Society for New Communications Research to Announce Latest Research Findings & Award Winners at Inaugural Symposium & Gala November 1 - 2, 2006, in Boston.BOSTON -- The Society for New Communications Research (http://www.sncr.org), a nonprofit global think tank dedicated to the advanced study of new media and emerging modes of communication and their effect on media, business and society, will hold its inaugural Research Symposium & Awards Gala on November 1 - 2, 2006, at the Colonnade colonnade (kŏlənād`), a row of columns usually supporting a roof. Colonnades were popular with the Greeks and Romans, who employed them in the stoa and the portico; they have continued to be used throughout the Middle Ages, the Hotel in Boston, Mass. The event will feature the presentation of the Society's first research projects and the unveiling of the first issue of the Journal of New Communications Research. In addition, the event will honor excellence in the use of new communications models and solutions by professionals, businesses and academics from around the world through the first SNCR Awards program. On November 1st, the Society will hold a gala where the award winners will be announced and winning case studies will be shared. The SNCR's awards will recognize innovative organizations and professionals who are pioneering the use of social media (i.e. blogs, wikis See wiki. , podcasts, collaborative tools and other forms of participatory communications) in the areas of marketing, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most and advertising, politics, entertainment, academics and community and cultural development. On November 2nd, the SNCR Symposium will begin with a keynote presentation titled "The New Influencers: How Social Media is Revolutionizing Media and Markets" by SNCR Research Fellow and veteran journalist Paul Gillin, founding editor-in-chief of TechTarget and author of the social media column for Business 2.0 magazine. Other featured panels and presentations will include: * "Corporate Blogging Policy Best Practices," moderated by SNCR Research Fellow and Best Practices Chair, Mike Manuel of Voce Communications. Panelists will include executives from IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. and Novell. * "The Emergence of Blogging in University Admissions and Recruiting," moderated by SNCR Research Fellow Dan Karleen of Peterson's, and Rob Pongsajapan of Georgetown University. Panelists will include representatives from The University of Vermont; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, at Troy, N.Y.; coeducational; founded and opened 1824 as Rensselaer School; chartered 1826. It was called Rensselaer Institute from 1837 to 1861. and Ball State University. * "The State of the Art in Social Media," presented by SNCR Research Fellow and PR veteran Giovanni Rodriguez * "What's the Story What's the Story was an American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network from 1951 to 1955. It was a game show originally hosted by Walt Raney. with Online? How Storytelling is Still Critical to Marketing in Blogosphere The total universe of blogs. See blog. 2.0," presented by SNCR Research Fellow and board member Kathy Klotz-Guest, Powerfully Funny * "Podcasts: Download or Broadcast - Legal Implications,"presented by SNCR Research Fellow and board member Elizabeth Fairbanks Fletcher, Esq., Law Offices of Elizabeth L. Fairbanks-Fletcher, PLLC PLLC Professional Limited Liability Company PLLC Polk Life and Learning Center (Bartow, FL) PLLC Partners of Limited Liability Corporation The SNCR symposium is sponsored by Backbone Media and Business Wire. The full event agenda is available at http://www.sncr.org. About the Society for New Communications Research The Society for New Communications Research is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) global think tank dedicated to the advanced study of new communications tools, technologies and emerging modes of communication, and their effect on traditional media, professional communications, business and society. For more information, visit http://www.sncr.org or call (650) 331-0083. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & RESOURCES: SNCR Launches - http://sncr.org/?p=29 PR Week article - http://sncr.org/?p=30 SNCR Awards: http://sncr.org/?p=40, SNCR Journal: http://sncr.org/?p=39 New Communications Review - http://www.newcommreview.com New Communications Forum - http://www.newcommforum.com RSS FEED(S): http://sncr.org/?feed=rss (Really Simple Syndication) A syndication format that was developed by Netscape in 1999 and became very popular for aggregating updates to blogs and the news sites. RSS has also stood for "Rich Site Summary" and "RDF Site Summary. 2 |
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