Anjuan Simmons presented on restoring Houston's reputation as a tech hub through new media. Houston faces challenges in perception due to its sprawl and lack of notoriety compared to major tech cities. However, Houston has benefits like a low cost of living and major Fortune 500 headquarters. Simmons proposes that new media can help overcome these challenges by spreading information about Houston's tech community and innovations, and fostering greater community involvement.

1. Restoring Tech Cred to Houston Through New Media Presented by Anjuan Simmons

3. Challenges

5. TECH Elite Cities

6. Wired’s 10 Top Tech Towns (January 2007) 1. Seattle, Washington 2. San Francisco Bay Area, California 3. Los Angeles, California 4. Austin, Texas 5. Orlando, Florida 6. Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina 7. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 8. New York City, New York 9. Boston, Massachusetts 10. Washington, D.C.

7. Business Week’s Best Cities for Tech Jobs (June 2008) 1. San Jose/Silicon Valley 2. Boulder, Colorado 3. Huntsville, Alabama 4. Durham, NorthCarolina 5. Washington, D.C. 6. Manchester, New Hampshire 7. Colorado Springs, Colorado 8. Austin, Texas 9. Palm Bay-Melbourne, Florida 10. Albuquerque, New Mexico … 31. Houston, Texas Source: http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/06/0623_tech_friendly/52.htm

8. PC World’s 10 Best Cities to Find Tech Jobs (May 2009) Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Los Angeles New York/New Jersey Philadelphia Seattle Silicon Valley Washington D.C./Baltimore

9. Entrepreneur's Where to Be an Entrepreneur (2009) 1. Las Vega, Nevada 2. Portland, Oregon 3. Orlando, Florida 4. San Diego, California 5. Phoenix, Arizona 6. Chapel Hill, North Carolina 7. Atlanta, Georgia 8. Madison, Wisconsin 9. Youngstown, Ohio 10. Austin, Texas

10. Business Week’s 25 Most Influential People on the Web (2007)

11. The Guardian’s 50 Most Powerful Blogs (2008) 1. The Huffington Post 2. BoingBoing 3. Techcrunch 4. Kottke 5. Dooce 6. Perezhilton 7. Talking Points Memo 8. Icanhascheezeburger 9. BeppeGrillo 10. Gawker

12. Top Tech Conferences

14. Forbes’ Up-And-Coming Tech Cities (2008) 1. Columbus, Ohio 2. Santa Fe, New Mexico 3. Palm Beach County, Florida 4. Houston, Texas 5. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 6. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 7. Boise City, Idaho 8. Iowa City, Iowa 9. Lake Charles, Louisiana 10. Yuma, Arizona

15. Forbes’ Top Cities to Start a Career (2009) 1. San Jose, California 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts 3. Houston, Texas 4. San Francisco, California 5. Washington, D.C. 6. Boston, Massachusetts 7. New York City, New York 8. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 9. Minneapolis, Minnesota 10. Dallas, Texas

16. The Case for Houston

17. The Houston Brand "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed"

18. Houston Benefits

19. Houston Benefits

20. Fortune’s Cities with 5 or more Fortune 500 Headquarters (2008) New York City - 43 Houston - 25 Dallas - 12 Chicago - 12 Los Angeles - 6 San Francisco - 6 Seattle - 6

21. Challenges

22. Houston Sprawl

23. Notoriety

24. Division

25. The New Media solution

26. Benefits of New Media

27. We Still Need Old Media

28. Community Involvement

29. Community Involvement

30. Covering the Houston Beat

31. Government and Social Media Sacramento City of Sacramento Facebook Fan Page Phoenix The Last 24 Video Podcast Seattle My Neighborhood Map Boston Citizen Connect iPhone App

32. 5 Things You Can Do for Houston 1. Join the Houston Tech Community 2. Spread the Message 3. Recruit 4. Create New Media 5. Contribute Brand Equity

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