Social Media Week Empowers Change through Collaboration on a Global Scale

March 7, 2012 - PRLog -- Social Media Week, a global conference, established itself this past February as one of the world’s most exciting platforms for brands and international thought leaders to share ideas and emerging trends for how social media is shaping society and changing the way we connect and communicate.

With participation from more than 36,000 attendees, across 1,000 individually hosted events and with 2,500 speakers driving the conversation in 12 cities, Social Media Week organizers Crowdcentric estimate that the event reached hundreds of thousands of people in more than 180 countries.

“The efforts of Social Media Week as an inclusive global conversation are as important as they are timely” said Don Tapscott, Author of Macrowikinomics, Keynote Speaker and Social Media Week’s Global Curator. “Evidence is mounting that the current global slump is not just cyclical, but rather symptomatic of a deeper secular change and there is growing evidence that we need to rethink and rebuild many of the organizations and institutions that have served us well for decades”

Other notable speakers that participated in the week-long conference included Senior Advisor for Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Alec Ross, Venture Investor Jalak Jobanputra, founder & CEO of Tumblr David Karp, Japanese journalist Toshinau Sasari, Paul Adams, Global Brand Experience Manager of Facebook, singer and actor Nick Jonas and Google Brazil’s CEO Fabio Coelho.

In addition, more than 120 brand partners and event hosts played an active role, including Microsoft, Ebay, Facebook, SAP, Cisco, Nokia, Telefonica, Twitter Japan, Buddy Media and Warner Music Europe. SMW participants were also witness to industry leaders unveiling new products and services, including Ogilvy & Mather’s Social@Ogilvy and Microsoft’s People Powered Stories.

To understand the full scale of SMW12’s February conference, organizers Crowdcentric in conjunction with global technology partners Dopamine (http://dopa.mn/) and Bernards (http://www.benards.com/) created an infographic (http://socialmediaweek.org/blog/2012/02/18/infographic/) that illustrates the true collaborative nature of one of the world’s most socially connected conferences.

Social Media Week returns September 24-28. For the latest news and updates and information about participating cities, how to register, speakers and event updates, visit www.socialmediaweek.org, or follow SMW on Twitter (@socialmediaweek) or Facebook (facebook.com/socialmediaweek).

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Reflecting the global impact of social media– and its role as a catalyst in driving economic, cultural, political and social change– Social Media Week is one of the world’s most unique global conferences. Owned and operated by New York based Crowdcentric, Social Media Week offers a series of interconnected events and conversations around the world on emerging trends in social and mobile media. To learn more, visit www.socialmediaweek.org