The 5th Annual New Communications Forum
April 27th - 29th, 2009
co-located with the Inbound Marketing Summit
Marriott Hotel, San Francisco, CA

All Social Search Party Meetup members, please join us at New Communications Forum 2009!

Register at www.newcommforum.com & use special discount code SNCRFRIEND to save $100. Get three full days of unparalleled education for only $695; one-day FlexPass for $395.

NewComm Forum is the leading conference that brings together thought leaders and decision makers to discuss the impact of social media and new communications on PR, marketing, advertising, media, journalism, business, culture and society.

Join us for a wide variety of sessions and thoughtful discussions with the industry's leaders on:

* Social media & innovation
* Blogger & influencer relations
* Online community management & development
* Collaboration & co-creation strategies
* Organizational transformation
* Social media program management
* Online reputation management
* Social media metrics & measurement
* Social interaction design
* Crowdsourcing
* Micro-communications tools like Twitter
* Global trends in mobile media
* New media & journalism models
* Emerging business and organizational models
* Social media and the gift economy
* “New economy” issues & developments

Keynote Conversations with:

* Charles Best
* Chris Brogan
* Laura (@Pistachio) Fitton
* Paul Gillin
* Shel Holtz
* Shel Israel
* Alan Kelly
* JD Lasica
* Charlene Li
* Geoff Livingston
* Amy Muller
* Jeremiah Owyang
* Joseph Thornley
* ... and more!

Participate in small, focused roundtable discussions on:

* Social media and innovation
* Best practices for social media metrics and measurement
* New business models for news organizations
* Social media program management best practices

And, wrap up your Forum experience with a 2-hour strategy session!

After three days of in-depth education, you'll have the opportunity to sit down with an SNCR Fellow or one of our conference faculty and design your social media strategy.

View the full program agenda here: http://newcommforum.com/2009/?page_id=2

Get Two Events in One!

This year’s NewComm Forum will be co-located with the Inbound Marketing Summit. Participants can register to attend both events at a reduced rate for a comprehensive immersion into the world of social media and new communications. Use code NCFCOMBO2 to save $200. on our Full Access Pass.
Please join us for an unparalleled gathering of thought leaders and decision makers to discuss the impact of social media and emerging communication tools, technologies, and models on PR and corporate communications, marketing and advertising, media and journalism, as well as their increasing impact on business, and the emerging Web 2.0-enabled economy.

Special discounts for Social Search Party Members:

Use code SNCRFRIEND to register now and get three full days of unparalleled professional education + access to the Inbound Marketing Summit Expo for only $695!
Or attend NewComm Forum for one day with the NewComm FlexPass for just $395!

Or, get the Full Access Pass for NewComm Forum + Inbound Marketing Summit. Use code NCFCOMBO2 to save $200

For more information & to register: visit www.newcommforum.com

Apologies for the delay in getting you all the details for this month's meet-up. Our organization is having its annual conference this week, and it will be held March 7-9. Details follow.

We will hold a Bay Area-based Social Search Party meetup later in the month - on Thursday, March 22nd. Details to follow soon.

url=www.newcommforum.com]NewComm Forum '07

Join the Society for New Communications Research for the 3rd Annual New Communications Forum (http://www.newcommforum.com), March 7-9, 2007 at the Venetian Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.

Now in its third year, NewComm Forum is the premier conference that brings together leaders from around the globe to explore and discuss the revolutionary impact of participatory communications and social media on advertising, marketing, public relations, corporate communications, business and media. Conference highlights will include:

· Opening keynote presentation by David Weinberger, co-author Cluetrain Manifesto
· 28 conference sessions in four tracks: internal communications, public relations, advertising and marketing, journalism and new media
· 4 hands-on pre-conference Boot camps: Blogging 101, Wikis 101, Podcasting, 101 and Videocasting 101 taught by the leading experts
· 1 in-depth post conference workshop: How to Map Your Social Media Strategy

The comprehensive conference program will feature real-world case studies from leading companies and in-depth expert education from dozens of leading experts and the research fellows of the url=www.SNCR.com]Society for New Communications Research.

If you'd like to attend, visit http://www.newcommforum.com and use promo code 612SHN to get the $200. SNCR member discount.

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SOCIAL SEARCH PARTY MARCH MEETUP - MARCH 22ND, 6:30pm - San Francisco, CA

WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS SOON!

Our first MeetUp is being hosted by the good people at WINK - we'll be using the lounge area in their offices and one of the crew there will be showing off their new social network search engine. You'll be welcome to test and give honest feedback on new features for their first-of-its-kind social network search engine. This is sure to be a good jumping off point for discussion and a great chance to meet other people into social media and the community-driven web at Wink's labs in Mountian View, please RSVP by Sunday 12/3 if possible. We'll be meeting on the third floor of 5150 El Camino on Wednesday starting at 6pm-8pm 12/6. Pizza and assorted schwag for all.

For questions on this specific MeetUp email me at peoplepoweredweb@gmail.com. Thanks, Matthew