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SXSW: Here We Come…

janequigley — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:56:46 +0000

…and by “we”, I mean me and my fellow-crayonista, (and social media Boy-Toy) Greg Verdino. Not only are we going to hang with the TechSet, maybe hit some Karaoke, and be social in a way that, well, isn’t me, but we have actual WORK to be done!

Two of crayon’s clients, ooVoo and Panasonic, will each be participating at SXSW.

I’ll be one of the people staffing the booth (#231!) for ooVoo, where they’ve announced the official debut of its open API - so they’ll be lots of demos and question-answering. And all you developers? Ask about the App Store that ooVoo’s putting together to showcase your applications – oh, and also make some money. Another sneak peak? Contests for the best application (and there are multiple categories) – if you ask, I bet someone will even suggest some apps to start. BTW – I’ll be looking for an iPhone app, once Apple opens the camera to video.

Also – another crayon client, Panasonic’s Living in HD Community, is one of the sponsors of the live Diggnation event on Saturday Night at Stubbs (see Event info/RSVP here and here). I’m really enjoying working with the Revision3 guys (Hi, Ryan!) and am really excited to show off the community (and announce some cool contests!) to this audience.

So – if you’re going to SXSW, let me know, it would be great to say Hi!

Event: Network Solutions – Solutions Stars Video Conference

jquig99 — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:56:59 +0000

Disclosure: I’ve been working – in a small way – on this wonderful event with Livingston Communications for Network Solutions. ooVoo (a crayon client) is the video platform of choice for this event.

The Solutions Stars Video Conference is happening October 29th at 1pm. A number of social media luminaries (listed below) – the kind that you usually pay a couple thousand to see – have participated in this incredible event.

The format: Videos will be uploaded one at a time, one after the other and will focus on the following nine areas:

Building Web Presence
The Social Opportunity
Start with Listening
Strategy Drives Outreach
You Need Social Networks
To Blog or Not to Blog
Visibility Through Search
Rising Above the Noise
Time Demands

And when Network Solutions says “stars” they mean it. Take a quick look of the participants:

One of the things I love about this event is that it’s such a cool format – with budgets getting cut and time at a premium, you’re able to experience the best part of an A-level conference without the headache of air travel and seeing all of those people you don’t like anyway.

(Not you. I totally can’t wait to see you again.)

The other cool thing – you can participate! There’s a live chat room, where you can talk amongst yourselves, as well as the ability to ask real-time questions of Now is Gone’s Geoff Livingston and Network Solutions Shashi Bellamkonda.

And of course you have the option to share what’s going on to your social networks and also track this event on Twitter by the #solutionsstars hashtag (What’s a hashtag?).

Also – Please visit the “Solutions Stars Video Conference” event pages on Facebook and Upcoming:

So – please come, experience (and participate in!) this event on October 29th at 1pm – I’ll see you there!

crayon’s panel at Podcamp Boston 3

jquig99 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:42:17 +0000

I was going to be on this panel (until I took a certain job...).

The crayon Panel at Podcamp Boston moderated by Greg Verdino, with Doug Haslam, Phillip Robertson and Adam Broitman!

Events I’ll Be At/Participating In April/May/June

jquig99 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:48:06 +0000

I’ll be at a few events in the next few weeks – please find me and say hello if your attending any of these!

April 25th and 26th – Podcamp NYC, Brooklyn NYC

May 7th to 9th – “Food for Thought”, a conference on unconventional creativity, Greenville, NC. I’ll be participating on a panel on the 8th.

May 10th – SocialDevCamp in Baltimore MD

June 13th - BlogPotomac, Falls Church, VA

I’m also looking into going to Graphing Social Patterns East in Washington DC, June 9th to the 11th.

October Events I’m Attending

jquig99 — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:17:47 +0000

There are a couple of events I’ll be attending in the next couple weeks:

October 16th – 17th: SMX Social Media in New York

Agenda Highlights: From the website
SMX Social Media will explore current opportunities and future developments, offering both fundamental and advanced panels on topics including:

- Social Media Marketing Essentials
- Linkbait – Chumming for Traffic on Social Media Sites
- Extra! Extra! The Social News Sites
- A Marketer’s Guide to Social Bookmarking & Tagging
- Effectively Leveraging Social Networking
- Evangelist – The Marketer’s Role in SMM

Full Agenda is here. I’m hoping to do some video updates, maybe some interviews and will definitely blog my impressions and do some live-Twittering!

October 16th – I’m hoping to duck out of SMX to attend NYC’s first Lunch 2.0 (great work Brett Petersel!) at TheLadders.com

October 26-28th: PodCamp Boston 2
This will be my first PodCamp and I’m so excited to participate! I’ll be running around meeting people, learning about video, talking about Facebook and Second Life…and meeting great new people!

Here’s a list of proposed sessions.

I’ll be talking about PodCamp more as it gets closer.