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Conference Highlights:
- TEDxSummit in Qatar's Doha Brings Together Nearly 100 Cultures to Accelerate Change & Meaning
Monday, April 30, 2012
I recently came back from Doha Qatar, where I attended a week-long event exclusively for TEDx organizers. The first TEDxSummit was hosted by the Doha Film Institute at the Katara Cultural Center aka the Katara Valley of Cultures. The "village" is a bit like a sprawling outdoor convention center that houses an ampitheatre, tents and domes where you can see live concerts and events. Katara was born out of a long held vision to position the State of Qatar as a cultural lighthouse of art if you will, highlighting the best of theatre, literature, music and visual art in the Middle East. It sits along the water, so you can watch boats sail by and a sunrise in the early evening off in the distance while you take in your event, whether it be performing arts or meetings, or in our case, a mishmash of both. Before arriving, I wasn't sure what to expect, from the kinds of content they'd choose to why Qatar and what is Qatar? Refer to my numerous posts on Qatar including a writ … - Relevenz: Your Mobile Calendar Marries Relevant & Hyper Local Promos
Thursday, April 12, 2012
If the word of the day in the social media world isn't engagement or curation, then its geo-location or relevance. Finding things that matter to you amidst the clutter (bring on smart and interesting curators please) is like finding a needle in a haystack. And truth be told, while the content needs to be interesting, it also needs to be relevant. Relevenz is banking on the fact that people are starving for more and more relevance in a world where so much of what comes our way either doesn't spark our interest or has nothing to do with who we are or what we care about. Relevenz is a downloadable app (they're starting with iPhone and Android with other mobile support coming later this year) that focuses on relevance within your social calendar. The idea is simple: share relevant plans with people who matter to you (Plancast has demonstrated that sharing events with friends is something people will spend their time doing), and within the parameters of that shared informatio … - UCLA's Social Media Business Course on April 27-28
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
There's a fascinating social media "business" course coming up in LA April 27-28, 2012 at UCLA. Entitled the UCLA Social Business Course, the course is designed for executives and professionals who want to go beyond the basics and learn how to apply social media to get concrete business results. Led by industry veteran Dr. Natalie Petouhoff, she'll explore real-world examples using case studies and explore how social media affects each functional department (PR, marketing, customer service, product development, etc.). The course will also dive into ways to calculate the return on investment (ROI) for each. Social media monitoring will be part of the curriculum, along with an assessment to benchmark the "as is" state of your social media initiatives and compare them to "could be" via best practices geared toward social media and digital programs with higher monetizations of social media investments. With this insight, business leaders can assess t … - Kavaleer: A FORCE Behind Animation, Short Films, TV Series, Design & Interactive
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
I first met Andrew Kavanagh during a trip to Dublin a couple of years ago. Introduced to me as someone "interesting to know and meet" because I expressed an interest in arts and culture and write about it regularly, I was pleasantly surprised to discover an expansive world of expertise which unfolded as a result of a one-time "pub" meeting. He drew an impressive animation sketch for me in some Irish pub way back when and so it comes to pass that Andrew is a huge creative force behind Kavaleer Productions, a well known, savvy and talented studio group, who have created a top notch reputation in the film, design, interactive, animation and television space around the globe. We had the fortune of spending time together in Austin recently so I could learn about their latest updates. While most known for their creation of award–winning film and television projects, Kavaleer also creates animation, interactive and design services. Aside from creating their own TV shows, w … - Billfaster Makes it Easy & Fast to Manage Money, Invoices & Your Business
Monday, April 9, 2012
I come across new start-ups on a weekly basis if not a daily one and when you are introduced to as many as I am, its easy to glaze over the details because so many of the pitches sound the same and are in similar categories trying to do the same thing. I met with the founders of Billfaster recently who are working on a solution for real businesses with real problems around invoicing, accounting and money. It is not a widget. It's not a social media or analytics tool and it's not some web app or vertical search engine that is likely to get crushed by Microsoft or Google. Billfaster is essentially online accounting software as a service that targets small businesses, startups, freelancers and professional service contractors. They offer a quick, easy and fast way to keep track of and manage money, as well as handle businesses and individual's accounting. You could say pieces of what they provide compete with QuickBooks yet it cleverly does things a little differently and t … - Entrepreneurs: Look Outside Silicon Valley for Innovation, Talent & Money
