The conference was conceived and created by Jeff Pulver, one of the pioneers of the VoIP industry and a leader in the emerging TV on the Net industry. Pulver is a globally renowned thought leader, author and entrepreneur. He is the publisher of The Pulver Report and and creator of the industry standard Voice on the Net and is the co-founder of VoIP provider, Vonage.
Pulver’s purpose in creating the 140 Character Conference was to bring together people with many diverse backgrounds and levels of expertise, all of whom were actively engaged with and utilizing the microblogging platform of Twitter. The focus of the event was the State of NOW, and the impact of the real time Internet on business and industries. The 140 Conference events, which are held globally, are an opportunity for people who are passionate about Twitter as a platform as a language we speak today to get together and share community, exchange thoughts and together map out a future, exploring the effects of living in the real time Internet.
The premise of the conference is that we, as a society, are at an early stage of the future – a time where the world is flat again and distance and time no longer matter. And, in that realm, most of the population is illiterate. Some 20 million people out of 6 billion speak this language of Twitter and, while it certainly won’t be the only platform of the future, currently it is one of the mediums at the forefront of real time communications as we know them today.
The NOW awards were created as a call for nominations of influencers and thought leaders within the State of NOW; people viewed as game-changers, people making an impact by virtue of the real time Internet and people who are leaders within this field of emerging technology. A peer-to-peer nominating system resulted in some 10,000 votes over the course of a 33 day period and the Top Ten NOW Awards All-Star Cast was selected, Shelly Kramer being one of the recipients. http://www.tinker.com/
Shelly Kramer, who has owned a full service agency in the Kansas City market for over 15 years, and is co-founder of V3 Integrated Marketing, was nominated for the NOW Award and ultimately selected as part of the Top Ten influencers, game changers and people making a difference in the world of the real time Internet. Most importantly, Kramer was selected by her peers in the industry.
“To be recognized for an award of this caliber, by people within the field whom I know, collaborate with and respect greatly is a tremendous honor,” says Kramer.
Kramer and her colleagues at V3 work with businesses, not-for-profits, advertising, public relations agencies and major corporations located nationwide, assisting with the integration of social media marketing mediums into their marketing strategies.
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