Vetting in the Age of Social: Who Do You Trust?
In the past, an editor, a professional trained to vet content for a publication decided what you consumed. Today, content is vetted by our friends, celebrities, and strangers we've 'liked', followed, or circled. Influence over who shares what, how often it is shared, and eventually what shows up in search is the holy Grail for anyone who wants their content to be consumed: news organizations, PR professionals, marketers, bloggers, and more. We will discuss where this is leading us, what we can do to make sure we get information we "need to know," and how that information/content is
prioritized and weighted by trust.
Presenters
Michael Pranikoff, Global Director of Emerging Media at PR Newswire, is responsible for educating PR Newswire staff and customers about the role emerging media in marketing communications, and is also heavily involved in the development of products and services for the company. Michael joined PR Newswire in 1998 and immersed himself in the technology industry in and around the D.C. area. In 2003, Michael was named the National Technology Markets Specialist and eventually named PR Newswire’s first Director of Emerging Media. A prolific speaker, he participates in events across the globe covering topics such as the convergence of PR & marketing, social media, search, content marketing, evolving media and more and is credited to facilitating PR Newswire’s Emerging Media Seminars since 2006. Michael is also a featured contributor to several blogs, podcasts, and newsletters. A graduate of Syracuse University, Michael worked for MacNeil/Lehrer Productions prior to joining PR Newswire, which produces the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Michael maintains profiles across many social networks and social media outlets, connect with him at http://about.me/michaelpranikoff
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Tom is a seasoned digital media professional who has worked in all aspects of the industry from executive management, sales, production, and product development.
Tom started his webcasting experience at MediaOnDemand, a leading webcasting and multimedia company, in 1995. There, he was responsible for all aspects of technological implementation of webcast and multimedia solutions. He oversaw projects for many different organizations and quickly became an integral part in growing the company's revenue 400% over a two year period
In 2006, Tom joined MultiVu, a PR Newswire company, where he has become an innovator in implementing social media components in to traditional webcast and broadcast products. He's run Twitter based webcasts and has developed a Blogger Media Tour product that allows brands to reach targeted social audiences with their messages.
Tom has been an active blogger for years. Most recently he started the blog www.notafoodie.com where he writes about his adventures in the food world.
Tony Uphoff is CEO of UBM TechWeb. UBM TechWeb is one of the United Business Media companies. A self professed Media, Marketing and Technology geek, Uphoff has been at the forefront of media transformation for 20 years.
Uphoff has the distinction of having been a leader of three of the top five B2B brands in history all at the peak of their reach, revenues and profits; InformationWeek, The Hollywood Reporter and PC Week.
He served in several key management positions at Ziff-Davis Media during the build out of the company in the late 80′s and early 90′s. He then joined CMP Media as publisher of InformationWeek leading the brand to the # 1 position in the market and ultimately into one of the largest brands in the history of B2B media. Tony also served as divisional VP and President during CMP’s dramatic growth in the mid 1990′s from a $200 Million privately owned company, to a $600 Million, publicly traded, global leader in technology media. He was the founding CEO of the Internet media company Beliefnet, which was sold to News Corp in November of 2007 and he also served as President of VNU Media’s Entertainment Group and Publisher of The Hollywood Reporter.
Named one of the top 100 business media executives by B2B Magazine’s “Who’s Who in Business Media” in 2006-2011, Uphoff was named Top Media Innovator in 2009. He was named a “Folio Forty C-Level Visionary” by Folio Magazine in 2011.
Tony is a regular speaker at industry and association conferences and has also been a guest lecturer on “Leading Internet Businesses”, “Managing High Growth Environments”, “Technology and Financing in Film” and “Digital Transformation” at Columbia, Emory, NYU and USC’s Annenberg Business Schools.
Uphoff serves as a Trustee of Linfield College and a board member of SISO and Bobit Business Media.
Tony and his wife live in California and are regular visitors to Oregon where their daughter attends college. In his spare time Tony is an avid music buff, formula one fan, guitar player and surfer. He is also a very slow but dedicated runner.
Tuesday, March 13
