Social Media Events Calendar - Winter 2008

As promised, I am continuing the round up of social media and new media events for Winter 2008. There is a lot of excitement about the social media space right now, which means a lot of events and meet ups to choose from.

One exciting trend in the new media universe is a trend toward giving back and reaching out. There are more and more fundraisers and other events popping up geared to helping others, which makes me feel good about being a part of the social media space.

Another trend is a rise in localized events. Now there are more and more large conferences to choose from, seemingly in competition with each other. In reality it simply offers people who would like to find an enriching event or learning experience more local options that are a bit easier on the travel budget, something that is beneficial to everyone.

These new trends coupled with some old stand bys mean that everyone should find an event that will help them in some way this season. Without further ado, I present my version of the Social Media Master Calendar. Please, if you have an event I missed, use this post as a place to link it in the comments for all to see. 

October 2008

October 8^th - 10^th • FOWAExpo 08 • London, United Kingdom 

October 10^th • Social Media For Social Change • Boston, MA

October 10^th • Virtual Goods Summit • San Francisco, CA 

October 11^th • Bigfoot Blogging Conference • Seattle, WA

October 11^th - 12^th • BarCamp Tampa • Tamba Bay, FL 

October 13^th - 17^th • Create Chaos Conference • Orlando, FL

October 14^th - 15^th • New Marketing Summit • Foxboro, MA 

October 14^th • OpenWeb Asia • Seoul, Korea

October 15^th • The Ins and Outs of Networking to Grow Your Business: An Interactive Seminar • Brooklyn, NY

October 15th - Boston Social Media Club meeting - Boston, MA

October 20^th • SanFran MusicTech • San Francisco, CA 

October 18^th - 19^th • PodCamp Pittsburgh • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

October 20^th - 21^st • Virtual Worlds London • London, United Kingdon 

October 23^rd • Workshop On Human-Computer Interaction • Redmond, Washington

October 23^rd - 25^th • AIGA Gain Conference • New York, NY 

October 24^th • Blog08 • Amsterdam, Netherlands

October 27^th - 31^st • Boulder Colorado Job Fair • Boulder, Colorado 

October 29^th - 30^th • SWOMFest 08 • Austin, TX

October 29^th - 30^th • Searchonomics • San Francisco, CA 

November 2008

November 4^th • UrbanSense08 • Raleigh, North Carolina 

November 5^th • Marketing & Online Communities Conference • New York City, New York

November 5^th - 7^th • Web 2.0 Summit • San Francisco, CA 

November 6^th • Social Media Workshop • Dublin, Ireland

November 12^th • Word of Mouth Media and Marketing Summit • Las Vegas, NV 

November 13^th • NewTeeVee Live • San Francisco, CA

November 14th - SNCR Fall Symposium and Awards Gala - Boston, MA

December 2008 

December 3^rd - 4^th • Web 2.0 Tokyo • Tokyo, Japan

December 14^th • New Media 08 • Dubai 

January and February 2009

February 2^nd • Web Directions North Denver • Denver, CO 

February 17^th • Search Engine Strategies • London, United Kingdom

Coming up in Spring 2009, keep an eye out for: 

March 13^th - 22^nd • SXSW • Austin, TX

March 23^rd - 25^th • Social Semantic Web: Where Web 2.0 Meets Web 3.0 • Palo Alto, CA

I plan to do these master calendar posts every couple of months, unless some kind soul finally invents that much needed application to do it for me. Be sure to check back here  to find more events, and don't forget to put yours in the comments if I didn't discover it on my own.

Leslie Poston is a writer, social media maven and tech junkie. She conducts social media training sessions to help you bring your company into World 2.0 using social media and technology. She blogs at Uptown Uncorked.