Posted by Loki on Aug 4, 2011 in Event | 0 comments
It’s time for Rising Tide 6 bringing you two halls of programming at the University Center at Xavier University on Saturday, August 27, 2011.
Registration includes a full day of programs, lunch, a brass band performance and lots of fun and surprises for an unbeatable price of just $30.
REGISTER NOW to reserve your place at the table!
Here’s just some of what we have in store for you.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
David Simon, creator and executive producer of HBO’s New Orleans drama
Treme. He is a former journalist for the Baltimore Sun and writer and producer of acclaimed programs such as
The Corner,
The Wire and
Generation Kill.
Richard Campanella, professor at Tulane University, geographer, and author of six critically acclaimed books on the physical and human geography of New Orleans:
Bienville’s Dilemma,
Geographies of New Orleans, Lincoln in New Orleans,
New Orleans Then and Now,
Delta Urbanism, and
Time and Place in New Orleans.
PANEL PRESENTATIONS:
New Orleans Food Writing - Guests Peter Thriffley and Rene Louapre of
Blackened Out and
Offbeat Magazine will join Todd Price, author of
A Frolic of My Own to discuss the eating out in New Orleans and writing about it, and the new generation of great online New Orleans food writers.
TECH SCHOOL:
Rising Tide is also proud to announce the addition of Tech School to this year’s lineup. Tech School will offer a second stage of panels devoted to hands-on, how-to style social media and blogging topics ranging from improving your photography, advanced WordPress techniques, the latest in web strategies and online tools. Presenters for Tech School include
FSC Inter@ctive, the
Louisiana Bloggers Network,
Neighborland,
Invade NOLA,
Ben Varadi and more.
I look forward to seeing you there!
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[Disclosure- I am one of the organizers and the MC for this year's conference.]
Rising Tide NOLA, Inc. will present its 5th annual new media conference centered on the recovery and future of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast on Saturday, August 28, 2010, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., at The Howlin’ Wolf, 907 South Peters St., in New Orleans.
The one-day conference features speakers and panel discussions on the status and future of the culture, politics, criminal justice system, environment, and flood protection of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Past speakers have included actor and outspoken champion of New Orleans Harry Shearer, and authors Dave Zirin, John Barry, Christopher Cooper and Robert Block.
Rising Tide NOLA, Inc. is a non-profit organization formed by New Orleans bloggers in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the failure of the federally-built levees. After the disaster, the internet became a vital connection among dispersed New Orleanians, former New Orleanians, and friends of the city and of the Gulf Coast region. A surge of new blogs erupted and, combined with those that were already online, a community of bloggers with a shared interest in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast developed. In the summer of 2006, to mark the anniversary of the flood, the bloggers of New Orleans organized the first Rising Tide Conference, taking their shared interest in technology, the arts, the internet and social media and turning advocacy for the city into action.
Conference registration is open at www.risingtidenola.com and is only $20 until July 31. Registration includes lunch. There will be pre-conference party hosted by the New Orleans bloggers on Friday evening August 27, also at the Howlin’ Wolf. More information is available at the Rising Tide5 Website: http://www.risingtidenola.com and at the Rising Tide blog: http://www.risingtideblog.blogspot.com
Rising Tide 5 is sponsored by The Canary Collective, a media publishing agency, and by Levees.org.
Rising Tide’s featured artwork, available as a poster and t-shirt, is once again produced by the award-wining editorial cartoonist and artist Greg Peters of Suspect Device.
The New Orleans bloggers will present the annual Ashley Award named for Ashley Morris—blogger and passionate advocate for New Orleans—who passed away in April, 2008. The Ashley Morris Award is given each year to an outstanding blogger writing about New Orleans and the challenges it faces.
Tables for booksellers and vendors are available at the Rising Tide 5 Conference by calling Tim Ruppert at 504-975-3591 or by e-mailing[email protected].
Those interested in sponsorship should e-mail [email protected].
Information about registration is available by emailing [email protected]. The telephone number to call for information about RisingTide 5 is 866-910-2055.
Connect with Rising Tide on your preferred platform:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RisingTideNOLA
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/RisingTide
George “Loki” Williams is the owner of SocialGumbo, LLC
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Posted by Loki on Aug 21, 2009 in Unsorted | 0 comments
Hello everybody in Internet land! Today I’ve been invited to be a guest on LaunchpadTV, a project of NetSquared New Orleans. Not only will we be broadcasting video, but the if you tune in there is also the ability to join the conversation via live chat.
I’ll be talking about the Rising Tide Conference this weekend and will be joined by Brian Bordainick who will be talking about 9th Ward Field of Dreams and David Crais who will be talking about the upcoming Nickelodeon Theme Park.
Come join us online at Launchpad TV. The show will air online at 3pm Central / 4pm Eastern.
Transparency: I am the MC for this year’s conference and one of the organizers.
George “Loki” Williams is the owner of SocialGumbo, LLC
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Most of my posts over the next several days will be audio reports from Rising Tide IV, a conference founded in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the leveee failure that followed. Here’s the short form:
After the flood that followed Hurricane Katrina’s landfall, the internet became a vital connection among dispersed New Orleanians, former New Orleanians, friends of the city and of the Gulf Coast region. A surge of new blogs erupted and, combined with those that were already online, a community of bloggers with a shared interest in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast developed. In the summer of 2006, after the success of the first Geek Dinner, and to mark the anniversary of the flood, the newly formed NOLA Bloggers organized the first Rising Tide Conference, taking their shared interest in technology, the internet and social media and turning advocacy for the city into action.
Over the intervening years we have had guests ranging from the Wall Street Journal’s Chris Cooper and Robert Block, authors of Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security, to this year’s keynote Speaker, Harry Shearer. I’m particularly happy that Mr. Shearer made the time to join us this year as his bloggin about the disparity between national news and the actual events in the disaster zone have been vitally important over the past four years. (I’m also a huge fan of The Simpsons…)
I’d like to invite anyone with questions about Katrina, New Orleans, or the conference to feel free to drop me a line or leave me a comment. I’ll answer as best I can and if I don’t know the answer I’ll find you someone who does.
Okay. Next stop, New Orleans!
George “Loki” Williams is the owner of SocialGumbo, LLC
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Ready or not, the fourth annual Rising Tide conference will be on Saturday August 22 at the Zeitgeist Theatre in the Central City area of New Orleans.
Originally launched by members of the NOLA Blogger community on the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the Great Levee Failure of ’05, I’ve watched this conference grow every year since. If you have any interest in New Orleans, disaster recovery, or the use of digital and social media for the common good then you should check it out.
If you’d like to read some of the posts made about last years event here are a few pertinent links for your perusal:
Cliff’s Crib
Pistolette on the Education Panel
Suspect Device
Varg at The Chicory
Deidra of G-Bitch
Tim promises more to come
We Could Be Famous
Michael Tisserand on Gambit’s BlogOfNewOrleans
Oyster on John Barry
Tim’s Nameless Blog
Rising Tide is a non-profit effort of the NOLA Blogging community. If you are unable to attend but wish to support the efforts there is a paypal button on the website that you can use to make a donation.
More details on this year’s confernce coming soon.
George “Loki” Williams is the owner of SocialGumbo, LLC
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