Every session will be on the main stage except for the breakouts in Session 3
Alli Worthington - Yes You Can Have it All (But First You Need a Tribe)
Daddy-O - The Killer Tribe of the Entertainment Industry.
Sarah Mae - Three Reasons to Love Marketing...Even if You Hate it.
Mark Hughes - The Basics of Buzz
Derek Webb - A Q&A on 15 Years of Building Tribes
10 Good Minutes with Jon Acuff
BREAKOUTS
::: Stephen Brewster - Start with WHY (Caring about your thing more than anyone else)
::: Jeff Goins - Starting From Scratch
::: Tamara Lunardo - Embracing Your Niche (Not as dirty as it sounds)
::: Carlos Whittaker - The Platform is You
Dave Delaney - SNiRL: Social Networking in Real Life
Steve Kamb - How To Start a Rebellion
Derek Webb is a singer-songwriter who sold over 1 million records as a member of the Texas-based folk/pop band Caedmon's Call. As a solo artist Webb has released six studio albums, a live album, two compilation albums, a covers project, two DVDs and two EPs. For 3 months in 2006 Webb gave away one of his solo records, Mockingbird, for free in exchange for an email address. It was downloaded over 80,000 times and it led to the creation of NoiseTrade.com, of which Webb is one of the founding partners.
Alli Worthington is a dynamic consultant and strategist who specializes in advising social media strategy, vetting promotional campaigns and advising best practices for effective blogger outreach. She serves on Intel's social media advisory board and is sought after by Fortune 500 companies, small business owners and individual bloggers looking to develop a brand identity and a social media strategy. The founder and publisher of Blissfully Domestic Women's Magazine and the co-founder of the wildly successful Blissdom Conference, Alli and her husband live just outside of Nashville with their five sons and a dog.
Mark Hughes grew eBay's Half.com from zero to 8 million online customers as its VP of Marketing in less than three years. When Half.com paid a town in Oregon to take their name and was subsequently sold to eBay for $312 million a few months later, Time Magazine called it "one of the greatest publicity coups in history." Hughes, who holds his MBA from Columbia Business School in Marketing & International Business, brings a wealth of experience in consumer marketing from PepsiCo, Pep Boys, and American Mobile Satellite (now XM Satellite Radio). He has spent close to $100 million online ad dollars, and his book, Buzzmarketing, was heralded by Fast Company as one of 'The Ten Best Business Reads of the Year' and is published in 15 different languages.
Hip-Hop historian, music technologist and founder of the original socially conscious band "Stetsasonic", Daddy-O is a living Hip-Hop legend and one of the most influential voices in trending digital media. Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Daddy-O has conquered the music industry not only as an artist, but also as a mogul that helped launch industry heavyweights Mary J. Blige, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Keith Richards, Sonic Youth and They Might Be Giants. Other notable projects include "And 1 Mix Tapes", "MTV's Rip the Runway". As a speaker and author, Daddy-O is the host of the groundbreaking Internet series "Get Your Digital On". He blogs for Fast Company and tours the country with his Hip-Hop meets Digital platform. His specialties are Artist Development, Social Media Strategy and Digital Media Production.
Steve Kamb is the creator and rebel leader of NerdFitness.com, a fitness community dedicated to helping desk jockeys and average Joes level up their lives. In just under three years, Steve has taken Nerd Fitness from a simple one-man blog about fitness and developed it into a passionate, loyal community of 11,000+ dedicated fans and followers helping each other live better lives. While running Nerd Fitness from his laptop. Steve has spent the last year traveling the world, exploring Machu Picchu in Peru, diving with sharks on the Great Barrier Reef, bungee jumping in New Zealand, hiking the Great Wall of China, and even guest lecturing at Google Headquarters in San Francisco.
Listed as one of The Christian Broadcasting Networks Six Women Leaders to Follow on Twitter, Sarah Mae is an influential Christian blogger, conference host, and author of the bestselling eBook 31 Days to Clean. She is a self-made popular mom blogger, (establishing four national blogs with a rapidly growing audience of 100,000 followers a month) and the founder and co-host of the Allume conference (formerly The Relevant Conference), a national Christian women's blogging conference that has sold out its first and second year. She has also been featured on Good Morning America as an example of someone who has found success at generating an income as a stay-at-home mom. Sarah Mae makes her home in the beautiful Amish country of Pennsylvania where she celebrates life with her husband and three children.
