FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, May 09, 2009
/24-7PressRelease/ -- The American Marketing Association, South Florida Chapter will be hosting public relations guru and social media expert Peter Shankman. Mr. Shankman has been in the spotlight recently for the creation of HelpAReporterOut.com with over 50,000 people subscribing to his emails. The event will take place on June 4th at 11:30am at the Westin in Fort Lauderdale and includes lunch. His topic, "It's Not Web 2.0, It's Not Web 3.0. It's Simply Life, covers social networking, viral marketing and nontraditional ways to think about the media.
Peter Shankman is most recently well-known for his social media platform that connects journalists with sources for their news stories from around the world. Starting with Facebook, the word of mouth spread to over 1,500 people and he was forced to create HelpAReporterOut.com. Other notable creations from Peter include selling 10,000 T-Shirts in Times Square in New York with, "It Sank, Get Over It" when the debut of Titatic was in theaters.
WHERE: Westin Ft. Lauderdale, 400 Corporate Drive, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
WHEN: Thursday, June 4th from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM.
REGISTER:The cost to attend, including luncheon and networking, is $39 for members of the hosting associations and $49 for nonmembers and $59 for walk-ins. Visit http://www.awcsouthflorida.org/ to register.
The event is Sponsored by Tilson PR and co-promoted with the Association for Women in Communications (South Florida Chapter), the Gold Coast Public Relations Council, and the Social Media Club of South Florida.
About Peter Shankman
PR Week Magazine has described Peter as "redefining the art of networking," and Investor's Business Daily has called him "crazy, but effective." An entrepreneur, author, speaker, and ingenious worldwide connector, Peter is recognized nationally and globally for radically new ways of thinking about social media, PR, marketing, advertising, creativity, and just about everything else, as well. Peter is the founder and CEO of The Geek Factory, Inc., a boutique Marketing and PR Strategy firm located in New York City, with clients worldwide. Peter's PR and Marketing clients have included the Snapple Beverage Group, Walt Disney World, Vantage Point Venture Partners, American Express, Discovery Networks, New Frontier Media, OpSec Security, Napster, Juno, GenuOne, Dream Catcher Destinations Club, Harrah's Hotels, and many others, and he sits on the board of both Scott-e-Vest, the world's first technologically enabled clothing line, as well as TripLife.
Peter is the author of Can We Do That?! Outrageous PR Stunts That Work and Why Your Company Needs Them (Wiley and Sons 2006) and a frequent keynote speaker and workshop presenter at conferences, trade shows, and private companies, including The U.S. Department of Defense, The Public Relations Society of America, Saatchi and Saatchi, , CTIA, CTAM, CES, PMA, Mobile Marketing Asia, Advertising Week, and the Direct Marketing Association, among many others.
About the American Marketing Association of South Florida
The American Marketing Association (AMA) is the largest marketing association in North America. It is a professional association for individuals and organizations involved in the practice, teaching and study of marketing worldwide. It is also the source that marketers turn to every day for information/resources, education/training and professional networking. AMA members are connected to a network of experienced marketers nearly 40,000 strong and include leading marketing academics, researchers and practitioners from every industry.
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