AMP Summit 2010

One of the perks of my internship at the David All Group is that this weekend, I will be able to help out with the inaugural AMP Summit (Activism + Media + Politics). My boss, David All, is the mastermind behind the AMP Summit, and I think that it has the potential to grow into a major Washington, D.C. convention in the near future. People from all over the country, representing various companies, backgrounds, and viewpoints, will come to discuss social media and what effect it plays on politics and activism. I am positive that many good ideas will be born and developed due to the AMP Summit.

The AMP Summit is all day Friday and Saturday at the Washington Marriott with various presentations scheduled throughout. I am personally looking forward to several of the presentations including one titled "Location, Location, Location," which will look into how geo-social networking is changing social media. With big name sponsorships like Google and AOL, AMP Summit brings in a good share of talent for panels and keynote addresses. Here are just a few of the people that I am looking forward to hearing.

Joe Trippi - He is considered to be the first person to truly recognize the potential of the internet and put it into use in a presidential campaign. Trippi was Howard Dean's campaign manager in 2004, and led the first ever major internet campaign, raising a record amount of money and organizing thousands of Dean supporters. Trippi is definitely considered to be a great thinker of social media.

Josh Williams - He is the CEO and co-founder of Gowalla, which is one of the top geo-social networking applications today. For those who may not know, no single geo-social application has truly risen to the top yet, and it will be very interesting to hear what he may have in store for the medium.

Saul Anuzis - He is the Chairman of the RNC Tech Committee, and is a leader in the GOP when it comes to using social media. He is speaking about the modern political campaign so I hope that he can give some good insight on how to best use social media in a campaign and what may be used for the remainder of the 2010 midterms.

Hopefully, I will have the chance to blog about the first day of the AMP Summit tomorrow so check back later. And for those of you on Twitter, follow the AMP Summit by searching for the hashtag #AMP10.

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