Rachel Weidinger
Hope sheltering jam eater. (Work @techsoup / @TSGN.)

SXSWi is right around the corner. Why not kick it off with a bang at the Official SXSWi Happy Hour sponsored by Razorfish?

Join us on Saturday, March 12th, 2011, from 6-8PM at the Phoenix (409 B Colorado St). DJ Hot Sauce will be spinning the tunes to get you in the mood to party. And the open bar means there will be plenty of free drinks. But...

This is for participating locations in North America only. Arizona, Saskatchewan, Sonora, Greenland, Hawaii, and various islands off North America do not observe the time change.

And while you're changing your clocks, remember to check your smoke detector batteries. One third of all smoke detectors have dead, near dead or disconnected...

boco is about the inspirational and innovative parts of tech and food. Spend the day having passionate conversations with the leaders in the area and the nights full of the best local food and music.

Our goal is to create amazing and unique experiences around industry leaders in tech and food. Our venue is in downtown Boulder, seating just 175...

We’re having an informal KloutUp in the our office. It’s a good chance to chill, meet the Klout team and celebrate some special guests from Toronto.

What: KloutUp

Where: The Klout Office. 795 Folsom St. First Floor San Francisco, CA

When: Wednesday August 4th 5PM – 7PM

Hashtag: #KloutUp

So if you want to meet the team, ask any...

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After more than a year of anticipation, on June 22 Beth Kanter and Allison Fine
will celebrate the release of the Networked Nonprofit, published by Jossey-Bass. Join us for a brown bag book signing party from 12-2 PM PDT at TechSoup Global.

Join us on the 22nd for...

After more than a year of anticipation, on June 21 Beth Kanter and Allison Fine will release the Networked Nonprofit, published by Jossey-Bass. At 4:00 p.m. EDT/1:00 p.m. PDT Beth and Allison will celebrate with a virtual book party on U-Stream (http://bit.ly/netustream) and Twitter (#netnon). Our party goal: Make The Networked Nonprofit a top ten...

Artists, labels, and managers should be able to centralize their songs, videos, photos, show schedules, blogs, and tweets from a single place. How can they syndicate this content and harvest casual listeners from those social networks? How can they measure the online data so they can make better decisions?

Panelists:

Lou Plaia (moderator)...

Our 10th Anniversary show. Details coming soon. Find out more at 20x2.org

Can you really do good for the world and make a profit at the same time? Come meet the entrepreneurs who have proven you can!

Learn about the whole spectrum of social entrepreneurship from leaders in the field: from for-profit to non-profit to hybrid models, and the training, fellowships, contests and investors you need to help you get your...

Now in its 8th year at SXSW Interactive, Nuclear Taco Night is a celebration of masochistic cuisine. Join a loose confederation of geeks to share the tears of joy that only come from experiencing Austins hottest underground tradition: nuclear tacos.

Gone are the days of traditional customer support. In a world of Twitter, Facebook, and customer complaint sites like GetSatisfaction, customers are now jumping online to vent and publicize their customer support issues. But does it work for everyone and can complex customer service issues really be resolved within a 140...

Following Haiti’s earthquake, hundreds of techies helped relief efforts at a series of hackathons held in more than a dozen cities worldwide. We’ll hear from organizers and learn how this group of geeks tried to help save lives in Haiti, laying the groundwork for future disaster response efforts.

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...

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 to what the future of community management will look like because the future role is more than just drinking with customers!

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...

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.

See official description below:
Conventional wisdom calls...

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

It's a Hoe Down! We're back and better than ever with the 2nd installment of the SXSW kirtsy + Alltop Girl Guy Party!

Guy Kawasaki and the kirtsy chicks invite you to giddy on up in the ATX for SXSW Interactive. We'll be at our old stomping grounds at Allens Boots on South Congress, back with your favorite Beer, BBQ and, of course,...

This panel will explore the fascinating and often bizarre world of commenter culture. From trolls on 4chan to Star Commenters on Gawker Media blogs, panelists will discuss: - The nuances of commenter/blog symbiosis (including the benefit/detriment to the business side of ad-supported blogs) - The nature of commenter hierarchies - The...

Filmmaker, artist and musician Michel Gondry (The Science of Sleep, Be Kind Rewind) sits down with KCRWs Elvis Mitchel to discuss his remarkable body of work and his latest, an intimate portrait of his family entitled The Thorn In The Heart, screening at SXSW.