On Demand Webinar: Marketing Predictions for 2010

Featuring Powered, crayon, Drillteam and StepChange

Listen as this stellar line-up of panelists - Greg Verdino, Aaron Strout, Kevin Tate and Jennifer van der Meer - provide their predictions on the following areas of the marketing landscape that will dominate in 2010:

• Turning Facebook inside-out with OpenGraph and Facebook Connect
• Mobile applications - will this finally be the year?
• Social Media is going mainstream - what are the implications for brands
• Branded online communities - will they replace corporate Websites?
• And more....

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About Our Panelists

Greg Verdino, VP Strategy and Solutions, Powered
Equal parts marketer and futurist, Greg Verdino is a recognized expert on marketing innovation, emerging media and Web 2.0. Before joining Powered via its acquisition of crayon, Greg worked as the chief strategy officer helping companies 'join the conversation' through the power of community, dialogue and partnership. At Powered, Greg will play a similar role as VP of strategy and solutions. In addition to his work at Powered, Greg is currently working on his first book, microMARKETING: Get Big Results by Thinking and Acting Small, due from McGraw-Hill in late summer 2010. Greg blogs at http://gregverdino.com.

Kevin Tate, President of StepChange, a Powered company
Kevin is an entrepreneur who enjoys building companies and business units to tackle new opportunities on the edge of technology and marketing. With 13 years of experience creating solutions, partnerships and channels in areas such as supply chain, human resources and internet marketing, Kevin understands the needs of large companies. As co-founder and principal at StepChange Group, Kevin focuses much of his energy on direct and channel selling targeting Fortune 1000 Retailers.

Jen Van Der Meer, VP Strategy for Drillteam, a Powered company
Jennifer van der Meer is a strategist, teacher, and speaker focused on developing sustainable relationships between people, products and brands. A former Wall Street Analyst and Economist, Jen has held executive management roles at Organic and Frog Design. She has provided brand strategy, research, product design consulting, and technology marketing strategy to clients such as MTV, Chase, Nextel, Interface Inc., Disney, and GE. At Drillteam, Jen serves in the role of lead strategist, and has conducted research and brand engagement plans for Toyota, Nestle, Saucony, Neiman Marcus, and Target. In addition to serving on the boards of the Designers Accord and o2NYC, Jennifer writes and speaks on the topic of green marketing and design, and is an Adjunct Professor at NYU's ITP School. Jen has a BA in comparative religion from Trinity College, and an MBA from HEC in France.

Aaron Strout, CMO of Powered
As the head of marketing at Powered, Aaron focuses not only on day to day marketing activities but also provides a social voice for the company.  Prior to joining Powered, Aaron was the Vice President of Social Media at Mzinga, where he focused on tapping into the power of social media for business. In addition to his knowledge of the interactive and new media landscape, Aaron has more than 15 years of online marketing and advertising experience, with a strong background in integrated and online marketing.  Aaron is a founding member and former president of BIMA and a member and former board member of the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX). Aaron was recently elected an interim board member for the prestigious Social Media Club where he will be part of a team responsible for creating standards around social media and community.  Aaron frequently blogs at The Engaged Consumer and you can find him on Twitter @aaronstrout.