SMC Seattle

Christopher Burgess’s presentation at SMC Seattle’s June event wasn’t just a wake-up call. It was a grab-and-shake-you-silly, ring-all-the-alarm-bells, freak-you-out-in-a-good-way kind of wake-up call.

Social Media allows you to engage in conversations with users, build your brand and drive customers to buy.  But with every great opportunity comes problems — from careless employees to criminals looking to exploit weaknesses.
Christopher Burgess, Senior Security Advisor
Christopher Burgess has been studying security and its role in social media as part of his job [...]

Micah Baldwin has been working with social media since before it was cool.  (Remember BBS?)  Since then he’s created multiple start-ups, helped universities start online fundraising programs, and written for Mashable.  Oh, and he created twitter’s most famous meme #followfriday.
In advance of his talk at Gnomedex, he talked to Jennifer Cabala about influencing people online, [...]