Event Planning Online: 14 Essential Social Media Tools

Jason Keath is the founder of Social Fresh, a social media conference for marketers. He organizes social media events across the country, consults with companies on social media, and blogs at JasonKeath.com. Free tools make planning events easier than ever. From the first stages of planning through post event followup, there are tools for every detail. The following list offers a taste of some of the best resources out there. You can think of it as a toolkit for planning events of all shapes and sizes. Invitations For most events, invitations are an important step. 1. 2. Additional Resources: Evite, Google Calendar, Organization Tools Events can overload us with information and logistics, from planning the location to organizing information for attendees. 3. 4. 5. Additional Resources: Sched.org, Google Wave Online Marketing It is getting pretty easy to plan and market an event entirely online these days. 6. 7. 8. Additional Resources: Wthashtag, Eventful, Upcoming Communities, Connecting 9.

HomePage The most brilliant Web 2.0 things in 2006 About a year ago I started compiling my EVERYTHING 2.0 lists. Doing my earliest research, I got my best input from a few sources that presented their "Best Web 2.0 sites in 2005".In the course of this year I've added little asterisk signs to the sites that struck me as brilliant - either conceptually, or businesswise, or technically, or graphically, or... well... otherwise.Of course these assessments were totally subjective. Sometimes depending on my mood of the day, sometimes on some other whim, sometimes on the fact that the makers/entrepreneurs behind them are my customers and/or friends.Furthermore, I didn't (and don't) have much time left to go back to web sites after assessing them the first time. So, please forgive me that the following list is only a dominantly subjective aggregate of all things that somehow struck me as brilliant. BTWThe Big Overall Winner of 2006, of course, is Netvibes.

Best Web 2.0 software 2006 I've already published my Brilliant List last month. But here come the Web 2.0 apps that I've actually recommended - thru word of mouse & word of mouth - at least 5 times during the past year. Best About Web 2.0Programmableweb - Web 2.0 reference website, main source on APIs and mash-upsRunner up: Ajaxian - Ajax blog Best 2006 Audio 2.0 Pandora - Personalized radioRunner up: Lastfm - Profile your taste, share, personalize your radio Best 2006 Bookmark 2.0Delicious - Social bookmarking Best 2006 Browse 2.0Swoot~ - Build your own browser Best 2006 Collaborate 2.0Rrove - Save & share places Best 2006 Communicate 2.0Blinklife - Social emailRunners up: Grandcentral - Get 1 phone number for all your calls; Rebtel - Call international at local rates - using your cell phone; Nabaztag - Get info & communicate thru wi-fi rabbit device Best 2006 Dbase 2.0Perspectives - Visualizes spatio-temporaly the places we inhabit Best 2006 Design 2.0Dontclickit - Clickless interface

The Best Web 2.0 Software of 2006 (Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog)