Take a look at our freshly published schedule grid to map out what sessions and keynotes you want to hit up at Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco this spring.
We’ve divided the grid by day as well as by session track or type:
- Design & User Experience
- Development
- Focus on Analytics
- Focus on Cloud Computing
- Focus on Mobile
- Keynote
- Intensive
- Social Media Marketing
- Special Programs & Events
- Sponsored
- Strategy & Business Models
We’ll continue to have more updates as the days pass. Feel free to message us if you have any questions!
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Kaitlin Pike is the Community Manager of Web 2.0 Expo. She can be reached @w2e or @kcpike.
Our media partner Adam Stacoviak of the Web 2.0 Show brings us a podcast interview today with Web 2.0 Expo speaker and Lean Startup Intensive leader Eric Ries. Many of you already know Eric from his popular blog Startup Lessons Learned and as the creator of the “Lean Startup” methodology and “The New Entrepreneurship.”
Eric was the co-founder and served as the CTO of IMVU, his third startup. He has authored several books and received numerous awards. But he has no desire to rest on his laurels.
Listen to the podcast to find out what Eric’s been up to, what advice he has for entrepreneurs, and what he’s trying to do with current U.S. immigration laws.
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Adam Stacoviak is the host of the Web 2.0 Show, an audio-based podcast that profiles the Entrepreneurs, Businesses and Technologies of Web 2.0. If you have a Web 2.0 business to promote, he wants to hear about it on his new segment, Pitch the Show.
Kaitlin Pike is the Community Manager of Web 2.0 Expo. She can be reached @w2e or @kcpike.
After a wildly successful first season, everyone’s favorite Twitter game is back in action. It’s time to “Tweet This” to earn a full conference pass to Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco!
Here’s the Deal
“Use discount code [FAKE] for 25% off a Web 2.0 Expo SF conference pass—discount ends April 25! #w2e”
Tweet this sentence to enough of your friends, and you could earn a deeply discounted or free full-price Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco conference pass. Every time someone buys a conference pass using your personalized discount code (which we will send you—read on), you get an additional 10% off the cost of a full-price pass. That’s on top of the 25% discount we will give you for participating.
(Note: The discount code above—[FAKE]—does not work. It’s just an example.)
Here’s how to play:
- Sign up for the contest at the bottom of this post (scroll down, please!). All we need is your name and an email address to send you a personalized code. Space fills up fast and is limited to the first 100 people who apply.
- Tweet the discount code we give you to your followers so they can sign up using it.
- Kick back and let us do the rest of the work. We’ll contact you the week of April 26th to tell you how many people signed up using your code… and also to tell you how much money will be shaved off your conference pass.
If you already have a conference pass, you’re still more than welcome to participate. Although the credits you accrue will not work toward the pass you already purchased (retroactively that is), you will be able to earn another deeply discounted or fully paid-for pass for a friend or colleague. You can also use your credits toward Web 2.0 Expo New York 2010. One last thing—although we think Twitter is the easiest way for you to spread this deal, there is no restriction as to where you can post your code! Feel free to email your friends or post it on your Facebook account.
We are limiting this contest to the first 100 people who apply – so hurry! The discount code you are given will only work through April 25, so the sooner you start spreading the word the better.
Post any questions in the blog comments section or message us @w2e on Twitter.
Good luck!
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Kaitlin Pike is the Community Manager of Web 2.0 Expo. She can be reached @w2e or @kcpike.
Hundreds of people, 60+ cities, 6 continents, and several dozen 5-minute rants. No, it’s not one of those annoying word problems from algebra. It’s the first ever Global Ignite Week, this March 1-5, 2010.
What is Ignite? Carmel Hagen and Emily Goligoski, the founders of Ignite Bay Area, would like to lay it down for you.
Watch their presentation by clicking on the Ignite logo below. (Although the page will ask you for name & email, registration is NOT required - just hit “Submit” to watch.)
Sponsored in part by Web 2.0 Expo, Ignite Bay Area’s Global Ignite Week event is tomorrow night - March 2 - from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets are sold out but you can Livestream it here. You can also watch recordings of Ignite talks here. And here’s the list of Ignite Bay Area speakers for tomorrow.
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Kaitlin Pike is the Community Manager of Web 2.0 Expo. She can be reached @w2e or @kcpike.
For those who attended, we hope you enjoyed our “Effective Social Media for Event Exhibitors” webcast. As requested, we’re posting the slides we used here. We’ll soon have the full webcast - audio and slides - up for you to watch. If you didn’t get a chance to watch our webcast live, we invite you to check it out and send us any questions you may have.
Thanks!
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Kaitlin Pike is the Community Manager of Web 2.0 Expo. She can be reached @w2e or @kcpike.
