Beaver Street Enterprise Center presents... Introduction to Social Media I: Twitter, Blogs & Building Your Social Capital Greetings! Join us for this fascinating Lunch and Learn session as we demystify social media and give you an overview of the various social media tools including Twitter, Blogs, YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook. You will learn how these tools can help you build your "Web of Influence" and "Social Capital." In this class, you will specifically learn how to: Use the new fast growing micro-blogging platform, Twitter, along with tips for successful "tweeting." You will learn about blogging, review the most popular types of blog posts, and learn how to make your blog profitable. In addition, strategies for using Twitter with your blog will also be demonstrated to show you how you can build traffic and enhance your own brand, personal or business. "Introduction to Social Media I: Twitter, Blogs & Building Your Social Capital" Thursday, May 7, 2009 11:30am - 1:00pm Cost: $15.00 (Lunch is provided) Location: Beaver Street Enterprise Center 1225 W. Beaver Street Jacksonville, FL 32204 Don't forget to bring your laptop to really get the most out of this exciting workshop! To Register: contact Selisa Grimes @ sgrimes@bsecenter.net or by phone (904) 265-4700 About the Speaker(s): Angela Dunn Angela Dunn's social media expertise was recently featured on Jacksonville.com at http://tinyurl.com/bizjax. She coaches individuals and businesses on the use of social media tools and facilitates workshops on Twitter Training and branding through social media. Angela is an idea entrepreneur who has run several successful businesses including Aquilon, "one of the top five clubs in the world" noted for starting the martini craze. A self-described social anthropologist, Angela has studied people, trends and pop culture for the last 20 years. She is a leading practitioner in the field of marketing communications. Angela's blog on social media musings can be found at http://blogbrevity.posterous.com. Most recently, Angela is assisting Yovia, a Jacksonville-based technology company, to "spread the word." Jalali Hartman -Founder & CEO of Yovia Yovia, a Jacksonville-based technology company, is Jalali's third successful startup. In 1998, he founded Infopia and was one of the founding employees at MECLABS (Marketing Sherpa/Marketing Experiments) and then went on to start eGrowth Labs, a boutique consulting firm specializing in conversion optimization. Over the past 10 years, Jalali has held roles in sales, marketing, development, production, and as a strategic consultant for the New York Times, Reuters, TheStreet, Encyclopedia Britannica, and Insurance.com. Jalali is a pioneer in social media and inventor of Social Velocity, which predicts viral growth. Jalali is named on 3 patents, and was given eBay's Innovation Award in 2004 and 2005. He lives in Atlantic Beach, Fl with his family and 3 chocolate labs. To learn more about Yovia, see http://yovia.com/about/index.html. The Beaver Street Enterprise Center is a 25,000 square foot professional office facility offering modern workplace amenities for startup and existing small businesses as well as business technical assistance, counseling, mentoring and assistance in marketing and obtaining business financing. The center is geographically located to stimulate economic growth in Jacksonville's northwest neighborhood and is run by non-profit Core City Business Incubators, Inc. as an initiative of FreshMinistries. Email Marketing by Beaver Street Enterprise Center | 1225 Beaver Street | Jacksonville | FL | 32204