LSS 2010 is taking shape nicely. We now have the teasers for two more of our world-class panels. Panel: Facebook and Local. Will Facebook do for Local what it did for Games? Leader: Greg Sterling, Screenwerk, Search Engine Land & Internet2Go Join industry thought leaders discuss and debate the future impact of Facebook on local. [...]
With all the different excellent speakers confirming daily, it’s been a full time job just to keep up with the agenda of Local Social Summit 2010 but we have now published the current version. As well as the previously written about talks and panel from leading Local pundits like Greg Sterling, Seb Provencher and Perry [...]
Neal Polachek is president of BIA/Kelsey. Neal’s view of the marketplace is informed by his hands-on experience and through his quantitative and qualitative research. He is the person most likely to ask the simple questions such as “Will the business owner really buy it?” or “Can the consumer really make use of it?” Neal Polachek [...]
Antony Mayfield is the author of Me and My Web Shadow: How to Manage Your Reputation Online and is iCrossing‘s Senior Vice President, Social Media, giving leadership for the company’s services and innovation efforts related to the social web. He joined the company in 2006, founding its content & social media teams and working with [...]
Meagan Marks is a London-based product strategist, social technology expert, and angel investor who loves improving people’s lives through technology. Currently, she is the VP of Product at Wonga, a ground-breaking online lender which uses sophisticated risk and decisioning technology to make automated yet responsible lending decisions. Wonga recently launched the first credit application for [...]
Antony Mayfield, author of Me and My Web Shadow: How to Manage Your Reputation Online will be presenting on the following topic: Nosey neighbours and norming: Getting ready for the local privacy debate There are trends in place – rising privacy concerns, uneven digital inclusion – that developers, brands and other actors need to be [...]
Mike Rowley is Chief Commercial Officer for Northcliffe Digital which is the regional digital arm of DMGT which publishes a range of local websites around the “Local People” and “This is” brands. Mike has worked in DMGT as Classified Director for the Evening Standard as well as Digital Director for Northcliffe Media. He has worked [...]
We are very pleased to announce that, Perry Evans, another of the great Local thought leaders will be flying over the Atlantic to help make Local Social Summit 2010 an event not to be missed. Perry Evans, CEO, Closely Perry Evans is the founder and CEO of Closely, Inc., a new start-up aimed at the [...]
For the people who came along to the LSS@Social Media Week event last night, they were treated to a goody bag of amazing coffee that Stephen Leighton from Has Bean Coffee provided us with. Steve also treated us all with the story of Has Bean and how Social Media is really helping them succeed. The [...]
Local Social Summit is very excited that Stephen Leighton owner of leading UK coffee roaster, Has Bean, has agreed to come speak at LSS@Social Media Week on 4th February 2010. We are planning to have a conversation with Steve about how as an artisan coffee roaster he is utilising a proliferation of Social Media channels [...]
