Chicago City Treasurer's Online Marketing Contest Educational Event Series - Social Media Marketing Made Simple January 13 2012.

1. 2012 City Treasurer’s Chicago Business Contest for
On-Line Marketing and Social Media Contest
Meet our Experts - Friday, Jan. 13th - 8:30 a.m. -11:30 a.m; Registration is closed
Tracy Samantha Schmidt: Tracy is the manager of educational programs at the Chicago Tribune.
In the last year, Tracy has taught more than 2,000 people nationwide how to use social media
effectively. Previously, Tracy co-created and served as the editorial director of ChicagoNow,
the Tribune’s network of 350 blogs. She also taught several graduate-level classes on social
media at DePaul University’s College of Communications. @tracysamantha
Jamie Velez: Founder and CEO of Webforce 1. Since 2003, Jaime has focused exclusively on
envisioning, designing, planning, and delivering world-class solutions based on Microsoft’s
SharePoint Technologies to several customers throughout the United States.
Jaime will bring over 20 years of Social Media and technology leadership to the workshop as he
discusses Cloud Computing for Small Business. @WebForceJaime
@stephanieneely http://www.facebook.com/stephanie.neely http://www.youtube.com/treasurerneely

2. Steve Robinson: As the Senior Regional Development Director for Constant Contact in Illinois,
Steve have spent the past four plus years educating and training small and mid-sized
businesses, non-profit organizations and associations how to use email, online surveys, events
and engagement marketing to promote themselves. @ctcillinois
Valerie Beck: As CEO of the Women’s Inspiration Network and Founder and CEO of Chicago
Chocolate Tours, Valerie has been an audience favorite as she speaks about the creative ways
she uses websites, twitter, facebook, and linked-in to build and promote her business.
@ChiChocTours
Justyn Howard: As CEO and Founder of Sprout Social, Justyn is often described as a true master of social
media engagement and measurement. Chicago based Sprout Social builds powerful, intuitive social
media management tools used by thousands of businesses across the globe. Spout Social “helps
businesses delight their audience and get real value from their social efforts.” @Justyn
To enter the On-Line and Social Media Contest for Chicago Business
Owners please visit:
www.chicagocitytreasurer.com
Contest ends on Wednesday, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
@stephanieneely http://www.facebook.com/stephanie.neely http://www.youtube.com/treasurerneely