6. Who Are The People Involved? Search Engines Event Websites, Industry Associations, News/Community sites, Blogs, Media Companies, Event Management sites LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter... openbook, twtvite, lanyrd etc...
8. Some Resources for you: Using Google: http://googleguide.com/ http://google.co.uk/advanced_search Using Twitter: http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/ Twitter Lists: http://tlists.com http://tweepml.com Searching for Twitter Users: http://followerwonk.com http://wefollow.com Searching tweets: http://search.twitter.com Finding Twitter Apps http://twitdom.com Using LinkedIn: http://learn.linkedin.com/ Using Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/help/ Searching for blogs: http://blogsearch.google.co.uk http://technorati.com http://socialmention.com http://blogger.com http://wordpress.com Searching the social web: http://icerocket.com http://socialmention.com Searching for more once you've found a name: http://pipl.com http://123people.com
9. Katharine Robinson @TheSourceress linkedin.com/in/katharinerobinson Katharine@sourceress.co.uk uksourcers.posterous.com Any Questions - just get in touch!