Hey all you geeks out there, on Thursday, November 15th PANMA will be conducting the first Web Tools Shootout at the Holiday Inn, 13th and Walnut.

You can register for this event here.

We are hoping that this event will lead to an ongoing string of events to help the community get familiar with the latest web tools. For this event the following subjects and tools will be demonstrated.

Discover the ins and outs of industry-standard blogging tools: WordPress & Blogger

Uncover the beauty of real-time free Web analytics: Google Analytics

Network with the world: Facebook & LinkedIn

Improve how you run your business: Highrise & Basecamp

Share your world: YouTube & Viddler; Flickr & Shutterfly

Plus you’ll meet: Wiki, Zippy, and Twitter. If you don’t know these three technologies you absolutely must attend!

One final note… this is a great chance to meet with some of Philadelphia’s leading new media professionals who will be presenting the technologies above including:

Tim Dodd
Bart Mroz
Nick Floro
Michael Klusek
Saul Rosenbaum
Michael Klusek
Alex Urevick-Ackelsberg
Johnny Bilotta
Alex Hillman
Matthew Fisher
Kelani Edmondson

Oh yeah… PANMA will also be giving away free stuff! If you register here and are present at the event you could win items like iPods and a gift certificate to use with the applications above. Additionally, for those interested in enhancing their own events, sound system rental options will be available.

Philly Geeks will be the official blog for this event. Presenters show notes and slides will be placed here after the event so any who attend can easily access the resources for the applications listed above. This will also allow those who do not attend the opportunity to catch up on what was discussed and get information on the presentations. For more information about event production services, check out this site at https://av-hire.uk/event-production/.

Hope to see all of you there!