Cadillac Ranch Upstairs

We’re all publishers now! The same could not be said ten years ago. Ten years ago, the opportunity to publish content wasn’t open to the masses. Now, everyone has a megaphone and few people know how to use it. Call it the learning curve of a culture that’s adjusting to its new found freedom of expression.

The presentation will refer to real life examples of bloggers getting sued by large corporations. Learn tips and tricks to make your content bulletproof.

Rejected titles of this session include:

Why you should be as obsessed about wikis as Rex is
How to make lots of money with wikis
Wikis are way more cool than Twitter
Wikis & SEO: Your secret map to world domination

There's way, way more to wikis than you think. I promise.

After spending hundreds of hours developing one of largest business-oriented wikis around, SmallBusiness.com, I can't contain my obsession any more.

I feel this maddening need to show folks:

*Why wikis could be the best model for your corporate website.

Gain access to the Director of Technical Support at Sitemason, a proprietary content management system (CMS) developed in Nashville.

Based on working daily with website managers from Nashville and beyond, Nate Baker will share some of the most common and global issues people have with updating their website or blog.

-Why does it always look different after you publish?
-How do you get a pdf online?
-Why do my special characters not work?
-How do you create a link to an email?

We all want to be more agile. We want a process that helps us deliver awesome code, but need to drag the rest of IT and the business along with us. How do you stop the nightmare of yesteryear, and sneak agile into your shop, right under the noses of the waterfall guardian trolls? We have five ways to be more agile without officially changing your process, or getting fired.

UPDATE: This session was originally envisioned as a panel discussion. That has since changed. See below.
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What we have traditionally defined as radio is rapidly changing. No longer is the equation just studio to transmitter to FM tuner. "Radio" is accessible on the internet and your mobile phone (Pandora, Slacker, Last.FM, Spotify et al). And not only that, but in this new model, you as the consumer have near total control.

Are you looking for a JOB? Are you a RECRUITER? Are you an HR manager, MANAGER, or small business OWNER? Then this session is a MUST for you.

For the Recruiter, HR Manager, Manager or Business Owner, this session will:
- Provide an overview of why social media is important for organizations to care about
- How it is shifting the corporate landscape forever
- Discuss practical and general applications of social media within organizations

Last year's presentation set the tone and direction for the Nashville Technology Council. A year later and what is the state of technology in Nashville? After one year on the job, we will share what has been learned about Nashville, Technology, and other major trends affecting the work place for years to come. What impact did the recession have on Nashville? Where are the next opportunities for tech companies? Where do we go from here? This will be an interactive presentation.

So now that you've got all of these responses coming in from your website, call center, support center, kiosks, point of sale machines, surveys, emails, conferences etc. What are you going to do with that information? How do you make it visible? How do you use that information to take the next step in your business strategy? I will have an open discussion on the risks and rewards of data integration and real CRM.

Every project has a different set of requirements -- some relating to the scope, some relating to the audience, some relating to the capabilities of the administrator. How do you choose which language, platform or CMS to use to fit these requirements? Is it best to stick with what you're familiar with -- even if it's sometimes like fitting a square peg in a round hole?

Everybody has a voice. These days, it's easy to create a podcast, fill it full of content you want to spread, and release it into the wild. However, recording your show with a live audience on the line is a growing trend among podcasters, and other media makers. In this session, you'll learn how to successfully set up and run your own live audio broadcast on the cheap - and with mostly open source software. The airwaves belong to the public. Let's take them back - geek style.