Events matching tag "twitter"
Friday, March 7
ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP26451 In…
Intermediate
Presenters
Byron Sorrells, Chris Doyle, Guy Oron
The hilarious tweets written by funny people Megan Amram @meganamram, Jenny Johnson @JennyJohnsonHi5 and Josh Hara @yoyoha have not only attracted hundreds of thousands of followers, they've also landed these social medi…
Beginner
Presenters
Jenny Johnson, Josh Hara, Matt Silverman, Megan Amram
Saturday, March 8
Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
Presenters
Joy Banner
With the rise of social media, sports and culture are tied together like never before. And there are no lines between where the sports world ends and where the creative world begins. Understanding how culture can influ…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jon Wexler, Lia Vakoutis
The most influential community on Twitter is the “Black Twitterverse”. Using the microblogging tool as a platform, Black Twitterverse continues to influence pop culture and political discussion in power shifting ways. It…
Intermediate
Presenters
Janel Martinez, Kelechi Anyadiegwu, Kimberly "Dr Goddess" Ellis, Tatiana King-Jones
Sunday, March 9
It was the social media event of the summer, at one point generating 5k tweets per minute, but how the hell did that happen? For the first time Syfy and Twitter come together to present how, through the power of Twitter…
Intermediate
Presenters
Dana Ortiz, Fred Graver
Much like the public protest of the Civil Rights Era, Black Twitter can be a rallying force that can shut down Juror B37’s proposed book deal in a matter of hours or initiate the career suicide of suspected racists (we s…
Intermediate
Presenters
Anslem Rocque, David Dennis, Jamilah Lemieux, Janee Bolden
Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
Presenters
Jenn Deering Davis
Monday, March 10
If you were in Turkey last summer, you would have observed a Twitter revolution. During the #OccupyGezi movement, 1 million new accounts were created in just 1 month. For 3 weeks Turkey was the country with the highest n…
Beginner
Presenters
Eda Demir, Yalçın Pembecioglu
Tuesday, March 11
Jon has a problem. He was born in the wrong place to become a rock n roll hero. Living in a seaside town where people go to retire, his only connection with the 'real' world is Twitter. FRANK has been described as "The…
Beginning
Presenters
Anna Higgs, Hugh Garry