Alexandra Samuel
The first luncheon in the
International Women in Digital Media Speaker Series (iWDMS)
features Alexandra Samuel, Director of the Social + Interactive Media Centre at Emily Carr University and the co-founder and principal of Social Signal, one of the world’s most experienced social media agencies. Alex received a 2008 Webby nomination for a project created through Social Signal. She regularly contributes her expertise to Oprah.com and the Harvard Business Review Blog Network. Don’t miss the first in a series of high-profile networking luncheons in Toronto!
Finding Your Way in Social Media
Social media offers new opportunities for broadcasters and producers to promote their brand and productions, tell stories that integrate multiple media, engage audiences, and tap into new revenue streams. Drawing on leading examples in TV, film and related industries, Alex’s keynote gives you a strategic framework for identifying your best social media opportunities. You’ll leave with a process to inform your long-term strategic planning, plus a set of easy online tools to help you enhance your storytelling today.
Event Format
11:00am | Keynote
12:00pm | Audience Q&A
12:10pm | Lunch and Networking
Pricing and Registration
Students | $20 + HST ($22.60)
Members | $35 + HST ($39.55)
Non-Members | $40 + HST ($45.20)
Complete a Programming Registration Form today! Space is limited and pre-registration is required.
About Alex (@awsamuel)
At the SIM Centre, Alex leads applied research that helps companies leverage the university’s strategic, design and creative expertise in digital media. The Centre’s projects range from helping Paperny Films conceive its successful
Eat Street
app, to creating an innovative ebook for the Mozilla Foundation. Alex’s research focuses on how people cope with information overload in order to build meaningful lives online.
Through Social Signal, Alex has conceived and led online community projects for various clients, including ChangeEverything.ca, a 2008 Webby nominee. Alex lives in Vancouver with her husband and Social Signal partner Rob Cottingham and their two kids. Check out Alex’s blog for insights on meaningful living online.
About the Speaker Series
Focusing on industry innovation, content creation, global trends, and multiplatform business models, the
International Women in Digital Media Speaker Series (iWDMS)
is a unique opportunity to walk away with the practical tools necessary to navigate the fast-evolving digital media industry. Each luncheon features a leading female digital media player in entrepreneurship, digital content, aggregators, distribution, research, gaming and/or social media. Luncheons take place in
March
,
June
,
September
and
November
at the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown Toronto (370 King St. W).
For more information, please contact:
Renée Robinson
Programming & Business Affairs Manager
Women in Film & Television - Toronto (WIFT-T)
rrobinson@wift.com