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Charlie Rose and Robert Scoble Will Give Keynote At Bulldog Reporter's Media Relations Summit

Bulldog Reporter has put together a great program fo the Media Relations Summit, April 6-8, in San Francisco, Corresponding with the summit's theme "The Power of Story: New Media, New Technologies, a New Narrative for PR," Robert Scoble and Charlie Rose will deliver the keynotes. Rose will be talking about "The Art of the Story: Finding the Heart of Drama," and Scoble will be speaking on "The Future of Social and Consumer-Generated Media."

Other sessions will address:

• How to establish your CEO and top execs as industry thought leaders
• Using new technologies to communicate directly with consumers
• Harnessing the power of search marketing for PR campaigns
• Secrets of placing your corporate video on social media sites
• Master class on the latest innovations in guerrilla PR
• How to increase traffic to your corporate website
• Increasing media pick up with ingenious storytelling techniques
• How to make news when there's no news
• New techniques for measuring the ROI of online PR
• How to craft a cost-effective social media strategy

To see descriptions of all 52 sessions, see this 14-page brochure.

Speakers will include:

• Craig Newmark, Customer Service Rep & Founder, craigslist
• Alan Elias, VP, Corporate Communications, Washington Mutual
• Bruce Ertmann, Manager, Consumer-Generated Media, Toyota
• Joe Carberry, SVP, Global Public Affairs, Visa, Inc
• Sally Falkow, President, Expansion Plus
• Karen Kahn, VP, Worldwide PR, Sun Microsystems
• Stacie Bright, Senior Communications Director, Unilever
• Tac Anderson, Web 2.0 Strategic Lead, Hewlett-Packard
• Michael Smart, News Director, Brigham Young University
• Alison Wertheim, VP, Corporate Relations, Charles Schwab
• Lee Aase, Manager, Media Relations & New Media, Mayo Clinic
• Dave Samson, General Manager, Public Affairs, Chevron
• Corrine Kovalsky, Director, Public Relations, Raytheon
• Akilah Monifa, Producer, CBS-TV
• Paula Berg, Manager, Public Relations, Southwest Airlines

California Pastoral

Hat tip to Dezeen:

Artist-architect Jeremy Quinn originally created this mural for the offices of United States Artists, an artists’ support organization based in Los Angeles. It is now a part of the California Design Biennial, which runs at the Pasadena Museum of California Art until 30 September.

Project video and description

For more photos see: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rise/sets/72057594121527228/

DLD Conference in Munich

I look forward to attending the DLD (digital, lifestyle, design) conference in Munich from January 21-23, 2007, two days before the World Economic Forum in Davos, and attracting a similarly impressive group of speakers and attendees. DLD is covering digital innovation in business, science, arts and design, and is bringing together 500 thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators from Europe, Israel, America and Asia.

Luc Besson, the influential French filmmmaker, who recently declared his withdrawal from the movie business, is one of the many eccentric geniuses who are expected to "spread light on new paradigms in markets, society, and lifestyles for the next decade." Others include Chris Bangle, Beth Comstock, Lord Norman Foster, Marissa Mayer, Walt Mossberg, Nicholas Negroponte, Craig Newmark, and Nicholas Zennstroem.

Craigslist Founder Is Planning a News Platform

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark is apparently planning a news-based venture. According to a recent post on his blog, he appears to be up to something "citizen journalism"-like:

"I'm working with some folks on technologies that promise to help people find the most trusted versions of the more important stories... and this is personal, helping out another group not associated with craigslist. This kind of technology is intended to preserve the best of existing journalistic practices, and should help retain newsroom jobs.

Just to make sure... it's NOT associated with craigslist, just me, trying to help.

It's intended to complement, preserve, and grow existing media.

Remember, existing news infrastructure, including editing and fact-checking, really big deal."

The Weblogs Work blog is skepical if Craig can mirror the business model of his Craiglist into a successful journalistic venture.