Fresh Post: 13 Upcoming Social Media Conferences and Events in Atlanta

September 28th, 2010

We originally created a list of a dozen upcoming social media conferences and events in Atlanta.  Since that posting more than a month ago, we updated, revised and added to the list ending up with 17 events.  Rather than continuing to update a dated post, enjoy this fresh post with the 13 upcoming social media conferences and events, from today to the end of the year, happening here in the ATL.

Date                Conference                        Host                                                           Target                                                     Audience Website
Sept. 29 Social Media: Driving Results for Business AiMA Interactive Marketers, Marketers, PR Pros http://www.atlantaima.org/events-calendar.html
Sept. 30 Emerging Media Schools of Thought AMA Technology SIG Marketers http://www.ama-atlanta.com/cgi-bin/MySQLdb3?VIEW=/events/viewall.txt
Sept. 30 Mashable Returns to Atlanta Mashable Social Media http://mashlanta.eventbrite.com/
Oct. 1 Real Estate BarCamp REBarCamp Real estate marketers, realtors, real estate communicators, home stagers, anyone in the real estate industry http://rebcatlanta.com/
Oct. 4-7 FutureFest Media* Georgia Tech Entrepreneurs, Marketers, Communicators, Researchers, Funders, Academics, Start-Ups, Innovators www.futuremediaglobal.com
Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25  4-Course Series on Social Media Basics Atlanta Realtors Realtors, real estate agents http://learningrealestate.abr.org/en/Education/UpcomingCourses.aspx
Oct. 22-23 Social Media Integration Kennesaw State University Marketing and PR Pros http://www.csjconferences.org/integrating/
Oct. 27 Can Digital Drive Brand Strategy? AiMA Interactive Marketers, Marketers, PR Pros http://www.atlantaima.org/events-calendar.html
Oct. 28-30 IABC Southeastern Conference* IABC Business Communicators, PR Pros http://2010.iabcsoreg.com
Nov. 2-5 Social Media for Communicators Advanced Learning Institute PR Pros, Corporate Communicators, Marketers http://www.aliconferences.com/conf/social_media_comm1110/index.htm
Nov. 5 TedxPeachtree TedX Researchers, contributors, enthusiasts, business owners, marketers, educators, and more http://tedxpeachtree.com/
Nov. 8 Social Fresh Atlanta Social Fresh Marketers http://socialfresh.org  
No. 8-12 Social Media Atlanta SMC Atlanta Marketers, PR Pros, Business Owners http:/www.socialmediaatlanta.org
Dec. 10-12 Lavish Unconference The Broke Socialite Media Lifestyle Bloggers www.lavishXperience.com

 

If you are coming to any of these conferences or headed to Atlanta for the first time, let’s be social and connect while you’re here.  And the * notation? Consider it a disclaimer because we’ll be presenting.

(Know about a conference we missed? Send us an email and let us know.)

17* Upcoming Social Media Conferences and Events in Atlanta

August 24th, 2010

Inspired by Mashable’s 100 Upcoming Social Media and Technology Conferences list, we cracked open our planners and decided where we could invest our time in learning this fall. We decided on a few national conferences, opted for a few marketing, technology, and PR meetings, but when we got to the topic of social media, we were nearly crushed with the options. While we’d like to go to BlogWorld and APPNation, we needed to consider just how much time we could spend out of the office and our carbon footprint (Jenny’s traveling to speak in Houston at IS Conference and in San Diego at LavaCon). To save on time, we considered only social media conferences and events in Atlanta. To our surprise, we found a dozen* (this post started as 12, but with your input, it’s now at 17) social media conferences and meetings in Atlanta happening before the calendar flips to the new year. What’d we find? Take a look:

Date Conference Host Target Audience Website
Sept. 9-11 Modern Media Man* M3Summit Digital Dads, Bloggers www.modernmediaman.com
Sept. 17 Small Biz Bar Camp Social Media Breakfast Atlanta Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners and Marketers http://sbbcatl1.eventbrite.com/
Sept. 21 Social Media Strategy Workshop Biztegra Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners and Marketers http://smworkshop.com/atlantasocialmediatrainingworkshop.html
Sept. 23 LIFT: Social Media and Social Commerce   B2B Marketers http://www.liftsummit.com/
Sept. 25 LinkedIn Corporate Metro Atlanta Business Network LinkedIn Members http://metroabn2010fallexpo-linkedin.eventbrite.com/
Sept. 29 Social Media: Driving Results for Business AiMA Interactive Marketers, Marketers, PR Pros http://www.atlantaima.org/events-calendar.html
Sept. 30 Emerging Media Schools of Thought AMA Technology SIG Marketers http://www.ama-atlanta.com/cgi-bin/MySQLdb3?VIEW=/events/viewall.txt
Sept. 30 Mashable Returns to Atlanta Mashable Social Media http://mashlanta.eventbrite.com/
Oct. 1 Real Estate BarCamp REBarCamp Real estate marketers, realtors, real estate communicators, home stagers, anyone in the real estate industry http://rebcatlanta.com/
Oct. 4-7 FutureFest Media* Georgia Tech Entrepreneurs, Marketers, Communicators, Researchers, Funders, Academics, Start-Ups, Innovators www.futuremediaglobal.com
Oct. 22-23 Social Media Integration* Kennesaw State University Marketing and PR Pros http://www.csjconferences.org/integrating/
Oct. 27 Can Digital Drive Brand Strategy? AiMA Interactive Marketers, Marketers, PR Pros http://www.atlantaima.org/events-calendar.html
Oct. 28-30 IABC Southeastern Conference IABC Business Communicators, PR Pros http://2010.iabcsoreg.com
Nov. 2-5 Social Media for Communicators Advanced Learning Institute PR Pros, Corporate Communicators, Marketers http://www.aliconferences.com/conf/social_media_comm1110/index.htm
Nov. 5 TedxPeachtree TedX Researchers, contributors, enthusiasts, business owners, marketers, educators, and more http://tedxpeachtree.com/
Nov. 8 Social Fresh Atlanta* Social Fresh Marketers http://socialfresh.org  
No. 8-12 Social Media Atlanta SMC Atlanta Marketers, PR Pros, Business Owners http:/www.socialmediaatlanta.org

 While we’re narrowing down our options, reviewing speakers, and the value we’d get for our time out of the office, tell us how you decide on what conferences to attend? If you are coming to any of these conferences or headed to Atlanta for the first time, let’s be social and connect while you’re here. (Know about a conference we missed? Send us an email and let us know.)

*Thanks to Scott Lockhart (@scott_regator) for sending us the info on Mashable’s Atlanta event on Sept. 30; to Lane Bailey for sending us info about REBarCamp on Oct. 1; to Brandy Nagel (@benang) for the info on TedxPeachtree; to Stephen Boyd for sharing more about the digital/social media track at the IABC conference.

 We knew this town was busy.