BlogWorld Expo ‘10 Here We Come!
What’s the best way to motivate your friends, followers and fans to take action that changes the world? Join us at BlogWorld Expo ’10 and find out!
Hand’s on Network’s VP of Social Media, Jessica Kirkwood, will be joined by our own Karen Bantuveris, founder of VolunteerSpot, Kerala Taylor, online content manager of KaBOOM!, and Robert Wolfe, founder of Crowdrise, to facilitate a wacky, interactive look at what’s most effective in inspiring, equipping and mobilizing people to make a difference and take real world action. (Oh, and there will be some cool prizes too.)
“This won’t be a ‘talking heads’ panel discussion”, said Jessica Kirkwood, “instead we’ll be calling on the wisdom of the crowd and challenging our nation’s top bloggers to drive real-world action right from the conference room.”
Session participants will compete to earn points and prizes for creating real-world, in-the-moment actions that range from simple, like re-tweeting of messages, to more complex commitments like persuading friends, fans or conference attendees not in the room to pose for humorous photos or make commitments to charities or causes they care about.
Each of the four session facilitators brings boatloads of experience in mobilizing people to take action that changes the world. Participants can count on them to demonstrate the correlation between what happens in the room and industry best practices without lectures or PowerPoint slides.
“Not only will we share simple best-practice strategies, we’ll help everyone experience how social media amplifies their power in Making a Difference with friends, family, coworkers and volunteers in their local and networked communities,” says Karen Bantuveris.
There couldn’t be a better time to talk about mobilizing people to take real world action. October 23, 2010, just one week after Blogworld closes, marks the 20th anniversary of Make A Difference Day, the largest national day of community service. Held annually the fourth Saturday of October, Make A Difference Day is sponsored by USA WEEKEND and HandsOn Network.
If you’re going to Blog World Expo (#BWE10 ) – please join us! If you can’t make it in person, please tune to our Twitter hastags (#BWERWA, #RWA1, #RWA2, and #RWA3) on October 15th at 12:15 p.m. PST.
