Presenter: Matt Monjan from Discovery Education (http://www.discoveryedspeakersbureau.com/node/121) – same gentleman who did yesterday’s presentation at lunch for the ITRTs
This is the general session opening keynote
With yesterday's news of Ning's move to eliminate free social networks on its platform, competitors are rushing to emphasize their free offerings for building a social network. Today, Grouply, a startup that's built around creating and managing online groups from Google and Yahoo Groups, is going to try to make it easy for Ning users to port their groups to Grouply's platform. And fellow competitor Grou.ps is also welcoming Ning refugees to its free social network platform as well.
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