Whew, between speaking at PANMA, the Grow Smart Biz Conference, PodCamp Philly and the Global Creative Economy Summit, my life has been insane lately! Absolutely educationally, wonderfully, creatively, fabulously insane! Now that things are starting to slow down a little, here once again is this week’s list of some of the fun, interesting, educational and exciting things things I’ll be doing over the next few months.
This list would not be complete without a special shout out to two very dear friends who are getting married this week – Jesse Middleton (@srcasm) & Magda Kozak (@beyondreality)! I wish them both the most happiness possible. Love you both!!
(Disclaimer: This is not a comprehensive list. There are many more events occurring throughout the city and I encourage you to locate and attend the ones that appeal to you. These are just some of the events for the organizations that I am involved with. If you need help locating an event, please let me know and I’ll try and point you in the right direction.)
October 13th – Ignite Philly – Ignite Philly is part of a worldwide network that entertains and educates people in short 5 minute bursts. Ignite Philly is the local group, and is our way to highlight great ideas coming to life here in Philadelphia. 7 pm at Johnny Brenda’s
October 17th – Less Conference (Jacksonville, FL) A conference for marketers, designers, coders, business people, freelancers or anyone who wants to be inspired by amazing business people.
October 17th A Reading with Kate Bornstein (Giovanni’s Room, Philadelphia) Kate Bornstein is the author of many books including, most recently, Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Teen Suicide
October 18th – BarCamp Jacksonville (Jacksonville, FL) BarCamp Jacksonville is a one-day conference, where the conference goers are the participants. Anyone from designers, developers, students, artists and beyond are welcome to join. All barCamps including BarCampJax are Ad-hoc and free, and everyone is encouraged to lead a session or participate.
October 20th – SMC Philly – Wil Reynolds joins us to talk about Social Media & SEO – How to make them play nice together - 6:30 pm at Temple Center City – Register here http://smcphillyoct2009.eventbrite.com/
October 21 – Social Media Boot Camp (Hamilton, NJ) Social media tools are FREE, but the knowledge and understanding how to use them to best fit your company is priceless… Learn more at this event being brought to you by Purple Stripe Productions.
October 23 – Blog Potomac - (Falls Church, VA) Attendees can expect a one-day event with nationally renowned speakers and advanced discussion of best social media marketing practices.
October 27 – Bloblive – Open Mic Night for Entrepreneurs! Bloblive is an urban event for big thinkers, small business owners, entrepreneurs — and dreamers. Each event features idea sharing, audience feedback, a live video feed, twittering and more. Bloblive is the city’s only regular idea meet-up, and whether your idea is half-baked or fully cooked, we’d love to hear about it!
November 2 – SMC Philly Emanuel Rosen, author of “The Anatomy of Buzz Revisited” will be talking about real-life lessons in word of mouth marketing.
November 14 – BarCamp Philly – Philly’s tech, creative, entrepreneurial – Whatever you want it to be! Unconference
November 19 – Founder Factory – Founder Factory is set to inspire Philadelphia entrepreneurs, their mentors and advisors and angel and venture capital investors through real life case studies, examples and success stories.
Besides these stories, these successful entrepreneurs will advise three startups in a Fishbowl setting in topics such as go-to market strategies, value proposition, risks, funding and other topics
I am not personally involved in this group, but after reviewing their calender, I think maybe I should be! I encourage you to take a look at the events calender for the Philly Liars Club. The Philly Liars club is a group of professional writers who basically lie for a living, and their Truth Tour is a series of parties celebrating independent bookstores.
STAY TUNED FOR REGULAR UPDATES! Hope to see some of you at some of these awesome events.
Thanks for mentioning the Philly Liars Club, Gloria. We’re traveling far a wide to raise local awareness for the plight of independent bookstores. If you can attend one of our FREE parties, it’s a great chance to meet some cool local authors, while throwing your support to an endangered, irreplaceable community resource.