Sponsors
  • Etelos
  • IBM
  • Microsoft
  • Adobe Systems, Inc.
  • Cynergy
  • Nokia
  • Openmaru Studio
  • WebEx
  • AOL
  • Citrix Systems
  • Coghead
  • Confident Technologies
  • Disney
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  • F5 Networks
  • HCL Technologies
  • Intuit Quickbase
  • Oracle
  • S60
  • Salesforce.com
  • Spinscape
  • Sun Microsystems
  • Symphoniq Corporation
  • TeleAtlas
  • Yahoo! Inc.
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Atlassian Software Systems
  • awareness
  • BroadSoft
  • Curl
  • Denodo
  • Dixero
  • Force10 Networks
  • Humanix Inc.
  • Intel
  • JackBe
  • Jaduka
  • Jive Software
  • Juniper Networks
  • Kapow Technologies
  • Keynote Systems
  • Leverage Software
  • LiquidApps
  • LithiumTechnologies
  • LongJump
  • Morfik
  • Mzinga
  • NeuStar
  • Octopz
  • ONEsite
  • OpSource
  • Panther Express
  • Profy
  • Real Time Content
  • Rearden
  • Rearden Commerce
  • Remy
  • Reply
  • spigit
  • StreamVerse, Inc.
  • StrikeIron
  • XBOSoft
  • Znak
  • O'Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures
  • Panorama Capital
  • ACM Queue
  • Berlin Partner
  • BlogHer
  • Business Marketing Association
  • Dr. Dobbs
  • Fast Company
  • GigaOM
  • Juniper Research
  • Mashable
  • MSDN Magazine
  • NewTeeVee
  • Revenue Magazine
  • TechNet
  • Technorati
  • Topix
  • Webware
  • Wired
  • WOW

Sponsor & Exhibitor Opportunities

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415-947-6107
vsanders@techweb.com

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Media Sponsor Opportunities

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415-947-6179
larancibia@cmp.com

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Dawn Foster

Dawn Foster

Fast Wonder Consulting

Dawn Foster provides consulting services for companies wanting to engage with online communities through various social media technologies including discussion forums, blogs, wikis, podcasts, and more. She is also the community evangelist for Shizzow, a new Portland startup. She has more than 13 years of experience in technology and software with expertise in community building, web 2.0, social media, RSS, blogging, and open source software.

Dawn is a Community Manager, Event Organizer, Blogger, Podcaster, and Technology Enthusiast. She is the author of the Fast Wonder Blog and is currently working on a book about community. She is a co-founder and Chair of Legion of Tech. She also organizes a monthly Legion of Tech Happy Hour event for local technology employees, is an organizer for the Portland BarCamp event, and helps organize Ignite Portland.

Previously, Dawn worked at Jive Software, Compiere, Intel, and a Midwestern manufacturing company in positions ranging from Unix system administrator to market researcher to community manager to open source strategist. She holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Kent State University and a master’s degree in business administration from Ashland University.

Sessions

Marketing and Community
Location: 2009
Dawn Foster (Fast Wonder Consulting), Jeremiah Owyang (Forrester Research), Bob Duffy (Intel), Kellie Parker (PC World & Macworld)
A great community requires considerable forethought, attention to technology, and a dose of know-how to manage the unruly. Read more.