2011 was a year filled with incredible advancements in the digital and social spaces. Companies and tools came on the scene and caused a ruckus, while others snuck out the back door. With 2012 right around the corner, it’s time to look ahead and also look at how Seattle social has evolved (and will keep evolving).

Join us on Tuesday, December 13 for an Ignite-style event, sponsored by Bing featuring a growing list of area and industry experts that will focus on coming trends and how social and Seattle go together like digital peas and carrots. Come help us send 2011 out with a bang!

December Event Details

Date – Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Time – 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Location –                Microsoft Main Campus – Bldg. 33 (Microsoft Conference Center)

                                16070 NE 36^th Way

                                Redmond, Washington 98052

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Tickets – $10.00

Parking – Free lot parking available

About the Speakers:

Mark Briggs, King 5

Mark Briggs is the author of Entrepreneurial Journalism, a book about the rise of journalism startups and how to start your own journalism business. It was published by CQPress and released in October 2011. He is currently director of digital media for King 5 Television in Seattle and a Ford Fellow in Entrepreneurial Journalism at The Poynter Institute. Previously, he co-founded Serra Media, a Seattle-based technology company, and spent nine years running newspaper websites in Everett and Tacoma, Wash.

Kushal Chakrabarti

Kushal began working on Vittana on a gut feeling in 2007. After months of talking to anyone who would return his calls, reading everything he could find on education and microfinance, and putting together different pieces of the organization, Kushal decided to devote himself full-time to Vittana in May 2008.

Previously, Kushal ran technology for a billion-dollar team at Amazon.com and is the author of 20+ patents, papers and talks. In his free time, he runs Ironman triathlons and trains guide dogs for the blind. Kushal was named one of Seattle's Top 40 Under 40 in 2010 and the Greatest Person of the Day by the Huffington Post in 2011.

Donald DeSantis

Donald DeSantis is a developer and designer at TechStars company Giant Thinkwell. In his free time, he travels to faraway cities and helps ensure that StartupWeekend events are awesome. You can find him on Twitter at @donalddesantis.

Pascal Schuback, King Country Office of Emergency Management

Pascal Schuback is a Core member and the Seattle city lead for CrisisCommons. Pascal's day time job is a full time Emergency Management Program Manager at King County Office of Emergency Management.  He is presenting on behalf of CrisisCommons and how they use the integration of technology, open data in emergency management/public safety arena and global crisis and humanitarian aid.  With a focus to better prepare, plan, respond and recover from all types of disasters.

About the Sponsor

Bing takes the world’s information and services on the Web and makes them more useful by delivering an innovative and intuitive search experience, visually organizing results and bringing in social signals from your friends. The end result? A search engine that takes you from searching and finding to searching and doing. Try it for yourself at Bing.com.

Find Bing on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/bing

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Find Bing on the Web: www.bing.com

About SMC Seattle

SMC Seattle fosters an online community where diverse groups of people who care about social media can come together to discover, connect, share, and learn. To learn more, visithttp://smcseattle.com/, follow SMC Seattle on Twitter: http://twitter.com/smcseattle or become a Fan of Social Media Club on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SMCSeattle