For those that are not in Seattle, we hope you'll join the discussion on Twitter via #summermash and a live stream with Watchitoo on Mashable.com. In fact, we want you to help facilitate some of the discussion on Watchitoo by joining us on-camera to help ask attendees questions and answer some social media trivia. If you're interested in being on-camera to help ask questions, the details are outlined below. You'll also have a chance to win tickets to attend the events.
Mashable Watchitoo Summer Tour Contest
Contest Submission Criteria: Upload a 14-second YouTube video explaining why you should be brought on live to chat with hosts/attendees at the Mashable 2010 Summer Tour.
Answer the question: “WHY ARE YOU the ONE to be featured LIVE on the Mashable Summer Tour Live stream?”
YouTube video link must be posted to Facebook/Twitter with appropriate hashtags #summermash #watchitoo
Become a fan of both Mashable & Watchitoo on Facebook. (Please use your real identity so we can confirm).
After uploading to be picked for the contest, please email: [email protected] with your contact information
Prize: Winners will be selected to participate live in the show. Mashable & Watchitoo will select winners. If you’re chosen to participate, you will get to ask some of the virtual hosts live questions & answer social media trivia.
Grand Prize: Mashable will award the best video with 2 tickets to the west coast event in San Fransisco, and then 2 tickets for each subsequent city: DC, NYC, & Chicago.
Location: Hyatt at Olive 8; 1635 8th Ave; Seattle, WA 98101
Date: Saturday, July 10
Time: 8:00 - 11:00 p.m. PST
Mashable Presence: Pete Cashmore, Adam Hirsch, Ben Parr, Karen Hartline, Brett Petersel, Vadim Lavrusik and Jolie O'Dell
Tickets: Tickets are available through Eventbrite. (201 Tickets Left!)
Socialize
1. RSVP and connect via our Facebook Event page,
2. Checkin at the "Mashable Summer Tour Seattle" venue on Foursquare,
3. RSVP and connect on Meetup,
4. Keep up with real-time updates around the event on Plancast,
5. Use the Twitter #summermash tag.
Check out our other cities on the U.S. Summer Tour:
San Francisco | Washington D.C. | New York City | Chicago
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A Special Thanks to Our Multi-Streaming Partner
Watchitoo is an embeddable, live multi-streaming platform that allows 10+ participants to communicate via a web-cam in real time, while collaborating around a custom designed rich media playlist. A passive audience of thousands can view the show online. Any viewer can be added into a show via a virtual green room, where a moderator can adjust their microphone, have a private one-on-one chat, and vet their overall suitability to participate. Streams can be inserted, removed, re-arranged and re-sized in real time. Watchitoo has a rich feature set that includes Twitter and Facebook integration, chat, questioning, recording, screen-sharing and white-boarding.
Thanks to Our Official Ticketing Partner
