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Digital Luminaries to Host Video Chats with Their Communities
“My ooVoo Day With…” to Run February 10 – 21, 2008

Contacts:

ooVoo Spokesperson
Philip Robertson
Philip.robertson@ooVoo.com
212-984-1002
ooVoo ID: philiprobertson

Agency contact
Scott Monty
scott@crayonville.com
617-848-2809
ooVoo ID: scottmonty

News Facts

  • ooVoo, a video communication company, is sponsoring a first-of-its-kind web event called “My ooVoo Day With…” in which 23 bloggers and podcasters from a variety of different industries and interest groups will host their communities in multi-user online video chats.
  • All sessions will take place between February 10th and February 21st.
  • Hosts have set aside a number of time slots when they are available to meet and chat face-to-face with their readers via ooVoo; they’ll be able to host up to 5 guests via video conferencing per session.
  • The confirmed hosts include iJustine, AdAge’s Bob Garfield, media pundit Jack Myers, business author Allan Cox, GeekEntertainment.tv’s Irina Slutsky, sci-fi/horror author Scott Sigler, BlogHer’s Queen of Spain, Eric Kotecki Vest and the voices behind AdRants, JaffeJuice, ReadWriteWeb, Six Pixels of Separation, Two Boobs and A Baby + and more.
  • A complete host list is included below.
  • Topics range from new media marketing, to building relationships, to book discussions, political issues and more.
  • Participants can learn about My ooVoo Day With… and register for video chat sessions at www.myoovooday.com.
  • To thank these busy individuals for hosting the chats, ooVoo is primarily supporting the Frozen Pea Fund, a fund established to support the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer campaign, in honor of blogger and cancer patient Susan Reynolds.

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Links

Hosts of My ooVoo Day:
Mitch Joel/Six Pixels of Separation
Steve Hall/AdRants
Bob Garfield/AdAge
Joseph Jaffe/JaffeJuice
John Wall & Christopher Penn/Marketing Over Coffee
Justine Ezarik/iJustine.tv and Tasty Blog Snack
Marshall Kirkpatrick/ReadWriteWeb
Irina Slutsky/GeekEntertainment.tv
Chris Thilk/Movie Marketing Madness
Karen Putz/A Deaf Mom Shares Her World
Erin Kotecki Vest/Queen of Spain
Dave Delaney/Two Boobs and a Baby +
Jack Myers & Friends/Media Village
David Meerman Scott/The New Rules of Marketing & PR
Geoff Livingston/Now Is Gone
Allan Cox/Your Inner CEO
George Parker/AdScam
Scott Sigler
Chris Brogan
C.C. Chapman
Susan Reynolds/Boobs on Ice
Laura “Pistachio” Fitton

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About ooVoo

  • ooVoo provides free real-time video communication technology that allows up to six people to connect simultaneously for video conversations online.
  • ooVoo’s high-quality video and audio enables people to experience a face-to-face connection and share emotions over the Internet in a way that no other communication medium permits.
  • All you need is a computer, broadband connection and a Web cam.
  • ooVoo video conversations and video messages can be recorded for sharing and posting to social media sites.
  • ooVoo’s newest version includes free VoIP to any mobile or landline in the US or Canada through March 1, 2008.

 

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