Joe Webster
Content + technology = effective engagement.

DCWEEK is a festival in the US capital focused on bringing together designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and social innovators of all kinds. It’s a series of 100s of distributed events powered by the community and complemented by core conferences, parties, and projects created by the festival organizers iStrategyLabs and Tech Cocktail. DCWEEK...

This event will be rescheduled for the Fall 2011.

An Event Apart DC features 12 great speakers and sessions.

Following the two-day conference comes A Day Apart, an intense learning session on ACCESSIBLE WEB DESIGN led by Derek Featherstone (founder, Further Ahead).

You can register just for An Event Apart or A Day Apart, or save $100 when you sign up for all three days.

Social Journalism + #wjchat = everyone you've ever tweeted in one place!

Join DCWW and Google’s, Ginny Hunt, as she goes beyond the buzz to discuss the latest social networking giant Google+. In just a few short weeks, Google+ went from a handful of beta testers to over 25 million users.

Our Awards Symposium at the Newseum on September 7 will feature Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth as keynote speaker. Lunch is included. Agenda: 8:30 a.m. Registration and coffee 9:00 a.m. Welcome      Jan Schaffer, Executive Director, J-Lab      Larry Kirkman, Dean, American University School of Communication 9:15 a.m....

Mashable's Social Media Day is June 30! @Sisarina & @DCeventjunkie have partnered again to bring you a fun evening to celebrate all things social media! Gather your Facebook friends, your Twitter followers and your LinkedIn folks and come hang out with us for happy hour. Come meet your 'friends & followers' IRL (in real...

Join us as we discuss how journalists in the Washington D.C. area are utilizing Facebook for their reporting and storytelling. We'll discuss some best practices and hear from journalists who are using Facebook to engage their readers, find sources, and experiment with innovative storytelling on the platform. 6:30-7:00 p.m. Networking...

Moby has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide, played over 3,000 concerts in his career, and has had his music included in hundreds of films, such as Heat and The Beach. He has been taking photographs for as long as he’s been making music. See his riveting images and be among the first to learn about his much-anticipated new project.

A Nat...

Edelman DC is growing!

Come learn more about us, check out our new space and chat with some of the industry's leading voices over drinks, pizza and cupcakes.

Who: You, Us
What: Cocktail Hour(s)
When: Wednesday, April 27th from 6-8pm
Where: Edelman's Office, 1875 Eye Street, 9th Floor, Farragut West Metro
Why: Talk social media with...

The United Nations Foundation has brought together ten of the brightest entrepreneurs under 40 through the Global Entrepreneurs Council to take the UN and the UN Foundation – and our campaigns, partnerships, and programs – to the next level of innovation and impact.

Council members represent various industries including, corporate, creative...

Don't miss this opportunity to network one last time or bid your final farewell at the party to end all parties — the Interactive Closing Party. Media Temple invites you to go out with a big bang.

Facilitators: Richard Brewer-Hay (eBay) & David Armano (Edelman). Hash Tag = #futurePR
When You Think of PR (Public Relations), your first impression may be of the silver tongued "flack" spinning a corporations' news, putting a positive slant on everything. With advances in networks, online communities and the ability of the...

So we're throwing another epic event at SXSW complete with some fabulous music. We'll flesh this page out as more details emerge.

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SO YOU WANNA SEE THE SHOW? READ ON VERY CAREFULLY...

We will be able to accommodate about 1200 guests. During SXSW we will be giving away around 600-700 "Priority" wristbands randomly to those...

Note: an RSVP at Plancast will not get you in the door. You must RSVP at EventBrite. SXSW Interactive is the week immediately following DrupalCon Chicago, and we're going to both. You should too. DrupalCon ends on Thursday. SXSW begins on Friday, and runs until Tuesday. We're throwing the party on a Monday night, so you'll have a few...

The most dead-on social commentary of the BP gulf oil spill came in the form of a parody Twitter account—who would have thought? Much has been made of the potential for social media to promote brands, but what if you don't have one? Many folks haven't let that stop them, either inventing or taking on the persona of an existing company...

http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP8355

A night of exceptional beverages, hot jamz, and fierce competition. Together, we shall raise our pint glasses and plastic cups in revelry to celebrate a great year in web design.

This year, the BeerCamp competition will take form in a flip cup tournament.

Join PBS, NPR, Frontline, ITVS, P.O.V., StoryCorps and Blogads at the Parish for live music and a celebration of South by Southwest.

Music by: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue (http://www.tromboneshorty.com/)

The second annual Tech Cocktail SXSW will kick off the third annual SXSW Accelerator program and showcase 30+ early stage startups for an evening of conversation. The event is aimed at better connecting, educating and amplifying the SXSW Interactive community.

Join us for an evening of fun mingling with other technology enthusiasts, innovators,...

This season, the Second Sunday Sock Hop's 4th Annual Mardi Gras Sock Hop is teaming up with Soul of The Boot Entertainment, Strangetribe Productions and Louisiana Entertainment to bring you the best Mardi Gras romp in town!!

MARDI GRAS SOCK HOP & CRAWFISH BOIL!!!

w/special guests YOUNG FELLAZ BRASS BAND
by way of that NOLA!!

These...