Day 1: Wednesday, 9th November

Day 2: Thursday, 10th November

Also, very excited about our conversation with Super SMBs – real businesses “crushing it” with social media in the UK. Not to be missed as we will hear about very recent successes using Facebook, Twitter and recent “burger swarm” that got an amazing response from a global food chain… More below:

The Rise of the Super SMBs

Leader: Dylan Fuller, eBay/Local Social Summit

During this session we will get a chance to meet UK SMBs who are “crushing it” with local and social media. We will explore if super SMBs are merely outliers that are personality or brand driven? Or do they point the way for all local SMBs? What works and can we start to develop best practice guidelines? How do they “bat above their” weight leveraging social media? What’s missing in the online ecosystem to support this massive business segment? We might also see the launch of NEW local-social-mobile application – not to be missed.

• Stephen Leighton, Has Bean Coffee
• Daniel Young, Young & Foodish
• Missy Flynn, The Hawksmoor

We are super excited that Stephen Leighton, owner of leading UK coffee roaster Has Bean, is going to join us at LSS 2010. Many of you will remember he was part of our LSS@Social Media Week event back on February 4th.

Stephen will be part of our panel:

The Rise of the Super SMBs.  Conversations with some SMBs who are crushing it with Social Media.

In reality, we’re fans of Steve and without saying the amazing coffee Hasbean sells from the UK. We would be happy if he just comes along and shares his wonderful passion for coffee. However, we are sure that we will not only learn a bit more about great coffee but also how he is leveraging social media to “bat above his weight” to grow a business that now sells coffee world-wide.

Stephen is into coffee, coffee and coffee and occasionally has time to support the Sunderland football club. His background prior to setting up his ‘local’ coffee ‘empire’ had nothing to do with coffee – but he has always had a serious taste for beans and started roasting in his garage sometime the 1990′s. To found out more about Stephen and hear him speak please join us at LSS 2010 on November 18th – tickets are available here.

To get a view of why we think he’s “crushing it” (or should we say “roasting it”) here’s a video from In My Mug, Steve’s weekly video show:

To fully get an understanding of how Steve is using Social Media in furthering the success of Has Bean we suggest you:

• Read his blog
• Follow him on Twitter
• Check out the photo stream on Flickr
• Watch episodes of In My Mug or check out the Hasbean Vimeo channel

LSS 2010 is also going to feature Has Bean Coffee as the “official coffee of the day” for the conference — so those who join us will get a chance to drink some amazung brew on Nov 18th!

The coffee was the El Salvador Finca Los Amates Bourbon Cup of Excellence 2009 and below is the episode of Steve’s weekly video show, In My Mug, where he cups this special coffee.

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 to build engagement with his customers and the coffee community in general.

In reality, we’re fanboys of Steve (and without saying the amazing coffee Hasbean brings back to the UK) and would be happy if he just comes along and shares his wonderful passion for coffee and with that his direct trade approach with growers (actually, here’s hoping we get some of that because when you think about it, that’s still Local Social).  Regardless of what Steve talks about, our hope is that those who come along to LSS@Social Media Week will agree with us by the end of the evening when we say, we believe Stephen Leighton is coffee’s rising answer to Gary Vee.

To get a taste of why we think that, here’s a video from In My Mug, Steve’s weekly video show:

To fully get an understanding of how Steve is using Social Media in furthering the success of Hasbean, we suggest you:

• Read his blog
• Follow him on Twitter
• Check out the photo stream on Flickr
• Watch episodes of In My Mug or check out the Hasbean Vimeo channel
• Not forgetting the Hasforum

You can read more about the LSS@Social Media Week event by clicking here.  Go to the eventbrite microsite or start the booking process below:

LSS@Social Media Week:  The Science of Social Media

It could be said that most people have faith that Social Media is more than a new hype bubble. While faith alone isn’t a bad thing, we plan to add some reason as we explore the Science of Social Media

LSS@Social Media Week is brought to you by:

Confirmed Speakers:

• Dr. Bernie Hogan from the Oxford Internet Institute – Bernie will taking time out from his busy teaching and media schedule to present his latest research into the emerging issue of social information overload and effective methodologies for leveraging online interactions and new media in everyday life.
• Stephen Leighton owner of Has Bean Coffee: http://www.hasbean.co.uk/ – A conversation with the up and coming UK and coffee’s answer to Gary Vaynerchuk (Wine Library and Crushit)
• Paul McCrudden - from Imagination & #6weeks fame, will share insights and knowledge from how consumers are interacting with brands
• Carolyn Watt, Founder and Managing Director of Yabber, Profero’s digital PR and social media division will be presenting an exciting case study

When: Thursday, 4th February 2010, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Where: The Hospital Club (http://www.thehospitalclub.com/)

Social Media Week: The second annual conference will take place between February 1st – 5th, 2010 simultaneously in New York City, Berlin, London, San Francisco, Toronto and São Paulo. The five day conference will explore the profound impact that social media has on culture, business communications and society at large.

More Details & Register:

For more details click here to go to the event page and you can get your tickets through the eventbrite ticket microsite.