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2012 City Treasurer’s Chicago Business Contest for

On-Line Marketing and Social Media Contest

Meet our Experts - Friday, Jan. 13th

- 8:30 a.m. -11:30 a.m; Registration is closed

Tracy Samantha Schmidt: Tracy is the manager of educational programs at the Chicago Tribune.

In the last year, Tracy has taught more than 2,000 people nationwide how to use social media

effectively. Previously, Tracy co-created and served as the editorial director of ChicagoNow,

the Tribune’s network of 350 blogs. She also taught several graduate-level classes on social

media at DePaul University’s College of Communications. @tracysamantha

Jamie Velez: Founder and CEO of Webforce 1. Since 2003, Jaime has focused exclusively on

envisioning, designing, planning, and delivering world-class solutions based on Microsoft’s

SharePoint Technologies to several customers throughout the United States.

Jaime will bring over 20 years of Social Media and technology leadership to the workshop as he

discusses Cloud Computing for Small Business. @WebForceJaime

@stephanieneely http://www.facebook.com/stephanie.neely http://www.youtube.com/treasurerneely

Steve Robinson: As the Senior Regional Development Director for Constant Contact in Illinois,

Steve have spent the past four plus years educating and training small and mid-sized

businesses, non-profit organizations and associations how to use email, online surveys, events

and engagement marketing to promote themselves. @ctcillinois

Valerie Beck: As CEO of the Women’s Inspiration Network and Founder and CEO of Chicago

Chocolate Tours, Valerie has been an audience favorite as she speaks about the creative ways

she uses websites, twitter, facebook, and linked-in to build and promote her business.

@ChiChocTours

Justyn Howard: As CEO and Founder of Sprout Social, Justyn is often described as a true master of social

media engagement and measurement. Chicago based Sprout Social builds powerful, intuitive social

media management tools used by thousands of businesses across the globe. Spout Social “helps

businesses delight their audience and get real value from their social efforts.” @Justyn

To enter the On-Line and Social Media Contest for Chicago Business

Owners please visit:

www.chicagocitytreasurer.com

Contest ends on Wednesday, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. ET.