HARO founder Peter Shankman delivered a keynote speech that incorporated his experiences as both a blogger and a new-media entrepreneur–and received a rousing round of applause. BlogHer CEO Lisa Stone, Social Media Examiner Founder and CEO Michael Stelzner and Federated Media Publishing CEO Deanna Brown participated in a panel on “Building Your New-Media Empire”. WDW Radio host/producer Lou Mongello hosted a session in which he illustrated the ways podcasting had helped him pursue his passion, as a new career.
These were just three sessions at what was then called BlogWorld and New Media Expo–and excitement seemed to buzz through the air, along with the hundreds of conversations that were taking place, about new media.
Fast-forward, once again, to today.