TribeCon - An Interactive Conference about Communities October 28, 2009

As humans, we need to connect. It’s what we do. From fire we made smoke signals and on the internet we’ve built remarkable communication tools to connect with each other. Communities are leveraging online interaction to inspire powerful movements. Brands, philanthropists, entrepreneurs, travelers, moms, even dog lovers are banding together to form tribes. Tribes are doing amazing things. What can your tribe accomplish? Join us at TribeCon to find out.

“TribeCon is truly a community-powered conference,” says Chris Schultz “we’ve been inspired by the tremendous support from activists in the online community, many of whom believe amidst the hype around social networking tools, this conference will be an authentic exploration and celebration of building a passionate community that truly becomes a movement.”

What: TribeCon is 2-day educational conference featuring enriching content and award winning national speakers with a passion for building online communities to inspire powerful offline movements.

When: October 29-30, 2009

Where: City Park, New Orleans, LA. From inside the Bingo Tent, TribeCon attendees will get a behind the scenes peek into how the Voodoo Experience comes to life.

Why: Building a community around your brand, cause, or mission is the most powerful way to grow. Today’s social networking tools make it possible to reach your audience in powerful new ways to build a movement. At TribeCon you’ll learn how to build community online to effect action offline. Topics include:

- Empowering community members to achieve purpose-driven momentum
- Leveraging Web 2.0 tools to amplify online and offline efforts
- Creating advocates around authentic causes, brands and entertainment
- Celebrating New Orleans historic tradition & reverence of communities

Who: The speakers are all people passionate about building communities. Speakers include these passionate people and many more:
- Tara Hunt- award winning author of the Whuffie Factor and one of Fast Company’s most Influential Women in Technology
- Micah Baldwin- creator of the Twitter phenomenon #FollowFriday. A serial entrepreneur and community evangelist , and frequent contributor to leading media including CNN and Mashable.com
- Tom Martin- President of Zehnder Communication, an New Orleans agency testing the limits in online technology and Ad Age columnist for “Small Agency Diary
- Online and offline Community leaders- Social media evangelists, cultural anthropologists, musicians, artists and entrepreneurs

Cost:
- $99 for a TribeCon only ticket
- $169 for TribeCon includes single day Voodoo Experience ticket.
- $269 for TribeCon includes three-day Voodoo Experience ticket.

Official Website: http://tribecon.com