Monday, April 9, 2012
While Silicon Valley may be the "hub" for technology start-ups and where the world thinks the top creativity and talent reside, there is plenty of innovation coming out of other parts of the world. In the states, Denver, Boston, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Portland and Seattle are all making strides. Just this week, I was informed of a few start-ups out of Montana which just closed small rounds. Outside the states, many entreprenuers and VCs alike know about the flood of activity coming out of Israel, the UK and mobile apps from developers in Eastern Europe, Asia and South Africa (Memeburn is a growing social media and start-up blog for the developing world and a hot new Cape Town-based start-up conference is unveiling in the fourth quarter). Paris-based LeWeb is one of the hottest start-up and technology conferences around and given its growth and diversity, it's not just focused on Europe anymore. In the last six months alone, I've met 6 French entrepreneurs who a … - Zartis Leverages Social Media & Existing Employees to Mine the Best Talent
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
There are still plenty of opportunities to create a lucrative business in the "job" and "talent" market. Not only was LinkedIn's entry into the public market a hit last year (its IPO brought the company $352.8 million), but this BusinessWeek article (a GigaOm re-post) from last May touts numerous potential acquisition targets that might complement their business. Among those targets include Hashable, Socialware, Yammer, Indeed and BranchOut. Sprouting from Ireland, Zartis is a new player in this space, who see the growing difficulty in hiring, particularly technical talent. Jobs boards aren’t returning great or even relevant candidates and recruitment agencies are expensive and can be time consuming. Unemployment and economic recession issues aside, the growth of new technologies, mergers and acquisitions and start-ups with great ideas around the globe, offer tremendous new employment opportunities, but finding the right person for a position is often like find … - Austin's Scene & #SXSW in a Nutshell: My Summary of Sorts…
Monday, March 19, 2012
SXSW aka South-by-Southwest, the event that takes a week of my time every year in Austin, Texas, seems to get bigger and bigger every March, not to mention more global. Refer to my blog write-up on its international diversity here. For example, Ireland had the most number of start-ups they've ever had at SXSW (30 in total representing film and interactive). Below are the Enterprise Ireland folks with Storyful founder Mark Little. Singapore, Great Britain, Spain (primarily music), Japan and Canada also tried to make sure attendees knew they were taking this space seriously. Also in my international blog post, I covered the sheer volume of brands who had tents (Nokia, Microsoft and others), threw parties (HP, Pepsico and others…I lost track) or carted folks around town (Chevy). On the interactive side, there was so much activity between the dozens and dozens of panels to the after parties, all of which I couldn't keep up with despite my social media apps buzzing me every ten … - 10 Ways to F-K Up Marketing Yourself at #SXSW
Friday, March 16, 2012
Truth be told, I go to a lot of conferences and events throughout the year and have been a regular attendee at SXSW (South-by-Southwest Festival) for about a decade. One of my favorite things to do at conferences is observe what vendors do well (rarely are my socks knocked off) and of course, where they make obvious marketing faux pas (more often than not). Many of the things on my list will apply to pretty much any show, however the below incidents actually happened during my trip to SXSW this past week. And I couldn’t help but think: It is 2012 isn’t it? There are some basics. What Not To Do: 1. Throw an Event and Target the Wrong People: Let’s call it a B-Brand, aka, not a Ford, Pepsi Co or Kodak but let’s say a company in between Instagram and Adobe as far as name recognition goes. Targeting early social media adopters, musicians and music “lovers” would have been the right way to go. Upon arrival, I was escorted to the VIP section (nearly every event I went to had one of these yet … - 30 Irish Start-Ups to Make Splash at #SXSW This Year: #IrelandSXSW
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Representatives from 30 Irish companies unite in Austin Texas to participate in South by Southwest (SXSW), the world’s premier film, music and interactive conference. With the Irish delegation is Ireland’s Minister for Innovation, Mr. Sean Sherlock. The delegation is supported by Enterprise Ireland (EI), the government agency responsible for the growth and development of Irish companies in international markets. Collectively, the Irish will stage their presence at booth #1307 in Exhibit Hall 4 at the Austin Convention Center. Enterprise Ireland is joined at SXSW this year again by IDA Ireland and the Irish Film Board. Ireland’s web, gaming, digital media and film ingenuity will shine in myriad ways throughout the event. For Storyful which uses social networks to create an authentic and socially useful journalism, SXSW is the latest stop on its US market roll-out campaign. This week the company named Erica Berger, who previously reported for The Economist, as head of its new Americas op … - Yahoo's Filmmaking Panel on Storytelling – #SXSW #webstories
