{"id":3238,"date":"2014-11-19T19:44:55","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T00:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idopr.com\/wedding\/?p=3238"},"modified":"2016-04-06T13:26:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T17:26:40","slug":"highlights-wedtech-summit-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/idopr.com\/wedding\/highlights-wedtech-summit-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights From WedTech Summit 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week,\u00c2\u00a0San Francisco\u00c2\u00a0hosted the first ever WedTech Summit<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0featuring\u00c2\u00a0wedding and technology industries’ best and brightest. WedTech Summit was created and organized by Carol Gerin<\/strong>, a wedding journalist and author\u00c2\u00a0of The Anti-Bride<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0book, and Michael Cole\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>(BizDev specialist) with the hopes of revealing “new entry points into the wed-space, creating efficiencies, movement, matchmaking, and monetization”.<\/p>\n

\"Carol<\/p>\n

The day-long conference was MC’ed\u00c2\u00a0by Murray Newlands<\/strong>, contributing writer at Inc.<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0and Entrepreneur<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0who recently wrote this article on 5 Top Wedding App<\/a>s and featured six expert panels.<\/p>\n

\"WedTech

“The Future of the Wedding Industry” Panel moderated by Murray Newlands<\/p><\/div>\n

Several of our current and former clients were invited to\u00c2\u00a0speak on the panels. For\u00c2\u00a0“The Meeting Place of Wedding and Travel”, the CEOs of Wanderable<\/a>, The Bach<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(our current client), TourNative<\/a> and Jetway, Inc<\/a>. discussed the opportunities and challenges faced within this\u00c2\u00a0niche market.<\/p>\n

\""The

“The Meeting Place of Wedding and Travel” Panel<\/p><\/div>\n

Cofounder of our current client\u00c2\u00a0HoneyBook<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0Shadiah Sigala spoke alongside founders of\u00c2\u00a0Carats & Cake<\/a>, Nancy Liu Chin Designs<\/a>, LadyMarry<\/a>, and Very Mary Inspired<\/a> about “Bridging the Gap Between the Wedding Consumer and Vendor”.<\/p>\n

\"HoneyBook,

The founders of HoneyBook, Nancy Liu Chin Designs, LadyMarry, Very Marry Inspired, and Carats & Cake prepare for their panel.<\/p><\/div>\n

Our CEO Sasha Vasilyuk moderated one of the afternoon panels discussing “Social Media & Community Building” with the leaders of\u00c2\u00a0BlogHer<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0Indiegogo<\/a>, Blue Mango Weddings<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0and TourNative<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0who explained how they positioned themselves at the forefront of their markets using savvy social media strategies.<\/p>\n

\""Social

“Social Media & Building Community” Panel<\/p><\/div>\n

With companies like\u00c2\u00a0Great Engagement<\/a>, PushFire<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0Aisle Planner<\/a>, The Wedding Spot<\/a> and Weddington Way<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0in attendance, this summit was the perfect opportunity to rub elbows and pick the brains of major industry influencers.<\/p>\n

\"WedTech

After the conference, attendees grab a drink from BevMo, one of the sponsors of the event<\/p><\/div>\n

WedTech Summit 2014 was a precursor to the larger conference slated for May 18, 2015. For more information check out WedTech Summit<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0Hope to see you all there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week,\u00c2\u00a0San Francisco\u00c2\u00a0hosted the first ever WedTech Summit\u00c2\u00a0featuring\u00c2\u00a0wedding and technology industries’ best and brightest. WedTech Summit was created and organized by Carol Gerin, a wedding journalist and author\u00c2\u00a0of The Anti-Bride\u00c2\u00a0book, and Michael Cole\u00c2\u00a0(BizDev specialist) with the hopes of revealing “new…<\/span><\/p>\n

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