May 19, 2011

Mashable Connect was a great experience

Everyone knows Mashable.

It is even pretty trendy to make fun of folks that retweet and repost Mashable articles all day. A quick search online will find plenty of social media douchebag posts that mock these folks.

Mashable kills it though. They have great people. They produce quality content (and tons of it). They are friendly. They are really smart.

I was honored to be among the almost 300 folks invited to join the Mashable team for Mashable Connect in Walt Disney World.

Great speakers galore

I’ve been to quite a few events and MashCon had one of the best speaking lineups I’ve seen. A great mix of leading agency folks, brand leaders, founders and ultra-successful entrepreneurs. A few of my favorites were Rohit Bhargava of Ogilvy, Craig Engler of Syfy, Scott Heiferman of Meetup, David Jones of Havas, David Karp of Tumblr, Josh Williams of Gowalla and Steve Rubel of Edelman Digital.

An incredible venue

Having a conference in Disney World is pretty darn smart.

There was always an energy and sense of excitement because we were in the happiest place on Earth. One of the evening events was held in Epcot and we had a private viewing area of the Celebration fireworks. The final afternoon led us to Magic Kingdom for a Gowalla Race where we had to get group photos at various venues throughout Disney.

Awesome job by the Mashable staff for putting all of this together. It was pretty incredible.

Lots of really smart people

I was amazed by how smart and engaging all of the conference attendees were. There were tons of new connections formed and great conversations had by all. I’m partial to the bond I formed with other #team26 members: Josh Williams of Gowalla (@jw), Marcus Nelson of Salesforce.com (@marcusnelson), Jeff Rohrs (@jkrohrs) and Jesse Engle (@engle) of Exacttarget/Cotweet, Robert Michael Murray of National Geographic (@rmmdc), Laura Fitton of oneforty (@pistachio) and Pia Erkinheimo of Nokia (@piaerkinheimo).

Phonebooth aims to help SMBs

One of our goals at Phonebooth is to help small and medium businesses. We’re trying to start gathering content across various topics to provide as a resource for business decision makers.

Several conference attendees took the time to share tips for other SMBs and they can all be found at Phonebooth’s Pay It Forward page.

Check out what Ramon De Leon had to say.

Kudos Mashable Event Staff

Well done Karen, Kate and crew. This was an awesome event and I hope to be a part of future Mashable events. Keep up the great work!

Making Social Media Work for Business (a presentation)

Some of you may remember that I led a three hour session at Meredith College on using social media to get results for your business.

I wasn’t able to record the session with my (hopefully) knowledge filled rambling, but I did finally convert the HUGE file into a Quicktime movie – which didn’t successfully embed.

You can find a stripped down version of the slides below and I’ll be more than happy to discuss the details you missed.

Check out the presentation

Making Social Media Work for Business

View more presentations from Chris Moody

Need me as a speaker or presenter?

Drop me an email at cm AT chris-moody.com or tweet me @cnmoody. I travel well and guarantee at least two laughs and one awkward moment per presentation or lecture.

Jay Baer and Amber Naslund in Raleigh on May 19 – register now!

If you do anything with social media, there is a good chance that you follow Jay Baer (@jaybaer) and Amber Naslund (@ambercadabra) pretty closely.

Thank to Triangle AMA, we’ve landed both of them to come and speak on May 19 at 11:30AM at the Brier Creek Country Club.

Why Register Now?

This will be awesome.
The event includes lunch.
Jay and Amber are both consistently in top 10 speaker, author and blogger lists for marketing and social media.
The first 100 registrants get a free copy of their new book, The NOW Revolution.
I’ll be there if you are one of the two people that follow this blog and haven’t met me in real life.

Event Info

Exclusive Offer: a free copy of the speakers’ book The NOW Revolution to the first 100 registered attenders for Triangle AMA’s May luncheon. Tell all your marketing friends!

The social media evolution has begun, yet so many companies have yet to adapt. Learn how to retool your organization to apply real-time social media marketing and make it work for you rather than against.

Two leaders in social media strategies, Jay Baer and Amber Naslund, discuss the principles in their book The NOW Revolution, and show you how your company or organization membership can add more speed, smarts and sociability.

Don’t miss out: be one of the first 100 to register for the Triangle AMA May luncheon and receive your own copy of The NOW Revolution at the luncheon.

About the book:

Every customer is a potential reporter, and every employee is a potential spokesperson. Business has changed more in the past three years than in the prior 30. But it’s not a threat, it’s an opportunity. The NOW Revolution shows you how. This book isn’t about how to “do” social media. Instead, it outlines how you can retool your organization to capitalize on real-time business. Learn the seven shifts that make your company faster, smarter, and more social, each explained with case studies, useful tips, and actionable implementation advice. The NOW Revolution is the #3 business book in this April’s Inc. Magazine. (http://nowrevolutionbook.com/)

About the authors:

Amber Naslund is a communication and business strategist and the VP of Social Strategy for Radian6. She’s worked with businesses of all sizes to solve business problems through better communication. (http://twitter.com/ambercadabra)

Jay Baer is a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web. (http://twitter.com/jaybaer)

I need your help. Jeremy lost his house…

Update: Greg’s initial goal was $1,000. It is 3:54pm EST and $1,385 has been raised. Thanks to everyone who is and has been sharing this and helping Jeremy.

Update 2: Nationwide has contacted Jeremy and added lots of details in the comments (please read).

Most of you know Jeremy Smith or @jeremysaid on Twitter. I’ve known Jeremy for a while, but we currently serve on the Triangle AMA Board together.

While most were lucky enough to be out of the recent NC tornado’s path… Jeremy’s house was not.

Jeremy’s house was condemned and is being demolished.

To add to that, his Nationwide Insurance (@nationwide) had recently expired. Full details in the comments, but this was not a malicious act by Nationwide.

Please help Jeremy

Greg de Lima started a ChipIn widget that I’ve embedded below (his original post, but not so original blog theme :). Any penny will help. Please keep Jeremy in your thoughts and prayers.