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Twitter for Events

One of our clients recently asked me to hold a “Twittorial” around the topic of how to use Twitter at conferences.  Here’s the presentation from that session – let me …more…

TWTRCON is going to New York!

We launched TWTRCON, the Twitter for Business Conference, in San Francisco, the home of the tech community that built the real-time web. In DC, we talked about how the real-time revolution was transforming government, as well as business and non-profit organizations. 2010 is the year that Twitter will grow up and take its rightful place as an essential business tool, a tool that will, over time be embedded into many more business processes than we can now imagine.

We couldn’t think of a better place to have that conversation than New York, home of the global business community, and home to many of the world’s leading media organizations.

We are delighted that the Direct Marketing Association has offered to let us co-locate TWTRCON NY, which will be held June 14 at the Hilton New York, with their Digital Marketing Days event. The DMA, …more…

Social Media at Work Relaunches with a Focus on Statistics & Case Studies

Last week, we re-launched Social Media at Work with a redesign focused exclusively on providing social media case studies and social media statistics (and some occasional commentary).

To us, case …more…

Portfolio: WSJ Future of Finance Initiative

On December 7 and 8, 2009, Modern Media helped The Wall Street Journal to produce its first Future of Finance Initiative meeting in the UK.  The event, which was held at the lovely …more…

Portfolio: CreateYourNextCustomer.com site update

When we first helped TechWeb launch CreateYourNextCustomer.com, the goal was to create an innovative, dynamic online media kit that featured a media planning widget, easy-to-update product information and a …more…

The Modern Media / TWTRCON 2010 Media Predictions Project

Given the heady pace of change in today’s media industry, we thought it might be interesting to tap into the collective wisdom of our clients and friends to make …more…

Equifax Webinar on Social Media

In October, I had the opportunity to participate in a Webinar hosted by Equifax titled “Social Media: Participate or Perish.”  It was a great discussion of social media trends targeted …more…

The 8th Annual Economist Innovation Awards Honors 8 Innovators

Described as the “Oscars of Innovation,” The Economist Annual Innovation Awards celebrate the ideas shaping the world. Modern Media helped create the annual award and accompanying Innovation Summit conference in 2002 …more…

TWTRCON, the Twitter for Business conference, goes to Washington DC on October 22

TWTRCON DC 09 TO FEATURE CASE STUDIES FROM LEADING BRANDS, NON-PROFITS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WHO USE TWITTER AND THE REAL-TIME WEB TO DELIVER MEASURABLE RESULTS
October 22 Washington DC Conference Speakers Include Joe Trippi, Craig Newmark and Steve Rubel
NEW YORK, September 24, 2009 – Modern Media today announced that TWTRCON DC 09 (twtrcon.com), a one-day business conference taking place October 22 at the Grand Hyatt Washington DC, will focus on how the real-time web is transforming business, government agencies and non-profits. The program includes case studies from organizations using Twitter and other real-time platforms to re-invent branding,

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TWTRCON SF 09 Wraps Up

Just a quick note to thank our friends old and new for helping us host a hugely successful TWTRCON SF 09 on May 31 in San Francisco.  TWTRCON came together over two …more…