The Program

Sunday, September 13th 2009

(All times are Israel Time GMT+3)

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Registration and Workshops

Workshops

2:30 – 3:00 PM	Session 1A Monetizing your Blog: Dos, Don’ts and Great Expectations. with Stephen Leavitt	Session 1B Networking for Money: Your Social Network has value.”Give and ye shall receive”.   with David Abitbol	Session 1C Defending Israel Through Social Media Tools: with Jameel@Muqata, Israel Matzav, Yishai Fleisher and Ashley Perry Will not be webcast or recorded. Space is limited.
3:05 – 3:45 PM	Session 2A The Business of Blogging: Using your blog to build a sustainable business and recurring income. with Zack Miller	Session 2B Twittering for Bloggers: #JBloggers Everything you ever wanted to know, but were afraid to ask. From Intro to Expert.   with Ahuvah Berger
3:50 – 4:30 PM	Session 3A Fascinated with Facebook: How to use Facebook to promote yourself, your blog, your products and your services. with Jacob Richman	Session 3B Twittering for Bloggers: #JBloggers Everything you ever wanted to know, but were afraid to ask. From Intro to Expert. with Ahuvah Berger	Session 3C Be a Better Blogger: Nobody cares what you ate for breakfast: How to write the compelling blog post to build readership. with David “Treppenwitz” Bogner

4:30 – 5:00 PM Networking time: Meet your fellow bloggers.
Light refreshments will be served

Convention

5:00 PM (10:00 AM EST) Opening Remarks

5:10 – 5:25 PM Convention Kickoff Speaker:
How Social Media is Influencing Community

David Horovitz, Editor in Chief, The  Jerusalem Post

5:30 – 6:45 PM First Panel: Jewish 2.0
Social Media and the Future of the Jewish Community

Panelists:
David Kelsey / Jewcy (News and Media),    Yonasan (Jonathan) Rosenblum / The Jerusalem Post (Religion), Orit Arfa / LA Jewish Journal (Community),     Tova Serkin / JGooders (Philanthropy)

Moderator: Danielle Sheldon /Jewlicious

7:00 – 7:45 PM Dinner

7:45 – 8:00 PM Comedy with Benji Lovitt “What War Zone“

8:00 – 8:45 PM Keynote Speaker: Defending Israel Online

Ron Dermer: Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister of Israel
to be followed by Q&A

 

8:45 – 9:45 PM Second Panel: Aliyah Doesn’t End At the Airport!
Employing Social Media for a successful Aliyah

Panelists:
Clifton Flack / JobShuk,  Zev Stub / Janglo,
Rebecca Markowitz / “The Big Felafel“, Assaf Gendler / OyPeople.com,
Marc Rosenberg (Nefesh B’Nefesh)

 

Moderator: Allison Kaplan Sommer
With Q&A at the end.

 

9:45 – 10:00 PM Closing remarks

*Please note that at present the live webcast will commence at 5:ooPM (10:00 AM EST). The workshops will be available for viewing online after the convention.