I'm speaking at SXSW or rather reciting a poem!

I'll be attending SXSW in Austin, TX the week after next.

I am participating in several panels and events at SXSW.   I'm really excited about the Social Media Nonprofit ROI Poetry Slam.  This is a new and improved version of the Social Media Case Study Slam I organized at the NTC last year. 

So, what's a poetry slam?  It is a competition at which poets read or recite original work under a five minute limit.  These performances are then evaluated by judges and the audience.

I've gathered up some of best of the best folks in the nonprofit tech field to share their social media measurement lessons learned.  The panelists or poets include Danielle Brigida (NWF), Wendy Harman (Red Cross), David Neff (American Cancer Society) and Carie Lewis, Humane Society of the US.   The judges represent the best of the best in the social media strategy, measurement, and nonprofit technology fields and include KD Paine, Geoff Livingston, and Holly Ross.  

Each panelist will share a story about how their organization has successfully implemented a social media strategy and how they considered the ROI.  Their presentations will be delivered in a poetic format ranging from Poe to Dr. Seuss to spoken word and rap.

I will introduce the panel with a spoof on Longfellow. (Listen social media geeks and you shall hear ..)    I hope it will be informative AND entertaining.

And there will be plenty of opportunity for audience interaction.  I've designed some fun ways to incorporate Twitter into the experience.

Here's my schedule for SXSW.  I'm blogging this for two reasons - so I have it in one place and so if you want to meet you'll know where to find me.  If you are attending SXSW, please seek me out and we can try to meet.

Friday, March 13th

Events
SxSW Mix at Six Launch Party
Hosted by Social Media Group
Friday March 13, 2009 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Six Lounge and The Tap Room
117 W 4th St
Austin, Texas

The TechSet Meets The Rat Pack at SXSWi
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Belmont Lounge
305 W 6th St
Austin, TX 78701

Saturday, March 14th

Panel
Social Media Nonprofit ROI Poetry Slam
Room 18BCD
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Events
PBS' Interactive Social Media & Online Video Studio
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
PBS Studio (406 E 6th St)

OK! Happy Cog'aoke
10:00 pm - 1:00 am
The Scoot Inn (1308 E 4th St @ Navasota)

Sunday, March 15th

Event:
1522 South Congress Ave and Guerros
Noon
All Hat, Not Cattle

Clicks Session:
Holly Ross and I will be joining Convio Founder and CSO Vinay Bhagat and Scott Goodstein, the former External Online Director for the Obama for America campaign to discuss how new media channels and how they are (or should) being used in outreach efforts by nonprofits and advocacy groups.
4:30-5:30 PM

Monday, March 16th

Event:
Social Media For Social Good
11:30 am - 2:00 pm
Stubb's BBQ (801 Red River St)

Panelists include Scott Goodstein, Beth Kanter, Stacey Monk, David Armano, James Young and Randy Zuckerberg. The panel will be moderated by Jeff Pulver and Tikva Morowati.

Convio Nonprofit Technology Bash

8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
BD Riley's (204 E 6th St)

Convio proudly presents the first-ever SXSW nonprofit technology bash, featuring Social Actions and the celebrity judges of their Change the Web Challenge. Join us for live music, drinks, nptech application demos and plenty of free swag!

Mashable Party
Monday, March 16, 9:30pm-12:30am
Six Lounge, 117 W 4th, Austin, TX 7870

There will also be an effort to help raise awareness of childhood hunger issue during SXSW, so stay tuned.

Comments

[James Young]

Beth,

I am really looking forward to speaking with you on the Social Media for the Social Good panel.And Convio is proud to be associated with the nonprofit technology bash.

James Young

[Tad Druart]

It is good to see that there is no time scheduled for sleep - that would be wasted time in Austin. :-) We're looking forward to helping make SXSWi an amazing event for the nonprofit community while helping bring the interactive world and nonprofits closer together in support of social good.

[Elizabeth Perry]

Wish I could be in multiple places - will be at ETech this year instead of SXSW.

(A note on poetry: isn't "Listen my social media geeks and you shall hear..." Longfellow and not Wordsworth? But I think Wordsworth did write, "I wandered lonely as a Tweet...")

In any event, hope our paths cross again before too long.

Cheers.

[Beth Kanter]

Liz:

Going to miss seeing you!

And, thanks for correcting my mistake - it's Henry Wadsworth Longfellow!
http://www.nationalcenter.org/PaulRevere%27sRide.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere

[Shannon K. Aronin]

Hi Beth,

This is my first comment to your blog, but I am so looking forward to meeting you at SXSW. I have been expanding my nonprofit fundraising consulting business into social media, and have learned so much from your blog. My website is currently being re-done, but you can find me on facebook at http://companies.to/aro.consulting Once my site and my blog are back up, I will certainly list you as someone I read.

I look forward to meeting you and will be attending many of the same events.

Thanks,
Shannon K. Aronin
Principal
ARO Consulting