Brandon Holmes
Life-long learning, new economy, entrepreneurship, adventure travel, marketing, social media, bikes, healthcare, law and the New River Gorge

This is the statewide event for young leaders, 21 to 45 years of age. The third annual conference will be a remarkable event that will include national speakers, leadership and professional development opportunities, networking with state leaders and other young leaders from across the state, and moving Generation West Virginia's agenda...

2010 2nd Annual Cody's Challenge
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The Challenge

The Cody St. John Foundation along with the Steamboat Professional Ski Patrol, United States Forest Service and Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation will host the second Cody’s Challenge, a "Randonee" endurance ski race, on Saturday,...

This year’s event will be held at Smokey’s On the Gorge on Saturday, March 20th, kicking off at 6 pm. So far we have two bands lined up (The Wild Rumpus & Randy Gilkey), a silent and live auction, and of course, the party will have a cocktail hour and main dinner course.

All proceeds benefit local watershed protection!

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(mt) Media Temple brings you the official SXSWi closing party once again! Help us make 2010 the most awesome (mt)+SXSWi blow out ever! Experience the party Tuesday, March 16th at the Mohawk.

Will the Internet be the life support that saves the current U.S. health care system from death? As more people seek health information and alternative care through online mediums, a health care evolution is emerging where we are all the remedy.

Prior to SXSW, a diverse group of healthcare leaders representing clinical, pharmaceutical, marketing, benefit/insurance and patient perspectives gathered at a one-day "unconference" style event in Austin. The objective was to share ideas for overcoming knowledge silos in the healthcare segment, especially among emerging healthcare social...

Location based advertising is a new, exciting mobile advertising opportunity with huge potential. Powering navigation devices, mapping and social networking applications with advertising enables advertisers to target consumers where they are and when they are looking for information and incentives. Consumers will thus receive enticing offers and...

Theres never been a more challenging-yet exciting-time to be a journalist. Journalism Next, a guidebook for digital reporting and publishing, explains how to use the latest software, tools, and concepts, empowering journalists to harness technology and take control of their futures in journalism.

Breakthrough marketing used to come from creative genius, from big ideas, from empathy with customers. But now all the attention goes to rigorous testing and algorithmic approaches to customer insight. So is the science driving out creativity - or are we focused on the wrong kind of maths?

Check in with Gowalla at the Belmont and journey across the Pacific to the amazing Tiki Room. Fill the night with remarkable people, tropical kitsch and the stunning sound of Diplo. This will be your best chance at landing a legendary Gowalla t-shirt so bring a few spare greenbacks and help...

Stop by for complimentary drinks and get WIRED with Starbucks VIA Ready Brew at our 2nd annual happy hour! Join us and enjoy an open bar, appetizers, specialty cocktails, and other freebies.

Community Management is a key role in any startups but with any new role in a company they need to evolve over time to survive and prosper. Come listen some of the smartest people in this space [Saul Colt (Thoora.com), Sarah Prevette (Sprouter.com), Justin Thorp (AddThis.com), Amber Naslund (Radian6), Seamus Condron (MediaBistro) and Andres Glusman...

This session will discuss how to build happy and high performing teams and create an environment that makes for a positive and cohesive workplace. It will not only help supervisors and managers, but all attendees will gain valuable insight in how to create an energetic and enjoyable work environment.

Williams has co-founded several Internet companies, including Pyra Labs (creator of weblog-authoring software Blogger) and Twitter, the now ubiquitous social media platform that hit its tipping-point at SXSW in 2007. In addition to his role as Director of the Havas Media Lab, Umair Haque founded Bubblegeneration, an agenda-setting advisory boutique...

Only a fraction of business financing comes from Sand Hill Road. Yet entrepreneurs still obsess over traditional big meeting/big money Silicon Valley venture capital. This heated panel debates what types of companies actually benefit from VC and reviews concrete examples of alternatives to traditional venture capital.

Due to video sharing sites and universal/blended search results, online videos are a growing trend for B2B and B2C businesses looking for a more creative way to enhance their online brand recognition and reputation, connect with and engage consumers, disseminate information, and get indexed on the search engines. Now is the...

Get a group of geeks together and the conversation will drift away from design, coding, and human factors and into energy. Having grown up in a world of innovation, many geeks look at the energy world and say, "Hey, that looks like an industry thats ready to be disintermediated. Lets go!"...

Join Jay Rosen (PressThink.org), Matt Thompson (Editorial Product Manager at National Public Radio), Staci D Kramer (ContentNextMedia/paidContent) and Tristan Harris (CEO of Apture) as they discuss how journalism and the media must adapt to meet our insatiable hunger for the bigger picture.

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Mashable, Cliqset and Sony are proud to present the 2nd MashBash SXSWi -- Mashables annual social media gathering at SXSW.

TECH cocktail will be showcasing over 30 start-ups to kickoff the SXSW Accelerator. Wear your favorite black hat and be ready to connect with entrepreneurs, innovators and technology enthusiasts.

The Web Awards Ceremony is the centerpiece of evening activities at the SXSW Interactive Festival and an event not to be missed. Hosted by Doug Benson with special surprises in store for the big "lucky 13"!

Search is a surprisingly disruptive innovation and an amazing challenge for designers. Well explore a pattern language for search that embraces user psychology, emerging technology, social media, rich interaction, and mobile. And, see how tangible futures can create better applications today, and invent the unthinkable discovery tools of tomorrow.

The Block Party, modeled after the popular pub crawl, was so popular last year that were bringing it back to the 2010 Trade Show. Mix and mingle with exhibitors in a festive atmosphere while enjoying complimentary appetizers and beverages.

New faceted search engines are emerging that promise smarter and more personalized results that take advantage of the Semantic Web. Do they deliver, and what do these engines mean for traditional search? How can obstacles such as scalability and diverse content provisioning platforms be overcome for Semantic Search to succeed?