Web 2.0
The Central Texas Chapter of the World Future Society will hold its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, January 15, 2008. It will be held at the meeting room of Marie Callender's, 9503 Research Blvd. #400, Austin, TX 78759 (512.349.7151) at 6:00 p.m. Kavita Patel will speak on "Web 2.0”
Web 2.0 – Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, LinkedIn - they are not just fads but the beginning of a revolution of people, power and institutions…. Learn more from Kavita Patel who will speak about how technology and people meet.
Kavita Patel has pioneered how people use the internet to interact with other people and information. With a decade of entrepreneurial experience focused on online communities Kavita is a recognized expert and is passionate about advancing how people use technology to connect to others and the rest of the world.
Currently, Kavita directs social media strategy and technical implementation for Pluck. At Pluck, the leading provider of social media technology, content, and services to online media, marketers, and retailers, Kavita created a community platform that allows Pluck’s customers to engage millions of people and power billions of interactions every month. Pluck’s BlogBurst is the world’s largest blog syndication network with over 4,000 of today’s bloggers. Every day without realizing it millions of people in many nations use Pluck's technology to access media from the world's most recognized digital destinations such as - USAToday, Better Homes and Gardens, CBC, Circuit City, Cox, The Economist, FOX News, Gannett, Scotts, Austin-American Statesman, Houston Chronicle and The Washington Post.
Previously, Kavita was the third member of the founding engineering team for Netspend which in 6 months, transformed a suggestion into a real-time credit card transaction processing system. Netspend is now the leader in pre-paid card solutions and Capital One recently offered $700 million for Netspend.
In 1998 Kavita joined one of the pioneering dotcoms of the 1990’s - Excite.com one of the most recognized brands of the Internet. At that time 3 out of 5 people using the internet went to an Excite property. She was part of the first team to create some of the most popular early community tools on the web – message boards, photo albums and online chat at high volume and scale serving millions of users. These community products generated 1/3 of Excite’s traffic while search generated the other 2/3 and was an indicator of how important community interaction online would become.
While at the University of Texas at Austin she interned with Praxsys, developer of the first e-commerce store for Dell. Kavita graduated from UT Austin in 1997 with a BA in Geography & Computer Science allowing her to combine her love of connecting technology, people, places and ideas.
You can reach Kavita Patel at kavita@pluck.com or visit www.pluck.com for more information about Pluck.
Seating is limited so please reserve your place at:
www.centexwfs.org/index_Register.htm . (You can also prepay at this link via credit card.)
Price: $20 for members, $25 for non-members, payable at the door (cash or check only). Note: The price is for a meal, but must be paid for attendance even if you choose not to eat a meal.
Agenda: Networking, Announcements, Meal, Speaker, Discussion
For more information about the Central Texas Chapter of the World Future Society, visit www.centexwfs.org.
For more information about the World Future Society, visit www.wfs.org.
Paul Schumann, Presidentpaul.schumann@centexwfs.org
512.302.1935www.centexwfs.org
Web 2.0 – Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, LinkedIn - they are not just fads but the beginning of a revolution of people, power and institutions…. Learn more from Kavita Patel who will speak about how technology and people meet.
Kavita Patel has pioneered how people use the internet to interact with other people and information. With a decade of entrepreneurial experience focused on online communities Kavita is a recognized expert and is passionate about advancing how people use technology to connect to others and the rest of the world.
Currently, Kavita directs social media strategy and technical implementation for Pluck. At Pluck, the leading provider of social media technology, content, and services to online media, marketers, and retailers, Kavita created a community platform that allows Pluck’s customers to engage millions of people and power billions of interactions every month. Pluck’s BlogBurst is the world’s largest blog syndication network with over 4,000 of today’s bloggers. Every day without realizing it millions of people in many nations use Pluck's technology to access media from the world's most recognized digital destinations such as - USAToday, Better Homes and Gardens, CBC, Circuit City, Cox, The Economist, FOX News, Gannett, Scotts, Austin-American Statesman, Houston Chronicle and The Washington Post.
Previously, Kavita was the third member of the founding engineering team for Netspend which in 6 months, transformed a suggestion into a real-time credit card transaction processing system. Netspend is now the leader in pre-paid card solutions and Capital One recently offered $700 million for Netspend.
In 1998 Kavita joined one of the pioneering dotcoms of the 1990’s - Excite.com one of the most recognized brands of the Internet. At that time 3 out of 5 people using the internet went to an Excite property. She was part of the first team to create some of the most popular early community tools on the web – message boards, photo albums and online chat at high volume and scale serving millions of users. These community products generated 1/3 of Excite’s traffic while search generated the other 2/3 and was an indicator of how important community interaction online would become.
While at the University of Texas at Austin she interned with Praxsys, developer of the first e-commerce store for Dell. Kavita graduated from UT Austin in 1997 with a BA in Geography & Computer Science allowing her to combine her love of connecting technology, people, places and ideas.
You can reach Kavita Patel at kavita@pluck.com or visit www.pluck.com for more information about Pluck.
Seating is limited so please reserve your place at:
www.centexwfs.org/index_Register.htm . (You can also prepay at this link via credit card.)
Price: $20 for members, $25 for non-members, payable at the door (cash or check only). Note: The price is for a meal, but must be paid for attendance even if you choose not to eat a meal.
Agenda: Networking, Announcements, Meal, Speaker, Discussion
For more information about the Central Texas Chapter of the World Future Society, visit www.centexwfs.org.
For more information about the World Future Society, visit www.wfs.org.
Paul Schumann, Presidentpaul.schumann@centexwfs.org
512.302.1935www.centexwfs.org
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