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Highlights of Upcoming #140Conf Events w @jeffpulver – Please Join Us – Everywhere!

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Announcing #140conf Small Town – Nov 1st

#140conf Small Town will be taking place on November 1st at the historic Fox Theater in Hutchinson, Kansas. We are currently looking for both speakers and sponsors to support this event. For more information about the conference please visit:http://smalltown.140conf.com – also read Betsy McCray’s post: http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2010/08/140conf-smalltown-is-nov-1-in.html

#140conf: Roadtrip will be taking place from August 22 to August 28

Cities: Cleveland, OH – Columbus, OH – Dayton, OH – Cincinnati, OH – Indianapolis, IN – Bloomington, IN – St Louis, MO- Kansas City, MO – Omaha, NE – Sioux Falls, SD – Fargo, ND – Minneapolis, MN – Dryersvile, IA – Madison, WI – Chicago, IL – Detroit, MI

Next week I will be going on the road to reach out and meet community members across the Midwest in advance of #140conf Detroit (http://detroit.140conf.com), which takes place at the Fillmore Detroit on October 20, 2010.

Come join us in each of these communities and have your voice and your stories heard in “The State of Now.” We’ll be having breakfasts, lunches, dinners and events including the opportunity to sign up for test-drives of Buick cars. We’ll have t-shirts, give-aways, and few more surprises along the way.

Come join us and let your voices be heard!

Dates / Cities – (Subject to change)
(from: http://roadtrip.140conf.com/tweetups)

Aug 22 – Cleveland Airport (CLE), (10:15 AM): RSVP - http://140rtstart.eventbrite.com/
Aug 22 – Dayton, OH (3-5 PM): RSVP - http://140roadaug22l.eventbrite.com
Aug 22 – Cincinnati, OH (7-9 PM): RSVP - http://140roadaug22.eventbrite.com
Aug 23 – Indianapolis (12-2 PM): RSVP - http://140roadaug23l.eventbrite.com
Aug 23 – St. Louis, MO (7-9 PM): RSVP - http://140roadaug23.eventbrite.com
Aug 24 – Kansas City, MO (12-2 PM): RSVP - http://140roadaug24l.eventbrite.com
Aug 24 – Omaha, NE (7-9 PM): RSVP - http://140roadaug24.eventbrite.com
Aug 25 – Sioux Falls, SD (12-2 PM): RSVP - http://140roadaug25l.eventbrite.com
Aug 25 – Fargo, ND (7-9 PM): RSVP - http://140roadaug25.eventbrite.com
Aug 26 – Minneapolis, MN (12-2 PM): RSVP -http://140roadaug26l.eventbrite.com
Aug 27 – Madison, WI (12-2 PM): RSVP - http://140roadaug27l.eventbrite.com
Aug 27 – Chicago, IL (7-9 PM): RSVP - http://140roadaug27.eventbrite.com
Aug 28 – Detroit, MI – Attending EPIC Chevy Detroit Summer Tweetup – RSVP - http://detchevysxsw.eventbrite.com/

En route to each city and town, we are also looking to meet with interesting Characters who may be having an impact in a unique way in their local physical community or using the power of the Social Web to establish a national or global presence from a small town in the Mid-west.

#140conf Road trip sponsors include: Buick, Doubletree Hotels and Glaceau Smart Water. I am reaching out to friends to be gas sponsors for the trip. Please visit:http://roadtrip.140conf.com/donate-gas-money to donate.

View a map of this roadtrip: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=113852013865922308472.00048cc80736c82d7fba4&z=6

For more information about #140conf Road trip please visit: http://roadtrip.140conf.com

#140conf Boston Schedule Updated

#140conf Boston will be taking place on September 14th at the Backbay Events Center. Review the #140conf Boston schedule over at:http://boston.140conf.com/schedule

#140conf San Francisco – August 19th

#140conf: San Francisco will be taking place on August 19th at the Moscone Center in San Francisco #140conf SF as part of Connected Marketing Week. Register today by visiting:http://sf.140conf.com/register

#140conf Los Angeles “Early Bird” Pricing ends on Sep 3rd

#140conf Los Angeles will be taking place on October 4-5 2010 at the Music Box theater. Register (http://lax.140conf.com/register ) by Friday, September 3rd to take advantage of the $140 “early bird” pricing for this two day event.

