about shift

About Shift’s Conference Culture

This will not be your average conference. You’ll walk away with some awesome resources. There will be interactive kiosks for social media use, a live photo-booth for streaming photos to the web, beverage station for sampling the best that grapes and grain have to offer, and a lot more! In planning Shift, we thought speaker after speaker would be boring. So we’re mixing it up a bit. First, we’re giving you a chance to interact throughout the entire conference. With the exception of the speakers’ sessions, the entire conference can be interrupted by your questions. There’s interviews from local business owners who have seen the power of social media first-hand. There’s an all-out information firehose at the end with a number of social-media users in what we’re calling a strategy panel. We’re live-streaming the event online. We’ll have sessions for local guys and girls who know their stuff…because they use it just like you would. No egos here. Just real & practical information brought to you in a fun, interactive way.

Leading up to the event, the schedule will be released below.

First Night: Why The Shift Matters

6:00p Welcome & Introduction

6:30p People Come First { Derek Brown }

6:50p Break

7:15p Why New Marketing is Necessary { Roger Conner }

7:35p Interview #1 - David Moore, Advantage Printing

7:45p Does Social Media Disorganize? { Kenneth Hunter }

8:05p Interview #2 - Joe Thigpen, DataGroup Technologies

8:25p Building a Talent Pool with Social Media { Brad Proctor }

8:45p Surprise Ending