This is an open event - Invite your friends on Facebook and we encourage EVERYONE to RSVP on the meetup.com page at
http://www.meetup.com/Mashable/Toronto-CA/103816/
We’re thrilled to announce our second annual Mashable Social Media Day. The global event is a celebration of the technological advancements that enable everyone to connect with real-time information, communicate from miles apart and have their voices be heard. We invite you to celebrate by socializing with your online community offline!
Last year we all had an amazing time with over 200 people showing up to The Madison for one of the largest Social Media Day Meetups IN THE WORLD!
This year we are going to keep up the awesome and with the finalized plans we are so excited we can barely contain ourselves! We look forward to seeing you all at this event and making it once again, one of the most talked about Social Media community events in Toronto of the year.
Epilogger.com (@epilogger) has offered to chronicle the event for us so share your pics and tweets!
We are going to be using the hashtags #SMday and #SMDayTO
SPEAKERS:
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Casie Stewart (@CasieStewart)
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Building Your Personal Brand w/ Casie Stewart
Casie Stewart is a Canadian lifestyle blogger & consultant with a love for life, technology and fashion. Over the last year she's been an Afterhours Athlete for Puma, Virgin America's Provocateur, and a spokesperson for Pepsi Canada & GSK. Last year at SM Day, Casie spoke about running the social media for MuchMusic & MTV Canada & this year she will speak about building a personal brand. She's a co-founder of #GenYTO and been named one Canada's most well known online & influential personalities
Casie Stewart: This Is My Life, her blog is available at
http://casiestewart.com/
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Robert Kozinets (@kozinets)
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Robert V. Kozinets is a globally recognized expert on social media, marketing research, and marketing strategy. An anthropologist by training, he is Professor of Marketing at York University’s Schulich School of Business, where he is also Chair of the Marketing department. He has extensive market research, consulting, and speaking experience with a range of global corporations and associations. His research is published in over 60 chapters, proceedings, and articles in some of the world’s top marketing journals. He has two books: Consumer Tribes, a co-edited volume published in 2007, and Netnography: Doing Ethnographic Research Online, published in 2010 by Sage, and is at work on three others. Brandthroposophy, his blog is available at
www.kozinets.net.
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Michael O’Connor Clarke (@michaelocc)
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Michael O’Connor Clarke is one of Canada’s true social media pioneers, Michael has been doing this stuff longer than many “social media experts” have been online. He joined his first social network in 1997, started blogging in 2001, joined Twitter at launch, and was one of the first 1,000 public users on LinkedIn.
He now builds and executes social media programs for a living, and has worked with clients as diverse as AOL, Accenture, H&R Block, PayPal, Pfizer, Telus, Travelocity.ca, Kraft, and Honda Canada.
Michael is also a founder of HoHoTO, Toronto’s huge annual Holiday party, built and promoted entirely through social media, that has raised over $160,000 to help hungry people in the past three years.
MUSICAL GUEST:
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DJ Jeff Button (@djjeffbutton)
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This year while we are networking and getting to know each other we are happy to announce that the music of @DJJEFFBUTTON will be on hand to groove to. Check out his top rated DigDeep podcast via his Facebook fan page at
http://www.facebook.com/djjeffbutton
SPONSORS and PRIZES:
Social Media Day Toronto is proud to have the support of the following great sponsors!
Rogers:
We are really excited to announce that ROGERS (@RogersBuzz) is going to be playing a huge role in sponsoring the awesome of Social Media Day Toronto 2011. A giant of Canadian Telecommunications Rogers has exploded in social media helping customers and giving advice across all platforms as well as their usual, traditional means which they, of course continue. Check em out at
http://social.rogers.com/
Keep your eyes and ears open for a free Galaxy Tab courtesy of the good folks at Canada’s reliable network!
INK Entertainment:
INK ENTERTAINMENT (@INKevents) is sponsoring us and that is how we have the amazing venue of TATTOO ROCK PARLOUR (@TattooRock). Check em out at
http://www.facebook.com/INKEntertainment and
http://www.facebook.com/TattooRockParlourTO
Specific huge thanks to Maria - @mariapie - for setting everything up and connecting us with the right people over at INK. You rock.
Toyota Canada:
@ToyotaCanada wants to wish everyone a happy Social Media Day! Come hang out with us on Facebook & twitter. We're easy to find, just add "/ToyotaCanada" and there we are - ready to connect with you. But don't forget to use our favourite hashtag, #ToyotaLove.
http://www.twitter.com/toyotacanada
http://www.facebook.com/ToyotaCanada
Saatchi & Saatchi Canada:
At Saatchi, we're in the business of building Lovemarks. Lovemarks are brands that inspire loyalty beyond reason. We think Canada is a #lovemark. Tomorrow...#canadalove and let's get that virtual love going.
Like us on Facebook at /saatchicanada
http://www.Facebook.com/SaatchiCanada
http://www.Saatchi.ca
Pop Chips:
POPCHIPS (@PopchipsTO) hooking us up with some deliciousness at the event, I am sure you can't wait to eat some of their amazing and healthy chips. We know many of you love em so we’re bringing them along for the ride! Check em out at
http://www.facebook.com/Popchips
Everyone’s favorite local mini-golf spot, PUTTING EDGE (@PuttingEdge) has thrown down with free rounds of putting action! Not only do they have awesome courses but they are all GLOW-IN-THE-DARK! The PAR-fect place for a date with that special someone, or some quality time with the entire family. Check em out at
http://www.facebook.com/PuttingEdge
