How Local Organizations Can Use the Web & Social Media to Amplify Their Voice

There are people and organizations in your neighborhoods working hard every single day to preserve, cultivate, and connect your communities. Did you know they're fully accessible online using social media tools like blogging and Twitter? Join us during Internet Week to find out who they are and how they do it.

How Local Organizations Can Use the Web & Social Media to Amplify Their Voice

WHAT: A round table discussion and Q&A, putting you face-to-face with the local organizations who are making themselves known by blogging, Facebooking, tweeting, and engaging with the their neighborhoods in innovative ways. With tiny staffs and often tinier budgets, the round table participants will offer insight on the importance of a social web presence and how they've capitalized on it as a tool to broadcast their organizational message far and wide ... without stretching their resources! Learn from their hits and misses (and share yours as well) as the panelists touch upon their adventures on the social web. Following the Q&A, stay for a free happy hour and connect with the community organizations and others in attendance.

WHO:

NearSay.com - Trevor Sumner, co-founder & CMO. Moderator, @NearSayNY (http://www.twitter.com/nearsayny)

LANDMARK WEST! - Cristiana Pena, Senior Director of Preservation, @LandmarkWest (http://www.twitter.com/landmarkwest)

Fashion Center, Ryan Daly, Community Liaison & Social Media Manager, @FashionCenterNY (http://www.twitter.com/fashioncenterny)

Fourth Arts Block- Tamara Greenfield, Executive Director @FourthArtsBlock (http://www.twitter.com/fourthartsblock)

34th St. Partnership - Tricia Lewis, Director of Digital Media, @34thStNYC (http://www.twitter.com/34thstnyc) & @FashionHerald (http://www.twitter.com/fashionherald)

Flatiron BID - Jennifer Brown, Executive Director, @FlatironBID (http://www.twitter.com/flatironBID)

WHEN: Thursday, June 9th, 6PM to 8PM

Space at Steelcase is limited, so please RSVP if you plan on attending.