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Mashable Connect Take Two

melissafeeney — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:32:07 +0000

Next weekend I will make my way to Walt Disney World once again to attend my second Mashable Connect conference.

The intimate conference that brings the Mashable community together with the brightest minds in social and digital media is back for the 2012 edition with this year’s theme: Future of Digital.

What I love about this conference are the number of opportunities that allow attendees to connect with each other. From the opening night networking event to the activities inside the Disney parks and seated meals, Mashable Connect lives up to its name of bringing the community together to share, inspire and connect with one another offline.

Some of the speakers include: Burt Herman, Co-founder, Storify; Joe Fernandez, Founder & CEO, Klout; Lawrence Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics; Hilary Mason, Chief Scientist, Bit.ly and June Cohen, Executive Producer, TED Media.

Here’s my favourite session from last year that features Craig Engler of Syfy Digital speaking on community engagement.

For Those Who Still Think Social Media Is a Fad

melissafeeney — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:04:19 +0000

When trying to research why my generation uses Facebook and Twitter to communicate, I came across a very interesting video for the book Socialnomics by Erik Qualman that may explain and convince the most doubtful of people who still belive social media is a fad.

a WordCamp re-cap

melissafeeney — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:09:53 +0000

In between sessions

WordCamp Toronto was a smashing success. Thanks to all the speakers, attendees, volunteers, co-workers and friends who made it so great.

The weekend was informative and fun and I can’t wait to begin planning WCT ’09!

I found an excellent blog post about WCT on blogTO, http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/10/wordcamp_toronto_redux/

If you have anything you would like to share about the weekend, leave me a comment.

Matt Mullenweg - the creator of WordPress, talking about the future of the blog.

Thanks to Mark Jaquith for these amazing photos.

A sMeshing Success

melissafeeney — Sat, 24 May 2008 03:00:24 +0000

Of all the networking, listening to panelists, tech experts and their predictions for the future of web 2.0 I found the other attendees, or should I say participants and the stories they had to tell the most interesting part of the Mesh experience.

Everyone I met was able to contribute to the conversation of social media in their own unique way. I met C.E.O.s of start-ups, bloggers, wiki consultants and creators of web videos. Although there were a variety of participants at this conference, everyone was there because of their passion for the web and all the many wonderful applications it has.

Mesh is a two-day conference for anyone and everyone who is interested in social media and the impact it has on business and society.

This was my first time at Mesh, but it definitly left a good impression on me. During the two days, I was able to hear the inspiring story of Ethan Kaplan and how he was able to refocus the way Warner Bros. Records used technology on their website. David Usher and Kieran Roy of Arts and Crafts gave great insight into the future of the music industry while Katie Delahaye Paine and Sylvain Perron created a discussion around the measurement of social media.

The sessions aside, the conference was very well attended, again it was sold out and attracted people from around Ontario and North America.

I will definitly be there again next year…can’t wait!