The SoMe Awards & Forum, to be held in Portland, Oregon on May 22nd, 2014, honors the best social media campaigns by marketing agencies, in-house teams and freelancers from across the Unites States.

Now in this 6th year, and jointly presented by the Social Media Club of PDX and TMMPDX.COM, the awards are an opportunity for those to celebrate accomplishments made to help themselves or their clients in the ever growing world of social media.

The SoMe Awards

The SoMe awards gala will take place from 6:30-9 PM, and will feature signature drinks, other special guests, and a cool after-party.  Winners in 11 categories will be announced by our emcee Stephanie Stricklen of KGW News (click here for more details), and, we'll also be saluting our three special honorees:

Pamela Slim - Most Influential Blogger

Brian Solis - Hall Of Fame

Billie Goldman - Thoroughly Modern Marketer of The Year 

The SoMe Forum

This year, we've also added a special afternoon event: A Social Media forum from 11AM to 5:30PM, anchored by keynote presentations by our two honored award recipients, Pamela Slim and Brian Solis, and featuring panels with the 2014 SoMe Nominees and other special guests, talking in more detail about the social media campaigns, tools and trends that are driving better brands, excellence in customer service & engagement, and higher sales and profit.

The overall agenda for the SoMe Forum (more details here):

11:00am- 12:30pm Luncheon & Social Media Panel - "The Future of Social Media" (box lunch provided)

12:30pm  Pam Slim keynote - "Reframe Your Career Into a Body of Work"

1:30pm-4:30pm   Social Media Panel Presentations, including a Social Storytelling Panel with Intel's Billie Goldman and Sony's Toni Wallace

4:30pm  Brian Solis keynote - "What's the Future of Business?"
 

5:30pm  Dinner break before SoMe Awards at 6:30pm

Ticket Information

Tickets for each event will be sold separately, but you can save $26 on a combo ticket:

SoMe Forum:  $85

SoMe Awards: $40

Combo (Both Events): $99  (priced separately $125 - a $26 savings)

Hurry, because there are a limited number of seats. 

See you on May 22nd!

For up-to-the-minute details and schedules, as well as additional information, visit us at www.someawards.com

Thanks to our friends & sponsors: 

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