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Seriously. Thank you, speakers. Thank you, volunteers. Thank you, sponsors. A really big thank you to paid participants (Social South does NOT have attendees – you come, you participate). Thank you, Culinard (just remember we want coffee all day long). Thank you, Innovation Depot. I’ll do more detailed thank yous in another post. Every single [...]

Social South has recently received word from Esra’a Al Sahfei that officials at the US Embassy in Manama, Bahrain have denied her application for a visa to enter the U.S. to speak at Social South. As Director of Mideast Youth Foundation, she makes numerous trips to the US to speak to church organizations. The reason [...]

Esra’a Al Shafei is the founder and Executive Director of MideastYouth.com, an independent interfaith network whose mission is to inspire and provide young people with the freedom and opportunity of expression. Her advocacy on the internet bridges seemingly impenetrable barriers of faith and geography to unite young people committed to fostering constructive discourse in the [...]

Who better than thought-provoking author Andrew Keen to open the first annual Social South social media conference? Called the “Antichrist of Silicon Valley,” Keen is also the author of the international hit Cult of the Amateur: How the Internet is killing our culture. Andrew has appeared on the Colbert Report, McNeil-Lehrer Newsnight show, The Today [...]

One of the hottest topics in social media right now is determining what the ROI of social media efforts are.  Your boss is no different, before he or she signs off on sending you to Social South, they’ll want to know what they’ll gain from you being there.  Here are ten reasons you can use [...]

Social South™ is proud to announce two exciting speakers for Friday’s keynote address: Richard Binhammer, Strategic Corporate Communications, Social Media and Corporate Reputation Management at Dell and Lionel Menchaca, a 15-year Dell veteran and chief blogger at Direct2Dell. Richard and Lionel will take the stage together for the first time ever. It promises to be a lively and enlightening discussion [...]

We’ve posted the schedule of the inaugural Social South™ and it’s exciting! All the speakers are not yet set, so if you’ve sent a proposal don’t panic. Confirmed speakers are professionals that are often in the national spotlight such as Beth Harte, Toby Bloomberg, Mack Collier, Jason Falls, Paul Chaney, Tom Martin and a whole [...]

Social South is the Deep South’s Social Media Conference. It’s your chance to hear nationally recognized social media professionals at an affordable and easy-to-get-to location. Very soon, the information will begin flowing like sweet tea in the summertime. Until then, please save the date and pass the word. The place to be on August 21 [...]