May 4, 2009 5:30 PM - 54 attended
(Lil) Green Patch: Social Entrepreneurship and Virtual Economies on Facebook
(Lil) Green Patch is a social gardening game on Facebook that raises money for environmental conservation. It is one of the top 10 most popular applications on Facebook with over 80 million registered and nearly 6 million monthly active users. LGP has been described as the "granddaddy of green Facebook apps" and has inspired many other similar applications. Come learn how social networking, gaming, viral application design, and a virtual economy have combined to save over 140 million square feet of rain forest in Costa Rica in partnership with The Nature Conservancy.
David King is an entrepreneur focused on social gaming and digital media. He is interested in the evolution of digital media which enables people to do good through the use of technology. Prior to founding Green Patch, Inc. David was a product manager at Google focusing on Google’s Mobile distribution and monetization products and Google’s core AdWords product. David holds a B.S. cum laude in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he also holds an International Minor in Engineering.
We'll have refreshments and open networking / mingling starting at 5:30, with David speaking closer to 6.
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Dug Song
Hrr, bad typo - that's should read "over 20 million", not "80 million" installs. Facebook only has some 200 million users. :-)
Posted May 4, 2009 at 10:26 PM -
Dug Song
David's company, Green Patch, was just acquired by Playdom after their $43M series A :-) http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/11/12/playdom-buys-...
Posted November 13, 2009 at 12:40 AM
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Dug SongEvent HostAssistant OrganizerDavid did a great job addressing a mixed audience, with a bit on social gaming, some on startup metrics, and some more on online fundraising. A really fun, and deeply insightful talk with as much time spent in an engaging Q&A session with the audience as during the presentation.
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Alan GutierrezLearned a lot. Great presentation. Concise and very easy to follow. Viral applications are so far out on the cutting edge, it is difficult to learn anything about them without a guide. Whenever social media talks about an aspect of itself, it is impossible to know who is speaking from experience and who is opining. There are so many echos, it is impossible to find the source. David King honestly presented his understanding of his specialty. Anyone who attended will have left with a strong sense of direction in frontier land of viral applications.
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Jeff BenkoReally interesting topic delivered by a good speaker. Provided good background to the topic and gave specific information on their experience as well as expanding the details for how others could utilize it.
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