#140conf Detroit “Early Bird” Pricing ends on Sept 10th

#140conf Detroit will be taking place on October 20th 2010 at the Fillmore Theater. Register (http://detroit.140conf.com/register ) by Friday, September 10th to take advantage of the $100 “early bird” pricing for what will be a very special event in Detroit.

2010 #140conf Sponsorship Opportunities

The #140conf events offer great branding opportunities for companies who wish to connect with the global #140conf community. Sponsorship packages are available in various shapes and sizes and custom sponsorships are available. For more information about #140conf sponsorships, please contact: jeff@140conf.com.

Call for Speakers: #140conf Events

Jeff is always looking for passionate, driven speakers to introduce to the #140conf community. Please visit: http://140conf.com/call-for-speakers to submit a speaking proposal.

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#140Conf is Big. It’s Nationwide. Come Join @jeffpulver At a #140Conf Event Near You!

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Aug 12th – #140conf Los Angeles Summer Cocktail Party. RSVP: http://140laxcocktails.eventbrite.com/

Aug 19th – #140conf San Francisco. Review the schedule and register for the event over at: http://sf.140conf.com/register.

Aug 22th – Start of the #140conf Midwest Road trip. See details - http://roadtrip.140conf.com. Friends are invited to join us on the road at the following stops:

Aug 22 - Dayton, OH (3-5 PM)
Aug 22 - Cincinnati, OH (7-9 PM)
Aug 23 - Indianapolis, IN (12-2 PM)
Aug 23 - St. Louis, MO (7-9 PM)
Aug 24 - Kansas City, KS (12-2 PM)
Aug 24 - Omaha, NE (7-9 PM)
Aug 25 - Sioux Falls, SD (12-2 PM)
Aug 25 - Fargo, ND (7-9 PM)
Aug 26 - Minneapolis, MN (12-2 PM)
Aug 27 - Milwaukee, WI (12-2 PM)
Aug 27 - Chicago, IL (7-9 PM)

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#140Conf Road Trip Stories – Share Yours With @jeffpulver

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

What makes your community special? Who are the people you’ve met and connected with via the social web that have made an impact in you life? We want to hear YOUR story. Come share it before, during and after the upcoming #140Conf Road Trip.

Leave a comment or email- alan at weinkrantz dot come with your story proposal so we can post it to the #140Conf blog.

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Did You Take A Family Road Trip This Summer? If So, Share Your Stories With Us for the #140Conf Road Trip with @jeffpulver

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

If you took a family road trip this summer, and used the social Internet in any way to reach out, discover and share en route, we’d like to hear your stories.

Pitch me – Alan Weinkrantz – alan at weinkrantz dot com with what you have in mind. Or leave a comment with your idea & twitter handle.

We’re looking for stories, photos and videos from you, which would be featured on this blog before our journey begins.

In many ways, we see the #140Conf Road Trip as one big happy family road trip (following / caravanning is welcomed).

So, come join in and share your family road trip story!

Image Credit:

Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978)
Going and Coming, 1947
Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, August 30, 1947
Norman Rockwell Art Collection Trust
© The Norman Rockwell Estate / ©1947 SEPS:
Licensed by Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, Indiana

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Here’s our Current Schedule (subject to change) – #140Conf Road Trip With @jeffpuver

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

Aug 22th – marks the start of the #140conf Midwest Road trip. See details - http://roadtrip.140conf.com. Friends are invited to join us on the road at the following stops:

2010 Buick Enclave Review

We’ll be Travelin’ in a way cool Buick Enclave, courtesy of our pals at GM. Be sure to follow our pal, @cbarger from GM with a big shout out!

Aug 22 - Dayton, OH (3-5 PM)

Aug 22 - Cincinnati, OH (7-9 PM)

Aug 23 - Indianapolis, IN (12-2 PM)

Aug 23 - St. Louis, MO (7-9 PM)

Aug 24 - Kansas City, KS (12-2 PM)

Aug 24 - Omaha, NE (7-9 PM)

Aug 25 - Sioux Falls, SD (12-2 PM)

Aug 25 - Fargo, ND (7-9 PM)

Aug 26 - Minneapolis, MN (12-2 PM)

Aug 27 - Milwaukee, WI (12-2 PM)

Aug 27 - Chicago, IL (7-9 PM)

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Announcing a new book project: The Connected Me

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

After spending the past year working on the #140conf events and exploring the on-going effects of the emerging real-time Internet on both business and on people, I decided the next thing to do was to write a book about the social revolution we are experiencing and provide a platform for some of the amazing people who are involved in this social revolution to get discovered outside their areas of direct influence.

