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Sessions at SXSW Interactive 2012 about experiences

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Saturday 10th March 2012

  • Making the Real World Easier to Use

    by Dennis Crowley and MG Siegler

    The term "social media" is quickly becoming obsolete. The social graph is moving from our computers into the real world, and soon everything we experience will be overlaid with the thoughts and feelings of our friends. Early adopters are already starting to experience this phenomenon. For instance, foursquare alerts you when you're near places that your friends like, and provides you with suggestions from your friends on what to experience at those places. Other companies are attempting to create this type of engagement with television shows ("10 of your friends are watching!") and music. In this session, Dennis Crowley, Co-founder and CEO of foursquare, will have a conversation about how mobile technology is accelerating the social graph's move into the offline world, and how services like foursquare are taking this kind of augmented real-world exploration mainstream.

    At 3:30pm to 4:30pm, Saturday 10th March

    In Exhibit Hall 5, Austin Convention Center

  • Delivering Content Experiences Across Platforms

    by Michael Cerda

    The new "Post PC" landscape is driving significant changes in the way content is being distributed and consumed. Online content experiences are diversifying across multiple platforms and increasingly being packaged into new forms. In this session, you will learn effective strategies to maximize engagement and conversion across touch Web and app experiences for your content.

    At 4:00pm to 4:15pm, Saturday 10th March

    In Texas Ballroom 4-7, Hyatt Regency Austin

Sunday 11th March 2012

  • Open Art, Open Audiences: The Edinburgh Festivals

    by Andrew Coulton and Kath M Mainland

    Arts festivals are all about bringing people together, creating shared experiences and introducing them to cultural gems that they might not otherwise have found. How can festivals make best use of new technology to develop their audiences, enhance the impact of their content and remain relevant in the Information Age? What role can festival data play in the semantic web, and does it have more to offer than just what's on where? How might social platforms, ticketing innovations and mobile applications help audiences to navigate and explore the content available at a major arts festivals? In 2011 we opened our data to the developer community through www.culturehackscotland.com . Culture Hack Scotland was an outstanding event and was one of the strongest ever demonstrations of the value of open data in the arts. Hear how Edinburgh's Festivals Innovation Lab is beginning to answer some of these questions and explore what value the Edinburgh Festivals, a significant test bed environment, can add to the SXSW community.

    The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest arts festival in the world, and works with the other 11 major festivals in the city through Festivals Edinburgh.

    At 12:30pm to 1:30pm, Sunday 11th March

    In Salon E, AT&T Conference Center

  • Colin Shaw Book Signing

    Colin Shaw signs his book ‘Customer Experience: Future Trends and Insights’ at the SXSW bookstore.

    At 3:00pm to 3:15pm, Sunday 11th March

    In Ballroom G Foyer, Austin Convention Center

  • Customer Experience Meet Up

    by Sean McDonald

    Where is the Customer in Customer Experience? With the democratization of the web, customer experience is consistently a top meme. Now that ordinary citizens have a voice with large brands, what does the future hold for Customer Experience? Get together with other customer experience experts for an hour of brainstorming, idea-buidling, networking, friend-making and career-enhancement. Or, attend this Meet Up to learn more about this segment of the industry -- or if you are looking to hire a customer experience expert for your company.

    At 3:30pm to 4:30pm, Sunday 11th March

    In Boardroom, InterContinental Stephen F. Austin

Monday 12th March 2012

  • Social Media Comes of Age Without the Help of Porn

    by Dave Evans, Jason Falls, Jeremiah Owyang, Katie Paine and Lisa Joy Rosner

    Years ago, it was porn sites always pushing the envelope on graphics, interactivity, engagement, commerce, and stickiness (ewww). Now, it’s social media that’s getting lucky and monetizing eyeballs. In just the past two years, social technology has changed radically: Sure, previous advances in web, commerce and web content were largely driven by the adult market. But the current focus on collaboration and content sharing is being driven by individuals sharing their actual (as opposed to fantasy) experiences with brands, products and services. Social technology is redefining—and being redefined by—the interplay among organizations, customers and communities in what’s coming to be known as social business. Our speakers are social technology hotties. They have Klout scores ranging from the high 60s to the high 80s—so these are leaders of the social media pack. They’re here to lay out the future of social business so you can jump on it and profit from it. We promise a memorable, thrill-a-minute session that’ll leave you begging for more. We promise this will be the most fun you can have at the conference with your clothes on. This session is sponsored by NetBase.

    At 9:30am to 10:30am, Monday 12th March

    In Capital Ballroom A, InterContinental Stephen F. Austin

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  • Secrets to User-Centric Social Experience

    by Jack Jokinen

    People have certain fundamental wants and desires that drive them to take actions every minute of every day. Businesses, to be successful, must understand their consumers’ wants and desires, and must be able to subtly and seamlessly incorporate them intro branded marketing efforts. Here, we’ll pinpoint the set of innate wants and desires that resonate most effectively in digital and social, discuss how to leverage those desires to generate engagement, and share examples of how campaigns have successfully mapped user flows, business objectives, and consumers’ desires to drive results for brands in the space.

    At 11:00am to 11:15am, Monday 12th March

    In Texas Ballroom 4-7, Hyatt Regency Austin

  • Positively Inspired Change Campaigns

    by Stacey Monk and Tom Dawkins

    Social change agents often use guilt, fear, pity, or outrage to rally an audience around a cause. But does tapping into negative emotions with the hope of creating positive change make sense? Could focusing our common attention and intention on positive emotions more effectively transform our world? This panel will explore the experiences of recent positivity-based campaigns by Epic Change and HopeLab and other examples. Contribute to the discussion and learn how you can infuse these principles in your next campaign. Questions will include: How do positive (versus negative) emotions influence audiences? How can you build happiness, joy, inspiration and love into your next campaign? How do we inspire these best parts of ourselves in the pursuit of social change and meaningful engagement? Is positivity-based messaging more sustainable than its opposite? How do we balance some of the difficult realities of the world and the work we are doing with a positive message?

    At 5:00pm to 6:00pm, Monday 12th March

    In Room 8A, Austin Convention Center

Tuesday 13th March 2012

  • Gen Y&Z Expectations to Transform Customer Exp

    by Adam Edmunds and Al Nevarez

    Today’s customer is complex, but tomorrow’s will be even more difficult to understand, communicate with, support and please. Tomorrow’s customer will be used to an always-available ecosystem of online, mobile, and social media feedback channels, and will expect and demand fast responses. They will have a seeming “A.D.D.” mentality and businesses need to be ready. Listening to customer will change; surveys will become a hidden dialogue, communication channels will change and what customers expect from a company will change dramatically. Adam Edmunds and Al Nevarez will share best practices from leading edge companies today, and those who will pioneer this important area tomorrow. This session is sponsored by Allegiance.

    At 11:00am to 12:00pm, Tuesday 13th March

    In Salon FG, Hilton Austin Downtown