SoCon10, the Southeast’s premier social media and social networking conference is pleased to announce Atlanta Daybook as a gold sponsor. Now in its fourth year, SoCon10 is held January 29 – 30, 2010 at Kennesaw State University. Just as with SoCon07, SoCon08 and SoCon09, this year’s SoCon10, is built on the premise that collectively we know more than we do individually. Last year at SoCon09, more than 300 attendees joined the conversation on how social media affects us all and is changing our personal and professional lives.

According to Leonard Witt, Executive Director of the Center for Sustainable Journalism at KSU, “In the first three years, SoCon introduced social media, user-generated content, blogs, podcasts, video logs, social networking, wikis, Twitter… but nothing stands still. Professionally and personally, you have to stay ahead of the learning curve. That’s why we started SoCon. To find out what is the latest; who is doing what; who has great innovative ideas. And to network and learn — and maybe even partner with — independent content producers, entrepreneurs, new media pros, academics and people from across the spectrum of marketing, public relations, legal, human resources, and executive ranks.

“Video is one of the most important tools in social media today. Our society is becoming increasingly visual; you have to have video if you want to stay current and if you want to pass along viral messages. Our SoCon attendees know this and have said they want to learn more. So, we are pleased to be able to offer a Video Boot Camp this year at SoCon taught by a Kennesaw State professional using the Department of Communication’s state of the art media lab.”

What: SoCon10: Enough Theory; Now Show Me the Money – and the Love
Proven Social Media, Social Network Tactics to Enrich Your Business, Nonprofit and Yourself

When: January 29 – 30, 2010

Where: Kennesaw State University

Who Should Attend: Entrepreneurs, small business owners, corporate social media users, new media pros, journalists, people across the spectrum of marketing, public relations, human resources and the executive ranks, academia, bloggers.

Tentative Breakout Sessions

• Integrating Social Media with Email Marketing
• Social Media Business Plans, including Revenue Models
• Obama’s Machine Raised $500 Million Online. How You Can Raise the Same (or some fraction of it)
• Mobile Apps – and how to make them
• Game and Film Companies Are Taking Advantage of Georgia’s Tax Credits &
  Social Media - You can have a starring role.
• Using Social Networks in Mobile Applications
• Tweet Yourself Back into the Job Market – And other practical social networking tips
• Entrepreneurs – Who Is Making a Killing in Atlanta and Why – and who isn’t
• How to Tie All Your Social Media into One Tidy Package
• HR Lurks – How to get hired and not get fired
• Return on Your Online Social Media Investment
• It Is Your Father’s Company –Rubbermaid, Ford, UPS are on the social media cutting edge
• Look Who’s Using Twitter. Hospitals Tweet Surgery Updates to Families. How’s Dad? – in 140 characters or less
• Who’s Cashed in Using Social Media? -- Remember entrepreneurs, you didn’t have to be Alexander Graham Bell to make money off using the telephone.
• Tracking Your Online Campaigns – Measure ROI? Should you?
• Demonstrate, Protest, Fight Back and Win With Social Media
• Getting Sued in 140 Nasty Characters – Small slurs and slights can end in gigantic legal headaches
• Setting Priorities – Knowing Which Social Media Works Best for You
• Dealing with Bad Buzz – Should you Study the Art of War or the Art of Hugs?

For more information, contact Carole Arnold at carnol27@kennesaw.edu or 770-423-6924

Registration is open at http://sustainablejournalism.org/socon10