Stites & Harbison, PLLC

Sponsored by Nashville Business Journal

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How can a world of hashtags, friending, liking, and trending make sense for your business?

Let us recommend, connect, and update you on what you need to know to make social media work for you. We've lined up some of Nashville's brightest social media gurus to teach you everything you need to know - from using Facebook and Twitter to build your brand to creating a social media policy for your company.  

This is the first of a series of Crash Course seminars on various topics that will make a difference to your bottom line.  We hope you'll join us!

When:  Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 7:30 a.m. - Noon

• Session 1:  "Using Social Media to Establish your Brand" (8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.)
  Courtenay Rogers, Primarily Rye
• Session 2, Part A:  "Legal Issues in Social Media" (9:00 a.m. - 9:25 a.m.)
  Stephen Zralek, Bone McAllester Norton
• Session 2, Part B:  "The Importance of a Social Media Policy" (9:25 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.)
  Matthew DeVries, Stites & Harbison
• Session 3:  "Social Media Time Management" (10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.)
  Rob Robinson, McNeely Pigot & Fox Public Relations
• Session 4:  "Q&A Panel Discussion on Social Media" (11:00 a.m. - Noon)
  Panelists:
  • Laura Creekmore, Creekmore Consulting
  • Sherman Mohr, Goloco Media
  • Kenny Silva, The Silva Group
  • Jessica Turner, Lovell Communications

Presenter:

Matthew J. DeVries is a Member in the Nashville office where his practice focuses primarily on construction and business litigation, with a concentration on health care and transportation industries.  He represents contractors, subcontractors, design-builders, owners, developers and design professionals.  He is a member of the Construction Service Group, the Business Litigation Service Group and the Sustainability and Emerging Technologies Practice Group. 

Matt is the founder of www.bestpracticesconstructionlaw.com, a construction-related blog that receives more than 4,000 unique visitors per month.  The blog focuses on green building and  sustainable design, technology, project management and legal trends in the construction industry.  Matt is a LEED Accredited Professional.  In 2010, Matt received the Nashville Business Journal’s Commercial Real Estate Most Valuable Player award in the Professional Services category.