This Week In Events: January 18 – 23

→ by Laurie Percival < @lauriepercival >
at 9:00am Jan 18, 2010

Today is a holiday for some of you, so for those of you that are lucky enough to stay out of the rain you better rest up now. There are plenty of events this week to attend. We will be at the LAWeekly Web Awards on Thursday live tweeting the event, hope you can join us virtually.

Monday, January 18th, 2010

HOLIDAY! Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

santa-monica-library Startups Uncensored #13 – Building an Online Brand – This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on the “Building an Online Brand”. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation talking about what it takes to build and grow an online brand that’s meant to last.

Speakers: Sean Moriarty – former CEO of TicketMaster, Blake Irving – former Corporate Vice President, Windows Live Platform Group.

Time: 6:30pm to 8:00pm Reception to follow

Location:
Santa Monica Public Library (Auditorium)
601 Santa Monica Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Tickets: Free, RSVP *Event is capped at 140 attendees, confirmation will be required.

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

copa-d'oro LA Web/Mobile Software Entrepreneurs- iPhone Developer Happy Hour – Our next happy hour will be co-hosted by Los Angeles software entrepreneurs Ryan and Evan Rifkin from .app/ads..App/ads is a new network agnostic ad platform for iPhone developers. Anyone building iPhone apps that serve ads should come have a drink.

Time: 7:00pm to 10:00pm

Location:
Copa D’Oro
217 Broadway
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Tickets: Join LA Web/Mobile Software Entrepreneurs to RSVP

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

bardot LAWeekly Web Awards – an evening to celebrate the winners of this years LAWeekly Los Angeles Web Awards. Check out all 36 winners here.

Time: 7:00pm to 10:00pm

Location:
Bardot
1737 Vine Street
Los Angeles, CA 90028

Tickets: Invite Only but stay tuned to @LAWeekly for a chance to get on the guest list.

pasadena Social Media Club – Getting It Right In 2010 - Join a stellar group of speakers to discuss social media in 2010. They will be covering topics such as social media trends and how to take advantage of them, where people are getting their news today in relation to your business, what real-time search has to do with social media and news, how to craft a strategy that builds engagement and what to measure so you know your actions are effective.

Speakers: Sally Falkow – Moderator. Social Media Expert, Strategist and Trainer, Jessica Gottlieb – Named a “Power Mom” by the Nielsen Company in 2008 and 2009, James Macpherson – Editor and Co-Founder of Pasadena Now, Dana Chinn – Web Analytics and News Organization Expert, USC, Annenberg School of Journalism.

Time: 6:30pm to 9:30pm

Location:
Western Justice Center Foundation
55 South Grand Avenue
Conference Room
Pasadena, CA 91105

Tickets: $10 RSVP

mindshare-header Mindshare – Program includes: Jim Bell / Cornell Astronomy Professor & President of the Planetary Society, Mars Exploration Rover: Postcards from Mars; Sasha Strauss / founder of Innovation Protocol & prof. in USC’s school of communications, Social Cachet and the Perils of Celebrity Endorsement; Andrea Gunschera / Executive Creative Director, Realtime Technology AG, The Flexibility of Reality.

Time: 7:00pm to 1:00am

Location:
Downtown Independent Theater
251 S Main St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Tickets: $30

tubefilter-meetupTubefilter Hollywood Web Television Meetup – For the January edition of the Hollywood Web Television Meetup, we are proud to present a very special evening with popular internet culture show EPIC FU as they launch the new EPIC FU network. Join us as we screen the premiere of one of the web’s most revered and award-winning series, followed by an intimate discussion with its creators—Zadi Diaz and Steve Woolf. The evening is sponsored by HP and Intel, who will be onhand to give away a free HP Envy laptop and a free HP DreamScreen for Meetup attendees. This is definitely a night not to be missed!

Time: 7:00pm

Location:
Busby’s East
5364 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Tickets: Panel and Mixer $9.99 Mixer only $4.99

*Some information from Nicole Jordan’s LA Tech Calendar on www.kickingsand.com

About the Author: Laurie Percival

@lauriepercival • http://www.lauriepercival.com

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