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SMW12: Early Tweets From Social Media Week

To give you an idea of the kinds of activity going on at the Social Media Week 2012 conference (SMW), let’s have a look at some of the tweets coming out of the conference.

You can follow the Twitter feeds and discussions from the event live yourself with the hashtag breakdown found in this earlier article.

“A great thing about social media is it enables product users to give feedback. Sometimes that feedback is hard to hear.” @thorpus #smwwdc

— Jill Foster (@Jillfoster) February 13, 2012

I, just like everyone in my generation, can tweet and listen at the same time. #smwwdc

— Jessica Etter (@jnetter) February 13, 2012

Many social media sites are blocked at schools – @NASA creates aggregator sites with filters for youth to come to #smwwdc

— Sam Edelstein (@samedelstein) February 13, 2012

Really interesting challenge for theater companies in social media: participation during a show/concert is viewed as rude. Ironic. #smwwdc

— Maxine Teller (@mixtmedia) February 13, 2012

The point of art is to have a human connection and learn something-that’s where social media comes in #smwwdc

— Cultural Tourism DC (@DCculture) February 13, 2012

@CareerProfiles– attending The Ethics of Social Media in Today’s Workplace #smwwdc!Should be a great event!

— Jess Gundling (@JessGund) February 13, 2012

Interesting #SMWWDC breakfast session. #tweetseat = interest. concept however would be vindictively butchered in the EU 🙂 #RigidEUCulture

— Robin Tim Weis (@RobinTimWeis) February 13, 2012

#smwwdc will be attending “The Ethics of Social Media in Today’s Workplace” at webber shandwick offices today.

— Henry Addo (@Henry_Addo) February 13, 2012

Wish we could attend the Art + Culture talk today! Will someone live tweet it? @SMWWDC #smwwdc

— ARTLAB+ (@artlabplus) February 13, 2012

Attending: Military & Government Use of Social Media: What Works #SMWWDC #SMW12

— MArlinsky (@MikeArlinsky) February 13, 2012

RT @soneil16: RT @MikeKulick: Stop spending so much time analyzing charts and graphs, and just start engaging your audience #smwwdc

— B.Rain (@LoveStar625) February 13, 2012

February 13, 2012
Social Media Week 2012: What Is It About?

Social Media Week (SMW) has taken on the theme for the 2012 conference of “Empowering Change Through Collaboration”.

The worldwide event will look at how social media affects and is affected by global events including weather, political change, etc. The following promo video was released last year, but bears a review here on the first day of the conference.

If you want to follow along on all the goings-on at the conference in any location around the world, see my earlier post about how to follow them on Twitter, via blogs, etc.

February 13, 2012
Social Media Week Conference Kicks Off Today

Social Media Week (SMW) kicks off today. The week-long conference spans 12 cities around the world and encompasses over 1000 events in places like Hamburg, Hong Kong, London, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Singapore, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Toronto and Washington, DC.

News about SMW is easily had on Twitter using the following handles and hashtags:

Hamburg: @SMWHamburg & #SMWHamburg

Hong Kong: @SMWHK & #SMWHK

London: @SMWLdn & #SMWLdn

Miami: @SMWMiami & #SMWMiami

Paris: @SMWParis & #SMWParis

San Francisco: @SMWSF & #SMWSF

Sao Paulo: @SMWSP & #SMWSP

Singapore: @SMW_SG & #SMWSg

Tokyo: @SMWTok & #SMWTok

Toronto: @SMWTo & #SMWTo

Washington DC: @SMWWDC & #SMWWDC

New York: @SMWNYC & #SMWNYC, with major events at #SMWBusiness, #SMWBigFuel, #SMWHealth, #SMWHearst, #SMWJWT, #SMWReuters

There are also teams dedicated to blogging the events of each location so you can keep up with the entire event:

Get the RSS feed or check in every day to see the highlights: Global, Hamburg, Hong Kong, London, Miami, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Tokyo, Toronto, and Washington DC

Plus there is a mobile app available to help you keep up with all the goings-on at SMW. It is available on 5 platforms and in 6 languages. You can follow the feeds of all cities and they global team, as well as getting the latest social and digital news from The Guardian. You can also access livestream, locate event venues and register for new events- all in one place. Download the mobile app at this page.

February 13, 2012