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Conferences

Social Media 101 Social Media 101
January 19 - February 9, 2012 | ONLINE
Learn best practices for Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, Foursquare, YouTube, and Flickr. Over four weeks, you'll determine the social media sites that matter most to you, based on your personal and professional goals. Speakers include Brian Stelter (The New York Times), Shira Lazar (What's Trending), and Jessica Bennett (Newsweek and The Daily Beast).
Socialize Socialize: Monetizing Social Media
January 27, 2012 | St. Andrew's Club & Conference Centre, Toronto
Learn how to make money with social media, including social games, virtual goods, social mobile, and metrics. This event offers a high-level look at monetization methods being employed by organizations today to profit from the social web.
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Job Search Boot Camp Job Search Boot Camp
January 31 - February 21, 2012 | ONLINE
Get feedback on your resume, tips for updating your online brand, and advice for getting results from your network in our four-week online conference. The discussion topics, along with interactive conversations with advisors and peers, will help you target your goals, refine your search, and move forward with your career.
Semantic Tech & Business Conference

Semantic Tech & Business Conference
The world's largest, most authoritative conference on semantic technology & business for enterprise computing professionals.

BERLIN
February 6-7, 2012 | Seminaris CampusHotel Berlin
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SAN FRANCISCO
June 3-7, 2012 and June 2-6, 2013 | Hilton San Francisco Union Square
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LONDON
September 19-20, 2012 | Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London

NEW YORK CITY
October 16-17, 2012 | New Yorker Hotel

Inside Social Apps Inside Network presents Inside Social Apps 2012
Inside Social Apps 2012 brings together today's leading developers of social and mobile apps and games for a two-day intensive summit on the future of app and game growth and monetization on social and mobile platforms.

SAN FRANCISCO
February 8-9, 2012 | The Concourse at the San Francisco Design Center
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NEW YORK CITY
December 4, 2012 | New Yorker Hotel
Social Media Marketing Boot Camp Social Media Marketing Bootcamp
February 16 - April 5, 2012 | ONLINE
Create a social media strategy and learn from the biggest names in social media in this innovative online event and workshop. Over eight weeks, you'll participate in a dynamic online event to tune in to live weekly video webcasts, participate in ongoing forum discussions, complete strategic assignments, and work with a small group to receive one-on-one feedback on your social media plans.
AllFacebook presents AllFacebook Marketing Conference AllFacebook Marketing Conference
Your how-to guide for Facebook marketing.

MUNICH
April 16, 2012 | Leonardo Royal Hotel Munich
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SAN FRANCISCO
June 28-29, 2012 | The Westin - Market Street
Social Gaming Summit Social Gaming Summit
Social Gaming Summit is designed to provide insights into some of the emerging areas of social gaming as well as some of the fundamental concepts that are key to understanding social games and how they work.

BERLIN
May 23-24, 2012 | Kalkscheune

LONDON
November 15-16, 2012 | St. Paul's

Publishing App Expo Publishing App Expo
December 4, 2012 | New Yorker Hotel, New York City
App Development, Marketing & Monetization.

How to submit a speaker

To submit a speaker for consideration, please email the following materials to events@mediabistro.com:

  • Biography and headshot of proposed speaker
  • The event you are submitting the speaker for, and reason why he/she is a good fit
  • Links to any appearances, previous speaking gigs, video, podcasts, or press
  • Appropriate contact information

Speakers should be submitted 90+ days prior to the event.

Please note that, due to the overwhelming number of submissions we receive, only individuals who are selected to speak will receive a reply. Although we truly appreciate all your ideas and proposals, it is simply not feasible for us to respond personally to every submission.
 
 

Cocktail Parties

1/18 Meet the Teachers - New York City

1/18 Detroit

1/19 Meet the Teachers Online: A Live Video Meet 'n' Greet Event

1/24 Boston

1/24 Washington DC

1/25 Philadelphia

1/31 San Francisco

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mediabistro.com Book Club

mediabistro.com is proud to announce the mediabistro.com book club, where authors can highlight their latest work to cocktail party attendees. At each event, four authors will mingle and share drinks with mediabistro.com's influential audience and read a two minute selection from their work.

To be considered, please apply at least two months prior to the party you would like to be included in. You will be notified of your acceptance one month prior to the party. Parties will be held quarterly and co-hosted by mediabistro.com GalleyCat editors. One application per literary work, please.

For authors selected, mediabistro.com will:

  • Mention author in party email invitation (over 30,000 sent) and on the event listing with a link to the author's website
  • Photograph the event and post all pictures to Flickr -- follow up email will have a link to the Flickr site

Event format:

  • 6:30-7:00 Cocktails & mingling
  • 7:00-7:45 Readings
  • 7:45-8:30 More mingling with media peers

February 15th New York Book Club Party Winners:

To apply, click on the party you would like to be chosen for:

mediabistro.com Book Club past featured authors: Jennifer Abernethy, Andrew Altschul, Nelson Aspen, Sanjiv Bhattacharya, Barbara Browning, Jamie Cat Callan, Thomas Chatterton Williams, David Farley, Margaret Floyd, Jonathan Franklin, Melissa Ford, Steve Friedman, Richard Grossman, Judy Gruen, Gar Anthony Haywood, Carl Hoffman, Abigail Johnson Dodge, Nicola Kraus, Grace Krilanovich, Shana Mahaffey, Joseph Mattson, Suzanne McGee, Emma McLaughlin, Alex Palmer, Victoria Patterson, Nicole Porter, Joanne Rocklin, Emily Rogan, Douglas Rushkoff, Susan Schneider, Joel Schwartzberg, Karen Stabiner, Kio Stark, Alix Strauss, Francis Tapon, Laura Vanderkam, Amy Whitaker, Kara Whitely, Ben H. Winters, Denis Wood, and Susan Wright

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