Keynote Address Sponsored By Folds of Honor
(Nashville, Tenn. – Jan. 30, 2014) – Multimedia strategist and Jumpwire Media co-founder, Gavin McGarry has been announced as the CRS 2014 keynote speaker. McGarry’s educational address will take place at 10:15 a.m. on Wed. Feb. 19, 2014 at the Nashville Convention Center in downtown Nashville, Tenn.
“As we have built CRS 2014, a focus emerged around ‘Branded Content,’ which has very clearly become a cornerstone this year,” said CRS President Charlie Morgan. “Gavin McGarry has exceptional innovative experience in this arena and will bring his compelling perspective to all of our attendees in his keynote on Wednesday!”
With successful social media ecosystem implementations at radio groups in the USA (WBLS NYC & MY103) and Canada (Virgin, Q107, NRJ), Jumpwire Media president Gavin McGarry will cut through the clutter and present the best practices every radio executive should be implementing to build a station’s audience and engagement on Facebook, Twitter, Vine, Snapchat, Pinterest and more. Gavin will also present ideas and strategies around monetizing your social media platforms using your sales teams.
Gavin McGarry is the co-founder/president of Jumpwire Media. Since founding the company in 2009, Jumpwire Media has delivered innovative and effective media and marketing strategies to both Fortune 500 and SME clients from countries all over the world including: USA, Russia, India, South Africa, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, and others.
Prior to his launch of Jumpwire Media, Gavin worked for online video start up Joost and was the Head of Cross Platform Business Development at global television production company Endemol. He has been working in the media space for over 20 years. His past experience includes positions at major television networks as well as owning and operating a television production company and a boutique-advertising agency. His company created some of the first cross media TV content and worked with major networks including NBC, Discovery, CTV, and Global Television. In 2004, he moved from his native Canada to the UK to better understand the rapidly emerging mobile phone space. Through his position at Endemol he worked closely with the UK’s largest mobile operator O2 and helped develop leading edge content for multiple platform release. In 2007, he moved into the web video arena based out of the Joost’s New York office. Throughout his career, he has spent time in Japan, Africa, Europe and China exploring and understanding the global digital media content market place.
As a sponsor of the keynote at the opening session of CRS, Folds of Honor Foundation will be sharing their mission with attendees and announcing an exciting program available to country radio stations. Folds of Honor provides educational scholarships to the children and spouses of military service men and women while serving our great nation. The foundation is supported by country stars Lee Brice, Craig Morgan, Dierks Bentley, Rascal Flatts, among many others, and is now presenting country radio with the opportunity to give away educational scholarships in their local communities to qualified recipients of the brave soldiers defending our freedoms. As part of the turnkey program, Folds of Honor will provide content to engage listeners, especially over patriotic holidays such as Memorial Day and the 4th of July.
For more information, please visit www.CountryRadioSeminar.com.
About Folds of Honor: The Folds of Honor Foundation is rallying a nation to ensure no family is left behind to preserve American freedom. Through educational scholarships and other assistance, we give back to the spouses and children of soldiers killed or disabled in service to our country. We provide healing, hope and an opportunity for dreams to be realized… with the support of people like you. We feel this is our duty as citizens of the greatest country in the world. For more information on Folds of Honor, visit www.foldsofhonor.org.
About Country Radio Seminar: Country Radio Seminar is an annual convention designed to educate and promote the exchange of ideas and business practices in the Country music industry, with specific emphasis on issues relevant to Country radio. CRS 2014 will be held Feb. 19 – 21, 2014, in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Visit www.CountryRadioSeminar.com for more information. Like CRS on Facebook and follow CRS on Twitter (Hashtag #CRS2014). Download the CRS smartphone app, powered by Country Aircheck, on Android and iPhone to review the CRS 2014 agenda, maps, news and more.
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