Friday, March 9, 2012
On March 12, 2012 at SXSW, Yahoo! will be holding a unique filmmaking panel on the future of storytelling media titled “Times Are a’Changing: Digital Storytelling Today.” Moderated by Erin McPherson, VP, Head of Originals/Video at Yahoo! Inc., the panel will feature Mike Rosenstein, Director of Digital at Red Hour Films, Larry Tanz, President at Vuguru LLC and Jordan Levin, CEO at Generate. The greatest filmmakers of the 20th Century long maintained that there was nothing comparable to watching an epic story told on a screen that enveloped our frame of vision..but they didn’t have smartphones, tablets or PC's. As our consumption habits have adopted the same frenetic pace of our lives, a new breed of storyteller has emerged to match those habits. They don’t exist only in Hollywood–or in Austin, they exist in every corner of every town. Their stories are framed on an iPhone screen, through the viewfinder of a DSLR or on tablets. Content creators and distributors now have a duty to … - Dastoli's "Machines of the Working Class" at SXSW
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Robert and James Dastoli are identical twin brother filmmakers hailing from Los Angeles whose short film "Machines of the Working Class" will be part of the SXSW Midnight Shorts program on March 9th, 10th and 16th, 2012. The two minute short features practically built robots having an unusually profane conversation. SXSW marks the fifth flm festival screening of Machines of the Working Class in the past year, with a screening at the Florida Film Festival coming up in April. Check out their amusing behind the scenes featurette on YouTube here. - TEDxBerkeley 2012's Inspiring Innovation Merges Magic, BioData & Technology With Film, Oceans & Plants
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Most people in my circles know what a TEDx event is but for those of you who don't, it is a local, self organized event that bring people together to share a TED-like experience, in the spirit of ideas worth spreading. This video gives you an idea of what these non-profit events are like, which extend far beyond Berkeley. Cities around the world are organizing TEDx events, with a goal to teach, share, collaborate, educate, faciliate and grow. Ideas worth spreading means that some of these ideas can revolutionize (and have revolutionized) the world because of a new relationship or partnership that has evolved as a result of the wider distribution of these ideas and the courage and dedication of people behind making the 'magic' happen. It's the second year I've been involved as co-curator of TEDxBerkeley, an event held at Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall every February. In attendance were well over 1,000 people from a broad range of disciplines and minds – from ac … - Womzit's SXSW® GO: Mobile App to View/Build Schedules & Navigate the Show
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
SXSW® GO from Womzit, is going to be the official mobile app at SXSW, which will allow you to view/build your schedule, view maps of what’s happening, where and how to navigate to locations. The app allows you to sync your online schedule with your phone, so as things change, your schedule will too. It will also allow you to tap into the thousands of SXSocial Registered Attendees who are going, browse by category, view profiles and make connections from within the app. SXSW GO is now available for iPhone, iPad, and Android. Blackberry and Windows Phone 7 versions are coming soon apparently. - D Dive into Media: Where Big Media Meets Digital Explosion…
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
How we tell stories is not linear, so what will emerge to transform storytelling in the face of new media? How much value — real or perceived — does vinyl have today when digital is winning because of convenience? As digital video continues to explode and the quality gets better and better, will the cable bundle last? These were a few of the questions the D: Dive Into Media event explored in late January in Laguna Niguel, California, a fascinating event focused on the future of media. Says host Peter Kafka on opinions versus behavior: "Nearly everyone is convinced that the TV industry is ripe for massive disruption, brought on by some combination of free Web video and pay video services like Netflix. But the pay TV business is behaving as though it has all the leverage in the world… buying big bundles of programming, at ever increasing rates, and forcing customers to buy all of it if they want to watch TV." He also points to the fact that Hulu is generating more than $400 … - TEDxBerkeley’s 2012 Theme “Innovation” Kicks Off Third Year at Zellerbach Hall on Feb 4
Friday, February 3, 2012
