The second annual AltSearchEngines Day Conference was held on Monday, March 30, 2009 at the San Francisco’s Intercontinental Hotel.

This one-day, grassroots event brings together the best and brightest minds of the "alternative" search engines. Practically every alternative to the big "G" was represented, from Microsoft / Powerset and the Yahoo! BOSS team to key vertical search categories: Green Search, Health Search, Image Search, and Semantic Search, plus several special presentations.

Participating Engines included Powerset, Taptu, Truevert, GreenMaven, GreenPlanetSearch, TheFindGreen, GazoPa, Viewzi, Cooliris, Mednar, SearchMedica, RightHealth, OneRiot, Tazti, SurfCanyon, Worio, Yottalook, TextDigger, StanzIQ, Yahoo! BOSS, and Kosmix, talking about everything from Green Search to Health Search, Image Search, Mobile Search, Vertical Search, and more.

Online Tools for the Future of Filmmaking

The world of video is moving online fast and the implications to filmmakers and audiences are paramount. It has become the norm for filmmakers to have an online reel and moreover to lead marketing using online video.

In this workshop, Joey showed filmmakers how to leverage the latest online tools to promote, distribute, and enhance their filmmaking; gain a global audience, make money with advertising, and to prepare for the future of online video.

Testimonial

“Thanks for a fantastic presentation. It was one of the highlights of the Film Festival weekend and made the $90 weekend pass seem cheap. You were clear, chock full of information and stayed razor sharp on point. It was really good.”

Dana Lynne Andersen :: Awakening Arts Studio

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How the Internet is Advancing Sustainability

Business and individuals are leveraging the power of the Internet to grow the green economy. Principles of interconnectedness, accessibility, transparency, and democracy are powerfully demonstrated in the emerging Web 2.0 landscape. This presentation will provide case studies in Social Media, Online Activism, Green IT, Open Source Software, and Mobile Applications. Learn how you can go green online.

Download the Green Web Presentation by Joey-Shepp 10.23 Mb

Green Marketing 2.0: It's all about Trust

Traditional top-down marketing is dead. Consumers don’t trust advertising, but they do trust each other. Online technologies such as FaceBook, MySpace, and the iPhone are facilitating a revolution in peer-to-peer communication. How does business today engage with new online strategies to build loyal customer communities? Learn about Social Media, Online Video, Mobile Phones, Blogs, and other rapidly emerging technologies that are forever changing the foundations of marketing. Learn how Sustainable Business is perfectly aligned to take advantage of this new era of Transparency and Trust. Joey spoke about decoding online jargon to prepare you for marketing in an online world.

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Read more at SustainableEnterpriseConference.com

Clean Technologies Driving the Green Economy

What is clean tech and how does it fit in with ecological and sustainable principles? From biofuels to utility development based on nature’s own systems, clean technologies and the engines that fund them are diverse and far-reaching. The panel was focussed on innovative green technologies from local visionaries whose work is changing the face of technology as we know it around the world.

Green 2.0: Delivering Green to Mainstream

On November 1, 2007, Joey spoke at the Green Drinks event sponsored by the North Bay Sustainable Business Alliance. His talk was about how to leverage the power internet to market to the Green Consumer. Topics included:

• Who is the Bright Green Consumer?
• How to position Green for the Mainstream
• Why Green Consumers love the internet
• Case Studies in how businesses are using the internet to connect with the Green Consumer
• Online strategies for small green business

About Green Drinks

"Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up for a beer at informal sessions known as Green Drinks.

We have a lively mixture of people from NGOs, academia, government and business. Come along and you'll be made welcome. Just say, "are you green?" and we will look after you and introduce you to whoever is there.It's a great way of catching up with people you know and also for making new contacts. Everyone invites someone else along, so there’s always a different crowd, making Green Drinks an organic, self-organising network.

These events are very simple and unstructured, but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity. It's a force for the good and we'd like to help it spread to other cities. Contact your local node to get the latest info about coming along."

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