6 good reasons why YOU should attend Northern Voice 2011

6. You’re a newbie, advanced, intermediate social media person and you want to connect with people. And you are aware of the fact that the most relevant element of social media is its capability to enable new relationships and interaction with other human beings interested in the social web. And Northern Voice provides the best environment for cross-fertilization (of the mental kind, you pervert!).

5. My good friend Theresa Lalonde will speak about being an empath in social media training. And the awesome thing is (and not known by many people), both Theresa and I are half-Betazoid. Just in case you needed to know (Deanna Troy references, Vulcan mind-melds and batteries not included).

4. You need to learn about how to deal with legal issues and avoid being “Courtney Loved” (commoner speak for “being sued for something I said on Twitter”). My good friend Gillian Shaw is organizing a panel on that very topic (Social Media and Online Defamation).

3. You love raising a ruckus as much as my good friend Morten Rand-Hendriksen who is going to ruffle a number of feathers by speaking about the ethics involved in social media. Social media snake oil salespeople, this session is NOT for you. Everyone else, most welcome.

2. My good friend April Smith will be keynoting Friday. April has documented for several years now the struggles, lives, despair and triumph of folks who live in the Downtown East Side of Vancouver. Using video and photography, April has demonstrated that it is possible to transform your life with social media.

And the NUMBER ONE REASON YOU WANT TO ATTEND NORTHERN VOICE 2011:

1. Because my good friend Arieanna Schweber and I will be speaking on how to build online communities that rock. All those questions you had on how do you build and sustain an online community? We got answers for you. And you may even get a hug from me. No, seriously. After this incentive, you can’t say no.

At the time of writing this post, there were only 100 more tickets available. Snap them while they’re hot!

Disclosure: I’m a speaker this year, but that does not in any way affect my promoting Northern Voice. I would promote it anyways even if I weren’t speaking (as I did in 2008 and 2009, when I did NOT speak).