2010 social media conference presented by 
March 24, 2010
Hotel Fort Garry
Winnipeg, MB
7:30 – 8:00 Registration and breakfast
8:30 Welcome
8:45 Keynote – Protecting Global Brands Online
KeithBilous, President of ICUC Moderation Services. ICUC is a global leader in moderating online content. It helps some of the world’s biggest companies to protect and enhance their top brands’ reputations and credibility.
9:30 Panel 1 – How Social Media Is Changing Local News
The news business has changed irrevocably with television, radio and newspapers all moving online. If you want breaking news today, you’ll find it on Twitter and Facebook in real time as it happens. And the web is home to local start-up news and opinion blogs, vlogs and broadcasts that are changing the way we get our news. Panelists: Bruce Owen, Winnipeg Free Press; Glenn Tinley, Studio Publications; Curtis Brown, Endless Spin Cycle and Probe Research.
10:30 Break
10:45 Panel 2 – Leveraging Your Social Network
So you’ve launched a Facebook group, but no one is joining? You’ve joined Twitter, but don’t know what to tweet? Join us to learn how large and small organizations are successfully using social media to talk to their audiences. Panelists: Jason Hasselmann, New Media Now; Corey Quintaine, Kildonan Place Shopping Centre; Shel Zolkewich, ShinyPackages; Rebecca McCormack, Cake Clothing; Colin Whitney, Mars Hill Group.
11:45 Break
12:00 – 1:30
Manitoba Communicator of the Year gala luncheon Presented by 
CPRS Manitoba will host the 3rd annual award to an individual or organization that has demonstrated excellence in public communications over the past two years.
<CLICK HERE> for detailed speaker biographies
Ticket information
Luncheon only
Members $40
Non-members $50
Students $30
Conference only
Members $175
Non-members $225
Students $100
Luncheon and Conference
Early Bird (by March 5) By March 19
Members $150 $200
Non-members $200 $250
Students $75 $125
<CLICK HERE> to register. We accept major credit cards, cheques and cash.
For more information about the award, please contact:
Adam Dooley, past president of CPRS Manitoba,
(204) 291-4092
adooley@dooleycommunications.ca.
