SXSW is awesome. Simply put. I went from a very entertaining session on how to create and maintain ideas in an organization to a very interactive round-table session on how to blog on company time – which turned into a session on how to implement a blog inside an organization. Brian Hope (@tracksuitCEO) led the discussion and he was great. Very down to earth and agreeable to discussion. If it felt like a college lecture-type session, it’s probably because Brian teaches blogging at UT. Way cool.
After that session I was able to meet Debbie Weil, author of The Corporate Blogging Book, and Lindsey from Southwest Airlines. Amazing conversation ensued followed by a great lunch with Debbie, an awesome marketer from Travelocity and @southwestair Twitter-er Christy. From there caught @zappos for an interesting keynote on the Zappos culture, followed by Charlene Li discussing the future of social networks. And, to top it all off, got to chat with a good friend and former colleague @paulwalker from C&W.
Say what! That was all in one day. One. Day. As Harry Carrey would say, “Holy Cow!!!”
So, that was today. My head was so full of ideas and thoughts I caught a migraine and had to call it a day early. I’ll be up and at it early tomorrow morning and will report what I learn when I can.
I’ve met some great people, added some Twitter followers and folks I’m now following and learned a bunch that I can’t wait to take back to my work group. I got social in my veins now, baby!
