Robert Michael Murray
VP, Social Media at National Geographic. Adjunct professor at Georgetown. Exploring the intersections of culture, technology and human rights. Dare to follow.

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Dachis Group Social Business Summit Austin 2012

Austin, TX · Thursday, March 8, 2012
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SXSW Interactive badges are available starting at 11am on Thursday, March 8th. You’ll have the badge but most events don’t start until the next day so... now what?

Why not stop by for a quick beer, game, snack or just say hi at one of the many downtown tech companies from 4pm to 10pm? You might even find a drum circle...

Last year we had more...
SXSW Startup Crawl

Downtown Austin · Thursday, March 8, 2012, 4-10:00pm
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We're back for our third straight year at SXSW, and we cannot wait to rock out with all of you!
Join the TechKaraoke team and our sponsors (TBA) as, this time, we begin SXSW Interactive with a real bang! We're taking over The Stage on Sixth venue on Friday, March 9th for an evening full of live band karaoke and classic DJ karaoke...
TechKaraoke SXSWi Presented by BlogWorld & New Media Expo

The Stage on Sixth · Friday, March 9, 2012
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Interactive Festival will feature five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking events hosted by industry leaders, the unparalleled SXSW Trade Show and an unbeatable lineup of special programs showcasing the best new digital works, video games and innovative ideas the...
SXSW Interactive 2012

Austin, TX · March 9-13, 2012
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Tune in 2012 - Social TV at SXSW

Iron Cactus Mexican Grill & Margarita Bar · Friday, March 9, 2012, 5:00pm
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Catch up with the #140conf Community while you are at SXSW. Jeff Pulver is holding a Texas style cocktail party Friday, March 9, from 7-9pm at Lanai. The lights will be up, the music low, the energy will be high, and you can enjoy interacting in a space just right for making connections and creating lasting relationships. You deside which state...
State of NOW (#140conf) SXSW Cocktail Party

Lanai · Friday, March 9, 2012, 7-9:00pm
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Startup Weekend, Zaarly and Twilio have teamed up to bring you the must attend party at SXSW this year! Stop by and have some drinks on us and dance into the night with DJ Christian Barbuto and DJ Remmington Steele behind the booth. Did we mention free drinks? This is where the whos who of the startup world will be Friday night... and...
Startup Weekend, Zaarly & Twilio SXSWi Party

Kingdom · March 9-10, 2012, 8pm-2:00am
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We're back for our third straight year at SXSW, and we cannot wait to rock out with all of you!

Join the TechKaraoke team and our sponsors (TBA) as, this time, we begin SXSW Interactive with a real bang! We're taking over The Stage on Sixth venue on Friday, March 9th for an evening full of live band karaoke and classic DJ karaoke...
TechKaraoke at SXSW Interactive 2012

The Stage On Sixth · March 9-10, 2012, 8pm-2:00am
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Kick off SXSW right with some of the brightest minds in the business and join us for the second annual Night Cap with Edelman Digital!

Your co-hosts for the evening are: Kevin King, Global Practice Chair for Edelman digital, David Armano, Executive Vice President, Global Innovation & Integration and Natasha Avery, Vice President US Director...
Nightcap 2 with Edelman Digital at Dogwood

The Dogwood · March 9-10, 2012, 10pm-2:00am
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Held in 2011 in front of a packed house of tech startups + enthusiasts, 500 Startups & Eric Ries have been asked to bring The Lean Startup SXSW to a larger venue for the 2012 Interactive lineup. The Lean Startup SXSW will take place on Saturday, March 10th from 9:30am - 6:00pm at the Downtown Hilton (across from the Convention Center), with the...
The Lean Startup SXSW with 500 Startups & Eric Ries (Official SXSW Track)

Downtown Austin Hilton (across from Convention Center) , 4th Floor - Salon C · Saturday, March 10, 2012, 9:30am-6:00pm
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What died in Silicon Valley is getting reborn here. In Texas

This party goes from 11:31pm to 11:42. Right now we don't have CNN's approval so this party will take place in the parking lot between CNN and Fogo De Chao
Plancast (Re)Launch Party at SXSW