Tomorrow, Saturday, February 4, 2012, UC Berkeley will gather world leading thinkers, visionaries, creative pundits, philosophers, academics and doers to host the third TEDx Berkeley Event (a 501c3) at Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. It's the second year I've been involved in the event and we're thrilled to have a stellar line-up of speakers once again. The theme this year is: "Innovation." 15 ground-breaking thinkers, leaders and performers will cover a diverse number of global issues and topics, ranging from health and toxicity, politics in a new media world, robotics, machine learning, and mobile computing to the arts through life-changing film & storytelling, micro-finance, the gift-economy and “magic.” Below is a list of the 2012 TEDxBerkeley speakers and performers. Visit the TEDxBerkeley speaker page for their detailed biographies and updates. Carl Bass: president and chief executive officer of Autodesk, Inc., the leader in 3D design, engineering and ent … - Leonard Nimoy & Steve Wozniak Steal the Stage at DEMO Enterprise Disruption
Sunday, January 8, 2012
I'm a long time fan of the DEMO Conferences and events and have been attending for well over a decade (since the start of their events really, but let's not date myself that much shall we?). This past week, they held an evening event called DEMO Enterprise Disruption at San Francisco's Temple Bay & Nightclub at was so well organized that it felt like a shorter version of their twice-a-year launch events. (in the states that is as they're now doing events around the world). Not only was the event well organized with an agenda, but they had incredible food (soups, burgers, sauteeds and sushi), as well as a sake tasting station, wine, beer and cocktails. Fusion.io sponsored the event, who touts speed speed speed as their main value proposition. They're a pioneer of a new storage memory platform that significantly improves the processing capabilities within a data center by moving process-critical, or active data closer to the CPU where it is processed. They an … - Israel On Destination Branding: Giving a Place its Human DNA & Voice
Monday, November 28, 2011
Ido Aharoni of New York's Israel Consulate (aka @israelconsulate) spoke on the BrandsConf stage in late October about a project they did to "humanize" Israel. They conducted something they refer to as the "House Party" study where they had survey participants create images of what they saw in the "house" of various countries around the world, including Israel. For example, in the Brazil house, there were images of parties and dancing, in France, symbols which represented romance, Las Vegas, images which represented sin. In the Israel house, there were no images of women and children, but of guns and military. People were not describing normal every day life in Israel, a clear indication that they had a global perception issue, one which could be rectified with clear communication and engagement to educate people on what Israel was as a "destination brand." He asked us, if Tel Aviv were a person, would it be a male or female, skinny or fat, f … - Branding: Unique Voices & Humanization of the Web
Friday, November 25, 2011
Every human being is different. Every product 'being' is different. And, every brand 'voice' should be different. We're talking about humanization of the web. Brands are trying to figure it out and get their "head around" community. Yet, community managers don't necessarily communicate with corporate marketing or PR. Someone said on a panel at BrandsConf in New York City in late October that customer service doesn't belong in PR. I thought, are you kidding? If PR doesn't care about the customer, then companies are hiring the wrong PR people. If PR doesn't live and breathe to make the customer happy because it's something that makes their hearts sing, then they're not in the right job. PR should be instrumental in shaping that "human voice" on the web. How do brands arrive at their human voice on the web? Dan Neely (@dneely40) CEO at Networked Insights, IBM's Ed Abrahams (@ibm), Oglivy's SVP of Digital … - Startups Pitch & Strutt Their Stuff at MUSIC Techpitch 4.5 in London
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Recently, The Next Web reported 8 startups had been selected for MUSIC techpitch 4.5 in London. After a series of 3-minute pitches and Q&A sessions, Webdoc, an easy and creative way to share rich-media all in one place, emerged as the winner. It took place at EMI’s HQ in Kensington, startups had an opportunity to get the word out about their ideas to investors, one of which was an opportunity to participate in an investment meeting arranged by Par Equity, which is one of the largest investment networks in Scotland. While 3 minutes isn't long (less than half the time of the on-stage DEMO pitches), it is in fact longer than 140 characters. Trust me, I'm a fan of in-depth pieces and features articles; I still have a hard time cranking out short blog posts, yet I'm also prolific on Twitter…tweeting is a great exercise even if you're not a Twittaholic because it forces you to say more with less and trains you to write better headlines. Enuf said. 3 minutes is enoug … - Technorati's Shani Higgins on the State of the Blogosphere
Friday, November 4, 2011
