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.