Social Media Marketing & Monitoring comes to SF on May 23.
Guide to events & conferences for the coming month
Here’s our roundup of social media, tech and marketing conferences and events for the month of May. Lots of great gatherings on tap.
For the full year, see our full Calendar of 2011 social media, tech and marketing conferences. We’ve also published a roundup of nonprofit and social change conferences and events for the month and for the year on our sister site, Socialbrite.
Hope to see you at some of these! If you know of other must-attend events, please share by posting the info in the comments at the bottom.
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| CMS Expo | May 2-4 | Evanston, Ill. |
| Created for Web designers, developers and business people, CMS Expo is the place to be for the most relevant, timely and actionable information in the fast-growth CMS Sector. Attendees will learn the latest Web skills while making highly valuable business connections, all under one roof. |  |
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| Digital Hollywood Spring | May 2-5 | Marina Del Rey, Calif. |
| Digital Hollywood is the premier entertainment and technology conference in the country. Dozens of media and entertainment execs on tap to discuss the state of digital content. |  |
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| The Founder Conference | May 3 | Mountain View, Calif. |
| Join 600 entrepreneurs for a full-day conference that covers finding co-founders, how to launch and get press and traction, how to improve your pitch to investors and more. | ||
| Digital Impact | May 5-6 | New York |
| Digital innovation has never been more important or accessible to public relations professionals. At the PRSA 2011 Digital Impact Conference, “Building Knowledge, Skills and Value for the New Decade,” deep dive into case studies, new technologies and opportunities where communicators may take the lead. |  |
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| 99% Conference | May 5-6 | New York |
| This event brings together some of the world’s most productive creative visionaries to offer a behind-the-scenes look at their processes as they share road-tested insights on pushing ideas forward. | ||
| Confab | May 9-10 | Minneapolis, Minn. |
| You’ll hear from passionate, pragmatic speakers who are recognized for their expertise in the fields of user experience, CMS, marketing, media/publishing, social media, and SEO. Attending will be authors and folks from agencies, small businesses, and enterprise-level organizations. | ||
| Content Delivery Summit | May 9 | New York |
| This event is designed to bring together customers, vendors, analysts, and Wall Street to discuss and define where the video delivery industry is headed. | ||
| School of WOM | May 9-11 | Chicago |
| School of WOM (Word of Mouth) focuses on how to engage the social consumer across business disciplines. With an emphasis on hands-on learning from industry experts, experiential thought leaders and engagement passionistas, School of WOM will ensure that your brand becomes talkable across multiple consumer touch points. |  |
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| Streaming Media East | May 10-11 | New York |
| With more than 100 speakers across 30 sessions, Streaming Media East is still the one online video show that is solely focused on giving you real information you can apply immediately in your business. The gathering combines cutting-edge exhibitors and intensive conference sessions, giving you the chance to hear and see the best and the brightest minds in the online video industry — at the podium, in the Exhibit Hall and among the attendees. | ||
| Big Omaha | May 11-13 | Omaha, Neb. |
| Big Omaha 2011 is the culmination of the amazing entrepreneurial energy taking place within the Midwest. |  |
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| Winning Media Strategies | May 15 | Detroit |
| BIA/Kelsey’s annual conference focuses on the latest developments and trends for enhancing the traditional media business and creating the progressive change television, radio, cable and newspaper companies must make to ensure long-term success. | ||
| RailsConf 2011 | May 16-19 | Baltimore, Md. |
| RailsConf is the largest official conference dedicated to everything Ruby on Rails. Through keynotes, sessions, tutorials, events and of course lots of hallway hacking, RailsConf is the meeting place for the Ruby on Rails community. |  |
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| Next Conference | May 17-18 | Berlin |
| NEXT puts the interactive consumer in the focus point of consideration. NEXT is the place where people discuss and experience how the consumer on the Internet is evolving. |  |
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| ArtezInterAction | May 19 | San Francisco |
| The program will cover a range of topics from integration of social media tools to exploring mobile giving to best practices for online fundraising that will help nonprofits connect with their donors and prospects online. Learn about the latest trends in cloud computing, social network fundraising, smartphone apps and mobile web e-commerce. |  |
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| [Privacy Identity Innovation, pii2011] | May 19-20 | Santa Clara, CA |
| The 2nd annual Privacy Identity Innovation conference (pii2011) brings together key stakeholders and decision makers from various communities to examine critical technological, ethical and legal issues affecting the future of digital privacy, identity, reputation and trust. In particular, the program explores how to protect sensitive information while enabling new technologies and business models. | ||
| Social Media Marketing & Monitoring | May 23 | San Francisco |
| Social Media Marketing & Monitoring will bring together leading marketing experts, brands, agencies and journalists for an intensive one-day conference. Speakers will offer updates on the latest strategies, tools and techniques in social media marketing. The gathering will examine trends from Facebook to Foursquare, Groupon to social gaming and social media monitoring and influencer engagement to social CRM. |  |
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| Innovation Journalism 8 | May 23-25 | Stanford, Calif. |
| IJ-8 The Eighth Conference on Innovation Journalism is a venue for researchers from many disciplines and institutions to present work and ideas relating to the interplay of journalism, communication and innovation ecosystems. |  |
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| Social Media Business Summit | May 24-26 | New York |
| Experts from every field of the blogging and new media will be on hand to share their knowledge, techniques and advice at BlogWorld’s Social Media Business Summit. Industry gurus will share their experiences and network with attendees in seminars and moderated panels. Topics will range from high-end experienced blogger, podcast, broadcaster and social media themes to novice “start-up” topics. |  |
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| WebVisions | May 25-27 | Portland, Ore. |
| WebVisions explores the future of Web design, technology, user experience and business strategy to uncover the trends for Web and mobile applications, blogs, social media, animation, motion graphics and more. |  |
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| D9 Conference | May 31-June 2 | Southern California |
| Since its debut in 2003, The Wall Street Journal’s D: All Things Digital conference has been breaking news, highlighting innovation and bringing you straight-up conversations with the most influential figures in media and technology. |  |
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| CeBIT Australia | May 31-June 2 | Sydney |
| Perhaps Australia’s top tech conference, CeBIT will have a strong focus on enterprise mobility. This dynamic area has already begun to transform the way the world is doing business and will be a key technology set to drive productivity in 2011 and compliment new and existing concepts such as cloud architecture based business. | ||
JD Lasica is founder of Socialmedia.biz. We work with large and mid-size businesses and organizations on social media strategies and optimizing your online presence. Contact JD by email, follow him on Twitter and Google Plus or leave a comment below.
