On Saturday, October 18, Nashville will host it’s second Barcamp unconference. If you’re not familiar with Barcamps you can learn more about them at Barcamp.org. They’re similar to Podcamps…and if that wasn’t a helpful reference start with the good ole Wikipedia definition of Barcamp.

I attended Barcamp Nashville last summer and am excited to be presenting a session with my friend Steve Horton this year for a session called PR 2.0: The Deer Have Guns Now.

Steve is with the PR firm Katcher, Vaughn, and Bailey here in Nashville. We’re going to talk about the world of PR and how social media is changing the way organizations should engage and interact with people who now have the tools to both build up your brand or tear it to shreds. We’ll have some good examples of both instances.

Whether you work for a PR firm or happen to be the lone PR/advertising/marketing type person in a small company, you’ll come away with some things to apply first thing Monday morning. Our session will help beginners get started immediately and also challenge organizations that are already ahead of the curve. Regardless of your comfort level with social media, we’ll have something for you in this session.

Barcamp Nashville is free, fun, and really quite helpful if you have any interest in social media and what it can mean for your organization. Heck, if you’re out of town come on over to Nashville for the weekend. It’s worthy of a training event…and that should mean your company will pick up the travel and hotel bill, right?

Tags: Barcamp Nashville, Bill Seaver, Katcher Vaughn and Bailey, new media marketing, new public relations, new rules of PR, PR 2.0, social media and public relations, social media marketing, Steve Horton

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