SummitUp

For my birth­day this year, I am get­ting some­thing really cool -  a social media con­fer­ence right here in Day­ton.  “Yea, Just what I always wanted, a con­fer­ence!” No, the con­fer­ence was not put on for that rea­son, but it is a nice coin­ci­dence.    The event is called Sum­mitUp, it will take place on Octo­ber 20^th at Wright State Uni­ver­sity in Day­ton, and it is going to be a remark­able day.  The speak­ers are amaz­ing, their top­ics are both diverse and rel­e­vant, and the price is very afford­able — all com­bin­ing to make this some­thing you do not want to miss.

The speaker list includes a mix of local, regional and national tal­ent.  (Some­how they let me on the list too)   Check out this group of presenters:

Chris Bro­gan, Kevin Dugan, David Esrati, Bob Garfield, Debba Hau­pert, Lewis Howes, Artie Isaac, Lara Kretler, Brian LeCount, Ali Margello, Jen­nifer McClure, Steve Phillips, Kendra Ramirez, Keri­anne Acra, Roger Bora … and your’s truly.  Kevin, Artie, Bob, Lewis and Chris will lead hour long full group pre­sen­ta­tions, which will be accom­pa­nied by sets of break­outs led by the remain­ing pre­sen­ters.  This list includes experts in tech­nol­ogy, pub­lic rela­tions, mar­ket­ing and adver­tis­ing, human resources, and sales — each offer­ing a unique per­spec­tive on the strate­gic use of social media to accom­plish busi­ness goals.

As if that was not enough value for one day, atten­dees also get con­ti­nen­tal break­fast, lunch, time to net­work with other pro­fes­sion­als,  Chris’ new book Trust Agents and Bob’s new book The Chaos Sce­nario.  All this for $139 dol­lars for mem­bers of the spon­sor­ing orga­ni­za­tions (, and $179 for every­one else.  (Secret Hint: there is no cost to join LinkedDayton)

As of this post, spon­sor­ships and tick­ets are still avail­able for the event.  Both should go quickly, so if you are inter­ested, get mov­ing. For more infor­ma­tion about tick­ets, spon­sor­ship, and logis­tics for the event visit SummitUp.org.  Spe­cial thanks to Sara McCather­ine, who worked so hard to pull this all together, and to all of the speak­ers who are com­ing to Day­ton to share your bril­liance with our community.