Press Releases    Awards    Speaking Engagements    Video Interviews

Brent Leary and David Bullock are available for interviews via email, phone, and in person. For more information please contact us at speaking(-at-)barack20.com or call 615.867.3424.

Media Coverage

November 11, 2011 - Inc Magazine
http://www.inc.com/articles/201111/are-republicans-bad-at-social-media.html

April 28 2010 - The Delaware Business Ledger
http://www.ledgerdelaware.com/articles/2010/04/28/news/doc4bd8381b64818952223188.txt

April 26 2010 - UD Daily
http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2010/apr/innovation042610.html

April 6 2010 - UD Daily - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum
http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2010/apr/innovation040610.html

January 6 2010 - Business TN Magazine
http://businesstn.com/content/201001/iengineer

November 21 2009 - Middle Tennessee State University - Global Entrepreneurship Week Lecture

November 15 2009 - Middle Tennessee State University - Global Entrepreneurs Week

November 8 2009 - Murfreesboro Post: Bullock Wins Presidential Citation

September 28 2009 - ZDNet Social CRM: The Conversation - Paul Greenberg
http://blogs.zdnet.com/crm/?p=1054

September 24 2009 - The Commercial Appeal
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/sep/24/social-media-are-market-gateway/

September 23 2009 - The Commercial Appeal
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/sep/23/what-to-do/

September 22 2009 - The Commercial Appeal
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/sep/22/coffee-break-diy-design-kiosks-open-at-fedex/

September 9 2009 - WALB News (NBC)
http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=11102654

July 21 2009 - Who's Who Magazine
http://www.whoswhomagazines.com/BackIssuesDetails.asp?IssueId=38&StoryId=676

July 4 2009 - The Customer Collective
http://thecustomercollective.com/TCC/36348

June 15 2009 - Inc Magazine/Technology - Traditional CRM vs. Social CRM
http://technology.inc.com/software/articles/200906/leary.html

June 8 2009 - Business TN Magazine
http://www.businesstn.com/content/200906/master-all-trades

May 10 2009 - The Tennessean
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090510/BUSINESS05/905100349

May 1 2009 - Inc. Magazine/Technology - Glue May Help Customers Navigate the Web
http://technology.inc.com/internet/articles/200905/leary.html

April 3 2009 - Black Enterprise Magazine
http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/04/03/barack-20-barack-obamas-social-media-lessons-for-business/

March 13 2009 - Nashville Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2009/03/16/tidbits1.html

March 1 2009 - DestinationCRM.com (CRM Magazine)
http://www.destinationcrm.com/Articles/Columns-Departments/Connect/The-Tweet-Is-Mightier-than-the-Sword-52880.aspx

February 27 2009 - The Business of Classical Music
http://businessofclassicalmusic.blogspot.com/2009/02/barack-20.html

Jan 20 2009 - Fast Company
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/rich-brooks/social-media-strategies-small-business/what-businesses-can-learn-barack-obamas-soci
"Big thanks to Barack 2.0 which has a lot of great, deep material on Obama's use of social media." - Fast Company

Jan 13 2009 - SOBCon BlogTalk Radio
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/SobCon/2009/01/13/David-Bullock-Business-is-tough-and-not-for-the-faint-of-heart

Nov 26 2008 - Los Angeles Times
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/11/obama-social-me.html
"Obama has authored the most successful Internet marketing campaign ever," Brent Leary writes on a Barack 2.0 blog post. "He and his campaign have gone from the longest of longshots, to the presidency in less than two years. And his campaign's embrace of technology has played a key role in spreading his message."

Nov 2008 - Black Enterprise Magazine
Nov 2008 - Black Enterprise Magazine PDF File

Nov 11 2008 - SocialSignal.com
http://www.socialsignal.com/blog/alexandra-samuel/roundup-50-suggestions-on-how-president-obama-can-use-the-internet

Nov 2008 - Entrepreneur.com
http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/188351263.html

October 30 2008 - NetWork Solutions Interview
http://blog.networksolutions.com/2008/the-emergence-of-social-crm-%E2%80%93-a-discussion-with-brent-leary-of-crm-essentials/

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Speaking Engagements, Webinars and Events

Click here to see photos from recent events.

June 23 2010 - Social Media Club Nashville (Nashville, TN)
http://socialmediaclub.org/event/smc-nashville-june-event

June 16 2010 - Early Stage East Branding Strategies (Wilmington, DE)
http://www.earlystageeast.org/ese_conf/branding-panel.asp

April 30 2010 - SOBCon 2010 (Chicago, IL)
http://www.sobevent.com/its-time-to-prepare-for-sobcon-2010/

April 23 2010 - University Of Delaware - President's Forum on Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Newark, DE)
http://www.udel.edu/entrepreneurship/speakers.html

April 2 2010 - University Of Virginia - Social Media and Politics Summit (Charlottesville, VA)
http://www.virginia.edu/vpdiversity/media2010/speakers.html

March 29 2010 - Connecting The Dots Webinar Series
http://www.davidbullock.com/integrating-your-marketing-connecting-the-dots-webinar-series/

February 25 2010 - WordCast Conversations : David Bullock
http://www.kymhuynh.com/podcasts/wordcast-conversations-6-david-bullock/

