A free Web 2.0 for Business Event, brought to you by MediaSauce and IUPUIFebruary 29, 2008, 8:30-11:30 a.m.IUPUI Informatics & Communications Technology Complex535 West Michigan St., Room IT 152, Indianapolis, INSocial networking sites boast over 114 million members worldwide. Facebook, Ning, MySpace, Twitter, and LinkedIn (all sites where users set up profiles, make friends, and share information), make up global web traffic second only to search engines. But these sites are more than just places to catch up with friends; they are powerful business and marketing tools that can help companies reach out to targeted, interested, and motivated audiences. In this session we’ll cover:* Which social networking sites are hot and why* How to use a social network to market yourself and/or your business* Tapping into the masses to spread your messageClick here to sign up!About the PresenterSarah “Intellagirl” Robbins is the Director of Emerging Technologies at MediaSauce, a digital marketing agency in Carmel, Ind. Sarah’s research focuses on leveraging Web 2.0 technologies to improve collaboration, innovation, and communication in business and education. “Intellagirl” specializes in a translating today’s fast-moving geek culture into plain English and easily implemented business strategy. As a PhD candidate in Rhetoric and Composition at Ball State University, Sarah focuses her research on the use of participatory, social, and immersive technologies for business and education communication. Ms. Robbins was one of the first professors to use Second Life for education and recently coauthored Second Life for Dummies. Her research has been featured in the Indianapolis Star, New York Times, USA Today, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. Additionally, Sarah is mother to six-year-old triplets.

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