promoting Your Blog Through Social Media.” It’s taken me a while to process any video from this event, but I finally am able to [...]

I’m Attending IZEAFest 2009 in Orlando (October 1-4)

Patrick — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:16:55 +0000

What’s up with October? I don’t attend any conferences since South by Southwest Interactive in March and now, all of a sudden, I’m going to three in the month of October. I’ve already mentioned that I’ll be attending Blog World Expo (Las Vegas, October 15-17) and Social Media Business Forum (Durham, NC, October 23). Now, [...]

I’m Speaking at Social Media Business Forum in Durham, North Carolina on October 23

Patrick — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:40:52 +0000

Shortly after I get back from Blog World Expo 2009, I’ll be heading to Durham, North Carolina for the Social Media Business Forum at the North Carolina Central University School of Education. It’s being organized by Kipp Bodnar of Howard, Merrell & Partners, Wayne Sutton of OurHashtag, Ryan Boyles of IBM and Jeff Cohen of [...]

For Your Consideration: My South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW) Session/Panel Proposals

Patrick — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:06:12 +0000

It’s that time of the year again! The SXSW 2010 PanelPicker has opened and, with it, 2,219 proposals are up for consideration for the Interactive portion of the conference. I am on 7 (yes, feel free to giggle) of these. Online voting accounts for 30% of the decision making process (30% goes to the SXSW staff [...]

I’m Speaking at Blog World Expo 2009!

Patrick — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:20:39 +0000

Back in June, I mentioned how I had submitted or was included in a few proposals for Blog World Expo 2009. Today, they released the schedule and I’m happy to say that I will be speaking at the even (I’ll be doing a book signing for “Managing Online Forums,” as well, but that is not [...]

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Patrick — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:42:44 +0000

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I’m Coming to Blog World Expo 2009!

Patrick — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:29:25 +0000

Last year, I attended Blog World Expo (in it’s second year) for the first time (see my recap) and participated in two panels: “How to Deal with Trolls, Spammers & Sock Puppets” and “Avoiding Disaster: How Not to Use Social Media.” It was a lot of fun and a great experience. I’m happy to say that [...]

“Managing Online Forums” Coverage Update: Slashdot, SXSW Interactive 2009 and More!

Patrick — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:41:04 +0000

In the past four months, since I posted my last book coverage update, I’ve been honored by all sorts of coverage for “Managing Online Forums” and I wanted to take a moment to share the interest that has been shown in this period and thank those that were behind it. One of the biggest things to [...]

My Super Long South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) 2009 Recap

Patrick — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:56:31 +0000

Over on my personal blog, I’ve finally posted my really long, possibly very boring recap of South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) 2009. The conference went great. I met a lot of great people, reconnected with a lot of friends and had a good time. Thank you to everyone who helped to make that so. Hopefully, [...]