Hawaii Social Media Seminar

LET SOCIAL MEDIA IGNITE YOUR BUSINESS!

Learn How at the Hawaii Social Media Seminar on

Thursday, April 14^th at Dave and Busters 

HONOLULU, HI, (March 23, 2011) – See how social media can help boost your business! You are invited to the Hawaii Social Media Seminar at Dave and Busters on Thursday, April 14 from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. The event features four speaking sessions by several of the nation’s most talented social media experts and a lunch buffet served on the Sunset Lanai. During lunch, a panel discussion will take place on corporate best practices and out-sourcing social media. Plus, a Tweet-Up follows the seminar with a mixed-panel of bloggers and influential social media users.

The event is hosted by Technology News Bytes in partnership with Social Media Club Hawaii Chapter. Other partnering companies and organizations are Society of Marketing Professional Services (SMPS), Time Warner Cable and AD2 Honolulu. Sponsors include Hawaii Pacific University (HPU), Best Buy, Spae International Communications and Pacific Center for Advance Technology Training (PCATT).

The seminar is an opportunity for business leaders to learn more about today’s ever-present topic – how social media ties in with business practices. As experienced national and local speakers share insight and wisdom along with marketing strategies with real world examples, businesses will be able to leverage social media to achieve their business goals. The MC for the event is KITV4’s Amber Lynn Hyden.

Other speakers include BITLOVEMEDIA owner and founder Mike Prasad, who will share his experience developing an Internet-based company in the business world. Through his online community website Girlgamer.com Prasad provides the ultimate social network & video game lifestyle site for female gamers featuring news, reviews, profiles, forums, and more, focused on creating a better space for both gamers and the industry.

The Tweet-Up event will be free for attendees of the seminar and open to the public for $10 at the door. A mixed panel of bloggers and influential social media users such as John Heckathorn, Senior Editor at Pacific Basin Communications and dining columnist at Honolulu Magazine, Jason Genegabus from Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s Pulse at honolulupulse.com, Christa Wittmier from Honolulu Nightlife Diaries, Toby Tamaye President of AT Marketing and Catherine Toth from nonstophonolulu.com and www.thecatdish.com. They will share their expertise on blogging and tweeting for business. Civilbeat.com’s Dan Zelikman will be moderating the Tweet-up.

To purchase tickets to the Hawaii Social Media Seminar, please visit www.smshi.eventbrite.com or visit www.tnblive.com/events for more information.

Technology News Bytes is Hawaii’s leading technology news network and organizes the state’s largest and most successful technology events on Oahu and Maui.

The Hawaii Social Media Seminar will take place on Thursday, April 14^th, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at Dave and Busters. For more information please visit www.tnblive.com/events or contact Sanna Thuresson via email at sanna@tnblive.com or call (808) 673-0672 or Quincy Solano via e-mail at quincy@tnblive.com or call (808) 381- 2552.