Digital Nashville

Connecting, Strengthening & Growing Digital in Nashville



Education Program Overview
Digital Nashville offers educational opportunities to advance your skills and knowledge of all things digital. 

As a digital professional you can both contribute to and benefit from your participation in our programs, as teachers in your own areas of proficiency and students in the expertise of others.


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Mentorship Program
The Well of Experience: Whether you’re starting a business, running a business, or trying to navigate or innovate within a business, we’ll match you with experienced mentors who can provide you with valuable advice and guidance.

Entrepreneur's Corner
Share Your Struggles: We provide a forum for entrepreneurs, innovators, venture capitalists and venture seekers to seek advice, exchange resources and discuss new digital business ideas and technologies.

 Knowledge Library
Wiki-Style Knowledge Base: Our CivicScope partnership provides members with a collaborative knowledge library by and for members where Digital Nashvillians can upload, share and demonstrate their expertise in all areas of digital media, content, products and technology.

 Lynda.com
Unlimited Learning: Our Lynda.com partnership provides Digital Nashville members with free online access to Lynda.com, with unlimited learning, but for a limited time. Stay current and hone your skills with 24/7 access to over 735 online courses.

Forums & Focus Groups
Member-to-Member Education: We offer members several tools for connecting with and learning from each other directly. Great for sharing ideas, requesting advice, asking questions, and providing answers and expertise, our forums and focus groups enable members to steer their own educational course and fully leverage the collective expertise of their digital colleagues.

Newsletter
Keeping You Current: Our monthly newsletter provides a consolidated source of digital news, education and updates delivered straight to your inbox. Each issue includes original content authored by hand-picked local experts. You don't have to be a member to sign up.
Twitter
Edu in 140 Characters: We use our twitter account as an education (not just marketing) tool. We keep an eye out for educational news and information relevant to our membership base, and then retweet it. Twitter's a content tool - so we like to use it for real content. Follow us.

Education Series

WELCOME TO DIGITAL NASHVILLE'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Learn about the latest technology and trends to power your business and career.

Digital Strategy Series – Digital for Your Business

This monthly series rotates through six important digital topics with a focus on strategically applying technical concepts to your business. Featuring a new speaker with each session, the speakers selected are experts and practitioners in their fields. Topics: Analytics, Design/UX, Marketing, Mobile, Programming & Development, Social Media.

Upcoming Digital Strategy Sessions

  • Mar 3, 2010: Building Strong Strategy for More Successful Web Projects by Brad Haynes
Location: Belmont University, Inman Health Sciences Center: Frist Lecture Hall, 4th Floor. Time: 6:00pm.
Great strategy results in great work. Understanding the unique aspects of individual projects is essential to success. This talk will explore the different methods employed during the strategy phase of a web project including client interaction, site maps and wireframes. Grasping these different elements will help you become a strategic force to be reckoned with, no matter the project.

To register for an event, please select your membership level:
Event you're registering for:
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Tickets are first-come-first-serve.  If you purchase tickets online the day of the event, bring your receipt to gain entry to the event.  Unsold seats can be purchased at the door for cash or check (no credit cards at the door).

Past Sessions

Music Business Series – Behind the Music

Designed especially for our members in the music industry, this monthly series addresses important music industry topics affected by digital market dynamics.

Upcoming Music Business Sessions

Location: Vanderbilt University Owen School of Business, Room 222. Time: 6:00 pm.
Music industry pro Tim Smith will share his experiences in launching MyWerx.com, a new venture that focuses on music copyright services and solutions. The company was co-founded by Smith and music industry veteran Tim DuBois, who provided initial funding for the venture. Smith will discuss the global copyright problem that MyWerx aims to solve, the software and services that comprise the MyWerx business model, and how the company plans to capitalize on the latest trends in social networking and cloud computing. Smith also will delve into overall copyright issues facing entertainment and software-based technology companies.
To register for an event, please select your membership level:
Event you're registering for:
DN member login (if member):
Tickets are first-come-first-serve.  If you purchase tickets online the day of the event, bring your receipt to gain entry to the event.  Unsold seats can be purchased at the door for cash or check (no credit cards at the door).

Past Sessions

Video Series – Our Thought Leaders, Your Schedule

Our new Thought Leader Interviews series presents video interviews of key digital players in Nashville and their perspectives on some of today’s most business-critical digital topics.  Created to complement our live educational events, the series brings expert, real-world experience right to your computer.  Some of the interviews are complimentary, while others can be purchased for a small donation to Digital Nashville.  We hope you enjoy another benefit of membership.
[videos produced by Gamma Blast]

Thought Leader Interviews: Get the Complete Series

  • Dave Delaney, Social Media Coordinator – Griffin Technology
The Delaney series is available for a $5 donation to Digital Nashville.
- Who's The Voice of Your Company's Twitter Feed? [:] – .
- What's the Next Big Thing? [:] – .
- Social Media, What's It Worth? [:] – .
- Why New graduates Should Blog [:] – .
- Death and Blogging [:] – .
- Use Social Media to Connect in the Flesh [:] – .
  • Rex Hammock, Chairman & CEO – Hammock, Inc.
The Hammock series is available for a $5 donation to Digital Nashville.
- Not Just For The Young [3:36] – Think you need a young audience for a social media campaign?  Think again.
- Twitter’s Beginning [2:26] – Hammock was there when Twitter was just a baby.
- Using Twitter to Enhance Live Conversations [3:25] – Use Twitter to get people more engaged in your event.

  • Ashley Heron, Senior Manager of Marketing – Lyric Street Records
The Heron series is complimentary.
- Integrated Marketing [2:01] – Connect social media to your traditional advertising efforts.
- Marketing Through the Heavy User [1:41] – Make the heavy users of your product your de facto marketing department.
- Using Mobile to Go Direct to the Consumer [2:48] – Hear this case study of how to connect your brand to customers using mobile.

Conferences – Partnering for Impact

Digital Nashville is proud to work collaboratively with sister organizations and sponsors to support (plan, market or provide speakers for) educational conferences throughout the year.

Upcoming Conferences

Hundreds of Music City’s brightest minds will converge at TEDxNashville for a day of deep discussion, thought-provoking video and live speakers.  TEDx events are independently organized and offer to spark a community-wide discussion of ideas that matter, free of any commercial, political or religious agenda. This event will give Nashville’s greatest thinkers and doers a collaborative platform to share their passions and inspire our community.

Past Conferences Supported

Current Education Series Sponsors