I want to do this right. However, I don’t have any editor or publisher (yet) but I woke up the other morning with the feeling that I had to write the book and the time to start writing was NOW.

So here goes…

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A social revolution was born in 1969 as an unintended consequence of the launch of ARPANET.

It took the advent of the broadbandmobile Internet for the social revolution to become visible, disruptive and help shape the ways we connect.

Along the way, 500 years post-Columbus, the world once again became flat in a Thomas Friedman-esque (I think that you don’t need the hyphen when you add “esque” to a word.) kind of way and the real-time Internet was born. In this new flat world access to information has become democratized.

Now, almost halfway into 2010 I believe we are in the very beginning stages of a global social revolution, which will redefine, maybe forever, the way we do business.

The transition will be slower than some might expect, but as companies discover the benefits of listening to what their customers are saying using social communications, individual customers are discovering the innate power they have (but don’t always know) by simply speaking up, sharing their knowledge and often times serving as unpaid, but passionate, brand ambassadors.

The balance of power is shifting. A new era in buyer/seller relationships is being defined. And unlike other revolutions, this isn’t so much about the power of “we the people” but rather “me the people.”

For the first time in a long time, our individual voices matter and each of us can effect change. When we work together, the mashing together of multiple “me’s” does empower a stronger and more powerful “we the people.” The point is that each of us matter in our own right and at any given moment, any of us can and maybe will stand up and effect change.

This shift is having dramatic effects in many other parts of the business, social, environmental, political and other ecosystems. In the last year, we’ve heard peoples’ voices in Iran, Haiti, China and most recently, those affected by a volcano and an oil spill.

Since the launch of #140conf, I have met some amazing people, some of whom have discovered their own voice in the advent of the real-time webacross the U.S., parts of Europe and Israel. I’ve personally listened to these people as they have effected positive change in many places around the world.

I’ve had famous celebrities, the homeless, musicians, writers, journalists, an ex-convict, educational and religious leaders share center stage of the Kodak Theater, the 92nd Street Y, the Austin Convention Center, an off-Broadway theater, the 02 and many other venues as they shared their passion and stories. At the #140Conf NY, we had more than 100,000 viewers track us on UStream.

After flying approximately a hundred thousand miles (and maybe more) in doing my research, I want to create a new stage that will reach an even broader base. I’m working on new book, “The Connected Me,” which will explore this on-going social revolution. It is my goal to use this book to highlight the people who have discovered their voice and who are continuing to use the advent of this social revolution to effect change. Whether this person is changing business, raising awareness for a social cause or simply making the world a better place, I would like to learn about this person and give them center stage in this new book.

My goal is to curate on-going lists (or to curate an on-going list) of people to vet as candidates to be included in the book. While I already have a number of people in mind, I hope to be able to crowdsource the discovery of new people from around the world, who I otherwise would have never had a chance to meet.

So I am looking for your help in identifying characters who you feel should be profiled and given a voice in the book. Whether this person is yourself, a friend or someone you only heard of, I would greatly appreciate your assistance in helping me map some of the connected “me”s around all of us.

Please use this form: http://140conf.wufoo.com/forms/nomination-the-connected-me/ to nominate a connected “me” to be profiled.

Thanks for your time.

– Jeff Pulver

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#140conf NYC: One Month Away!

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

On April 20-21 2010 I will be hosting and producing #140conf NYC, an event which looks at what I call “The State of NOW” – the emerging real-time Internet and the effect on both business and people.

I’ve been looking forward to bringing #140conf back to New York ever since I had the opportunity to take #140conf on the road. Since the first #140conf in NYC last June, I have brought the conference to: Los Angeles, London, Tel Aviv, Barcelona and just week to Austin during SXSW.

While on the road I have had the opportunity to hear first hand about the worldwide effects the emerging real-time internet is having on both business and on people. What started out as an exploration of the effects of twitter as a platform on: Celebrity, The Media, Advertising and Politics has grown in a deep exploration of “The State of NOW” and I now appreciate how powerful and how deep the change we are all experiencing really is.

