LA TECH: FEBRUARY EVENT
CALENDAR
by Nicole Jordan check out her blog at http://www.kickingsand.com
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RECURRING WEEKLY:
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Tuesday’s with Exectec
7:30 PM @ D’Amore’s Pizza Connection on Westwood
1136 Westwood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Thursday Lunch
12PM @ Santa Monica/ 3rd
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FEBRUARY EVENTS
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Thursday, February 4th
GDP Talk (co-sponsored by TechZulu)
6:30-10:00pm
The Belamar Hotel
3501 North Sepulveda Blvd.
Manhattan Beach, CA
Speakers:
Scott Bell, Founder, Gross Domestic Product, Inc. — Everything Your Broker will Never Tell
You
Greg Ferenstein, UC: Irvine Researcher, Fast Company Expert Blogger — American Education:
―What is Litrarcy?‖
Kurt Daradics Founder of CitySourced, Co-Producer Digital Family – The Future of Civic
Communication
Adam Mefford, Co-Founder MindShare.LA — The iPod Generation Goes To Work!
Get tickets early or pay $15 to get in, all of which will go to charity, or $0 if you are a bit
strapped for cash at the moment. Each ticket will provide: Heavy tray-passed appetizers &
Hosted Wine/Beer for 2 hours. Discounted cash bar for sprits.
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Thursday, February 4th
Meeting of the Minds (MOTM)
6:30-10:00pm
Chapter 8
29020 Agoura Rd
Agoura Hills, CA
This month MOTM is holding a dinner with professional trainer, Scott Leese. Scott coaches
Olympians, Pro Athletes, & Top Executives how to achieve rapid transformation and peak
performance. Scott is also a master practitioner of NLP and will show you ways you haven’t ever
thought of to get to the next level in your personal and professional life.
They will be exploring questions like:
- What environments can you create to thrive?
- What are your daily behaviors that dictate success?
- What capabilities do you need to reach your goals?
*Participation is capped at 16 people. Cost is $50 and includes dinner.
RSVP REQUIRED
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Friday, February 5th- Sunday, February 7th
Gov 2.0 Camp LA
5405 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Gov 2.0 LA is the first west coast unconference on social media and government live. The event
will cover a multitude of themes such as: Language and gov 2.0, women in technology, road
blocks and barrier breakers, state and local, the policy pickle and much more.
Show kicks off with an opening reception at the W Hotel Hollywood (6250 Hollywood
Boulevard, Hollywood, CA 90028) at 7pm, with the first full day starting Saturday the 6th at
9:00am.
Check out the un-agenda here
Free to attend. Register here
If you can’t make it in person, plug into TechZulu’s live webcast
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Saturday, February 6th
Caltech Enterprise Forum: Digital Media Content and Distribution:
Growing Greenbacks in a Converging Ecosystem
9:00am-12:00pm
California Institute of Technology: Baxter Lecture Hall
Pasadena, California
The digital media ecosystem is growing rapidly with content distributors, mobile devices and
social networks connecting users like never before. Navigating this shifting landscape has
become increasingly more complex as content converges though myriad distribution channels,
and legacy producers and distributors battle among themselves, and a legion of newcomers, to
protect their turf. Amid the turmoil, opportunities for enhanced profitability are arising, but will
the keys to success solely be found in content creation, or will new distribution models and
innovative technologies ultimately determine the winners?
This event will examine the current state of digital content convergence and explore the future
landscape for new distribution models with an informative keynote address, followed by a
diverse panel of experts from various content channels.
Keynote Speakers:
Albert Cheng, Executive Vice President, Digital Media, Disney-ABC Television Group
Scott Barrow, Co-founder, Media Hog, Former VP of Operations, Napster
Panelists:
Krishnan Rajagopalan, Vice President, Digital Media Technologies,
Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.
Brian Deagon, Investor’s Business Daily
Joshua Wattles, Vick Law Group, Formerly General Counsel of Paramount
Steve Banfield, Consultant, Former GM and SVP, Sony Connect
Moderator: Joe Jasin, Managing Director
Cost $40 on-line registration fee $50 at-the-door.
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Tuesday, February 9th
DealMaker Media & Docstoc Present: February Mixer & Startups Uncensored
6:30-8:00pm
Santa Monica Public Library (Auditorium)
601 Santa Monica Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90401
This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on ―Google Adsense for Websites‖. It will be an open
and frank town-hall conversation talking about how to best optimize and monetize your website
with Google Adsense.
