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Innotech San Antonio's Social Media Lounge
Coming to Innotech San Antonio? Look us up in the Expo area - we'll be there Thursday afternoon, March 4, 2010 to preside over a BrainJam in the Social Media Lounge.

Catch Susan's Social Media Session

Thursday, March 4, at 2:30 pm, Firecat CEO Susan Price will present on Social Media for Business, along with the lovely and talented Luis Sandoval of TechinTwenty. Check the schedule; looks like we'll be in the Elm Room. If you're there at 9:30, see Colleen Pence and Shaine Mata conducting a similar Brain Jam type session. We'll all be hanging out on the Expo floor in the new Social Media Lounge - so drop by to put your Twitter handle on the wall and meet other cool social media folks. Jennifer Navarrete (aka @epodcaster) will be interviewing attendees, presenters and exhibitors, and streaming the interviews. We'll be collecting Twitter handles in the lab - so stop by and get more networking done faster.

About Innotech San Antonio

Innotech San Antonio is the region's largest B2B IT event. You'll meet hundreds of IT execs and professionals from all sizes of companies. Check the agenda. Online registration closes Tuesday, March 2 - but you can walk-up, and you should. See you there!
 
Going Mobile: First Friday Coworking & Brownbag 3/5 @ noon
Smart phones, iPhone apps, text messaging, iPad - worlds of possibility for marketing. Join us at noon on Friday, March 5, for the coworking & brownbag session. It's free, so reserve your spot on Eventbrite today.
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Road Trip to TEDxAustin
Firecat CEO Susan Price is headed to Austin Saturday, Feb. 22 to attend TEDxAustin at the KLRU studios. If you see her there, please introduce yourself. As one of the organizers of TEDxSan Antonio, Susan is keen to develop TED community in Central Texas. She and the other event organizers are fanatic about the value of TED.com's Ideas Worth Sharing and looking forward to gathering ideas for the Alamo City's TEDx event.

TEDxAustin Live Stream

The TEDxAustin event will be live streamed here starting at 10am tomorrow: . The parent TED organization will vet the video to see which (if any) they'll post on TED.com for the larger community. The event runs all day, so if you miss the start, no worries - check in when you have time. Interestingly, attendees don't yet know who the actual speakers will be. The TEDxAustin organizers are a playful bunch, in line with their theme, Play Big.

They, the Disaffected

There's also a party at
Conjunctured, a Coworking space, for the folks who either refused to apply for this curated event, as well as the ones who applied and weren't selected.

What the heck is TED?

If you haven't seen , go check it out. Look through the list of speakers and pick one of the videos to watch. Make sure you have your coffee or other beverage of choice on hand.
 

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