e-Storm sponsors Schwaggin Wagon - an LA to SF wagon to collect schwaggs from Web 2.0 participants to donate to InnerKids Foundation.

Here is the scoop and why we decided to sponsor this adventure:

The Schwaggin’ Wagon will be making its debut in SF at the 2008 Web 2.0 Expo. Look for the interview on NPR’s FutureTense with John Gordon. Likely airing Wednesday. Check local listings.
http://www.publicradio.org/columns/futuretense/
Or simply see below — the audio is now posted on our website.

Its purpose?
To collect unwanted Schwag from conference-goers and the companies themselves, so that ultimately, it falls in the hands of those who need it most - the kids - http://www.innerkids.org

Starting Wednesday, the tricked-out Schwaggin’ will be taking donations outside the Moscone convention center and various 2.0 parties throughout this week. Proud Schwaggin’ creators Michael Liskin, David Preciado, and Marjorie Kase along with master implementer Andy Sternberg, Blog 101 book superstar Kyra Reed, and general counsel Daniel Hartman encourage you to give as much as you can and party like rockstars in the process.

Want to know more?

http://www.schwagginwagon.com/
http://twitter.com/schwaggin
http://www.flickr.com/groups/schwagginwagon/

Next week, Wednesday April 23rd at 6:30pm, I am moderating a panel about B2B social media on how professionals and companies can use social media effectively. I am joined by the following esteemed panelists:

• Jeremy Toeman (President of Stage Two Consulting, Writer for EnGadget)
• Karl Long (PM of Games on Ovi www.n-gage.com)
• Adam Metz (Partner and Lead Social Web Strategist, theMIX)
• Pankaj Pradekh (Zmingo, Inc)

If you are looking to learn and network with executives that live in Marin - this is your chance. SofTECH, the organizer, is an organization with thousands of members from the North Bay which has AutoDesk and many others companies as partners/sponsors.

Please RSVP here so that the organizer knows how much food/drinks to plan for.

Oh yes, for those who never get out of the city, the venue is only 15 mins from Golden Gate Bridge, on weekdays (unlike weekends), there is no traffic to go north….;-)

Here are details of the event:

Join us for an exciting night with a panel of social media experts who are helping leading companies (Sling Media, Nokia, Wells Fargo, Sutter Home,Plantronics), organizations and individuals capitalize on social media. Most of the panelists have popular blogs (e.g. experiencecurve.com, emergence-media.com, livedigitally.com, metzmash.typepad.com) with a strong following and use social media tactics and strategies on a daily basis.

You will learn:

• What is social media, the tools, the people, the stats
• Why has social media exploded
• How is social media changing the conversations companies have with prospects, customers and partners
• How professionals can use social media for personal branding, and career development
• How B2B companies can capitalize on social media
• How social media is changing market research, PR, marketing, sales, product development, and customer support
• How social media is changing search engine optimization (SEO)

We were having issues with venue. We got our friends of Otis to host it.

Here are the details….

e-Storm’s Ad Tech Party
Otis Bar
25 Maiden Lane
Between Kearny and Grant
Wednesday April 16th from 6pm onwards

Join us for a fun night at Otis for the most exclusive event at Ad:Tech. Oh yeah, it’s all about WHO YOU KNOW!

Invitations only - RSVP using this form.

The party starts at 6PM and with this crowd, who knows when it will end!

Our space is limited so be sure to RSVP, bring your invite or you might not get in…..;-)

This is one party you won’t want to miss…

Hello All,

For the first time, I’ve actually been addressed as a journalist! (Ok, maybe that doesn’t make me one…yet).

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I’ve been selected as one of the eight AdTechBlog.com writers to be covering ad:tech San Francisco April 17-19. I’ll be joining lots of great people on the writing team, including Steve Hall of AdRants.com, Angela Natividad and Ariel Waldman. I’ll be attending all the sessions (though not covering all of them) and maybe doing an interview or two.

If you happen to be in town for ad:tech let’s definitely meet-up in-between sessions or for a drink (Chris Heuer is doing a get-together at the Four Seasons). You can reach me via twitter (twitter.com/danielriveong), phone at 415-683-3656 and email at daniel(at)e-storm.com.

Most, if not all, of us at e-Storm San Francisco will there at the conference at one point or another. It’ll be a lively affair with an interesting emphasis on mobile, social media and online video. And yes, plenty of parties.

So if you’d like to contact anyone e-Storm while at ad:tech, please leave a comment here and we’ll follow-up with you or Twitter the following folks:

William Gaultier - www.twitter.com/wgaultier
Nicole Reber - www.twitter.com/yesyesyall
Daniel Riveong -  www.twitter.com/danielriveong

Yesterday was our Lunch 2.0 event in the our office’s sunny patio in San Francisco. We were blessed with great weather and all around awesome people that stopped by even as MacWorld was still going on.We had a boat load of Sushi, which proved so popular we ordered “emergency” shipments to keep everyone happy.Here’s the photos from event: e-Storm’s Flickr Set Steve Rhodes Flickr Set (he was nice enough to share his Lunch 2.0 photos on the web) Thank you everyone for attending and for taking the time for having lunch and talking to us. And if you wanna check out what we do, besides provide awesome sushi on a sunny rooftop, check out what services we provide as an interactive marketing agency.

And of course, one more photo of our friend Pleo (oh, and that’s JT holding him by the way. He’s a friend too):

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