Chris Brogan

Why a GREEN Event?

Communicating your message to your audience has never been more challenging. In a fast paced World bombarded by marketing, making sure you’re heard is harder than ever. Add to this an attempt to garner support for sustainability – a rapidly expanding industry with growth and innovation happening at breakneck speed. Developing a genuine connection, significant trust and ultimately a relationship with your audience is what’s required in today’s marketplace. Social media can be the platform to open doors to an ever growing number of passionate, but more importantly, focused customers.

Nationally acclaimed Social Media Expert Chris Brogan shows you how to harness the power of this medium. Whether you’re a newbie or a veteran to the social media scene, Chris Brogan will help you position your brand through Social Media to generate an organic buzz by way of word-of-mouth advertising. He will provide hands-on tools every entrepreneur needs to successfully implement an effective social media strategy.

Biography

Chris Brogan is an eleven year veteran of using social media and both web and mobile technologies to build digital relationships for businesses, organizations, and individuals. Chris speaks, blogs, writes articles, and makes media of all kinds at [chrisbrogan.com], a blog in the top 5 of the Advertising Age Power150, and in the top 100 on Technorati. He is co-author of the New York Times bestselling book Trust Agents, and the recently released Social Media 101.

Green Building Focus is pleased to announce that Chris Brogan will be attending this year's Green Building Focus Conference & Expo on August 25th in Birmingham, Alabama. Chris is the internationally renowned author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal best seller Trust Agents and the newly published Social Media 101. He is an eleven year veteran of using social media and both web and mobile technologies to build digital relationships for businesses, organizations, and individuals. Chris is one of the world's leading experts in social media and educates businesses and organizations on how social software aligns with their strategies. His speaking style is vibrant, humor-laden, energetic, and personal and he customizes every presentation to address the audience at hand.

At the Green Building Focus Conference & EXPO 2010 Chris will be hosting social media workshops to provide step-by-step insight into how leading Green Building Professionals can leverage social media to spread awareness of their core competencies, gain the trust of the marketplace and expand the overall understanding of Green Building practices. Chris has presented to book publishers, school administrations, technologists, marketers, government agencies, realtors, students, entrepreneurs, and many other groups. He speaks, blogs, writes articles, and makes media of all kinds at [chrisbrogan.com], a blog in the top 5 of the Advertising Age Power150, and in the top 100 on Technorati. He has an international following of loyal supporters and we look forward to hosting him in Birmingham at this year's conference.

Rise of the Trust Agents
The Attention Wars are raging. Your message is invisible in the fray. Join Chris Brogan, for an informative conversation about the business implications of a new breed of business communicator: the Trust Agent. Learn how to “be human at a distance.” Discover how your business can take advantage of the relationship-centric tools of the new Web. Understand how to make your first moves in this space. (based on Chris’s book with Julien Smith, Trust Agents.)

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Chris Brogan Schedule

Wednesday, August 25^th
Time	Event				Venue
11:00 am - 12:30 am	Brogan Breakout Session: Social Media 101 limited seating get tickets today!				Breakout Room
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm	Tweetup on EXPO Floor! Follow us on Twitter!				North Exhibition Hall
3:30 pm - 7:00 pm	Chris Brogan Public Events ticket package available for $25 include:				North Exhibition Hall
		3:30pm - 4:30pm Book Signing	5:00pm – 6:00 pm Chris Brogan Presentation	6:00pm – 7:00pm Reception	North Exhibition Hall

Public Events Package

For one of this years biggest speakers we will be offering a Special Ticket. The ticket is for bloggers, students, marketing professionals, social media experts and other individuals interested in learning how to use Social Media to grow their business. For $25 you can attend a Chris Brogan Presentation, Book Signing and a Networking Reception hosted on the EXPO Floor. These events will provide valuable insight into the world of New Media along with a opportunity to network with other individuals in the field. These sessions will fill up quickly so reserve your space today.

Video Series

In these videos Chris Brogan will offer insight into the nuts and bolts of marketing and social media. He will also discuss his latest publication, "Trust Agents". These are a great preview of things to come at the 2010 Green Building Conference & EXPO.

Don't Be THAT Guy	Trust Agents	The Key to Social Media

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