to the first ever

Southern Social Networking Summit (#ssns)
Meeting on the application of on-line social networking to the arts, humanities & business

Dates:
Wed., Jan. 6, 2010 (starting at 10am) & Thu., Jan. 7 (ending by 3pm)

Location:
Hyatt Regency Greenville, 220 North Main Street, Greenville, South Carolina, USA 29601
Tel: +1 864 235 1234 Fax: +1 864 232 7584
Mention code: SSNS when making reservation
Hotel Reservations Online

Thorny Details:
Registrants should have a working knowledge of the Internet and already be making some social networking efforts. Minimally, you should have a Twitter account and Facebook account set up, and have either a blog or website or both that is maintained somewhat regularly. Meals will be provided except dinner which will be dutch treat.

This event is free to the participants who stay overnight at the Hyatt Regency Greenville. The room rate is $99. If you do not stay at the Hyatt, the cost is $135. There will be no refunds. You will be required to forward your reservation confirmation for the Hyatt Regency Greenville to wanda@sibaweb.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to receive a special discount coupon and avoid the $135 summit registration fee.

Register here

You must pre-register by Jan. 1, 2010, Limited to the first 150 people. Every participant is invited to bring promotional materials, products, brochures, or other materials that they would like to share with other participants. Take this opportunity to increase your visibility across the south. We are all in this together.

Motivation and strategy:
The arts & humanities have made strides in applying insights from their field to social networking, particularly those involving reaching their direct constituents. So far, however, it has had a minimal impact on what may be the most significant challenge: reaching the masses. This meeting brings together those from varied domains to brainstorm about policies and programs aimed at invigorating our social networking efforts. The main thrust of the meeting will be to brainstorm about practical solutions to specific problems that are impeding progress in dealing with the ever changing explosive opportunities in social networking. There will be four sessions (see below), each focusing on a different broad topic area. Each begin with a briefing by a domain expert who will provide background information about the topic and propose some concrete problems for the group to address. Brainstorming will then take the form of breakout group meetings followed by larger group presentations. The four topic areas are:

1. How to make time for all the social networks – Facebook, Twitter, Ning, LinkedIn, Glue, Google, Delicious, Wet Paint, Net Galley, Author Buzz, Library Thing, Squidoo, FourSquare, CloudProfile and so many more…
2. What’s on-line that will feed my work? What’s free and how do I get it? Marketing Partnerships and how to make them work?
3. What does the research tell us? What trends are coming down the pipe? And how do we manage it all with small staffs and smaller budgets?
4. Increasing the effectiveness of our combined efforts. How do we move the conversation from insiders to outsiders?

Schedule (subject to adjustments)

Day 1, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010

• 9:00-10:00    Breakfast (please come and meet the other participants)
• 10:00–11:00 Welcome and Presentation on Motivation & Strategy for Successful Social Networking with business guru and wine guy Gary Vaynerchuk, author of Crush It! http://garyvaynerchuk.com/
• 11:00-11:30 Break & Book Signing with Gary Vaynerchuk & David Allen
• 11:30-12:30 Introduction and questions for brainstorming: How to make time for all the social networks – Facebook, Twitter, Ning, LinkedIn, Glue, Google, Delicious, Wet Paint, Net Galley, Author Buzz, Library Thing, Squidoo, and so many more with the world’s leading authority on personal and organizational productivity David Allen, author of Making It All Work, Getting Things Done, and Ready for Anything. http://www.davidco.com/
• 12:30-1:00  Break & Booksigning with David Allen
• 1:00 -2:00   Breakout group brainstorming (over lunch)
• 2:00 -2:30   Breakout group reports
• 2:30-3:00    Break
• 3:00-4:00    Introduction and questions for brainstorming: What’s on-line that will feed my work? What’s free and how do I get it? Marketing Partnerships and how to make them work with social media marketing & viral marketing scientist Dan Zarrella, author of The Social Media Marketing Book. http://danzarrella.com/
• 4:00-4:30    Break & Book Signing with Dan Zarrella
• 4:30-5:30    Breakout group brainstorming
• 5:30-6:30    Breakout group reports
• Dinner 7:00  Table 301 Family of Restaurants (Dutch Treat with a 20% discount to all)

Day 2, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010

• 8:00-9:00    Breakfast
• 9:00-10:00  Introduction and questions for brainstorming: What does the research tell us? What trends are coming down the pipe? And how do we manage it all with small staffs and smaller budgets? Expert to be named soon.
• 10:00-11:00 Breakout group brainstorming
• 11:00-12:00 Breakout group reports
• 12:00-1:10   Lunch to include SIBA presentation
• 1:10-2:10      Introduction and discussion: Increasing the effectiveness of our combined efforts. How do we move the conversation from insiders to outsiders? Expert to be named soon.
• 2:10-3:00     Group discussion and closing reflections

Twitter Summary:
Southern Social Networking Summit #ssns: Greenville, SC Jan w/Gary Vaynerchuk, David Allen, Dan Zarrella- http://www.sibaweb.com/ssns