First time round: Austin Technology Council Post #1

Today marks a landmark movement for the Austin Technology Council. August 11, 2008 at 3:30 pm ATC has decided to embrace all that social networking has to offer; mind you, this is a decision three years in the making. Thanks to the many emails, rants, recommendations and comments…we have decided this would be an effective grassroots effort to expand our message and the three-dimensional aspect of our community.

For those of you who are not familiar with the Austin Technology Council, we are member-driven association of business and organization executive leaders, working together to promote the growth and success of Austin's technology sector. ATC envisions an Austin in which the technology community is the catalyst for inspiration and leadership that transforms our city into a world-center for business innovation, creative thinking, community involvement and educational supports.

To better define our mission, we host over 100 events during the year to aide technology companies in growing to the next level through education, networking and policy work. As we are a small (staff of three) non-profit, we have found that branding ourselves through different channels and partners has helped us to grow our presence and network beyond Central Texas.

And so it begins, we have also launched a Facebook, Twitter, Plaxo, LinkedIn and iPhone logo for our site. Visit www.austintechnologycouncil.org for more information.