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Social Media: What Is It and How Can Planners Use It Effectively?
Date: January 28, 2009 Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Add to your calendar
Location: Show mapMarriott West Loop
1750 West Loop South
Houston, TX 77027
Contact: Freda Monk Phone: 281-812-4425 Email: houstonmpi@aol.com
 
HOW CAN YOU CONNECT USING SOCIAL MEDIA?
WHAT IS IT AND HOW CAN PLANNERS USE IT EFFECTIVELY?
How to make the Internet work for YOU: Planning, promoting and marketing your events through Social Media
Join us for an engaging and interactive luncheon with Katie Laird, Internet geek
and Strategic Advisor at Schipul – The Web Marketing Company, as she walks you through the ins and the outs of leveraging Social Media tools and networks to plan
and promote your events in 2009.
Facebook, Flickr, Blogs, Twitter, Myspace – the online world is flush with opportunities to help grow your Community, monitor the buzz about your events
and engage your attendees as never before. The best part? Many Social Media Marketing tools and tactics are free and can help you get in front of your
largest audience ever.
Your role as an event planner, communicator and Community builder has never been more exciting. Come learn how to make 2009 your geekiest year yet!
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 Katie Laird is Strategic Advisor for Schipul – The Web Marketing Company, a Houston-based online marketing, Web design and software company (www.schipul.com). An Internet nerd and Social Media fanatic at heart, she
spends much of her time testing out new online applications and has been published nationally for her ideas on integrating powerful online tools into smart marketing
plans. Katie is also a proud co-founder of Houston Netsquared – a Houston-area group dedicated to advancing nonprofit organizations’ objectives through online technology (www. netsquared.org).
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DATE
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
TIME
11:00 am - Registration
11:30 am - 1:00 pm - Lunch and Educational Program
LOCATION
The Marriott West Loop by the Galleria
1750 West Loop South
Houston, TX 77027
COST
MPI Member - $25
Non-Member - $35
Student - $10
Walk-In (subject to availability) - $40
Complimentary Event Sponsor - Complimentary
Diamond Member - Complimentary
PARKING
Complimentary self parking
REGISTER BY
12:00 noon on Monday, January 26, 2009
MEETING SPONSOR
The Marriott West Loop by the Galleria
www.marriott.com/houwl
Whether traveling for business or pleasure, the Houston Marriott West Loop by
The Galleria focuses on what it takes to make your trip successful. Located blocks from the world-famous Uptown Post Oak/Galleria shopping area, our Houston hotel has easy access from major freeways, the central business district, attractions, and restaurants. Near the Galleria Mall, we offer complimentary shuttle service to the Nation's fifth largest Mall boasting over 400 stores! Our Houston hotel is located near Memorial Park, 5.5 miles from Rice University and 35 miles from NASA,
a must see if traveling with family. Enjoy the comfort of our guest rooms, equipped with Marriott's New Luxury Bedding, high-speed internet access, large choice of movies and video games and two-line phones. Start and end your day at our Houston hotel restaurant and lounge offering American and Southwestern cuisine. Experience our indoor pool and expanded fitness center. The Marriott Houston West Loop provides everything necessary for an ideal stay.
OTHER EVENT SPONSOR
Sonoma County Tourism Bureau
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