Laurel Papworth and Media 140

Laurel Papworth is a name to know if you work in digital media here in Australia.

Here's a little snippet from her bio:

Laurel has been named Head of Industry, Social Media (Marketing Magazine) and her blog LaurelPapworth.com has made her the #5 blogger in Australia (B&T Magazine) and in the Top 150 Media/Marketing blogs in the world (AdAge USA). She has been creating and managing online communities for over 20 years, including IRC, Usenet, Ultima Online forums and inworld game moderator management. Laurel has taught social media marketing courses since 2005 and consults on blog, Facebook, and Twitter courses to business and Government around the world, as well as keynoting at international conferences on social media.

Her clients include Westpac, Singapore Government, Middle East Broadcasting (Saudi Arabia), Channel Ten, and PR and Marketing Agencies in Australia and Asia.

She spoke recently at Media140 in Sydney – check out her highlights.

Media140 is a global brand and organisation spanning 5 continents, employing over 12 Media140 Associates in more than 10 major cities.

Founded in February 2009, by Andrew Gregson. Media140 is an independent global movement creating unique multimedia conferences and events to explore the future of the real-time web. We do not just focus on Twitter but look at all the real-time platforms that are now beginning to affect business and consumers: to foster discourse, collaboration and innovation within journalism, media, advertising, entertainment, marketing, PR, gaming and technology industries.

in reference to:

"I spoke at Media140 Sydney – I want to highlight some of the “arguments” used against social media by the panels, also focus on Everybody co-creating The Human Narrative and the diminishing role of journalists who take news from one part of the community and deliver it to another part: It’s not YOUR content. It’s our content. Our stories. We didn’t give you the Human Story, we loaned it to you, and now we’re taking it back."
- Media140 Sydney: Social Media Twitter & Journalism | Laurel Papworth (view on Google Sidewiki)