I’ve stolen a moment here at the IiL08 conference in San Jose. Couldn’t be happier with the intensity, engagement, and buzz. Lisa Johnson’s keynote this morning was inspirational. I was taking mental notes as she spoke, barely able to keep up with ideas playing out in my head. Anyway, worst thing so far has been my choice of footwear. You simply cannot work at home in crocs and flip flops and then expect to put on heels.
I’ve got ‘conference brain.’ Will sleep well pass out tonight.
David Allen delivered the lunch keynote. I’ve been a follower for years. Simple message and, as always, not so simple to implement.
Off to procure some shoes and return for a corporate blogging session. Do’s and don’ts of corporate blogging. Sure to be interesting.
The Women’s Blog Jam last night actually ran into the opening reception we talked so long (2 hours). Stimulating conversation. We made a circle, no tables, just talked about the whys. Fun.
The opening reception was outstanding. Good music, food, drink, and conversation on a night with perfect weather. We have a ’sculpture’ of the logo brain that was floating in the pool. Seems like enough people wanted it that we will not include it in the drawing at the end of the conference. More conference brain.
The Social Media Jump Start workshop I did w/ Michelle Martin was great. Michelle is high energy and passionate about social media so it was pleasure to work with her. It was great to see so many people really into the new stuff. Quite a change from just a year ago (my observation). Michelle and I are actually the model of social media. Having just met the night before the workshop, it’s kind of amazing how much you actually “know” about someone simply by connecting and networking on the web. Cool.
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Hey Janet–Love working with you, too. And I personally would support you wearing crocs tomorrow.
With a business suit.
BTW–I liveblogged Lisa’s presentation this morning, so if your conference brain kicks in, I think I caught most of it.
http://michelemartin.typepad.com/thebambooprojectblog//2008/09/liveblogging-op.html
Wish I was there and glad to see two people, whom I both respect, working together. Last year we did a similar gig, having never met. I really enjoyed working with all the folks from BH in 2007.
Next week Michele, Tony and I are off to run an online course together. I’ve never met Michele F2F either, and it doesn’t really matter anymore, does it? It’s a virtual/physical world all together.
Have fun in San Jose
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Hi Harold-
You’re right, it doesn’t matter (although some of our audience seemed shocked).
I was looking around for Michelle based on her profile pic. Then, generally a ‘oh, you’re hair’s longer or whatever…”
You gotta be careful with those profile pictures…
I need to change my profile pic. I arrived at the conference not realizing that my hair has been (for some time now) an ‘interesting’ ‘mix of red, black, blonde, and brown (I call this mix “not gray”) and received some ‘I didn’t recognize you’ comments. My most frequently used one is probably three years old…time for some new photos.