Why Participate?

Benefits for participants:

Everyone

• a wonderful chance to meet new and interesting people
• spend a day with smart people, deep conversations & actionable strategies and tactics
• contribute to changing the world
• an amazing experience

Non-profits

• a chance to present projects you are working on to a new audience and gain valuable feedback
• a collaborative environment for brainstorming technology or communications solutions
• learn how to leverage Web 2.0 technologies & social strategies for your projects

Sustainability and environmental thinkers and planners & social software developers

• present your projects and ideas to your peers and an interested and engaged audience
• an opportunity to interact with a diverse group of people who are passionate about social software, community building and Web 2.0
• a chance to help non-profits & local, ecologically sustainable companies in need of your talents to help them change the world

Locally-owned, and/or eco-friendly businesses

• learn how community engagement and social software can help you reach a deeper customer base
• tap into a talent pool of smart, engaged thought leaders in the digital space who are motivated to help

Marketers

• a chance to learn and share ideas & strategies in an open and collaborative environment
• the opportunity to use your talents to help non-profits and local businesses develop actionable strategies to help change the world

Who should attend/ present:

• Local business owners & marketers
• Non-profit marketers & community leaders
• Software developers
• Social marketers
• PR practitioners interested in social media
• Community volunteers
• Social content creators
• Sustainability planners & thinkers
• Environmentalists & planners

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