Tag Archives: SXSW

Brackets With Benefits

March 15, 2010

Posted by Rick Murray

Edelman, Chicago

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Dan Morrison is on a mission to change the world. More accurately, he’s on a mission to get others to help him change the world. He started Citizen Effect last fall to give everyday people the tools and networks they need to work directly with, and make a difference in communities around the world. He calls those who engage citizen philanthropists. We’ve taken on four projects at Edelman, and if you you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know that I’m an active and vocal convert.

Dan and his team have just launched Brackets With Benefits – a program that lets you…

Playing Foursquare With Dennis Of Foursquare

March 13, 2010

Posted by Suzanne Marlatt

Edelman Digital, Chicago

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Earlier today a group of Foursquare employees gathered outside the Austin Convention Center to start an impromptu game of real foursquare. I tried my best to become “king”, but I quickly realized I’m not as talented as I was in fourth grade. I was able to talk to Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley while he was on a break from playing. Watch the video where we discuss the 1 year Foursquare birthday celebration, his badge/check-in status, and his favorite social media tools.

Quick Hits: March 13

March 13, 2010

Posted by Blagica Bottigliero

Edelman Digital, Chicago

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As SXSW begins, the ‘big news’ in social media will feature the latest and greatest developments for location based tools like Foursquare, Gowalla and Plancast. Twitter ‘exploded’ at SXSW a few years ago and Foursquare began to bubble in 2009. We calmly await to see who the next “darling” will be this year! Translation: checking our Twitter streams like mad to see what SXSW people are talking about.

Facebook Gets into the Location Game

Joining their geo counterparts at Fourquare and Gowalla, Facebook plans on adding location based features to it…

Hoedown At The Driskill

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March 12, 2010

Posted by David Armano

Edelman Digital, Chicago

http://darmano.typepad.com/

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Evidently, what happens in Austin, doesn’t always stay there. Thanks to applications such as Foursquare which notifies you about local trending locations, a small mob of SXSW attendees descended upon the Driskill Hotel. Once we were there we noticed a small crowd around some impromptu square dancers. The scene at SXSW is what you would expect—brainfood by day and numerous tweet-ups and parties by night.

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CoTweet Heats Up At SXSW

March 12, 2010

Posted by David Armano

Edelman Digital, Chicago

http://darmano.typepad.com/

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It’s only day one of SXSW interactive in Austin, Texas and things are already heating up…literally. At 5:00 today the fire alarms in the Austin Convention Center went off and everyone was evacuated. Fire alarms aside the networking still continued. We spoke with Jesse Engle, Co-Founder and CEO of CoTweet (a twitter management system) about their recent acquisition.

Friday Five: Folks To Follow At SXSW

March 12, 2010

Posted by Jessi Langsen

Edelman Digital, Chicago

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This week’s installment is a list of Edelman “tour guides” whose tweets will deliver the latest news from Austin. Check back here for the latest in long form (i.e.: 140 characters or more). You can also keep track of the conference conversation by watching the #SXSW hashtag.

Rick Murray

Rick is the global leader for Edelman Digital and has the perspective to match. You can read his POV on attending the conference here. He’s a natural connector that will give you the play by play of panels and let you know the upcoming trends in different soci…

Passion: The Renewable Energy

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March 11, 2010

Posted by Rick Murray

Edelman, Chicago

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Yesterday, David Armano asked us all why we make the annual pilgrimage to Austin for #SXSW.

No doubt, he’ll get a wide range of responses from “the parties,” to “networking,” to “get me the hell out of winter.”

This is only my second South by, but I can’t see missing another one anytime soon. And here’s why:

The vibe is amazing. Austin sets the tone. Yes, it’s weird, and that’s a GREAT thing.
Geeks rule. The buzz is invigorating and unavoidable. It’s impossible not to be engaged… and inspired.
Let’s face it. Our years are filled with dai…

SXSW Poll: Why Are You Going?

March 10, 2010

Posted by David Armano

Edelman Digital, Chicago

http://darmano.typepad.com/

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After a recent conversation with Adweek’s Brian Morrissey—it hit me that this is likely the year where we will see more senior people from the marketing & business community descend upon SXSW for a number of dif…

SXSW: The Good, The Bad, The BBQ

March 4, 2010

Posted by David Armano

Edelman Digital, Chicago

http://darmano.typepad.com/

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What’s so special about SXSW? It’s unlike any other industry event you’ll likely attend and that’s by design. We’ll be there in full force this year co-hosting “Allhat 2” with Richard Binhammer of Dell, which thanks to a sponsorship from BlackBerry (client) promises to be even better than last year. Our president, Rick Murray will be in attendance along with regional managing directors Michael Wiley and Cricket Wardein to name a few. And our newest member of the team, Suzanne Marlatt will join me in “covering” the event. We’ll be doing quic…

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