What happens when you get a collection of true thought leaders, entrepreneurs, storytellers, tweeters, visionaries and a world-class athlete in a single room? You get the Brand Camp ’09 experience: engaging conversations with like-minded people that inspire change and transform gray matter with each spoken word and each character of every tweet.
Why Detroit? Detroit is a blue collar, manufacturing town that was built on the back of the automotive industry which was the Silicon Valley of its day. The cheese has moved and Detroit is currently going through a brand crisis. It is the perfect location to discuss how social media, personal branding and passion is changing the way we work and live.
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Mitch Joel, Ken Brown, Scott Monty, Rohit Bhargava, Hajj E. Flemings , Valeria Maltoni, April Holmes, and Robert (Bob) Fish (Not Pictured)
What others are saying about Brand Camp ‘09
- Mitch Joel (@MitchJoel) - SPOS #175 - Personality And Authenticity With Rohit Bhargava
- Mitch Joel (@MitchJoel) - The Key to Your Personal Brand
- Nikki Stephan (@EstrellaBella10) - Personal Branding + Social Media = Brand Camp University
- Brian Ambrozy (@icrontic) - BrandCamp University 2009
- Mike McClure (@Mike KMcClure) - 10 Things I learned at Brand Camp `09
- Andrea Freile - Marketable Myself Through Social Media
- Chris Reed (@darealchrisreed) - Personal Branding, Live from Brand Camp University
Is Brand Camp a conference, an experience, or a movement? Only time will tell, but for now it is a passionate community of early adopters who are growing their personal brands and businesses with social media.
About the author
Hajj is the founder of Brand Camp University . He has been featured on Fox 2 News (http://bit.ly/Hajj_Fox2News), ESPN.com and BusinessWeek.com on the subject of Personal Branding. His clients include Walt Disney, Ford Motor Company, Skechers Footwear, U.S. Department of Defense (Telecom Division). He has spoken at Iowa State University, Davidson College, University of Michigan and numerous colleges and universities around the nation on personal branding, social media and career development to crowds of 3,500 plus.
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