Social Media Mores for the Modern Couple

More and more people are living their lives, out loud, online. Our followers, friends and clever Google-users can now watch our lives played out online moment by moment, emotional high to emotional low. How does this transparency affect our offline relationships, particularly our relationship with our significant other (spouse, boyfriend, SO, life partner)? Do we need to negotiate a new set of rules? Is the 21st century pre-nup not so much about money but about who keeps your Twitter followers?

This panel will raise a number of issues about how social media impacts a romantic relationship and how couples can negotiate these potentially murky waters.

Kate Trgovac

An Internet trailblazer from pre-Web days, Kate is an award-winning Internet marketer, has been a part-time lecturer in the University of Toronto's Faculty of Information Studies and has served on the Advertiser’s Council of the Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada. She is a leading authority on social media and is often quoted in mainstream media, including CBC, Inc Magazine, the National Post, the Montreal Gazette and Marketing Magazine.

Kate writes about the intersection of marketing and technology on her blog MyNameIsKate.ca. She also publishes OneDegree.ca, a popular online magazine that provides the inside scoop on Internet marketing and social media for Canadian marketers. More details about Kate can be found at KateTrgovac.com.

Rosemary Rowe

By day, Rosemary Rowe is a mild mannered copywriter, editor and blogger who specializes in providing fresh, compelling content for corporate websites, e-mail newsletters and blogs. She is also the Managing Editor of OneDegree.ca, a popular online Internet marketing and social media magazine for Canadian marketers.

By night, Rosemary is glamourous, award-winning playwright whose work has been produced on stages across Canada. Her personal blog, CreampuffRevolution.com, landed her a spot as national finalist on CBC Radio's Canada Writes '07 and has garnered her many nominations for real and imaginary internet awards.

Rose lives in Vancouver B.C. with her wife, web marketing strategist, blog goddess and laptop bag maven Kate Trgovac and their junkyard dog Emmy Lou.