Mac Computer Expo 2010 October 2, 2010

Free Admission
Free Parking
Lots of Great Raffle Prizes
Win an iPad Grand Prize

The 17th annual Macintosh Computer Expo or MCE is held each year in the North Bay. Thousands of Macintosh enthusiasts come from all over the San Francisco Bay Area to visit with Macintosh product vendors and attend informational workshops. Since 1992 MCE has grown in attendance from a few hundred people to being the largest expo of its type in the Bay Area second only to Macworld Expo in San Francisco.

A great line up of well-known speakers this year include digital photo guru Derrick Story, digital artist Bert Monroy, Macworld magazine Senior Editor Chris Breen, Mac author Jim Heid, iStockphoto chief evangelist and author Lesa Snider, Mac Observer editors Byran Chaffin and Jeff Gamat, MacVideoTraining co-founder Paul Garay, MacCast Publisher Adam Christianson and many other Mac experts sharing their knowledge throughout the day on topics such as digital photography, podcasting, social media, Mac trouble-shooting, and the iPhone and the iPad.

With over twenty-five vendors showing their products and great raffle prizes, this year promises to be the place to be on a Saturday in October.

Raffle tickets: $5 each or a booklet of 5 for $20. Tons of raffle items and the ticket for the grand prize (an iPad) donated by Mac Video Training will be pulled at 4:30. Winners do not need to be present to win.

The Mac Computer Expo (MCE) is presented by the North Coast Mac Users Group (NCMUG) a non-profit organization who for over 25 years has been dedicated to teaching and promoting the Apple Macintosh.

Schedule: http://ncmug.org/maccomputerexpo/schedule/
Sessions: http://ncmug.org/maccomputerexpo/speakers/
Speakers: http://www.ncmug.org/mce/bios.html

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Sessions and Speakers:
iFuture (Panel Discussion) with Adam Christiansen, Victor Cajio, Chris Christensen, Bryan Chaffin, and Jeff Gamet
Photoshop Elements 8 for Photographers with Lesa Snider
The Power of Snow Leopard with Ronnie Roche
Building Better Documents with iWork with Tom Negrino & Dori Smith
10 Surefire Tips to Improve Your Pictures with Derrick Story
Office for Mac 2011 with Kurt Schmucker
The Productive iPad and iPhone with Chris Breen
Magic of Photoshop with Bert Monroy
Creating “Killer” Movies & Soundscapes using iMovie & GarageBand Together with Paul Garay
Six Things (More or Less) They Won’t Teach You At The Apple Store with Chris Breen
The Creative “i” with Jim Heid
Social Media of Today & Tomorrow with Kerry Rego

Sponsors and Vendors include:
Best Buy
http://www.bestbuy.com/
bias
http://www.bias-inc.com/
Computer Recycling Center
http://www.crc.org/
Fujitsu
http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/computing/peripherals/scanners/scansnap/
GadgetTrak
http://www.gadgettrak.com/
Graphic Authority
http://graphicauthority.com/
Klear Screen
http://www.klearscreen.com/
iPhone Life
http://www.iphonelife.com/
Intuit
http://quickbooks.intuit.com/product/accounting-software/pro-mac-business-accounting-software.jsp
iStockphoto
http://www.istockphoto.com/
Macworld Expo
http://www.macworldexpo.com/
Macworld Magazine
http://www.macworld.com/
Mac Video Training
http://www.macvideotraining.com/
Micromat
http://www.micromat.com/
Microsoft Mac BU
http://www.mactopia.com/
North Bay Adobe User Group
http://northbay.groups.adobe.com/
O'Reilly Media
http://www.oreilly.com/
Nuance
http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/products/macintosh/default.asp
Peachpit Press
http://www.peachpit.com/
Raw Voice
http://www.rawvoice.com/
Santa Rosa Junior College
http://www.santarosa.edu/cis
SmartMotion Technology
http://www.swingchair.com/
Smile
http://www.smilesoftware.com/
Sonoma County Library
http://www.santarosa.edu/cis
Strider Software
http://www.typestyler.com/
TechRestore
http://techrestore.com/
TuneUp Media
http://www.tuneupmedia.com/
Wacom
http://www.wacom.com/

Official Website: http://www.maccomputerexpo.com