Schedule
Schedule Overview
Hear industry experts speak about numerous aspects of social media as it relates to marketing. The conference features plenary sessions held in the McIntyre Hall Performing Arts and morning and afternoon break-out sessions held in the McIntyre Conference center or adjacent classrooms on campus.
The break-out sessions are designed to meet a diverse set of business needs and interest. We ask that you select the track that you think best applies to your situation or interest.
A detailed schedule can be found at the Conference Agenda page.
Agenda Overview – March 25, 2010
McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon, WA
7:15 – 8:00 a.m.
Grand Lobby/Conference Center – Check-in & Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Theater – Welcoming remarks and intro kickoff speaker
8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Theater – First plenary session
9:30 – 10 a.m.
Grand Lobby/Conference Center – Break for refreshments
10:15 – 11:15 a.m.
Morning breakout sessions
11:30 – 12:30 a.m.
Theater – Second plenary session
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Grand Lobby/ Conference Center – Working Lunch
1:45 – 2:45 p.m.
Theater – Third plenary session
2:45 – 3:15 p.m.
Grand Lobby / Conference Center – Break for refreshments
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Afternoon breakout sessions
4:45 – 5:45 p.m.
Theater – Fourth plenary session
5:45 – 7 p.m.
Grand Lobby/Conference Center – Tweet-up (no-host bar), Networking Social and announce Rock Stars
Register before March 11 for the early bird special!
Social Media Conference Northwest
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- Michele Morgan from Washington State at the Social Media Conference NW 2010 March 25, 2010Michele Morgan is the Marketing Manager for the Washington State Dept of Commerce. She was at the Social Media Conference NW 2010 talking with Aaron Booker of http://www.varvid.com. She works recruiting businesses to come to Washington State. She came to understand how to use social media to engage an audience and be more effective for [...] […]varvid
- Paula Johnson from Western Washington University at the Social Media Conference NW 2010 March 25, 2010Paula Johnson, assistant professor from Western Washington University speaks with Drew Graham from http://www.varvid.com at the Social Media Conference 2010. She feels that since social media is much more interactive and communcation is now two-way instead of one, it is now much more effective for students. […]varvid
- Todd Elsworth from SPIE at the Social Media Conference 2010 March 25, 2010Todd Elsworth from SPIE speaks with Drew Graham from http://www.varvid.com at the Social Media Conference 2010. He works with the student market which mostly entails working with facebook. He also uses twitter for onsite live events. SPIE: http://www.spie.org […]varvid
- Andy Vander Meulen from Camp Firwood at the Social Media Conference 2010 March 25, 2010Andy Vander Meulen from Camp Firwood speaks with Drew Graham from http://www.varvid.com at the Social Media Conference NW 2010. He mostly communicates with his campers through their facebook fan page. He is limiting print advertising and moving things online and by promoting their facebook page. He learned to start using a plan to make his [...] […]varvid
- Thank You, Social Media Conference NW! March 25, 2010It really does take a village to put on a conference of this magnitude and some people need to publicly thanked and recognized. A huge thank you to all of our terrific speakers that took time out of their busy schedules to be here and help us all learn more about how we can use social [...] […]amybeth
- Joy Gilfilen, Author, Speaker, Entrepreneur at the Social Media Conference NW 2010 March 25, 2010Joy Gilfilen is an Author, Speaker, and Entrepreneur from Whatcom County. She is the inventor of the Joy Triangle Model and founder of the new website “Uniting Creatives.” She is interested in intentional social change through grassroots movements and creating momentum to make the world a better place. People in social media are in on [...] […]varvid
- Jan Hersey from Biz Point Communications at the Social Media Conference NW 2010 March 25, 2010Jan Hersey from Biz Point Communications speaks with Drew Graham from Varvid at the Social Media Conference 2010 NW. She is a writer and member of the Anacortes Chamber of Commerce. She knows that social media is important and came out to learn more about how it can help the city of Anacortes. The city [...] […]varvid
- Becky Raney from Print & Copy Factory at the Social Media Conference 2010 March 25, 2010Becky Raney from Print & Copy Factory speaks with Drew Graham from http://www.varvid.com at the Social Media Conference 2010. […]varvid
- Lorne Craig from Green Briefs at the Social Media Conference NW 2010 March 25, 2010Lorne Craig from Green Briefs chats with Drew Graham from Varvid at Social Media Conference NW 2010. Lorne learned about strategy for his business, and to ask “Why are we doing this?” He found the presentations valuable and discovered that focusing on the written business plan is important to help figure out why. Its important to [...] […]varvid
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