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The
Public
Interest Registry
(PIR), the administrator
of the popular .ORG TLD, will
be hosting a pair of special
events on Thursday, October
10, 2019 in Washington D.C.
The first one will be the inaugural .ORG
Community Forum, a free
event that will run from 9am-4pm at
Hilton's Madison
Hotel (it even comes
with a free lunch for those who register
for one of the limited number of
seats)!
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The
Community Forum will allow attendees
to share ideas, knowledge, and
causes on the internet. It will also
provide an opportunity to
collaboratively explore common areas
of interest and find ways to
navigate through any challenges
facing their .ORG websites today.
The program will include four
sessions in the Dolly Madison
Ballroom (running 30-60 minutes
each) that will cover: Website
vs. Social Media, Leveraging
Video on Social Media, Brand
Reputation for Online Brands and
Defending Against Disinformation
Campaigns. Featured speakers
will include Event Host Chris
Baldwin (10x Digital), Julia
Campbell (J Campbell Social
Marketing), Roberto Blake
(Create Awesome Media, LLC), Statton
Hammock (MarkMonitor) and Brian
Wanko (InterAction.org). PIR
will maximize audience engagement
with plenty of interactive Q&A
sessions and networking
opportunities. If you attend you can
expect to take away inspiring ideas
and insights to improve the
strategy, operation, and execution
of your .ORG community work. The
event is open to anyone who
wants to make a positive impact
within their their local community,
on a global scale or anything in
between.
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The
second special event on October
10 is the invitation-only
.ORG
Impact Awards Ceremony
that will be held that
evening at the Watergate
Hotel in Washington,
D.C., just a few blocks
away from The Madison Hotel
that is hosting the free
daytime Community
Forum. |
We
first told
you about the new .ORG
Impact Awards program when
nominations were opened in June. It
is designed to recognize .ORG domain
name owners who are using the
Internet to empower change
around the world. Winning
individuals and organizations will
receive up to $5,000 in a
monetary contribution to the
nonprofit of their choice. Nominations
closed on July 12, so now the
community is just eagerly awaiting
the Awards Ceremony to find out who
won. A
hat tip to our friend, veteran event
producer Jodi Chamberlain
from 32
Events.com, for the
information. Jodi is helping PIR
with the staging of these two
special events in the Nation's
Capital that will be a highlight of
the year for the .ORG community.
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