Simon just told about an event in Denver, Nov 7-9 to learn about social media, the Thin Air Summit, billed as "A New Media Conference in the Mile High City." The keynote speakers are Dave Taylor and Jeremiah Owyang, who I’ve mentioned several times on this blog. (Faithful readership of Jeremiah’s blog is akin to getting a master’s degree in social media. His day job is as a social media analyst for Forrester Research.) They only take 100 attendees, with twenty speakers over two days. It should be a great learning event.
If you think you can’t afford the time or fees, think again. It’s $97 for two days, on a weekend in November. Too early for skiing, too late for enjoying the fall colors, and the holidays are still a few weeks away.
The conference organizers have even thought about the intimidation factor. There’s a pre-conference evening workshop for $47, “Everything You Wanted to Know About New Media But Were Afraid to Ask,” which should help ease you into the world of social media.
There’s no excuse not to attend. (Okay, maybe Simon won’t be attending. Only because he lives in New Zealand. Just noticed that it took someone half-way around the world to tell me about an event in my own backyard. And he found out about it from two podcasters in the Denver area. That’s what you call boomerang marketing.)
Let me know if you will be there so that we can connect….
Thanks for the mention. I’m excited to be a part of the Thin Air Summit and am also looking forward to hearing Jeremiah share what he’s been doing for the last year as an analyst too. Hope to see you there.
And for everyone else, I encourage you to register sooner, not later, so you make sure you have a space!
Hi Dave,
Thanks for stopping by. I heard you speak several years ago about blogging, before I started my first blog. One of the things that I took away was the idea that blogs are content management systems. I hope I’m attributing that correctly to you.
I’m interested in how you see blogs today, given the evolution of social media and what I think of as an entire “eco-system” that a blog fits into. I’m also curious about your thinking on using blogs for community-building.
I look forward to seeing you at the Thin Air Summit!