The Atlanta social media community has come together to launch a national event for 250 leaders in the industry. The event, Mountain Social 2009, is being held September 11, 2009 to the 13th in an North Georgia Mountain enclave, just north of the city. The event is equi-distant from Atlanta, Chattanooga, TN and Greenville, SC. It also is a reasonable drive from the triangle in North Carolina.
The organizers chose this locations for numerous reasons - the beauty, the ability for significant others to have things to do and the location from key populations. Flights into any of the 4 cities work (Atlanta, Greenville, Chattanooga and Charlotte) for national and international attendees. The event has several internationally known speakers with customer relationship thought leader Chris Carfi and the creative Sarah Dopp. Regional leaders Sherry Heyl, Jon Gatrell and San Francisco's Mark Resch are also speaking at the event. The group is holding a "contest" for the last speaker and per Leti Machado "We have significant interest in adding a green tract by a potential sponsor, but this is on hold until mid-May at least until we can justify".
The last 3 conferences in the region all sold out and the group is taking it on the road to SOBCon09 in May to talk it up a little. This is an encouraging thing in the economy - people are traveling, sharing ideas and investing in new ideas. If only this positive economic sentiment was contagious.
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