Topic: Learn how to use social media tools and strategies to help grow your business 

Who should attend: entrepreneurs, solo professionals, consultants, small businesses who are looking to understand social media from the basic how to sign up and use facebook, twitter, linkedin etc, all the way to comprehensive how to research and monitor your markets and business, and everything in between.

Format: An unconference where attendees, along with the facilitators, decide the topics to be discussed and the order of discussion at the begining of the morning. Anyone can propose a topic or discussion and present, too. Spontaneity is planned for. There is room to adjust to what attendees want or need. We will have 3 sessions of approximately 45 minutes each where attendees will have a choice of discussions to attend. Come prepared to share your knowledge. Please visit our wiki which will act as a repository for information presented at the event.

Suggested topics: twitter 101, how to use tweetdeck,  using facebook for your business, how to use the Oakville Business Network blog (wordpress), using LinkedIn to expand your network, how to use social media on your smart phone, introduction to facebook, blogging, how to write a blog, search engine optimization, research and monitor your markets, and anything else you can think of.

What to bring:  laptops, ipads, smartphone

 Rules:

1. Whoever comes are the right people
2. Whatever happens is the only thing that could have
3. Whenever it starts is the right time
4. When it's over, it's over
5.  Law of Two Feet. Essentially this rule states that people not learning or contributing to discussion must find a discussion they can learn from by taking their “two feet” elsewhere.

Hosted by: Oakville Business Network