What’s that hum in the air? It’s all the buzz about South by Southwest, kicking off next week in Austin, Texas. What began in 1987 as a music festival now includes film and interactive tracks that draw many of each discipline’s most influential people to town for panels, presentations, discussions, and good, old fashioned conversations.
This year, WhatGives!? will be smack in the middle of all the action at the Beacon in Room 8BC on Level 3 of the Austin Convention Center. This self-proclaimed “Lounge with a Conscience” will kick off each day with our pal, Mark Horvath of invisible people.tv interviewing some amazing people in the social media for social good world. Opinions about social media’s impact on efforts to increase support for charities and causes are sure to be flying fast and furious every morning. We’ll be streaming on UStream on the WhatGives!? Channel. Join us in Austin or online between 10:30 and 11:00am! (Central Standard Time*) You can also follow along on Twitter or through the Beacon website.
Currently Scheduled Guests…
Saturday, March 13
Jeff Pulver – Jeff is the Chairman and Founder of pulver.com, and a pioneer of the VoIP industry, as well as the creator of the 140 Characters Conference which provides a worldwide platform for the Twitter community and explores the effects of the emerging real-time internet on business.
Chris Brogan – Chris helps a lot companies to improve online business communications like marketing and PR through the use of social software, community platforms, and other emerging web and mobile technologies. His book, Social Media 101 just hit the shelves in February.
Sunday, March 14
Kari Saratovsky – We’re excited that Kari is joining us in the Beacon Lounge. Her Social Citizen blog via the Case Foundation is a great resource for everyone in the social good world.
Tony Steward – As the Online Community Pastor at LifeChurch.tv, Tony helps leverage social media to connect people to church online experiences, community and opportunities for spiritual growth.
Terry Storch – Terry oversees Church Online, a webministry of LifeChurch.tv that reaches of 60,000 people in over 140 countries each week.
Monday, March 15
Beth Kanter – We love Beth! She’s a superstar of social good – training and consulting with nonprofits around the globe in the effective use of social media.
Chris Noble – Founder and CEO of Causemedia Group (and the big boss at WhatGives!?), Chris simply wants to make it easier for nonprofits to raise money. He’s got some great ideas you’ll want to hear.
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*Note: Daylight Savings time kicks in Sunday morning, March 13. Don’t forget to spring forward!
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