I just returned from a speaking engagement in Atlanta at Social Media 2007 where I presented “Fifteen Megs of Fame – Your brand when consumers are creators“. I must say that I had a peach of a good time and really enjoyed the event and all the great people I met.
Weather-wise it was not much warmer there than it is in Toronto. I kept thinking “Isn’t Atlanta in the south?”. I was the only Canadian in the crowd and coming from a hot bed of TO bloggers I was impressed to see the Social Media scence is alive and well down in Georgia. I even attended the first meeting of the Atlanta Chapter of Social Media Club. It was really great to see passionate folks discussing the issues and ideas in the space. Lots of fun and compelling conversations.
I met some very interesting folks including Rob Walch from http://www.podcast411.com/, Chris Barger, Chief Blogger at IBM and Howard Greenstein, co-founder of Social Media Club. I interviewed all of these gentlemen for upcoming episodes of The Client Side Podcast, so stay tuned to hear from them soon.
I regret missing the session run by Paul Vogelzang from Mommycast who I met briefly and wish I could have spent more time chatting.
Thanks to Robert Chiarito, Conference Organizer for putting together a great event with a stellar line-up of speakers and content.
All in all it was quite encouraging to see the passion and sincere interest in the space from a diverse group of people who don’t have all the answers, but are certainly asking all the right questions.
If you attended and are reading this, leave a comment – tell me what you thought about the conference.
Social Media 2007 in Atlanta
01 Thursday Feb 2007
Posted Digital Marketing, Social Media
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