"Right on the heels of the August 24 Primary Jeremy Vaught (Republican) and Kevin Spidel (Democrat) will talk about how Social Media is being used in political campaigns."

Jeremy Vaught(@jeremyvaught) is the Web Strategist for John McCain's 2010 Senate campaign. As a recovering software developer, he has a long history of working with companies and organizations to help shape and implement their online strategies. These strategies range from simple blogging, Twitter, to providing a large presence in virtual worlds. Born in Alaska, raised there and in Nevada, he now calls Phoenix home where he regularly blogs on New Media.

Kevin Spidel (@kspidel) has made his career in political campaigns and international advocacy organizations. From running critical campaigns with Amnesty International to managing a national Presidential field program to launching a national political action committee, he has brought new media strategies to political and advocacy campaigns. Currently he is the Community Architect for GannettLocal, a startup backed by Gannett focused on localized SMB marketing both online and offline.

Time: 6:00p.m.-8:00p.m.

Event Location: Scottsdale Hilton (6333 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85250) A light dinner, and one drink is included.

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Non- Members $45
At the door $55

"Widely considered a leading "search engine guru," Danny Sullivan has been helping webmasters, marketers and everyday web users understand how search engines work for over a decade."

Danny's expertise about search engines is often sought by the media, and he has been quoted in places like The Wall St. Journal, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, Forbes, The New Yorker and Newsweek and ABC's Nightline.

Danny began covering search engines in late 1995, when he undertook a study of how they indexed web pages. The results were published online as "A Webmaster's Guide To Search Engines," a pioneering effort to answer the many questions site designers and Internet publicists had about search engines.

The positive reaction from both marketers and general search engine users caused Danny to expand the guide into Search Engine Watch, where he served as editor-in-chief through November 2006. Now he heads up Search Engine Land as editor-in-chief, taking it into the next generation of search coverage. Danny also serves as Third Door Media's chief content officer,and has his own personal blog Daggle.

Time: 6:00p.m.- 8:00p.m.

Event Location: Scottsdale Hilton (6333 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85250) A light dinner, and one drink is included.

Pricing:

Members $35 (Enter "AZIMAMEMBER" promo code)
Non- Members $45
At the door $55