Big Brand Panel for Social-Loco Conference

I had the honor of moderating the Big Brand Panel at Social-Loco Conference in San Francisco June 18, 2012 featuring: Michael Hammer, Director of Venture Capital Strategy for PepsiCo; Jon Paluga, Vice President Marketing for Armored AutoGroup; Fred Neil, Vice President of CRM for The Home Depot. The panel covered a range of topics from: SoLoMo and regional brand engagements that sit under big brand programs; Big Brand Hackathons; Acquisitions for big brands of tech companies and more. Transcript via transcribeme.com follows the video:

Change Everything

This post presents the content and discusses the process in my journey to create the “This Can Change Everything” presentation for iMedia Breakthrough Summit on March 21, 2011. It was a 30-45 minute discussion where I covered So|Lo|Mo, Gamification, Maker-movement and Social CRM/Caring after a hat-tip to Moore’s & Metcalfe’s laws combined with the “People” coefficient. With an extra 15-minutes allowance, I may have added connected TVs as a potential “return to the Family Room” theme. Regardless, these themes are ones that I believe can change everything in the coming years.