The Big Tweet -- Major Event Celebrating North Shore Creative Economy June 17 at...

The Big Tweet -- Major Event Celebrating North Shore Creative Economy June 17
at Endicott College's New Center for the Arts

Experience Twitter and the power of social networking

SALEM, Mass., June 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Creative Economy
Association of the North Shore (CEANS) announced today their major event of
the year on June 7 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Endicott College's new Center for
the Arts in Beverly, MA. Titled "The Big Tweet" the event will focus on
social networking. The featured speaker, Ben Bassi of CommonPlaces
e-Solutions, LLC, will talk about how to use social networking to grow your
business. Creative economy businesses from throughout the North Shore are
invited to celebrate the past year's efforts to organize and grow this major
economic sector in the region. Admission is free.

CEANS will provide time for in-person networking and will use Twitter as a
networking and social networking teaching tool. With support from
CommonPlaces and cooperation from participants, we will undertake our own
interactive live 'tweeting' experiment. Advance registration is required at
www.ceans.org.

"The Big Tweet" is the culmination of several years of work focused on
identifying and growing the creative economy in the North of Boston region.
Eight cities and towns have held their own events bringing together creative
economy companies to understand and address their needs; a 128 Venture North
breakfast for investors and entrepreneurs focused on the creative economy;
several cross regional events centered on specific creative economy sectors
including design, arts and culture, and business and management consulting
were also held in the past year. CEANS has grown with help from the Enterprise
Center at Salem State College, the Salem Partnership and by a grant from the
Massachusetts state government.

"We know that the creative economy is an important and vibrant part of our
local economy and that helping creative companies network results in new
strategic alliances that grow businesses," said Christine Sullivan,
co-president of CEANS.

"People who work in creative companies are drawn to areas of high amenities
such as history, culture, architecture, oceans. The North Shore is a hub for
those kinds of individuals and a natural place for the growth of the creative
economy," said Patricia Zaido, co-president of CEANS.

SOURCE Enterprise Center at Salem State College

Jennifer Lincoln, Marketing Director of Enterprise Center, +1-978-542-7576,
jlincoln@enterprisectr.org