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#140MTL Update – 8 days to the conference! Have you saved your spot?
An update on #140MTL
I love this quote by Christopher Reeve, tweeted out by JD Andrews. JD is a person I met on Twitter, who I follow for his wonderful travel insights, links and pictures – if you don’t know him, he is definitely one to follow.
In regard to this wonderful quote, I can’t think of anything more relevant to what happens when people put their minds together and commit to making dreams come true. Nothing is impossible in this world, and I think that the 140 Conferences are a great way of connecting with people and seeing this first hand, one on one. We can all say “anything is possible”, but when you are surrounded by people making it happen, suddenly magic happens and you are on your way.
Update: May 6, 2012
Several Months have gone by, and the #140MTL is just a couple days away! We’ve announced an incredible speaker line up, thanks to some great friends old and new, and wonderful speaker outreach from Josepf Haslam, it’s all added up to a fantastic team of people who have come together invested in making this event a great success - a group of people who truly know community.
Who doesn’t love St. Patricks Day! Sharing the Green. What are your traditions?
The Canada Geese are flying home – a sure sign of spring. More than that however, in Montreal – the real start to spring is the St. Patrick’s Day festivities which include a full out parade.
This year marks the 189th annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in Montreal.
Strategies in Social Media – Learning the Ropes & Expanding Horizons
If you look up a definition for Social Media, you are going to find what is probably the broadest collection of definitions of any word. It would be like asking the question, what’s the best food on earth. Always a different perspective and approach to the answer. I tried the exercise for myself, here is a great example of what you might find from “The Social Media Guide” a whole collection of definitions, all centering around the same idea, but all slightly different in how they identify the key attributes and in who has written the definition.
If you are in business and trying to understand how to use Social Media, anyone you ask will
Spectacular Speaker Line Up for #Montreal’s #140MTL Part II
Get your passport ready because its time for the Social Media world to hit Montreal!
The #140conf is coming to Montreal May 15th! We have a fantastic event lined up with over 30 speakers covering a vast array of topics such as Branding, Customer Service, Marketing, Public Relations, Leadership, Corporate Social Responsibility, Arts, Humanity and more!
“The “State of NOW” / #140conf events provide a platform for the worldwide twitter community to: listen, connect, share and engage with each other, while collectively exploring the effects of the emerging real-time internet on business.” – State of Now, #140conf
Earlier this week we introduced a preview of some of the speakers lined up for the #140 Conf Montreal (#140confmtl) taking place May 15th. We are honored to add to the list with another dazzling preview of some of the speakers you can expect to see! Join us as we explore the “State of Now”!
Introducing a Spectacular Speaker Line Up
#140confMTL Speakers – Part II

Introducing a Spectacular Speaker Line Up #140MTL #Montreal – Part I
With the call for speakers coming to a close and things falling beautifully into place for the upcoming #140Conf Montreal, we thought that as we enter the final days of early bird registration we would warm you up with an exciting preview of our spectacular speaker line up.
We are so proud to have such a show of support for Montreal, and this amazing event. Thank you to everyone who has submitted their proposals! We have had submissions on the subjects of Marketing, Branding, Leadership, HR, the Arts, Non-Profit/Charity, Law, and Health – to name a few. It is going to be a very inspiring event!
As we build up to May, we will be sharing our progress here so please sign up for our updates.
I would like to extend my deep personal gratitude for all the support from everyone making this event possible, and to the speakers below and all those who we will announce shortly. Thank you for being a part of this event and for sharing your expertise, stories and perspectives at the #140conf “State of Now” Montreal!
Insert drum roll here … this is just the beginning!




































