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Yesterday, my boss helped put on the Social Media FTW Conference (no, it doesn’t mean that; but: For the Win!). As sponsors and exhibitors, the flyte crew got to go and help out.

Since we were so busy helping people sign up for Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn at the kiosks, we couldn’t catch many sessions; so I can only assume the speakers were rock stars.

Why? I’ve never seen so many newbies so excited about social media. Any apprehension? Gone. Any questions? Kaput. Simply: “Hi I’m ready to join Twitter/LinkedIn/Facebook. Show me how.”

I can’t say enough about the atmosphere yesterday. While it may have been a little hot and sticky, there was a fairly obvious mixture of newbies vs. social media all stars. It mattered not. Everyone was welcome, and by the end of the day, everyone was on Twitter.

Here’s one of the rock star panels (for blogging) with Sarah Wallace, Carl Natale, and Lynnelle Wilson:

Read other (really great) posts about the FTW conference:

• #ftw09 – HUGE Success for Social Media in Maine by Jason Blais
• Social media gets simplified at FTW by Justin Ellis
• Social Media and Traditional Media FTW by Jeff Parsons
• Social Media #FTW09: Feeds the Hungry by Stacie Chalmers
• Social Media FTW: A Win, Win for Everyone by Sarah Wallace
• UPDATE: Why conferences are successful by Carl Natale
• UPDATE: The Social Media FTW Fall Conference #FTW09 by Rich Brooks
• The official thank you by Social Media FTW

Nicki Hicks
Maine Social Media

Tags: ftw, Social Media, social media ftw

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