Mashable hosted its second stop on the
U.S. Summer Tour in San Francisco Wednesday night. The event brought hundreds from the San Francisco community together for networking and awesome prizes from our sponsors, which included iPads, tickets and much more. We were also joined by
Rachel Sklar, who interviewed event attendees and readers participating remotely in our
Watchitoo live stream.Below are some of the highlights from the event, thanks to photos from
Lisa Bettany and
Kenneth Yeung. To see more pictures of the event, go to our
Facebook album or
Flickr Set. Also, check out
Mopho's Panda pictures. SummerMash San Francisco
More than 600 tickets were sold to San Francisco's Summer Tour stop, filling the Grand Hyatt venue with local techies, entrepreneurs, marketers, and social media mavens.
Live Stream Interviews
We were joined by Rachel Sklar, who interviewed event attendees and readers participating remotely in our Watchitoo live stream.
A Warm Welcome from Pete Cashmore
Pete Cashmore gives an opening welcome to the San Francisco community, noting the the purpose of Mashable's U.S. Summer Tour is to connect with readers and local communities.
SES Ticket Giveaway
Co-editor Ben Parr and Events Director Karen Hartline, both of whom are based in San Francisco, show-off a drawing for a pass to attend SES.
Intel Prizes
Regan Fletcher of Intel talks about what the company is working on and announces a giveaway for a netbook.
Lots of Swag to Go Around
T-shirts and swag from sponsors lines a table for attendees to take a grab at.
Drew Olanoff and Brett Petersel
Drew Olanoff and Mashable's Brett Petersel pause from mingling for a picture.
Pete Cashmore and the Mopho Panda
Mopho, a location-based photo sharing application, had a panda mascot. Mashable's Pete Cashmore stopped to take a picture with the friendly creature.
Bing Photo Booth
With props in hand and costume items, attendees were able to get their photos snapped and printed on the spot at the Bing Photo Booth.
Mashable Team
Mashable team members from San Francisco, New York City and Phoenix attended the event. Back: CEO and Founder Pete Cashmore, Business and Development and NYC Events Director Brett Petersel, COO Adam Hirsch, Designer Louis Dorman and Social Media Reporter Jenn Van Grove. Front: Co-editor Ben Parr, Tech Reporter Jolie O'Dell, Events Director Karen Hartline and Community Manager Vadim Lavrusik.
Attendees
Attendees included Mashable readers, tech entrepreneurs, movie industry directors, social media enthusiasts and more. Here Lisa Bettany stops to take a picture with attendees.
iPad Giveaway
Gotelo, which is giving away iPads at each event, awarded one to a lucky attendee.
Mingling
After a night of networking and mingling, the festivities wrapped-up around 10 p.m. and people started making their way to the afterparty TechKaraoke event for some singing and more prize giveaways.
Thanks to our Local Sponsors:
BingBing
helps you find the information you need faster, and with fewer clicks, so you can make better decisions. It’s different than a typical search engine—it’s your "decision engine."
Mopho is simply the best way to capture and share mobile photos. More than a check-in, Mopho tags your photos with a location or event and shares them with your friends. Mopho saves you time and effortlessly gives your photos more context, allowing you to capture and better reflect all of your experiences. Start sharing more with your photos -- Download Mopho today from the iTunes app store and see more on the Web at
http://mopho.to.
Discover the tools of engagement at SES San Francisco, Aug. 16-20. No longer just lecturing your customers, learn to listen and converse in a more social world. Our experts will show you how integrating search, social media, and video, in even basic ways will transform both your sites visibility and profitability. Packed with sessions on PPC management, information architecture, social media, local search, mobile application development, video optimization, and other advanced topics, we have created an educational and networking environment designed for both beginners and veterans in digital marketing. Register by July 30th and SAVE up to $554. Enter MBL15.Sessions Include: Social & the Marketing Mix, Search, PR & the Social Butterfly, The Business Value of Social Media, Local Search Ranking FactorsThanks to our TechKaraoke Sponsor:
Yahoo! is the place where hundreds of millions of people go every month to connect with the people and things that matter to them most. Yahoo! develops innovative technology to create unique, relevant and engaging experiences for users. We bring together the best of the world – information, knowledge, news, entertainment, editorial – with the best of consumers' worlds – friends, families, interests, locations, communities, tasks – to provide engaging content and experiences on top-rated sites across the global Web. Our massive and dedicated users make Yahoo! one of the world's most visited
InternetInternet
destinations and a world class online media company.
A Special Thanks to Our Tour Sponsors
Join
Gotelo.com and choose where you want to be found, anytime, in one easy step. It’s fast, free, and launching this summer. Gotelo simplifies the way you connect with people you know and businesses you like by directing you to their most current web page.
The
Intel® Atom™ Developer Program provides software developers with everything you need to easily develop and sell applications for Intel® Atom™ processor-based products starting with netbooks, and eventually supporting tablets, smartphones, consumer electronics and more. Program features include: Powerful tools—including an SDK, easy deployment and validation, Revenue and marketing opportunities, Developer Catalog to buy and sell application components, Application Labs in addition to a vibrant online community for support.
Weber Shandwick is a leading global public relations agency with offices in 76 countries around the world. The firm’s success is built on its deep commitment to client service, our people, creativity, collaboration and harnessing the power of Advocates - engaging stakeholders in new and creative ways to build brands and reputation. Weber Shandwick provides strategy and execution across practices such as consumer marketing, healthcare, technology, public affairs, financial services, corporate and crisis management. Its specialized services include digital/social media, advocacy advertising, market research, and corporate responsibility. In 2010, Weber Shandwick was named Global Agency of the Year by The Holmes Report for the second year in a row; an 'Agency of the Decade' by Advertising Age, Large PR Agency of the Year by Bulldog Reporter, and Top Corporate Responsibility Advisory Firm by CR Magazine. The firm has also won numerous 'best place to work' awards around the world.
A Special Thanks to Our Multi-Streaming Partner
Watchitoo is an embeddable, live multi-streaming platform that allows 10+ participants to communicate via a web-cam in real time, while collaborating around a custom designed rich media playlist. A passive audience of thousands can view the show online. Any viewer can be added into a show via a virtual green room, where a moderator can adjust their microphone, have a private one-on-one chat, and vet their overall suitability to participate. Streams can be inserted, removed, re-arranged and re-sized in real time. Watchitoo has a rich feature set that includes
TwitterTwitter
and
FacebookFacebook integration, chat, questioning, recording, screen-sharing and white-boarding.
Thanks to Our Official Ticketing Partner
Eventbrite is the world’s largest self-service online ticketing site. Eventbrite makes it easy for anyone to sell-out an event.
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