Founding Schwaggineer Michael Liskin was interviewed this week by Fast Company’s Francisco Dao. Read Saving Lives in Iraq With Tech Convention Schwag or listen to the audio below.

Check out all of our recent press and media mentions at schwagginwagon.com/press.

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Schwaggin’ shout out to EarthFirst.com for coming out and supporting The Schwaggin’ Wagon at Twiistup4 and SummerMash LA last week. EarthFirst.com knows that even a little bit of green sustainability goes a long way:

If you’ve ever been to a convention, you probably have some of this junk sitting around your office or home: mugs, hats, pens, calendars and other items emblazoned with corporate logos.  You may use some of them for a little while but chances are, before long they’ll end up in the trash.  The brains behind The Schwaggin’ Wagon, Michael Liskin and David Preciado, realized how wasteful that really is one evening over some Thai food, and decided to do something about it.  The Schwaggin’ Wagon, which runs on sponsorships, travels to conventions and takes all that schwag that no one wants and donates it to charity.

What little things does you consciously do in the name of sustainability?

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JamBase, a music fan site since 1998, is the go-to source for live music information on the web, boasting the largest database of music concert tour dates in the U.S. JamBase is a founding sponsor of The Schwaggin’ Wagon, and we are honored that they continued their support with this week’s L.A. run. We were thrilled to have a special appearance at the Mashable party by JamBase Director of Biz Dev Julie Blaustein, who wore her lei and Schwaggin Wagon sticker with apparent pride. JamBase provides an easy concert search tool on its site, while serving up quality articles, album
reviews, artist interviews, festival info, and other great content.

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GeoGraffiti is a free, community-driven messaging service, that aims to tap into the collective wisdom of the 200 million-plus mobile phone subscribers in the U.S. via a single 1-800 number. GeoGraffiti enables users to ask and answer questions, voice an opinion, announce an event, or just leave a mark:

GeoGraffiti’s mission is to organize the mobile phone community’s “wisdom of crowds” intelligence, and to facilitate the exchange of that location-specific intelligence by providing a voice-driven platform that is accessible from any phone and any place.

Think of GeoGraffiti as a verbal message board for sharing and retrieving Voice Mark™ messages while you are out and about visiting different places throughout the day. A Voice Mark™ is a short phone message that shares information (e.g. opinions, tips, warnings, advice) about a place, an event, a topic, or really anything else you care to share….

The Schwaggin’ Wagon is proud to be sponsored by GeoGraffiti and we look forward to beta-testing the service at Twiistup4, Summer Mash LA and beyond. Join us!

Watch GeoGraffiti’s how-to video below:

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