dcweek 2012 overview

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OVERVIEW

DCWEEK is a week long festival in the US capital focused on bringing

together designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and social innovators of

all kinds. It’s a series of 100s of distributed events powered by the

community and complemented by core conferences, parties, and projects

created by the festival organizers iStrategyLabs and Tech Cocktail.

DCWEEK 2011 included over 10,000 attendees from around the world

and was presented by Ford.

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DCWEEK is a time to:

‣ Learn from others through sessions, keynotes, workshops and panels

‣ Meet new friends, clients, partners, investors and collaborators

‣ Come together to support innovative businesses, people and ideas

‣ Work on projects that benefit the DC, America and the world

‣ Experiment with what’s possible

‣ Have fun at some great parties

OVERVIEW



metrics for 2011



attendee origins



DCWEEK Opening Party: 11The DCWEEK Opening Party rocks

each year. 2011 showcased 8 emerg

bands, selected by 22,000 fans w

over 45,000 times, culminating in

1,500 person show at DC’s Fabled 9:3



DCWEEK Hackathon: 11.3 - Each year over 300 developers tur

the DCWEEK Hackathon. $25,000+

were available this past year. Du

event, dozens of apps are develo

several companies are created.



DCWEEK Keynote: 11.T h e D C W E E K k e y n o t e s p r o v

inspirational evening for ov

attendees to enjoy. Our speake

included luminaries from Inte

MySpace, Ford and more.



DCWEEK Conference: 11.Our most active DCWEEK event

conference day. With hundreds of

and nearly 2000 attendees this is w

best speakers from around the world

inspire the DCWEEK community with

workshops on Design, Social

Technology, Ventures and Innovation



dcweek tech cocktail: 11.8.12 (8pm-11pm)

From SXSW to NewYork to DC - Tech

Cocktail has beenmixing up theentrepreneurialcommunity in massfor years. TheDCWEEK edition of this tech demo andnetworking eventsees 1000s of attendees and is akey part of connecting peopleduring the festival.

DCWEEK Tech Cocktail: 11.From SXSW to NYC to DC — Tech Coc

been mixing up the entrepr

community in mass for years. The

edition of this tech demo and ne

event sees 1000s of attendees and

part of connecting people du

festival.



DCWEEK Closing Party: 11.Our closing party is one of the big

events in the country — with over

attendance last year and over 3,000

this year. Come experience te

infused art, music and performanc

kinds.



dcweek projects

As if parties, keynotes, conferences

and sessions all across the region

weren’t enough to keep you engaged

during DCWEEK, the DCWEEK Projects

platform features numerous things

attendees can do during the festival.

Whether it be building a web app,teaching a class, or providing pro-

bono consulting to a non-profit,

there’s something for everyone.

Sponsor a project and see what the

community can create!



dcweek community events

In 2011, over 150 events were createdand hosted by DCWEEK attendees. All

you need is a conference room/venue

and something interesting to convene

about and we’ll add it to the festival

calendar.

As a sponsor, if you see something

you’d like to support, we’ll work with

you and the organizer to put together

the right activation.



2011 metrics: buzz buzz buzz

17,000+ Tweets

8,800,000+ Total R

100s of blog posts



2011 metrics: buzz buzz buzz

13,000 Tweets wetracked in real-tim

visualized byford.getgrandstan

http://ford.getgrandstand.com/

http://ford.getgrandstand.com/



lots of tv and print coverage



sponsorships: overview

DCWEEK is run by seasoned marketers, entrepreneurs and product

developers, accustomed to building digital and experiential campaigns/products for the world’s biggest (and smallest) brands.

Our a la carte and custom sponsorship packages are provided for your

consideration - we prefer to tailor each sponsorship to meet each brands

needs.

Just get in touch and we’ll explore how best to help you leverage

DCWEEK.

Email [email protected] and we’ll get back to you immediately.

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connect!Register for DCWEEK:

http://dcweek12.eventbrite.com

Submit an Idea for an Event:

http://dcweek.uservoice.com

Join the Facebook Group to meet others:

http://bit.ly/dcweekfb11

Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dcweek

Visit us on the web:

http://www.digitalcapitalweek.org

For sponsorship or other info email:

[email protected]


http://www.digitalcapitalweek.org/

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