Social Media Summit for Business and Education to be Held in Mesa

Social Media Summit for Business and Education to Be Held September 22nd in Mesa; Arizona Department of Education and Greater Phoenix SCORE Host Unique Event

Phoenix, Arizona – Greater Phoenix SCORE® and the Arizona Department of Education led by Tom Horne, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, are collaborating to host a day of business education on Tuesday, September 22nd from 8am to 5pm in Mesa. The event features marketing, business and education experts and will include keynote speaker Lon Safko, Arizona’s own best-selling author of The Social Media Bible.

Register for tickets and information on the Greater Phoenix SCORE website www.scorephoenix.org. Click on Special Events on the home page and then find the event on September 22nd.

The Social Media Bible is the pre-eminent book on social media. It is the number 2 business book on Kindle, the number 2 business book on Amazon and the number 20 business book nationwide.

Lon Safko will be joined by other marketing and social media experts including Rick Welts, CEO of the Phoenix Suns, Evo Terra, author of Podcasting for Dummies, Stephen Bell of Intel, John Adam of The John Adam Show, and others from Google, Microsoft, The Phoenix Business Journal, Education, Business and Media. The conference will be full of useable information for Arizona business owners, entrepreneurs and marketers.

During this day-long conference, businesses will learn how to integrate social media into their existing marketing systems and to deliver increased revenue and bottom line results.

In addition, as part of Arizona International Week, we will video-stream the PCFR International State of the State address by Governor Jan Brewer into the event.

The Social Media Summit will be held on Tuesday, September 22, 2009, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm at the East Valley Institute of Technology – EVIT — 1601 West Main Street, Mesa, AZ 85201 – conveniently located on the Light Rail.

This is a first-of-its-kind, nation-wide Summit. It is hosted by EVIT and co-created with the students at EVIT as part of their educational program. The Summit will be video-streamed nation-wide to selected regions. Greater Phoenix SCORE is sharing revenues from the Summit with all of the organizations using its content.

The Summit is also sharing proceeds with non-profit organizations. For every individual ticket purchased at full price by anyone connected to a non-profit organization, that organization will receive $25.00 from Greater Phoenix SCORE.

Tickets are $195 for Individuals and all ticket prices include a continental breakfast, a gourmet, sit-down luncheon, drinks, snacks, a signed copy by Lon Safko of The Social Media Bible and a drawing for prizes.

Sponsors for this event are being solicited in the following manner:

· Marketplace Table is $500, and includes two tickets.
· Table Sponsor is $1,000, and includes six tickets and two guest students.
· Student Sponsor is $1,000, and includes sponsoring ten students and four tickets.
· Program Sponsor is $5,000, and includes table of six, Marketplace Table, Honored by the MC, Logo and Story on Big Screens.
· Event Sponsor is $10,000, and includes two Tables of six, Marketplace Table, logo, picture, company story on big screens, plus five minutes on microphone nation-wide

An integral part of this eventful day is not only learning how social media can positively affect one’s bottom line but also to begin to understand how linking business and education will help business growth.

The students from the Career and Technical Education Programs are doing the video, the graphics, the cooking and designing interchange with the attending businesses. It is a shared learning for all with the natural outcome being a better prepared future employee and a more knowledgeable employer. This all equals bigger and better business.

A powerful, impactful day, — this is a first – but just the first in a long list of programs to come from the partnership of the Arizona Department of Education and Greater Phoenix SCORE

Published on behalf of Greater Phoenix SCORE
Since 1964, SCORE “Counselors to America’s Small Business” has helped more than 8 million aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners through counseling and business workshops. More than 11,300 volunteer business counselors in 370 chapters serve their communities through entrepreneurial education dedicated to the formation, growth and success of small businesses.

Greater Phoenix SCORE is one of only 9 chapters out of 370 across the US to be designated ‘Four Star’ for outstanding client satisfaction and operational excellence. For more information about starting or operating a small business in Arizona, call Greater Phoenix SCORE at 602-745-7250, or email: info@scorephoenix.org, or visit Greater Phoenix SCORE on the web: www.scorephoenix.org.

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