February 1st through 5th is Social Media Week. Social Media Week features a week of social media events, including, conferences, discussions, and meet-ups that take place simultaneously in multiple cities around the world. The aim of each event is to advance the use and understanding of social media in the corporate, public and non-profit sectors. Check out the event schedule to see a listing of all of the social media events in San Francisco this week.
We’re very excited to co-host a panel discussion with Autodesk on Social Media for Social Impact on February 4th. The panel will explore the use of social media in making progress on social causes, and panelists will review case studies, criteria for success and lessons learned from each of the panelists.
Our panelists include:
Connie Chan, Yahoo! / Yahoo! for Good
Connie Chan is manager of Yahoo! for Good, the company’s Social Responsibility department. Connie is responsible for leading Yahoo!’s online cause marketing initiatives and managing social media for Yahoo! Green.
Amy Skoczlas Cole, eBay
Amy is the Director of the eBay Green Team, Amy leads eBay’s efforts to engage their 89 million active users in a movement to use products that exist in world, saving consumers money as well as helping protect the planet.
Peggy Duvette, WiserEarth
Peggy Duvette, Executive Director of WiserEarth, advocates for building online community capacity in the nonprofit sector. Since 2005, she has managed WiserEarth, an online community space that allows organizations and individuals to connect and collaborate around social and environmental issues.
Susan Tenby, TechSoup
Susan Tenby is the Online Community Director at San Francisco-based nonprofit TechSoup Global and leads an active community of nonprofit staff and volunteers in Second Life.
All proceeds from the event will be donated to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund.
hashtag: #sm4si
The Social Media Club is featuring a panel discussion on Innovation Through Real-Time Feedback Loops on February 4th, 6:30pm – 9:00pm.
Go here to register: http://smwloops.eventbrite.com/
In this interactive panel event, we will discuss and demonstrate:
- What new prescriptions for human interaction should media practitioners embrace to leverage through real-time feedback loops
- How Social Media tools can be used to facilitate idea generation
- How to employ a the Real-Time Feedback Loop methodology for competitive advantage
The panelists are:
- Ravit Lichtenberg, CEO Ustrategy
- Sylvia L. Marino, Executive Director – Community Operations & Social Media, Edmunds.com
- Liza Sperling, Real-Time Sentiment & Trends Analyst, Scout Labs
- Tom Foremski, Founder & Editor, Silicon Valley Watcher
- Van Riper, Founder & Leader, Silicon Valley Google Technology User Group
- Bill Johnston, Director, Online Community Research Network, ForumOne
- David Libby, SVP, MS&L Worldwide
- Evan Solomon, VP of Marketing, JustinTV
- Marc Smolowitz, Executive Producer – Media & Technology Consultant