CNN Grill @ SXSW · Sunday, March 11, 2012, 12-12:30am
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Feel like talking Social Media? Community? Unleashing Super Fans? (Want your choice of super hero underoos?) The Lithium SuperFan Party Suite is stocked with alcohol, food and comfy chairs.
SXSW Lithium SuperFan Suit

Undisclosed Location near the ACC · March 11-14, 2012
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Steve Case, one of America’s most iconic entrepreneurs, and Tim O’Shaughnessy, CEO and co-founder of LivingSocial, will explore the role entrepreneurship plays in launching some of the world’s fastest growing businesses. As LivingSocial’s first investor, Steve was one of the earliest believers in the transformative power of local commerce....
Tapping Into America's Secret Sauce: Entrepreneurs: SXSW discussion with Steve Case & Tim O'Shaughnessey

Austin Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 5 · Sunday, March 11, 2012, 11:00am
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Are We Killing Social With Social?

Featuring:
Jason Kapler – Networked Insights
Lou Kerner – Wedbush Securities; SecondShares
Chris Vennard – Google
Caroline Giegerich - VP Innovation, Initiative

Doesn’t it seem like a new social network launches every day? From geosocial to social TV, from social gaming to social news, it seems like...
"Are We Killing Social With Social?" SXSWi Panel: http://bit.ly/KillSocial

Austin, TX · Sunday, March 11, 2012, 11am-2:00pm
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Come out and meet good people, have some food, and have a few drinks. It'll feel like a family BBQ, without all the drama. RSVP now, and we'll send out more updates as the date gets closer.
Boxee SxSW Kegger 2012

Sunday, March 11, 2012, 1-6:00pm
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SapientNitro's Official SXSW Party

Roial Austin · Sunday, March 11, 2012, 8-10:00pm
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The Mashable SXSWi House 2012 will break the mold of traditional SXSWi events. Working with SXSWi and our partner sponsors, on Sunday, March 11 we will offer an exciting evening of music and networking. In addition, the Mashable editorial team will be in Austin in full force.RSVP PolicyThis event is open to all 21+ SXSWi badge holders. Please RSVP...
Mashable SXSWi House 2012

Buffalo Billiards · March 11-12, 2012, 9pm-2:00am
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Your Social Media Job Is Dead: Now What?

#SXsmjobs

The digital world is changing too fast to let the industry label its roles with yet another buzzword. Remember digital ninjas? Social media mavens? Twitterholics?

One moment, you are a self-proclaimed "guru" -- hey, it doesn’t make it less real -- and the next, you discover that you...
SXSW - Your Social Media Job Is Dead: Now What?

300 E 4th St · Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 3:30-4:30pm
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May 2012

Mashable Connect 2012 is an intimate conference experience that will bring together leaders from the digital world for three days away to share and connect offline in a unique setting. Mashable will be bringing social and content from the online to the offline.
Mashable Connect 2012

Disney's Contemporary Resort · May 3-5, 2012
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Mashable Connect 2012

Disney's Contemporary Resort · May 3-5, 2012
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November 2012

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Rome · November 2012
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DCWEEK is a week long 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 a core conference, keynotes, parties, and projects curated by the festival organizers iStrategyLabs and...
DCWEEK 2012

DC/MD/VA · November 2-9, 2012
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December 2012

And even if nothing happens, it will still be worth a laugh.

INVITE EVERYONE!!!!
This might, or might not, be the biggest thing since sliced bread so don't let your friends miss this possibly life changing experience. I want to everyone on Facebook at this here shindig so don't disappoint.
The End of the World

San Francisco · Friday, December 21, 2012
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Way in the Future

The technological singularity is a theoretical future point which takes place during a period of accelerating change, at which everything goes completely insane. We're talking hyperintelligent machines, radical biological control, effective immortality, extreme mind-machine interfacing, space colonies, and nanobot-everything. It's going...
The Singularity

All of Earth and Probably the Moon · Tuesday, August 21, 2029, 12am-11:30pm
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