They say great minds think alike. That’s why Mashable's Events Board is here to help you make valuable connections — when you attend your industry’s leading conferences, that is. Whether you work in advertising, technology or media, we can help you find the perfect conference.

This week we’ve gathered five events, held in cities from Las Vegas to London to Tacoma, to help propel you in the right direction. And if you don’t see something that strikes your fancy, check out more than 50 events in our complete listings.

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2nd Annual Global Crowdfunding Convention and Bootcamp Date: Oct. 14 - Oct. 16 Location: The M Resort Spa & Casino, Las Vegas

Learn how to become a crowdfunding all-star from the world's leading experts in rewards- and equity-based crowdfunding. Join us at the 2nd Annual Global Crowdfunding Convention and Bootcamp! This convention, like no other, offers entrepreneurs and small business owners from across all industries a place to learn the necessary skills and knowledge to launch a successful crowdfunding campaign.

Forrester & Expion Webinar: Applying Social Intelligence To Your Business Date: July 24 Location: Online, Raleigh, Calif.

Social media creates a myriad of ways for brands to connect with and learn from customers, keep up with industry trends and garner competitive insights. In the era of Big Data, we have multiple streams, ever-changing inputs and various business drivers online. Learn how to optimize your business results by maximizing the social intelligence life cycle.

The Corporate Social Media Summit Date: Nov. 27 - Nov. 28 Location: The Marble Arch Thistle, London

The Corporate Social Media Summit is your one-stop-shop for all the latest social media insight and best practice. It gives you a 360-degree look into building, operationalizing and initiating a successful social media strategy at your company. Save the date and join more then 25 leading corporate social media and marketing practitioners as they depart best practice with you. Register with discount code 'Mash200' for £200 off.

SourceCon Fall 2013 Date: Oct. 2 - Oct. 3 Location: Microsoft Headquarters, Tacoma, Wash.

For seven years, SourceCon has been the premiere conference for sourcers and recruiters who source. Whether you're a sourcer or recruiter and whether you work for a large corporation, staffing firm or RPO or as an independent, you need to be in Seattle in October. We're in a new city with a renewed focus. SourceCon Seattle has been formatted with one purpose in mind: to deliver impactful solutions for your sourcing challenges.

Digital Enterprise 2.0 Date: Sept. 30 - Oct. 2 Location: Chicago, Ill.

Social media platforms, collaboration tools and Web 2.0 technology adoption by marketing leaders have catapulted organizations visibility, brand messaging and bottom line. While there's been much success and innovation, there's an abundance of untapped opportunities. Introducing Digital Enterprise 2.0, the only event to provide a practical forum where marketers can learn practical concepts, strategies and techniques to help them evolve their organization and capitalize on everything digital enterprise 2.0 has to offer.

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