Announcing our speaking lineup for SMB SXSW

Social Media Breakfast SXSW 2010 - speaker headshots

We’re looking forward to bringing you an action-packed morning of presentations and discussions at our mega breakfast at SXSW at the Hyatt Regency Austin this Sunday.

Agenda

  • Welcome and introduction from SMB founder founder Bryan Person
  • Speaker intros and Q&A facilitation from Albert Maruggi
  • How Social Media and Business Thrive in Rural America: Becky McCray
  • Social Media Strategy: Tac Anderson and Heidi Miller
  • Managing a Successful Social Media Breakfast Community: Rick Mahn
  • How Social Storytelling is Changing the Marketplace: Chris Kenton
  • The Importance of Pushing the Social Media Metrics Debate Forward: Scott Lake
  • Wrapup by Bryan Person

About the presenters

* Albert Maruggi | @AlbertMaruggi is an experienced journalist, senior PR advisor and technology marketer.  He is  the principal of Provident Partners and is in his sixth year as host of the Marketing Edge Podcast.

Becky McCray | @BeckyMcCray is a small-town entrepreneur. That includes an odd mix of liquor store owner, grant and project consultant, and cattle rancher. New project: TourismCurrents.com.

* Heidi Miller | @HeidiMiller is the social media manager at Spoken Communications and GotVoice. She also tweets and podcasts for Social Media Breakfast Seattle (@SMBSeattle).

* Tac Anderson | @TacAnderson is a social media anthropologist, communications strategist, business-model junkie, and director of digital strategies at Waggener Edstrom.

* Rick Mahn | @RickMahn is a social media strategist for Land O’Lakes and the founder and co-organizer of the Social Media Breakfast Twin Cities.

* Chris Kenton | @CKenton is founder and CEO of SocialRep, a social media intelligence firm based in San Francisco. He’s also the organizer of Social Media Breakfast San Francisco.

* Scott Lake | @Scottica is founder and CEO of Social Web Index (SWIX), a social media analytics tool that helps marketers track engagement metrics and ROI. SWIX is based in Ottawa, Canada.

The event begins at 10:00am, and we’ll kick off introductions at about 10:20.

1 comment so far ↓

#1 Kim Hollenshead on 03.11.10 at 11:02 pm

What a great lineup for the event. Can’t wait to hear them and see everyone on Sunday!