Event Camp National Conference 2011 Highlights Social Media for Events

With the goal of sharing strategies for leveraging social media and community building, the 2011 Event Camp National Conference (ECNC), February 11-13, 2011, brought together a cast of social media superstars to headline the event including Chris Brogan, Liz Strauss, and Hank Wasiak. Also, Grammy & Emmy nominated, CMA & ACM award winning songwriter Billy Kirsch of Kidbilly Music, led attendees in creating and recording an official EventCamp song. The conference was held at at the Catalyst Ranch in Chicago, an innovative meeting environment that “stimulates and invigorates the senses” with bright vintage art, playthings and furnishings.

Here are some of the key takeaways from Saturday’s speaker presentations:

Event attendees want to belong and be remembered. Chris Brogan
Your event isn’t for everyone and don’t try to make it for everyone. Liz Strauss
Pursue progress, not perfection. Hank Wasiak
Reimagine, don’t recycle, content. Lindy Dreyer
Let attendees know if and when it’s okay to tweet during a presentation. Only use technology that’s appropriate for your presentation. Brandt Krueger
Google Moderator is a great way to crowdsource ideas. Erica St. Angel

PromoWithPurposeShop.com, a shopsite of Thorne Communications, was a friend sponsor of ECNC 2011 and provided made in the USA lanyards. Thorne Communications would also like to thank promotional product industry supplier partner, American Slidechart/Perrygraf, for joining in sponsoring ECNC 2011.

“What I have appreciated about past Event Camp conferences that I’ve attended and sponsored is the opportunity to network with some of the best and brightest minds in the tradeshow and events industry,” says Heidi Thorne, president and founder of Thorne Communications and PromoWithPurposeShop.com. “ECNC 2011 didn’t disappoint! I had already come to know a majority of the attendees with online interactions in the #eventprofs community on Twitter, as well many face-to-face tweetups and events. This was an awesome opportunity to continue the conversations and enhance the relationships that we’ve already started.”

Event Camp is “the world’s first industry gathering of its kind, a ‘BarCamp-style‘ conference. [The] ongoing mission is to bring together like-minded professionals, to share best practices, and learn new strategies, for leveraging social media and technology to create enhanced event experiences.”

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