Rusty Tanton has posted more Podcasts from SoCon09 on generating leads, public relations, the future of social media and using social media in business to business transactions. SoCon09 was an unconference which took place Feb. 6 and 7, 2009 in Metro Atlanta. Sessions were held at Kennesaw State University during the day on Feb. 7.
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The Georgia Podcasting Network, via Rusty Tanton and Amber Rhea in photo below, now has the first four audio podcasts of SonCon09 online and Amani Channel has the livestream SoCon09 archive also available. So relive the moments or hear and see parts of what you missed.
Intro and Welcome to SoCon09.
Ruth Ann Harnisch Skyped in from [...]
The Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University takes a look at our Locally Grown project in Northfield, Minnesota and likes what it sees. Here is a snippet of what Mathew Ingram writes:
This is a fascinating effort, I think. Since the idea is that these local news operations will be “crowdsourced” or community-financed, in many ways [...]
Nikhil Moro conducted an excellent in-depth IM interview with me inquiring about our new Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University which is being funded with $1.5 million by the Harnisch Foundation.
The interview is an excellent way to learn more about the new Center and what our plans for it are.
Moro is chair [...]
Yesterday I wrote of Twitter’s overriding presence at our SoCon09, social media, social networking conference. Today I want to direct you to some blog posts and stories that have grown from SoCon09.
Here is a really worthwhile essay about Socon09 at GRABBINGSAND:
Nobody had all of the answers and more than a few walked away relatively unchanged, [...]
As you might know, the Harnisch Foundation under the direction of Ruth Ann Harnisch gave us a substantial gift to start the Center for for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University. We are up and running. Keep abreast of what is happening at SustainableJournalism.org 
Leonard Witt is the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University and the chief blogger of PJNet. His academic interests include public and citizen journalism and how to get citizens' voices heard. He has spent most of his professional career as an award-winning journalist.