The blogosphere continues to buzz about Gary Vaynerchuk’s presentation at Web 2.0 Expo New York back in September. “Gary is an outstanding speaker and a definite motivator,” wrote Ryan Leary just this week in his introduction to Gary’s presentation that he embedded on his blog.
This surprised me a little–I mean, Web 2.0 Expo New York wrapped a few months ago. Surely we’ve moved on to newer Web 2.0 topics by now? But the common thread in the references I’ve seen explains it, I think: Gary is very persuasively expressing his passion for what he does. His passion is inspiring and can be applied to just about any endeavor. (I should’ve watched the video frequently last month while I was doing NaNoWriMo, I might’ve put more words to paper…) He also uses his enthusiasm to prod us as well as encourage us–an engaging combination.
If you haven’t already, watch Gary’s presentation for yourself (heads-up: Gary uses adult language in his presentation).
Clay Shirky’s talk from Web 2.0 Expo SF back in April still rocks our video charts, too. And while Clay’s style is a bit more measured than Gary’s, the issues he raises around productivity and attention are equally compelling and vital.
And if you still haven’t gotten enough Web 2.0 footage, all of the presentations from last month’s Web 2.0 Summit (yes, including Al Gore) plus selections from the 2007 edition.
Web 2.0 Expo co-chairs Jen Pahlka of Techweb and Brady Forrest of O’Reilly are busy putting together the program for the San Francisco edition of Web 2.0 Expo in April. Wonder who will be most-viewed this time next year…
We’re still resurfacing from the madness of a great and successful event. Thanks for coming and sharing in the experience. We could not have launched this show without all of you. Hope you enjoyed!
We want to provide you with the content you want to hear. And though this is the final day of Web 2.0 Expo New York - we’ll be back next fall.
So please, rate the sessions you attended. We want and need your feedback in order to create a better program for you for 2009 (but yes, we realize this year’s sessions are going to be hard to beat).
Go to your schedule on Crowdvine and leave comments for your speakers and leave a rating.
Hi everyone. Just wrote a post about our conference backchannel going live. We’ve actually been working on getting the system launched for quite some time, and we look forward to your feedback.
Our intention is to provide attendees with a useful tool to stir a dialogue around the conference sessions, to connect with other folks, and to share ideas and thoughts in real time.
We realize that sometimes the best intentions don’t work the way it’s been envisioned. So we ask for your feedback and understanding that all of this is a work in progress, and we are trying our best to make the next three days something great.
So if you encounter any issues - with our backchannel, with crowdvine, with registration, with lunch… let us know. And if we can’t address it immediately, know that we’ll try for the future.
This applies to all the Web 2.0 Expo events worldwide
TheWeb 2.0 Expo NY backchannel is a place to chat with the community about what’s going on in the tracks and onsite at the show. There are two ways to get on the backchannel, which comes to you via Six Groups Livecommunity:
1) Through Crowdvine, the conference social network. On any Crowdvine page, click “Livestream” in the gray bar at the very top of the page. You’ll see a stream of all the current backchannel posts for the whole conference. Select the track you want to follow, and/or add a comment in the “Say something” box.
2) Through Twitter, use one ofthese #w2eTwitter tags for the relevant track:
Strategy & Business Models: #w2e_strat
Media & Marketing: #w2e_mktg
Design & UX: #w2e_ux
Development: #w2e_dev
Performance & Scaling: #w2e_perf
Web 2.0 at Work: #w2e_ent
Finance: #w2e_fin
Web2Open: #w2e_w2o
Sponsored Sessions: #w2e_s
Keynotes: #w2e_key
I got a question earlier today about how to tag your tables during our conference lunches.
Answer: Look for a sign up board in the conference hall (Hall 1A). Please write your topic on the board by 11 am and one of our team will prepare table top signs for the lunch room. Grab some food and head into the lunch, look for your signs, meet up with some good folks… and enjoy.
Got any other questions? Feel free to leave a comment on the blog (or email, tweet, etc.) and we’ll get back to you.
Dec 9th, 2008 |
