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Online Impact: Tapping, Twitter, Facebook and Other Tools to Grow Your Business, May 2009
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PRESS RELEASE |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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When: June 5, 2009 Workshop
Where: STCC Technology Park -- Scibelli Enterprise Center
Teleconference Classroom - 3rd Level, East Suites
1 Federal Street, Springfield
Social media sites like Twitter and Facebook are exploding and your customers and prospects are on them. Want to join in?
Local experts will teach you the tips and tactics you will need to promote your business and provide customer service using these new tools. This will be a “How To” seminar which will feature both the big picture and individual steps necessary to get started.
We also will have a special Help Desk available during the entire program so you can access these tools in real time and create your own accounts.
Cost: $45.00 (all proceeds support the Regional Technology Corporation)
Limited to 60 attendees. To register, contact Suzanne Parker at.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or at 413-755-1301.
Agenda:
8:00 am to 8:30 am Registration/Networking
8:30 am to 9:15 am Panel Discussion – “Serious Business: How Social Media Has Changed the Internet”
Moderator: Dave Sweeney, The Communications Department
Panelists and Topic:
- Veronica Cintron, WWLP 22 News – “Social Media’s impact on journalism”
- Gordon Snyder, National Center for Information and Communications Technologies (ICT Center) at STCC – “How social media tools impact workplace productivity”
- John Garvey, Garvey Communication Associates Inc. – “How local businesses are leveraging online tools for advertising and PR opportunities”
9:30 am to 10:20 am Breakout Sessions:
- Twitter for Business: Gordon Snyder, National Center for Information and Communications Technologies (ICT Center) at STCC
- Leveraging LinkedIn for Business: Ann Latham, Uncommon Clarity
- YouTube for Business: Dave Sweeney, The Communications Department
10:30 am to 11:20 am Breakout Sessions:
- “This business Sucks!” – Enhancing your business reputation online: John Garvey, Garvey Communication Associates Inc.
- Facebook for Business: Tom Lewis, Needlemine
- Online Advertising for Local Businesses: Mary Fallon, Garvey Communication Associates Inc.
11:30 am to 12:00 pm Wrap Up Session
Throughout the event: “Help Desk” – volunteers who will help attendees get online for the above tools. They will have PC’s available so that attendees can explore on their own.
Sponsors:
The Communications Department
Garvey Communication Associates Inc
BusinessWest
National Center for Information and Communications Technologies at STCC
Needlemine
Springfield Technical Community College (STCC)
Uncommon Clarity, Inc.
WWLP 22 News
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