Technorati CEO Shani Higgins presented the annual State-of-the-Blogosphere at BlogWorldExpo this morning. Below are some of the more interesting stats Higgins released in a shotgun array of slides after slides with stats after stats. When Mitch Joel, who has been blogging for about as long as I have, asked "what defines a blog today? Is Huffington Post a blog? Is an economist who presents an opinion on a site that looks like a blog a blog? Says Higgins, "the independent web is what blogs are…." In other words, not necessarily controlled by a brand or a publisher. Of bloggers today, 61% are hobbyists. Professional part-timers make up 13%, corporate bloggers make up 8% and entrepreneurs, which is a new category this year is roughly around 13%. Of bloggers geographically, 50% of bloggers still comes from the US, which apparently hasn't changed much from last year. 65% are aged between 18-44 years old and 59% are male, which is down by 5%, meaning more women are blogg … - Ireland Prime Minister Enda Kenny on Technology at #Founders
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Ireland's Prime Minister Enda Kenny came to the Founders event in Dublin this past week to talk about the importance of technology and Ireland's commitment to its expansion and innovation as a major contribution to a growing economy both at home and abroad. - StockStreak: A Fun Way to Play the Stock Market
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Michael MacDougal from StockStreak talks to me about their application at the Dublin Web Summit this past week in Dublin Ireland. Essentially, its a game that allows you to play the stock market. Predict the stock price of ONE of the listed stocks and whether it will go up or down, and whether the next trading day's closing price will be higher or lower than the prior day's closing price. Votes placed after Noon Eastern Time will be counted towards the next day's session. Listen to how it works. - Disruption: How the Tech Industry Eco-System is Changing: Butcher, Ralston, Birch & McClure
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Entrepreneurs Michael Birch, Dave McClure and Geoff Ralston from Imagine K12 were on the Dublin Web Summit main stage this past week in a discussion moderated by TechCrunch's Mike Butcher on Disruption: How the technology industry eco-system is changing. - Werner Vogels on Dublin Web Summit 2011 Stage
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
At the Dublin Web Summit in Dublin, Ireland this past week, Amazon's CTO Werner Vogels was interviewed on the main stage. Have a listen: - GigaOm Event on Nov 10: How will Connectedness Transform Everything?
Monday, October 31, 2011
Blazing fast networks, cheap silicon, always-on devices and a torrent of data will fundamentally change everything — how we consume media, how we work, how and what we buy, and even who we are. They plan to expore how connectedness will transform every industry and facet of life. Here's a snapshot of the opportunities they plan to examine. Meet the GigaOM editors and analysts who are unveiling the trends driving consumer connectedness. The speaker lineup includes: David Card, Director of Research, GigaOM Pro Katie Fehrenbacher, Senior Writer, GigaOM Mathew Ingram, Senior Writer, GigaOM Ryan Kim, Staff Writer, GigaOM Ryan Lawler, Staff Writer, GigaOM Om Malik, Founder, GigaOM Jody Ranck, Analyst, GigaOM Pro Paul Sweeting, Analyst, GigaOM Pro Michael Wolf, Vice President of Research, GigaOM Pro All registered attendees to GigaOM RoadMap will receive a complimentary copy of a GigaOM Pro in-depth report on the future of connectivity. You can register here. Speaker Lineup Robert Bowman … - Bryan Doerries' Theatre of War
Saturday, October 22, 2011
At PopTech this week, Bryan Doerries, a New York-based writer, translator, director, and educator read poetry to us, his eloquent use of language and intonation resonating with nearly everyone in the audience. He is the founder of Theater of War, a project that presents readings of ancient Greek plays to service members, veterans, caregivers and families as a catalyst for town hall discussions about the challenges faced by combat veterans today. Over the past year, Bryan has directed film and stage actors such as Paul Giamatti, Isiah Whitlock Jr., David Strathairn, Lili Taylor, Charles S. Dutton, Gloria Reuben, and Jeffrey Wright in readings of his translations of Sophocles’ Ajax and Philoctetes for military communities. When people are in pain or have undergone crisis, it's important to be able to speak the unspeakable. He says, "Imagine soildiers in Athens, seated in the order of tribe and according to rank. They have come together to hear plays that only those who have bee … - Anne-Marie Slaughter: A New Networked World Means Rethinking Professions
Friday, October 21, 2011
Anne-Marie Slaughter uses a Lego analogy to talk about foreign policy at PopTech this week. Anne-Marie is a Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and also served as Director of Policy Planning for the United States Department of State from 2009-2011, the first woman to hold that position. She discussed where we started from and where we have moved to, aka from a world of states to a world of social actors. The world of states was the first (traditional) way of looking at foreign policy, something she refers to as the billiard ball world. Today, we live in an networked world. In that world, foreign policy has started to shift, where we are seeing orchestrated coaltions. In a top down colation, the World Bank pulled together 14 of oil producing companies and 4 oil producers to reduce environmental effects. Where we're going however is bottom up: build local and go global. Examples include: From USAID to Kiva From NDI Election Monitoring to Ushahidi …
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