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    Mar
    2011

    SXSW Day 5: The FINAL What’s on Tap?

     
    Posted by Brad

    The final day of panels is upon me. And while I’m completely grateful for the experience and have learned so much, and met so many great people, I am ready to get home and see my family.

    Here’s where you can find me today (I hope):

    11:00AM – Shaping the Future with Small Moves, Smartly Made

    Most companies are content to pursue adaptation strategies in times of high uncertainty – sense and respond quickly to events as they unfold. While adaptation is certainly valuable, it misses a much greater opportunity – the ability to shape entire markets or industries in ways that create significant advantage for the shaper. While most disruptive innovation strategies focus on a single company betting heavily on a disruptive approach to the market, shaping strategies emphasize the opportunity to mobilize a very large number (thousands and, in some case, millions) of other participants to leverage investment and accelerate learning. As a result, shaping strategies can succeed with small initial moves, smartly made, that set big things in motion. This talk will review examples of successful shapers in the past to determine the key elements that determine the success of shaping strategies

    12:30PM – Real-time Marketing in a Connected World

    Brands must learn to connect in real time or get left behind in today’s on demand environment. They must think like real-time publishers, where timely messages are attuned to consumers’ current needs. This session explores what it means to be a “marketer in the moment,” and how brands need to reinvent themselves to remain relevant. This session is sponsored by iCrossing.

    2:00 PM – Keynote Simulcast: Blake Mycoskie, TOMS Shoes

    In this visionary talk, Blake Mycoskie shows you how to succeed in a new era of relentless competition and heightened social awareness. Why is philanthropy your best competitive advantage? How do you make money and do good simultaneously? How are the two acts intertwined? At TOMS — a self-sustaining, for-profit company — the act of giving is the cornerstone of its business model, integral to its financial success. In a behind-the-scenes look at how it all works, Mycoskie shares counterintuitive ideas (“In tough times, give more!”) that you can apply to your own business. His bold, winning strategies are proven, and have been talked about by Bill Clinton, the Obama administration, and the hundreds of thousands of customers that have joined the TOMS Movement by buying a pair of shoes. Inspired, inspiring and most of all practical, Mycoskie presents a new direction for business, offering TOMS as his prime case study. After hearing him speak, you too will know why giving just makes sense.

    3:30PM – Advanced Integrations of Social Media Analytics

    Learn how to analyze social media data to accelerate the success of any initiative and impact business. Featuring evaluations of popular social media monitoring tools, in-depth analysis of social media metrics, exercises on valuing social media activity, demonstrations of how social media data can be crossed with data sources such as site traffic data from Google Analytics/Webtrends, proprietary customer data or structured market research data, and case studies from some of the world’s top brands. This workshop is for individuals who want to measure social media to develop deeper understanding their businesses and achieve marketing success.

    All in all, another fascinating, diverse set of panels to attend. Should be another great (and exhausting day).

    You can keep up with the latest by following me on Twitter @psubuzz or Foursquare, reading my SXSW blog series, and catch some of the sights and sounds of SXSW on Flickr.

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