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Thursday, November 05, 2009 ADD A COMMENT

Geekend 2009: My Schedule

Geekend! Savannah's first major Social Media conference for geeks (like me!) is starting tomorrow at the Hyatt on Bay Street. To say that I'm excited would be a massive understatement, but I'll spare you the details (let's just say that I bought 100 business cards... you know... just in case). Insteaed I'm going to take you through my plan of attack; my session obsession; my schedule. Let's dive in!

Friday Nov 6
  • 8-9pm, Opening Keynote
    David Carson
    Harborside East/West, Hyatt

  • 9pm, Performance by MK2 and Hula Hoop
    Harborside East/West, Hyatt
Saturday Nov 7
  • 9:30-10:15am, "Technology For The Greater Good"
    Murray Wilson, TPS Consulting
    Tony Jordan, A.W.O.L.
    Scarbrough Ballroom, Hyatt

  • 10:30-11:15am, "Building Whuffie: Reputation and the Future of the Social Web"
    Kevin Lawver, Music Intelligence Solutions
    Harborside West, Hyatt

  • 11:30-12:15pm, "Why The @#$! Aren't You Blogging?!"
    Phil Joyner, Paragon
    Doy Cave, Richmond Hill Media
    Scarbrough Ballroom, Hyatt

  • 2-2:45pm, "I'm My Own Boss! Now What?!?"
    Jen Consalvo, Shiny Heart Ventures
    Frank Gruber, AOL & Shiny Heart Ventures
    Harborside West, Hyatt

  • 3-3:45pm, "Digital Trends Among Digital Natives"
    Sloane Kelley, BFG Communications
    Scarbrough Ballroom, Hyatt

  • 4-4:45pm, "How To Be A Great Interrogator Designer: What They Don't Teach You In Design School"
    Andrew Davies, Paragon
    Ariel Janzen, brightwhitespace
    Cari Clark, Clark Creative
    Janna Hicks DeVylder, Savannah College of Art and Design
    Scarbrough Ballroom, Hyatt

  • 5:30-6:30, Keynote Session
    "Major Nelson" AKA Larry Hryb
    Harborside East/West, Hyatt
Sunday Nov 8
  • 10-4pm, Geekend Unconference
    Scarbrough Ballroom, Hyatt

This is my first Social Media/Design/Technology/Geek conference and I'm STOKED. Plus a pioneer in my own field of Graphic Design, David Carson, is the keynote speaker on the first day. Imagine how amazing it would be to get to meet him! I hope I hope I hope... :)
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3 Comments :

Anonymous Frank Gruber said...

I'm stoked to be headed down to Savannah to share my story at Geekend2009. See you there! ;)

November 5, 2009 12:53 PM  
Blogger adamjackson said...

Have a good time Frank. Wish I could be there, Ben.

November 5, 2009 5:01 PM  
Anonymous adamjackson said...

Have a good time Frank. Wish I could be there, Ben.

November 7, 2009 7:24 PM  

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