Update 3/19: Our application period is now closed. Thank you for your interest! We will get back to you with an answer next week.
Collaboration is the heart of Web 2.0. But we at Web 2.0 Expo know that effective cooperation involves more than good technology; we also recognize the very human drive behind it. And we can think of no better example of the human need to collaborate — and the creative ways it can be done — than can be found in the countless non-profits that work to better our community and world by using the web as an organizing tool.
We are once again hosting a Non-Profit Pavilion at Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco. This Web 2.0 Expo tradition has hosted such organizations as ChangingthePresent, Amoration, Creative Commons, Donorschoose, Knowmore, Social Actions, USIBA and the University of Denver CIS Program. You can also see this past fall’s Web 2.0 Expo New York Non-Profit Pavilion list.
If you’re a non-profit organization that is using Web 2.0 technologies to support your cause, mission, or community goals, we invite you to apply for a spot in our Pavilion.
We will choose 10 non-profits to participate in the Pavilion (located on the Expo floor). Each organization will be supplied with a booth space, on-site branding, an Internet connection, and inclusion in the events guide, completely free of charge.
To apply, fill out the form below. The deadline to apply is March 18.
Organizations must be a registered 501c3 to participate. Space is limited to 10 non-profits. An internal Web 2.0 Expo committee will select the booth recipients and announcements will be made the week of March 22.
Thank you.
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Kaitlin Pike is the Community Manager of Web 2.0 Expo. She can be reached @w2e or @kcpike.
As part of our efforts to get you some virtual swag before Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco 2010 begins, we’d like to offer another free book chapter from O’Reilly.
“Effective UI” (Download now)
Written by Jonathan Anderson, John McRee, and Robb Wilson, this book provides a complete roadmap to building groundbreaking software centered on user experience (UX) quality, how to get management support, employing product management strategies proven to deliver greater success, and how to manage the design, engineering, staffing, and business considerations that must be centered on the user’s needs and working effectively in tandem all throughout the project.
Enjoy!
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Kaitlin Pike is the Community Manager of Web 2.0 Expo. She can be reached @w2e or @kcpike.
Dear New Web 2.0 Companies,
So sorry to hear you’re singing the Entrepreneur Blues. You’re cash-strapped, short on time, and getting frustrated with your co-founders (oh, trust me—they feel the same about you). You have enough problems just trying to sort out details with the overseas developer you hired, let alone trying to pitch your product to potential clients or VCs.
Want some help with your hustle? Apply for Launch Pad 2010 at Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco.
We’re looking for new companies or products that are disrupting or transforming today’s Web 2.0 world. Five companies will be chosen by a panel to present on stage at Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco on May 5, 2010. Each will have five minutes to present their company or product and will receive real-time feedback from a panel of industry experts and the audience.
Here are some of the rules and guidelines of Launch Pad:
- Entrants do not need to launch their company or a major product/service to qualify.
- All proposals will be reviewed before Web 2.0 Expo by our panel.
- The judging panel will be comprised of industry experts who will review Launch Pad companies for their value to their market (consumer, enterprise, etc.).
- Judges will select about five finalists, each of whom will have five minutes to pitch on stage, in front of the Web 2.0 Expo audience (the largest gathering of the innovators in the Internet industry) and the panel.
- Each company will receive feedback on its presentation from both the panel and the audience.
Submit Your Company for Consideration—entries are due by March 31, 2010.
If you have questions, we have answers. Contact Joylyn Tanner for more information on Launch Pad at jtanner@techweb.com.
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Kaitlin Pike is the community manager of Web 2.0 Expo. She can be reached @w2e or @kcpike.
As Francis Bacon said, scientia potentia est. And for the non-Latin speakers… most likely all of you: Knowledge is power.
Web 2.0 Expo empowers attendees through the knowledge our speakers, sessions, and Expo exhibitors bring to each show. We’d like to expand on this theme and serve up some learning pre-event (if you hadn’t heard, we have one coming up May 3-6 at San Francisco’s Moscone West). For starters, we are offering you free chapters from a few of our favorite books about the Web 2.0 world.
First off: Dan Zarella’s “The Social Media Marketing Book”. This easy-to-understand book introduces you to social networks, blogging, and several other websites, and helps you plan and execute strategies with actionable advice every step of the way.
Download it now.
You’ll periodically see announcements about new free chapters on our Twitter account and here on our blog between now and the commencement of Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco. The chapters will remain available through the conference.
In addition to the book previews, we have speaker interviews lined up to go on our blog. We may ask for your help with questions from time to time, so feel free to reach out and tell us what you want answered.
Enjoy reading!
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Kaitlin Pike is the Community Manager of Web 2.0 Expo. She can be reached @w2e or @kcpike.
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