Carlos Whittaker is an artist, pastor, thinker, experience architect, and Web 2.0 junkie. Though you may have first seen him getting tattooed on L.A. Ink, accepting a People's Choice Award for Favorite Viral Video, or as a talking head on Headline News, Carlos is best known for his blog. He writes at Ragamuffin Soul.com, a site that has become a must-stop online destination for Christians and seekers around the world thanks to Carlos' authentic voice. Created as a forum for worship leaders, the blog has become a dynamic environment where thousands of people share thoughts, ideas, and insights. A former Service Programming Director at Buckhead Church in Atlanta, Carlos released his first worship album with Integrity Music in April 2010. He currently lives with his amazing family in Nashville,TN.
Tripp Crosby and Tyler Stanton are the comedic duo behind dozens of hilarious YouTube videos, including their most recent viral hit, "Sh*t Nobody Says" (over 6 million views). When not co-emceeing large events like the Catalyst Conference, Tripp and Tyler try to avoid each other as much as possible.
Jeff Goins is a freelance writer, speaker, and soon-to-be-published author. He has worked full-time for Adventures in Missions since 2006, helping train missionaries to blog and use the Internet to spread their message. He has written for magazines such as RELEVANT and PRISM and has guest-posted for a number of popular blogs, including Copyblogger.com, Problogger.net, and MichaelHyatt.com. Jeff lives in Nashville with his wife and dog and has a knack for spotting celebrities. His book will be published in September 2012 by Moody Publishers.
Stephen Brewster was the Senior Director of Marketing at Integrity Music for 3 years before becoming the creative arts pastor at Cross Point Community Church. He's inspired by creativity and leadership and lives in Nashville,TN with his wife Jackie and their 4 kids.
Dave Delaney is a recognized leader and speaker on digital marketing, social media strategy, and community enthusiasm. He hosted one of the first parenting podcasts from 2005 - 2008, and he has been blogging for eight years. Since moving to Nashville in 2007, Dave co-founded two annual unconferences, PodCamp and BarCamp Nashville. He has also launched two monthly events, Nashcocktail and Geek Breakfast, the latter now has chapters across the US, South Africa and Australia. In 2011, Dave was awarded the prestigious Digital Media Champion AIM Award by the American Marketing Association in Nashville. In 2009, he was nominated for Nashville's blogger of the year by the Nashville Technology Council. Dave has appeared in technology stories in USA Today, The Tennessean and Mashable and he recently departed Griffin Technology after managing their digital marketing efforts for three years to step out on his own as a digital marketing consultant.
Tamara Lunardo is a freelance editor and the author of the blog TamaraOutLoud, where she shares her candid thoughts on life and faith, occasionally with adult language, frequently with attempted humor, and hopefully with God's blessing. Over the course of just two years, she has grown her niche blog into a robust community of readers and has used her platform to launch a writing career. She has been syndicated multiple times at BlogHer, has guest posted for Jamie the Very Worst Missionary and Jeff Goins about faith and writing (which she knows about) and for Stuff Christians Like about hipster churches (which she doesn't), and has earned a coveted spot as a monthly Storyteller at A Deeper Story. With the strength of her blogging platform to catch a publisher's eye, she parlayed one of her most widely read posts into a community collection of essays which she is in the process of editing; What a Woman is Worth is due out through Civitas Press this summer.
After spending ten years writing advertising for brands ranging from the Home Depot to Chick-fil-A, Jon Acuff parlayed his success as a blogger and author into a role with the Dave Ramsey team in Nashville, TN. Now a national best-selling author of Quitter and blogger to more than 2 million followers, Jon Acuff is known as one of the brightest rising motivational and inspirational keynote speakers to come along in years.
A blogger for over 10 years, Bryan has been published in RELEVANT and COLLIDE Magazines as well as online at Stuff Christians Like and The Daily Beast. He writes daily doses of nonsense and inspiration at BryanAllain.com and helps bloggers, writers, artists and entrepreneurs build their tribes at KillerTribes.com. He lives with with wife Erica and their two amazing children in Lancaster County, PA. He is not Amish.