Ilise's Bizjam Highlights
Boy, did I feel behind the times at Bizjam last week, when everyone was not only talking about all the different social networking tools but using them right then and there. Twitter, Pownce, Tumblr, Utterz, Facebook, MySpace, Seesmic, Dogster (and Catster, of course) and so many more. I'm overwhelmed just trying to name them!
I went to the FreshBooks Supper Club where I sat across from social networking maven, Aliza Sherman, whom I hadn't known before last week but thought I did. I had confused her with another journalist with a similar name, so I introduced myself as if we'd been in touch before. She of course had no idea who I was. That was sure embarrassing but we got over it and ended up having a lovely time chatting about all sorts of things.
Then, on Thursday, during my session on the topic of good, old fashioned, in-person networking, Aliza twittered a request for other Twitterers to email me to let me know what a great networking tool Twitter is. And a few of them actually did it, although it probably felt way passé to them to be emailing me. I have a feeling there's a whole population that doesn't even deal with email anymore. Is that true?
On Thursday night, I was planning to only make an appearance at the wrap up "soiree" (I'm not really a late night person) but I ended up hanging out with my new friend, Saul Colt, Head of Magic at FreshBooks, who also blogged about my session, watching this incredible show of aerial dancers from Versatile Arts. Then, Dan and Lara, founders of Bizjam, surprised me with an award for traveling the furthest to attend the event. But of course, I told them, "I have to practice what I preach, right?"
Ilise,
It was super awesome to meet and hang out with you this past weekend.
Looking forward to seeing you in Chicago!
Saul Colt
Head of Magic
FreshBooks
Posted by: Saul Colt | July 14, 2008 at 08:14 PM
Hi Ilise,
Your presentation about how NOT to networking was outstanding. Do you mind if I post your slides on slideshare for attendees to view?
Posted by: Dan | July 16, 2008 at 04:01 PM
Hi Ilise,
Jeff Fisher told me about your company. I'm a graphic designer in San Francisco and have found your blog full of very helpful information.
Thank you for doing what you do.
-Calie
Posted by: Calie Anderson | July 16, 2008 at 04:45 PM
Dan, you are absolutely welcome to post the slides.
And Calie, thanks so much for your feedback and we love doing what we do, so it works out well for everyone.
Let me know if you'd like to take advantage of the free phone consult we offer. You can sign up for it on http://www.marketing-mentor.com
Posted by: Ilise Benun | July 17, 2008 at 09:05 AM