Conference on how pros use social media

If you are "soul-on-fire" passionate about how the "real-time Web" is affecting your industry, business, personal interests -- and you're a fast and engaging speaker -- you could be considered to share your story at the first 140 Characters Conference on Long Island.

The conference, planned for May 26 at Touro Law Center in Central Islip, is to feature top professionals speaking on how they use social media and what they're learning about it. And they will need to be highly focused and talk really fast: Individual speakers will get 10 to 15 minutes and panel discussions 15 to 20 minutes.

You can learn more and join the conversation by visiting the website 140confli.com, which will also give you links to its Facebook and Twitter locations.