In New York City we will be taking a look at the effects of the real-time web on quite a number of industries – starting with Technology and the Media and then covering everything from Real Estate and Education to Fashion, Journalism, Love & Romance, Entertainment, Emergency Communications, TV, Comedy, Radio, Music, Politics, Advertising, Celebrity, Location based services and a lot more. The information will be shared by the 140 or so “Characters” who will be speaking at the conference.

I believe quite a number of companies will be blindsided by the effects of the real-time internet on their business. What is happening is being driven by more than just a core technology shift. The revolution effects the platforms we use and the underlying business methods. As a result, some of these changes will require a different approach to how we end up doing business. The rules of engagement have changed. This in turn will lead to a different approach in how some companies connect with their audiences and how other companies determine the effectiveness of their marketing outreach.

While one can argue change is always underway, the longer term effects of the emerging real-time web will be a seed change that effects almost everyone in the near future. Everyone at least whose business is touched by the internet and the ability for companies to leverage the net to connect with their customers.

None of these points were that obvious to me a year ago when I started working on the #140conf conferences.

I have been creating, producing and hosting events since 1996. I have made it a point to make the #140conf events a little different. The #140conf events are different than most conferences. At #140conf events, hugs are at times more popular than handshakes. The format presented offers an opportunity to experience a great deal of content in a short period of time.

If you are reading this blog post, I hope you consider getting yourself to New York City on April 20th and 21st to experience what I believe will be a great event. An event which will share a unique perspective on the emerging real-time Internet and it’s effect on business and on people.

For more information about April’s #140conf, please visit: http://nyc.140conf.com.

Hope to see you next month in NYC.

– Jeff Pulver

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Updated #140conf 2010 Global Events Calendar:

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

During the course of 2010, there will be a number of #140conf conferences and meetups held around the world.

Global #140conf Conferences:

April 20/21 – New York City
June 17 – Washington DC
July 6 – Tel Aviv
September 14 – Atlanta
October 5/6 – Los Angeles
October 26/27 – London

Upcoming #140conf Meetups:

Mar 22 – NYC
May 10 – Los Angeles
May 13 – Chicago

#140conf Meetups take place on a regular basis in both New York City and in London. During 2010 these meetups have also taken place in: Boston, Brussels, DC, Nairobi, Philly and Tel Aviv.

I am always looking for both speakers and sponsors for these upcoming events. For more information about these conferences, please visit: http://140conf.com

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SXSW 2010: The days twitter became less relevant

Monday, March 15th, 2010

At South By Southwest 2010 (SXSW), a strange thing happened on the way to Austin. A community of twitter faithful shifted from sharing everything about everything on only twitter (and maybe Facebook) and changed their habits to rely on learning about what was happening and where things were happening by using Foursquare and Gowalla instead.

In the year since SXSW, a number of my friends became passionate and dependent on using Foursquare and/or Gowalla as the platform to share where they were and what was happening around them. Here at SXSW, this has been taken to a new level. It turns out that if you are spending time around your friends and you have a chance to speak to them almost at will, there is something to be said about only sharing your location information and then having the ability to make decisions of what to do (or where not to go) base on this information.

Based on an unscientific poll of a few people I spoke to yesterday during lunch, a typical comment shared was: “I haven’t been on twitter for 2 days. Not sure when I was on last on Facebook. Instead I just look on Foursquare for what is happening and where it is happening.” These words were shared by almost everyone I spoke with.

In terms of who may be winning the Foursquare / Gowalla popularity contest, all I can say is that at SXSW, members of the Foursquare team have done a great job of making themselves known. To date I have only run into one person from Gowalla and that was on my flight from NYC to Austin.

What does any of this this really mean? I’m not entirely sure. But I do believe SXSW 2010 will be known as the time Foursquare came of age and the place where at least one community’s dependence on twitter has shifted and their use of twitter changed, albeit slightly.

Note: Foursquare and Gowalls are two of the companies that will be seen and heard at the upcoming #140conf NYC taking place April 20-21.

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Announcing #140conf Los Angeles and #140conf London 2010

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

The 140 Characters Conference (#140conf) will be taking place in Los Angeles on October 5-6 2010 and in London on October 26-27 2010.

In support the upcoming #140conf LA conference, the next #140conf Los Angeles meetup will be taking place on May 10th at the Comedy Store in Hollywood, CA. For more information and to RSVP, click here. Special thanks to Make It Work for once again helping to produce this meetup.

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