December 4 2009 - SEORainmaker Conference (Orlando, FL)
http://www.seorainmaker.com

November 20 2009 - MTSU Entrepreneurship Week (Murfreesboro, TN)
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~entre/index.htm

November 15 2009 - Social Media Summit : The Summit of The Year (Las Vegas, NV)
http://www.thesummitoftheyear.com/

November 6 2009 - Law School Business Center Advancing Entreprenuership (Springfield, Massachusetts)
http://www1.law.wnec.edu/lawandbusiness/

October 31 2009 - University Of Deleware Presidential Citation for Outstanding Achievement (Newark, DE)
http://www.udconnection.com/presidentialcitation

http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2010/oct/citations102309.html

October 5 2009 - Wednesday Webinars - Small Biz Trends - How to Measure the Impact of Social Media - Sponsored By Blackberry
http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/10/how-to-measure-the-impact-of-social-media-webinar.html

September 25 2009 - Liberated Marketing : The Social Media Revolution (Toronto, ON Canada)
http://www.liberatedmarketing.ca/home.html

September 23 2009 - Sales And Marketing Society of the Mid South (Memphis, TN)
http://www.sms-midsouth.org/eventList/eventDisplay.php?id=218

August 25 2009 - CRM Evolution 2009 (New York City, NY)
http://www.destinationcrm.com/conferences/2009/program.aspx?SessionID=2571

August 12 2009 - International Association of Business Communicators Professional Development Luncheon, Nashville TN
http://www.barack20.com/images/iabc.jpg

August 10 2009 - SixApart TypePad Webinar
http://markthink.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/08/barack-20-using-social-media-to-amplify-your-marketing-by-brent-leary-and-andy-wibbels.html

July 15 2009 - Driving Demand in a Demanding Market - A July 15 Webinar from The Customer Collective
http://www.thecustomercollective.com/submitform/drivingdemandwebinar071509/?reference=smt_leary

June 26 2009 - Jigsaw Webinar - Barack 2.0: Social Media Lessons for Business.
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/587358944

June 25 & 26 2009 - SEO Rainmaker, Nashville TN.
http://www.seorainmaker.com

June 24 2009 - The Rockstars of Social CRM, Hosted by Chris Brogan and Radian6 (Boston, MA)
http://radian6rockstars.eventbrite.com/

June 15 2009 - Small Business University - Black Enterprise Webinar Series
http://partners.blackenterprise.com/lincolnsbu/lincolnsbu_home.html

June 12 2009 - Nashville Association of Sales Professionals (Nashville, TN)
http://www.nashville-nasp.org/Calendar_of_Events/

June 9 2009 - T3PR Conference 2009 - High-Tech Public Relations (New York City, NY)
http://www.prsa.org/networking/sections/technology/2009conference.html

May 21 2009 - The Nashville Technology Council (Nashville, TN)
http://www.technologycouncil.com/2009/03/20/david-bullock/

May 17 2009 - Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference (Detroit, MI)

May 12 2009 - Tech Strategies Seminar, Brentwood Cool Springs Chamber of Commerce (Brentwood, TN)
http://www.brentwood.org/PROGRAMS%5F%26%5FEVENTS/Tech%5FStrategies%5FSeminar/

May 1 2009 - SOBCon - Biz School For Bloggers
http://www.sobevent.com/presenters/

April 14 2009 - Hubspot Webinar
http://www.hubspot.com/marketing-webinars/social-media-crm/

March 5 2009 - Live7 StomperNet Internet Marketing Conference (Atlanta, GA)

Feb 27 2009 - Business Vision 2009 Convention (Nashville, TN)
http://businessvision2009.com/BusinessVision2009.html

Feb 25 2009 - Nashville Chamber Of Commerce (Nashville, TN)
http://nashvilletncoc.weblinkconnect.com/cwt/External/WCPages/WCEvents/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=346

Feb 3 2009 - Small Business Summit 2009 (New York City)
http://www.smallbiztechsummit.com/2009/speakers.html

Dec 9 2008 The Original Nashville Entrepreneur Group (Nashville, TN)
http://www.meetup.com/nashvilleentrepreneurs/calendar/9140864/

Oct 9 2008 BarCamp Nashville (Nashville, TN)
http://barcampnashville.com/session/using-social-media-effective-promotional-channel

Sept 21 2008 Blog World Expo (Las Vegas, NV)
http://www.blogworldexpo.com/

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Awards

October 31 2009 - University Of Deleware Presidential Citation for Outstanding Achievement (Newark, DE)
http://www.udconnection.com/presidentialcitation

http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2010/oct/citations102309.html

http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2010/nov/citations110209.html

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Press Releases

March 23, 2010 - University of Virginia Conference to Examine Media, Democracy and Diversity
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=11345

Aug 25 2009 - PRLog Press Release
http://www.prlog.org/10321146-how-did-the-son-of-black-student-from-kenya-become-the-44th-president-of-the-united-states.html

Aug 25 2009 - Press Release Point
http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/how-did-son-black-student-kenya-become-44th-president-united-states

July 2, 2009 Release PDF Download here.

June 1 2009 - PRWeb
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/06/prweb2485254.htm

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Video Interviews

The original Barack 2.0 presentation that started this entire project can be viewed HERE on SlideShare.

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