Thursday Feb 11, 2010 11:30 am to 6:30 pm
Location: Nelson, BC
The New Grand Hotel
616 Vernon Street
INDUSTRY GURU SHOW’S KOOTENAY NEW MEDIA COMPANIES THE MONEY! Tech Village Connect event – February 11th, 2010 Tech Village Connect is the second annual event designed to bring together both emerging and existing digital new media professionals in the West Kootenay/Boundary. Through presentations by proven industry experts, interactive dialogue and networking sessions; Tech Village Connect is designed to literally connect the local Tech and digital new media communities, share knowledge, offer new insights and networking opportunities. There is a tremendous talent base of new media companies in the West Kootenays working independently. Tech Village aims to grow the sector as a whole by bringing these talents together through collaboration and education. For tech and digital new media companies, developing innovative and ground breaking new products and services is often the easy part of the process. Then the big question arises; how do you make money with it? Headlining this year’s Tech Village Connect event on February 11th, Rochelle Grayson, a Social Media, Social Gaming & Online Entertainment Advisor focused on Monetization will bring 18 years of experience evaluating the strategic, financial, and marketing potential of projects and organizations. Sharing her experience in an afternoon of interactive presentations Rochelle will share key information on how to ensure companies make money with their products in today’s market. “I like to make sure projects are lean, mean, moneymaking machines! All this can be summed up in one famous statement by one infamous movie star: Show me the money!” – Rochelle Grayson, www.rochelle.ca .The New Grand Hotel
616 Vernon Street
Building on Grayson’s presentation and workshop Rik Logtenberg of www.Yellowseed.com will facilitate a learning and action workshop around the use of Social Media in promoting and developing your digital new media business. Tech Village Connect is one of a series of upcoming events KAST has coordinated to strengthen the local business community with opportunities including: Business Accelerator Webinars Business Diagnostics Online course KAST’s Entrepreneur to Entrepreneur event “Weathering the competitive storm”People and Pixels Planning Conference About Tech Village: With the support of KAST, Tech Village is an enterprising non-profit that strives to support the needs of digital media, software and IT members in the West Kootenay/Boundary region.
Contact: KAST 1.250.483.5052 or info@kast.com
Website: www.kast.com
Cost: $20
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