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If you’ve read Scott McCloud’s books on understanding the comic (visual) language, it will come as no surprise that his daughter is amazing too.
Here’s an incredible presentation by a teenager that we can all learn from.
Sky McCloud Presentation from Duarte Design on Vimeo.
If you’re in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area next week, I’ll be speaking at the Ft. Worth chapter of the American Marketing Association. You can find details on the event at the AMA web site, and the event description is below.
I hope to see you there!
Ten years ago, four authors started a new conversation about marketing. The result was the book The Cluetrain Manifesto and with it, Chris Locke, Rick Levine, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger nailed 95 Theses on the door of the Internet and challenged us all to wake up to a transformation underway in how companies and people engage in markets. One of the companies who embraced the ideas put forth in Cluetrain was The LEGO Company. Jake McKee, The LEGO Company’s first community manager spent five years on the frontlines of the company/customer interactions. In this session, Jake will recap his efforts to help LEGO embrace the principles of the Cluetrain, and will share tips for how you can apply those principles in your own business.
The SXSW team this year is launching a new event: The SXSWi Accelerator.
The event is happening on Monday, March 16 at the Austin Hilton Downtown. The goal is “to showcase innovation, cool new audio/video products, the latest ideas in social networking applications, or innovative web based technology services to a panel of industry experts, early adaptors, and representatives from the Venture Capitalist community.”
Interested in participating? I’m on the Board of Advisors for this event, and would be happy to pass your info along to the organizers. But hurry, the deadline for submissions is this Friday, January 16!
If you’re part of a non-profit in Dallas, be sure to swing by the BarCampNPdallas tomorrow! Here’s the skinny:
BarCampNPdallas is a gathering of folks in the non-profit (NP) world who are interested in learning and sharing, particularly on topics like using technology, social media, fundraising, public relations and building communities.
This BarCamp is focused on organizations and people who are dedicated to non-profits and will be held in an abbreviated evening session, on Tuesday November 25th, 2008 in Oak Cliff.
Yesterday and today I’ve been in Las Vegas at the WOMMA Summit. I’ve been doing the live blogging together with the always fantastic Shannon Stairhime of Passenger. Here’s the URL:
http://womma.org/liveblog/
I’ll be blogging my thoughts about the conference when I get home and have a chance to review my notes. In the meantime, I’m back to live blogging!
If you’re in or around Dallas, you might want to think about attending the Tweetup organized by Alexis at Forrester. She’s pulling together quite a few people from the various interactive and marketing groups around town. Since the Forrester Consumer Forum is in town that week, you can bet there’s going to be quite a talented group of people in attendance!
To RSVP, head over to the Upcoming event.
For planning purposes, the event will be at Love and War in Texas.
Social Media Club founders, Chris Heuer and Kristie Wells, are in town this weekend and Social Media Club Dallas invites you to join them for coffee and some grub. (We provide the location, you provide your own food…BYOP: Bring your own Pancakes)
Here’s the details!
Saturday, October 18, 2008
9:00am – 11:00pm
Original Pancake House
2900 Lemmon Ave. West, Suite 200
Dallas, TX
Over at the Digital Nomads blog, Bruce posted an interview with me about being a Digital Nomad.
UPDATE: Very cool! This presentation has been chosen as a SlideShare featured presentation of the day!
Thanks to Andrew Beard, my BlogOrlando keynote was live streamed and now has been archived. I’ve also posted the slides on SlideShare.net.
FYI: The Cluetrain presentation starts about 15 minutes into the video
Thanks again to Josh for the invitation!
This month has me speaking at several events on some fun panels. If you’re interested, here are the details. I hope to see you in person!
iMedia Brand Summit – Customer Collaboration: Focus on What Matters and Forget the Rest
Your customers are talking about their experiences with your brand every day, but you’re not a part of the conversation. Unless you have a means of engaging with this invaluable community and capturing that knowledge, this insightful perspective will go unnoticed. Learn first-hand how to foster an ongoing dialogue with your customers that can transform the way your organization conceives ideas, designs, refines, and markets its products and services. By positioning your company to incorporate the collective intelligence of your customers into your business, you will enhance brand equity and stay one step ahead of the rapidly evolving marketplace.
In this panel, attendees will learn from leading brands and industry experts as they discuss the transformational nature of the customer collaboration experience, including:
BlogWorld Expo - Taking Smart Risks with Your Online Personality
Blogging opens endless doors for exposure and growth of your identity and your brand. But someone has to forge the path to determine what might constitute too much exposure. Jake and Alex Hillman talk about some examples of openness and identity online and share some tips and examples of taking the smart risks when blurring the line between your work and your life.
BlogOrlando – How LEGO caught the Cluetrain
Ten years ago, four authors started a new conversation about marketing. The result was the book The Cluetrain Manifesto and with it, Chris Locke, Rick Levine, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger nailed 95 Theses on the door of the Internet and challenged us all to wake up to a transformation underway in how companies and people engage in markets. One of the companies who embraced the ideas put forth in Cluetrain was The LEGO Company. Jake McKee, the LEGO Company’s first community manager spent five years on the frontlines of the company/customer interactions. In this session, Jake will recap his efforts to help LEGO embrace the principles of the Cluetrain, and will share tips for how you can apply those principles in your own business.
BlogOrlando – Taking Smart Risks with Your Online Personality [Roundtable]
Blogging and community interaction opens endless doors for exposure and growth of your identity and your personal brand. But opening yourself up to the world is a risky endeavor, but without risk there is no reward. Jake McKee will lead a discussion about identifying and taking smart risks when blurring the lines between our work and your life.
Jake McKee is the Chief Idea Officer and Ant Wrangler at Ant's Eye View, a customer experience strategy practice focused on helping clients escalate their customer experience. With a rich background in customer collaboration, online communities, and fan groups, and Web development, community management, and product development, Jake helps organizations understand how to act like groups of people, rather than soulless money making machines.
