Showing posts with label twitter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label twitter. Show all posts

Monday, October 4, 2010

The Future of Event Planning and Social Media: Leveraging the Magic of Twitter

I just saw this and thought I should share with my fellow geeks..u know..future billionaires. Enjoy!


For many, Twitter is a way to read the news, network and keep up with friends and colleagues. But for event planners, Twitter is so much more. Their network on Twitter becomes a real resource when looking to find the perfect hotel, DJ, venue, cake master, etc. You name it, and someone on Twitter can probably help you find it.
Planning an event can sometimes take you anywhere, even if you are a small business owner like Stephanie Frazier Grimm, owner of Couture Parties in Newport, Rhode Island. Grimm plans everything from children’s birthday parties to weddings, and they aren’t always bound to America’s smallest state.
“I use Twitter to connect with friends in the industry. If I’m planning a destination wedding in California, I can reach out and find out who the best photographers are in the area.”
Likewise, Laura Parkinson also sees Twitter as a great help in both her current job planning internal

BREAKING: Twitter CEO Evan Williams Stepping Down!!!

Yes! Yes! Yes! 
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams has stepped down from his position as CEO of Twitter.
In a shocking announcement on the Twitter blogWilliams revealed that he asked Twitter COO Dick Costolo to step in as the company’s CEO. Williams will stay with the company though and “be completely focused on product strategy.”
From his announcement:
“The challenges of growing an organization so quickly are numerous. Growing big is not success, in itself. Success to us means meeting our potential as a profitable company