Breakout Sessions | 2:00pm – 5:00pm
McKissick Theater | Clemson University’s Hendrix Center
Twitter 101 Speaker (2:15pm – 2:45pm):
Doug Cone
As an Internet entrepreneur, Doug has built many successful websites. Currently the Director of Business Development for Nullvariable Web Consulting, Doug frequently consults with small businesses about how they can effectively use social media. Doug is also an active member of the Greenville Junior Chamber of Commerce and serves on the board of the Social Media Club in Greenville. Doug’s years of experience in sales and training with organizations such as CompUSA, Texas A&M, Circuit City, Best Buy, Clientlogic, Sony, DirectTV ,Logitech, Helio, and AMPED, have given him extensive knowledge and skills for networking.
Website: http://www.nullvariable.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/nullvariable
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LinkedIn 101 Speaker (2:55pm – 3:25pm):
Thomas W. Parry
Thomas W. Parry brings more than 16 years sales and marketing expertise to the Upstate region. Parry received a Bachelor of Science from West Virginia University and completed post-baccalaureate work at the University of Missouri.
Parry began his career with Pfizer Animal Health and has since worked with taken over the European operations of Avid Sports and became a Founding Partner of the European Professional Developmental (EPD) Tour in 1997. In 2000, Parry returned to the United States to join I-many, Inc as a National Account Executive, where he was Top Performing Executive. Parry joined Sectra NA, Inc. in 2004 as the first North American sales professional and quickly established the company in the orthopedic digital imaging market. In 2007, he was awarded Sales Manager of the Year.
In 2009, Parry recognized the need for a broad professional networking group to link professionals in the many different industries of Upstate South Carolina. Under the inspiration and prodding of hometown friend, Josh Terry, son of former Fountain Inn Parks and Recreation Director, Roger “PD” Terry, Thomas moved forward and founded Linking the Upstate.
Website: http://thomaswparry.wordpress.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/thomaswparry
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Blog 101 Speaker (3:35pm – 4:05pm):
Olivier Blanchard
Olivier is Principal at BrandBuilder Marketing, a Greenville, SC-based New Media Consultancy and Marketing management firm.
He has worked in both B2B and B2C, and is known for his work in a variety of industries including manufacturing, retail, foodservice, professional services, sportswear, and IT distribution. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies, tech startups and scores of small to medium-sized businesses.
Olivier holds an International Baccalaureate degree from the International School of Brussels and a BA degree from Furman University.
In his not-so-free time, Olivier publishes the top-rated BrandBuilder Blog, has served as Marketing Hub Editor for Corante.com, and is a frequent contributor to Interactive/Media/Design (the Royal Academy of Art’s blog – The Hague), as well as BrandingWire.com and Marketing 2.0. He is completely fluent in English and French (yes, written AN D spoken).
When Olivier isn’t working or hanging out with his family, you can probably find him training for his next triathlon or adventure race.
Website: http://thebrandbuilder.wordpress.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/thebrandbuilder
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Face-To-Face 101 (4:15pm – 4:45pm):
Bill Sheskey
Bill is a lifetime educator with experience as a school district instructional technology specialist, classroom teacher, and athletic coach. Educators now demand dynamic professional development experiences that are hands on in the development of authentic assessment strategies, digital literacy, contemporary content delivery, and web based tools for the classroom. Bill designs and facilitates a series of engaging workshops for educators at national, state and local education conferences where participants leave the workshop with multimedia tools to immediately engage their students.
Resource Blog: http://BillSheskey.com
Website: http://digitalliteracyconference.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/billsheskey
