CONFERENCE

$1,195 • PRSA member fee: $995

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The Social Media Revolution has arrived and it is here to stay.

Whether you’re new to social media or an early adopter—spend three days in the desert with leading social media thinkers, speakers and practitioners and learn how to:

• Identify the right social media tools for your organization and avoid costly mistakes
  
• Produce “reality TV-style” videos to capture candid, authentic messages which help your executives connect with employees
  
• Build an online newsroom that will deliver your message and get journalists using your site as a source for news
  
• Seamlessly add the power of social media to your traditional media efforts to effectively communicate during a crisis
  
• Measure the ROI of your social media efforts to get buy-in from your execs
  
• Bridge the gap between your employee publication and intranet—with great writing, photos, podcasts and videos
  
• Finally answer the question: to blog or not to blog

Plus, take advantage of these conference extras: Add to your skills with two pre-conference sessions on videos done right and crafting a social media press release. And, if you’re just getting started in the Web 2.0 world, you can attend an all-day social media boot camp with technology guru Shel Holtz.

Make sure you don’t get left behind!

4 Dynamite Keynotes

		Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com, will tell you how he has tapped into the power of social media to build a successful company, while keeping the conversation real with his customers and employees.
		George Wright, Vice President of Marketing and Sales at Blendtec, will show how he used $50 and a blender to create a social media campaign sensation that has changed the face and future of online marketing.
		Peter Shankman, CEO of The Geek Factory and creator of Help a Reporter Out, will tell you how non-traditional ways of thinking can help you thrive in the social media world—while being wary of using them just because you can.
		Josh Bernoff, Vice President and Principal Analyst of Forrester Research, Inc., explains how to tap into the power of people connecting through social networking to help your company gain insight, generate revenues and energize your customers.

Hotel Information

Encore at Wynn Las Vegas
3131 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, NV 89109

Phone: 702.770.7100 or toll free: 888.320.9966

Cut-off date: Friday, February 5, 2009
Room rate: $259/night, single or double

Be sure to reserve your rooms EARLY as room blocks fill up very quickly!

We cannot guarantee hotel rooms or our discounted rate after the cut-off date.

Registration fees

Standard conference fee: $1,195 • PRSA member fee: $995

Pre-conference workshop fee: $345

All-day pre-conference workshop fee: $549

Registration

March 11-13, 2009

The 2nd Annual Social Media for Communicators

Pre-Conference Workshops • Wednesday, March 11, 2009

9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Social media relations: Using all the tools to get your stories told with Jim Ylisela and Mark Ragan
1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Video done right: A hands-on guide to better online video production with Justin Allen

All-Day Pre-Conference Workshop • Wednesday, March 11, 2009

10:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Social Media Boot Camp: In just six hours you will learn everything you need to tweet, blog and vlog—and understand when you should be using these tools with Shel Holtz

Cancellations

All cancellations are subject to a $150 service fee (per attendee). Before January 23, 2009, you will receive a refund of your payment minus the service fee. After Jan. 23, your payment will be credited toward a future Ragan event, minus the service fee. Registrants who fail to attend and do not cancel prior to the event are not entitled to a credit or refund of any kind. No exceptions.

Register now! Register for Social Media for Communicators now for only $1,195 $995.