We are joined this month by two senior members of the Google Adsense team from Mountain
View, California who have worked with hundreds of publishers to maximize the revenue they’re
able to make with Google Adsense.
The event is free and is followed by a reception and mixer at the Docstoc Offices in Santa
Monica by the 3rd Street Promenade.
This event is capped at 140 attendees. Confirmation will be required or your spot will be given
up for our waiting list.
RSVP here
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Tuesday, February 9th
ThinkLA’s February Interactive Mixer
6:00-9:00pm
Rush Street
9546 Washington Blvd.
Culver City CA 90232
Member: $25
Non-member: $40
Advanced registration required.
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Wednesday, February 10th
Digital LA presents: The Actor Producer Panel
7:00-10:00pm
SAG
5757 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
We’re teaming up with SAG’s New Media group for our panel on how actors can use online
tools to create, develop, distribute and market their web stories
- Creation: Actors skill sets in creating, developing online content
- Development: Developing ur story idea for web compared to traditional media
- Distribution: Beyond just posting it on YouTube: Getting a distribution deal
- Marketing: How to use social media to develop and promote your web series and yourself
Our panelists include:
- Jodi Binstock - Producer Web Therapy starring Lisa Kudrow; (formerly at E! Networks,
Disney ABC TV)
- Amber J. Lawson - Babelgum, Comedy Publisher
- Brandon Martinez - Abrams Artists Agency, New Media Agent
- Marc Hustvedt - Tubefilter, Editor-in-Chief; Ex.Pr. Streamy Awards, SAG @MarcHustvedt
@Tubefilter
- Moderator: Kevin Winston - Digital LA founder @kevinwinston @DigitalLA
AGENDA
7-8p: Check in and networking
8-9:30: Panel, Q&A
9:30-10p Even More Networking
Advance registration required.
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Thursday, February 11th
LinkedOC Presents: Seth Godin
7:00-9:03pm
St Regis Hotel & Spa
1 Monarch Beach Resort
Dana Point, CA 92629
Join us on Thurs. Feb. 11 from 7:00-9:30 pm for an unprecedented night of networking,
charitable support for Haiti and evening with Seth Godin–Best Selling author, A-List lecture
circuit speaker and marketing guru.
Be prepared to hear game-changing insights about the new rules of marketing. Seth will deliver
a 1-hour keynote…a very important and timely message: ―How to be Indispensable‖ based on
his new book, ―Linchpin: Are You Indispensable.‖
VIP tickets still available or be part of TechZulu’s contest to win a ticket. Details here.
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Thursday, February 11th
TECH cocktail San Diego
6:30pm – 9:00pm
BASIC, 410 TENTH AVENUE
San Diego, CA 92101
We are excited to be bringing our first TECH cocktail event to San Diego looking to help amplify
the local technology signal and have fun doing it! Join us for an evening of fun mingling with
other technology enthusiasts, VCs, bloggers and entrepreneurs.
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Friday, February 19th - Sunday, February 21st
So Cal Linux Expo (SCALE)
Los Angeles Airport Westin
5400 West Century Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90045
The premier Open Source conference in the U.S., now in its 8th year, has content for everyone.
If you’re looking to learn, choose talks from a developer’s track, a beginner track, or one of the
three general interest tracks. If you’re interested in chatting with the exhibitors, feel free to
wander the Expo floor, with over 80 booths of open source folks eager to talk to you.
If you’re an educator and are interested in what Open Source software can do for you in the
classroom, or as an administrator what it has to offer, plan to attend OSSIE, the Open Source
Software In Education seminar on the Friday prior to SCALE.
If you are interested in the role women play in the Open Source software field, we invite you to
attend WIOS, the Women In Open Source conference, also on the Friday prior to SCALE. If
you’d like deeper content than you can get in a 45-minute seminar, check out SCALE University
for in-depth training on selected topics.
Full access pass is $60.
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Tuesday, February 23rd
Social Media Club OC: Hottest Social Media Tools for 2010
7:00pm-10:00pm
122 N. Harbor Blvd, suite 110
Fullerton, CA 92832
We have seen an explosion of growth in the use of social media, the tools, the strategies and the
people and companies involved in social media. We are going to review these new tools and
discuss the value. Expect interaction — everybody gets 3 minutes to share their favorite new
social media find for 2010.
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Thursday, February 25th
Digital LA’s: Digital Drinks in the OC
Geisha House
2773 North Main Street
Santa Ana, CA
Come celebrate TechZulu’s birthday at the new Geisha House - Santa Ana.
$10 advanced registration required.