BlogPotomac June 13 in DC

January 17, 2008

If you are in the Washington DC area, mark your calendars for BlogPotomac, a one day event aimed at providing advanced marketing insights beyond the average social media 101. BlogPotomac will be held on Friday, June 13, 2008 at the State Theater in Falls Church, Virginia. BlogPotomac seeks to provide a local “un-conference” on best marketing practices for the social media community in the Washington, DC area.

The event will include seven keynotes:

Opening Keynote: Lionel Menchaca, digital media manager & chief blogger, Direct2Dell

Lunch Keynote: TECH cocktail co-founder & blogger, Frank Gruber, product manager of social media platforms at AOL

Additional keynotes (in alphabetical order) will be given by:

Social Media Group’s Maggie Fox on integrating social media
Kami Huyse, Communication Overtones on ethics
Author KD Paine on measurement
Jeremy Pepper, The Point and Pop! PR Jots on strategy

The current invite for our final keynote is MyDD’s Matt Stoller on political blogging. Event co-chair Debbie Weil will emcee with BlogOrlando creator and BlogPotomac advisor Josh Hallett. Geoff Livingston is the financier and organizer of the event.

There will only be 150 seats available with ticket details will be coming soon. Financial accounting for the event will be open and published. Any profits from BlogPotomac will be donated to the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

I will be doing a lunch keynote at the event so I’ll see you there!