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Mediabistro Launches Online Literary Festival
Mediabistro Events
Join us on July 31 for our Social Curation Summit in New York, where you'll learn new strategies to connect and engage with your audience using visual communities such as Pinterest, BO.LT, and Tumblr. Speakers include Scott Belsky (Behance), Shane Rahmani (Thrillist), and Elias Roman (Songza Media). Register by June 7 and save.
Use Visual Social Network Sites to Market Your Business
Join us on July 31 for our Social Curation Summit in New York, where you'll learn new strategies to connect and engage with your audience using visual communities such as Pinterest, BO.LT, and Tumblr. Speakers include Scott Belsky (Behance), Shane Rahmani (Thrillist), and Elias Roman (Songza Media). Register by June 7 and save. How to Speak With Confidence At SXSW
Stepping in front of that Austin audience may not sound hard at first, but public speaking pros warn that being an engaging and helpful panelist takes planning.
“Many people think they can just wing it — I’ve seen it a hundred times — but it’s important to do your homework,” said frequent panelist Nicole Williams, founder and CEO of the career website WORKS by Nicole Williams.
South By Southwest organizer Christine Auten advised, “Look [the panelists] up on LinkedIn and see what groups and organizations they’re part of.” By reading up on interviews they’ve given in the past, you can glean clues as to what they’ll say again and how you can add to that perspective or counter it.
For more tips on wowing the South By crowd, read How to Be a Great Panelist at SXSW (or Any Other Conference). [sub req'd]
Where To Watch The Webby Awards Tonight
The 15th Annual Webby Awards are here at last and if you aren’t attending in person you can get your fill of five-word speeches and web celebs live on YouTube, Facebook, or your iPhone or iPad. Find out more after the jump.
Early Bird Ends Wednesday — Social Media Marketing Boot Camp with Guy Kawasaki & More
If you’ve been tuning in to Social Times regularly you’ve probably noticed that we’ve started upping the number of our educational course materials with the help of the fine folks at mediabistro.com (our parent site). Well, the next round of the Social Media Marketing Boot Camp is here, featuring guests such as Robert Scoble and Guy Kawasaki, and the early bird registration to save $100 is ending Wednesday, so sign up soon!
Learn How to Launch a Career in Online Content
In Mediabistro’s Writing and Editing for the Web class, starting April 20 in New York, instructor Betsy Fast, editor-in-chief of DoSomething.org and former senior editor at Instyle.com, will show you how to write, edit, and publish online content.
Learn How To Create A Business Plan For Your Startup
Learn how to launch your own startup in Mediabistro’s Entrepreneurial Journalism Boot Camp, taking place online from July 12 through August 30. Innovative journalists who have started their own companies will show participants what to consider when launching their startup.
Announcing the Social Media Optimization Conference 2011 Speaker Roster
This May, hundreds of social media enthusiasts will come together in San Francisco for the first Social Media Optimization Conference (SMOC), produced by SocialTimes and Mediabistro.
Are You Ready for Foursquare Day?
The global social media holiday was first recognized on April 16, 2010. Nate Bonilla-Warford, an optometrist from Tampa, Florida thought of the idea after thinking about a simple calculation with “Foursquare”. Bonilla-Warford thought up the idea to “check-in” to Foursquare on the 4th month and 16th day of the year. After contacting the Foursquare headquarters in New York City about the idea, the company officially declared April 16 “Foursquare Day.”
Family Circle Cup Serves Up Mobile Site
Tennis, everyone? The Family Circle Cup tournament added a fully functional mobile site to its social media arsenal, joining its already existing presence on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr.
Join Us For The Socialize Conference — Early-Bird Discount Ends Wednesday
Planning to join us in New York from March 31 to April 1 to learn how to monetize social media? Make sure to register by Wednesday, March 16 for early bird discounts.
