Todd Elsworth from SPIE at the Social Media Conference 2010
Todd 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
Andy Vander Meulen from Camp Firwood at the Social Media Conference 2010
Andy 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 business more effective.
Camp Firwood: http://campfirwood.org/
Joy Gilfilen, Author, Speaker, Entrepreneur at the Social Media Conference NW 2010
Joy 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 the cutting edge of change.
Joy’s Websites:
http://www.joygilfilen.com
http://www.unitingcreatives.com
http://www.flippingthejoyswitch.com
http://www.intentionalmediaproductions.com
Jan Hersey from Biz Point Communications at the Social Media Conference NW 2010
Jan 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 has already started its branding process and is attempting to get more involved with twitter, facebook, etc.
Varvid: http://www.varvid.com
Becky Raney from Print & Copy Factory at the Social Media Conference 2010
Becky Raney from Print & Copy Factory speaks with Drew Graham from http://www.varvid.com at the Social Media Conference 2010.
Nate Langstraat of WCC at Social Media Conference NW 2010
Langstraat is the Associate Director for Advancement for Whatcom Community College. He appreciated the opportunity to attend the event, as he is charged with helping to determine how best to leverage Social Media for the school and its programs.
Nate also now sees the value in utilizing Video as a key part of their Social Media initiatives, after seeing speaker Aaron Booker of Varvid.com’s presentation on Online Video.
Whatcom Community College: http://whatcom.ctc.edu/
Varvid.com: http://www.varvid.com
Brian Steele of Materials Testing and Consulting on the first Plenary Session at SMC NW 2010
MTS, a geotechnical testing and engineering firm, doesnt currently utilize Social Media very heavily, but Brian Steele looks forward to being able to put some of the things hes learned today to work to move the firm that direction.
An important thing he learned is how to rethink the way MTSs legacy marketing and communications efforts connect with or relate to customers and their needs.
The first Plenary Session of the Social Media Conference Northwest 2010 was presented by Matthew Dunn of Sayitvisually.com. Brian Steele was speaking with Drew Graham of Varvid.com.
Materials Testing and Consulting: http://www.mtc-inc.net
