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TRIBECON: THE COMMUNITY CONFERENCE: OCTOBER 28-30, 2009SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009: THE OFFERING

6:00 – 8:00 PMWelcome Reception & Pre-Registration for all TribeCon AttendeesHosted by LaunchPad643 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 701308:00 – 10:00PMWelcome Dinner for TribeCon SpeakersHosted by Louisiana Economic Development & Harrah’s8 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009: MEETING OF THE TRIBES

Bingo Parlor - Voodoo Experience Grounds - City ParkCity Park, New Orleans8:00 – 9:00 AMRegistration & Breakfast9:00 – 9:15 AMWelcome from TribeCon Founders/Hosts

Chris Schultz

,Owner, Voodoo Ventures, LaunchPad, Flatsourcing;Entrepreneur

Tiffany Starnes

,Director of Social Media, FSC Inter@ctive9:15 – 9:45 AM

Micah Baldwin

,VP, Business Development, and Chief Evangelist, LijitNetworks

Failure Breeds Community

: It’s not the successes that breed community,rather it’s the failures. As communities grow failure becomes more and morea part of that community. Failure is at the heart of any vibrant community.9:45 – 10:15AM

Tom Martin

,President, Zehnder Communications

The Future of Marketing,

The fundamental dynamics of content creation anddissemination have changed. No longer must we be slaves to worldwide mediaconglomerates where a handful of executives creating safe, homogenouscontent that appeals to the masses call the shots. For less than the price of anew car anyone with a point of view can produce and disseminate highquality, engaging Micro-Content focused on even the most niche interest.10:15 – 10:45AMBreak10:45 – 11:15AM

Ernie Svenson

,Attorney, Svenson Law Firm

Brian Oberkich

,Marketing Consultant, Like it Matters

Robert Fogarty

,Founder, Evacuteer.org

4 Years After The Storm: How Social Media Would Impact Hurricane

ResponseIf we accept the premise that we learn from experience, New Orleans is aleader in emergency preparedness, response and recovery. The city’srecovery from Hurricane Katrina transpired as the social media boom spreadacross the world. We will speak about how social media tools could and wouldbe used to communicate all the things New Orleanians know now about

ALL EVENTS AND TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

hurricane preparedness and recovery four years later.11:15 – 11:45AM

Taylor Davidson

,Unstructured Ventures

Sloane Berrent

,Cause-Based Marketing Consultant, thecausemopolitan.com

Shannon Lane

, Travel Blogger, Lane Media

Make Yourself Uncomfortable: How to Rawk a New Community

You want to expand your professional circle, transition into a new career, learnsomething new, or go to a new city and meet the locals. But how? Byintroducing yourself to new online and offline communities to meet newpeople and open up opportunities. In order to do that you’re going to have tomake yourself uncomfortable. Making yourself uncomfortable is a powerfulway to identify and take advantage of current and new opportunities. In thispanel, we’ll share personal stories, hard-earned lessons and practical adviceon how to find and explore the edges and cores of new-to-you communities.We’ll provide tips on how to break through being uncomfortable andtransitioning to a whole new outlook in order to use communities for personaland professional growth.11:45 – 12:30

Eric Marcoullier

,CEO, Co-Founder, Gnip, Inc

Andrew Hyde

,Founder, Startup Weekend

Ted Rheingold

,Founder, Dogster & Catster

Blake Haney

,Owner, Dirty Coast Press

Ray Nichols

,Board member, Goodwill Industries of Southeast LA

Communities Across Contexts

, The goal of the panel is to identify commonthemes in Community across both online and real-world environments. At theend of the panel I hope we can have identified some concepts that areconsistent across all forms of community as well as come up with interestingideas for taking a best practice in one context and employing it in another.12: 30 – 2:00PMLunch2:00 – 2:30 PM

Brian Oberkich

,Marketing Consultant, Like it MattersMothers of Invention: Habit, Circumstance & Community Genius2:30 – 3:15 PM

Perry Chen

,Co-Founder, CEO, Kick-Starter

Earl Siconeaux

,Recording Engineer, Preservation Hall Recordings, Big EasyRecording

George Howard

,Founder, TuneCore

Kickstarter & 1000 True Fans: Forget the gatekeepers, Look to the Crow,

Howour networks, fans and friends can fund our ideas, and how we can rewardthem for their support.3:15 – 3:45 PMBreak3:45 – 4:15 PMNet2NO Presents: New Orleans Communities Panel4:15 – 5:00 PM

Julian Smith