A few months ago we wrote about the growing number of Twitter-focused conferences that are taking place around the world. Many were informative, with thought-provoking and compelling insights made by VCs, pundits and entrepreneurs. At Jeff Pulver’s 140 Characters Conference in New York in June, Twitter investor and VC Fred Wilson expounded on Twitter as a power-distributor of passed links. Of course, this particular conference was not without glitches, as noted eloquently by TechCrunch’s Paul Carr.
It looks like the trend of Twitter conferences is growing, with more events popping up around the country. As we’ve said in the past and will continue to say, there are tremendous opportunities for businesses, brands, non-profits and individuals to use Twitter as a tool for customer support, fund raising, brand management, advertising, job search and much more.
Twitter continues to grow at a steady rate and is mulling over different ways to monetize. There was some light shed on possible revenue streams during the whole Twitter document leak fiasco. And Twitter recently made a move to engage businesses by launching “Twitter 101,” a how-to guide for how businesses can best use Twitter.
Whether Twitter will successfully monetize its platform is yet to be decided but one thing is for sure: conference coordinators around the country are banking on the buzz. Here are the ones we found taking place over the next few months:
TWTRCON DC 09: Taking place in Washington D.C. on Oct. 22, TWTRCON focuses on discussing how to use Twitter as a business platform, paying particular attention to use by non-profits and government agencies. Speakers include Craig Newmark and Scott Harrison, from Charity:Water, which wrote about here.
140/Twitter Conference LA: Endorsed by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, this conference, which takes place on Sep. 22 in Los Angeles, features a roster of celebrities and tech stars to talk about ways to tap into the real-time web via twitter. Panelists and speakers include Stone, Jaime Kennedy, Tony Hawk, Veronica Belmont and Dr. Drew.
140 Characters Conference: Organized by Jeff Pulver, this conference had its first stop in New York City in June. 140 Characters will be taking place in Los Angeles on Oct. 27 and like its sister conference, will address Twitter’s disruption of social media and look at microblogging’s effect on businesses, brands and advertising. Panelists include Jason Calacanis, Dave Winer, and Billy Bush.
Cool Twitter Conferences: This is a roving conference that makes stops accross the country, aimed at advertising and marketing professionals and entrepreneurs who want to leverage Twitter’s real-time and viral platform. It seems to targeted towards those who are newbies to Twitter and want to learn some of the basics. Future stops include San Francisco and Boston.
If there are other Twitter conferences taking place in the near future, let us know in the comments.
there is no doubt that these conferences continues to grow.. twitter is the best and cheap way to market your thought, product or anything… so people are always looking forward to master it.. thats why the need for twitter conferences will pile up..
I love Twitter and believe it can be extremely powerful. The one thing to also keep in mind is if people are careful with how they market themselves/product it can negatively impact their business. Marketing is great but only if its used appropriately.
Amazing! Twitter seems to have invented the message board! Good thing too, I was getting tired of http://f2bbs.com
Twitter rocks in all fields. They can be keep improved to a greater extent. The conferences are already quite impressive, informative and also done in thought-provoking way..The growth of the twitter as well as their conferences seems simply unbeatable. Through this growth there are tremendous opportunities for businesses and twitter acts as a very good tool for customer support.
Twitter continues to grow at a steady rate and is mulling over different ways to monetize.
>>>>>> A fine initiative by Twitter. It is not a surprise to see the growth of Twitter. It is getting embraced by all ages of people. Twitter is growing as a huge information provider. Twitter Conferences will sure help them grow more to satisfy the Twitter users and reach out worldwide.
Leena,
TiE Silicon Valley’s Internet SIG is planning a half day workshop + panel event called:
THE ONLINE ADVERTISING SUMMIT
Driving Innovation: From Online To Real-Time
Date: October 20th
Location: San Francisco (exact location TBD)
Workshop sessions from 12 noon to 6 PM. Power panel in the evening from 7 to 8 30 PM. TiE events are always priced to provide the best value for money, with awesome speakers and panelists.
One of our workshop sessions is all about real-time streams and Twitter. Here’s a quick overview of that session:
4:30 PM to 6:00 PM – Real-time Streams: Ready for Business and The Advertising Clinic
This workshop will feature the leading real-time streams and search platform Twitter, that offers new opportunities for businesses and solution providers to reach their customers and engage / acquire new customers. This will be followed by round table discussions led by experts who will help you with your specific questions and concerns. The session will conclude with a fireside chat with the experts and sharing of the learnings from the day.
More information will be available soon at http://www.tiesv.org or via my twitter account
Thanks,
Mani Iyer
Event Chair
http://twitter.com/iyermani
twitter conferences….who woulda thunk?
there seems to be so much going on around twitter nowadays … according to TC.
Twitter conferences should be limited to 140 attendees, take place only every 140 days and include a red carpet with 140 celebrities
Thanks for the mention of our event (www.140tc.com). I notice the prices of these events are not referenced. Given the current economic climate, I assume that’s important to many. As of this writing:
140/Twitter Conference LA: $299 (2 days)
TWTRCON: $395 (1 day)
140 Characters Conference: $695 (2 days)
I think many would also find relevant how many tracks and sessions each event has. Our conference is unique in that it has 2 rooms, 2 tracks with a dedicated developer track.
Yes, we have some celebs, but there are many tech people who will be speaking as well. These include: Guy Kawasaki, Alex Payne, Ryan Sarver, Robert Scoble, and Damon Cortesi.
A couple of these Twitter conferences under the name ‘Tweetup’ were held in Karachi and Lahore in Pakistan. Both conferences went very successful.
Twitter conferences! GREAT! And for you people that just can’t find the time to tweet the news for your company, considering finding a Virtual Assistant to help you. Look around at VANetworking.com!
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Team members responsible for consumer electronic retailer Best Buy, Inc.’s Twitter effort Twelpforce will keynote the Engage! Expo In San Jose on September 24, 2009. Twelpforce is a collective force of more than 1,000 Best Buy technology pros offering tech advice on Twitter. Twelpforce is the latest addition to Best Buy Connected, billed as the voice of the Best Buy Employee. Engage! Expo, takes place September 23-24, 2009 at the San Jose Convention Center. Engage! provides insight into the best practices, current trends, and effective strategies of social media and user engagement. More details here: http://www.enga...09-25-2009.html
I am not surprised and think this trend will continue to grow. It’s been amazing to watch the Twitter community grow so quickly! There are even Twitter blogs out there like http://www.tweetn.net that blog about what is going on with Twitter!
Despite the rumours, Twitter is going from strength to strength. Long live Twitter!
Sam
Does Twestival Local count? It is an international event being hosted in hundreds of cities all over the world. Check out http://twestival.com/ to find the Twestival being hosted in your city.
Just thinking that the Twitter conference organizers need to take some lessons from the events industry.
In a beautiful barter, these experts could provide the event professionals with the instruction on Social Media that they’re so hungry for.
Just a thought…
Midori