Schedule

Friday Night, February 8, 2008

• Friday night starts at 7:30 p.m. at Maggiano’s Little Italy Restaurant at the Cumberland Mall. We are lining up tables of 8 dinner-table discussions on:
  • Podcasting with James Harris
  • Making a living with online videography with Amani Channel
  • PR and social media with Sherry Heyl
  • Digital serial entrepreneurs with Jeff Haynie and Raghu Kakarala
  • Journalism and citizen media with Leonard Witt
  • Taking politics to the web with Grayson Daughters
  • Building a money-making social networking website with Deanna Sutton.
  • Using social media in education — Chuck Robertson, director of the Cognition and Gerotechnology Lab at North Georgia College and State University
  • Social Networking for Social Good — Timothy Moenk

Saturday, February 9, 2007

Located on the Kennesaw State University campus in the new Social Science Building (#22)

• 8:00 a.m.: Registration and continental breakfast in the lobby
• 8:30 a.m.: Kennesaw State University Welcome in the Auditorium (room 1021)
  • Dr. Richard Vengroff, Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
• 8:40-9:00 a.m.: Five Events That Changed Our Lives Since SoCon07
  • Jeff Haynie, co-founder and CEO, Appcelerator
• 9:00-10:00 a.m.: Get Current: What You Must Know Now
  • Let’s knit the pieces of Social Media into whole cloth so we can see how well it fits for individuals, businesses, nonprofits, education, and the entire Metro Atlanta region. Open discussion.
  • Discussion leaders:
    • Jeff Haynie
    • Sherry Heyl, CEO and Idealist, What a Concept!
    • Leonard Witt, Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication, Kennesaw State University
• 10:00-11:00 a.m.: Keynote: Business is Personal (Again?)
  • Chris Heuer, The Conversation Group
• 11:00-11:15 a.m.: Discussion Summary
  • Josh Hallett, New Media Strategist, Voce Communications
• 11:15-11:30 a.m.: Match Your Interests with Afternoon Topics
  • Find or introduce topics that interest you for the afternoon Breakout Sessions. Sign-up sheets in lobby.
  • Sessions include:
    • Using Social Networking to Improve the World — Leatrice Ellzy
    • Make Your Own High-Profile Web Magazine — Deanna Sutton
    • What It Takes to Be a Winning Technology Entrepreneur — Jeff Haynie
    • Making and Using Multimedia for Business Communication — James Harris
    • How to Be a YouTube Star — Amani Channel
    • Social Media for B2B — Sherry Heyl
    • Making Social Media Work for You — Josh Hallett
    • Your Social Networking Future — Timothy Moenk
    • Build Your Own Personal Brand — David Cohen
    • Blogging 101 Hands-on Training — Morgan MacFarland
    • Citizen Media: Adopt a Journalist or Be One — Leonard Witt
    • Don’t Fight Facebook, Join It: Social Media in the Classroom — Chuck Robertson and Mark Anthony
    • Strategic Web Writing: Effective Practices for Building Your Brand and Audience — Laura McGrath, Ph.D.
    • Your Privacy and Legal Rights on the Web — Stephen Combs, Esq.
    • Photography + Flickr = Fun (and Business): Help Josh Hallett upload his 15,000th photo at SoCon08
    • Online Etiquette When Everyone Wants To Be Your “Friend” — Sherry Heyl
    • Lightening Demo Rounds: Show Us Your New Stuff in Five Minutes
    • Got a Topic? Let Us Know. (Better still, go to Crowdvine, our social networking site, and start a discussion.)
• 11:45-1:00 p.m.: Networking Lunch and Table Discussions in the Student Center
• 1:15-2:15 p.m.: Breakout Room Discussions (Session One)
• 2:20-3:20 p.m.: Breakout Room Discussions (Session Two)
• 3:30-3:45 p.m.: Wrap Up / What We Heard / What’s Next
• 4:00-5:30 p.m.: End of Conference Networking at Mellow Mushroom
• Located across the street from Kennesaw State University
• 6:30 p.m.: Saturday Night at Johnnie MacCracken’s Celtic Firehouse Pub (just off Marietta’s town square):
  • 15 Atlanta Street SE (Map)
    Marietta, GA 30060-1903
    678-290-6641
  • Start at MacCracken’s Pub. From there, self-organize dinner reservations in Marietta.