Blog Post: CCA Meets SXSW

This week I’m representing CCA at the annual South by South West Interactive conference (SXSWi). There are few better places where you can immerse yourself in some of the most creative ideas that are changing the interactive and social web spheres.

A prime focus of CCA interactive is to be a part of, or ahead of, these ideas so that we can advise our clients on the best ways to utilize the Web rather than simply mimicking the latest social media case study from their competition.

“Tomorrow Happens Here”

I’ll be reporting back throughout the week on everything that I’m soaking in from the conference. Here is the short list of some of the sessions that I’m most excited about attending.

• Understanding Content: The Stuff We Design For
• What Are Analytics? A Guide To Practical Data
• The Revenge of Editorials
• Is The Brain The Ultimate Computer Interface
• Why Keep Blogging? Real Answers for Smart Tweeple
• Community Innovation Summit
• How to Create a Viral Video
• Banking 2.0: Financial Services Driven by People & Emerging Technologies
• Can You Copyright a Tweet?
• Debunking the Myth of Social Media Fundraising
• Measuring Blogger Credibility: FTC Regulations vs. Crowdsourced Solutions
• ‘Make’ vs. ‘Gather?’ Successful Content Business Models
• From Blogger to Social Media Guru to Professional Speaker
• Rules of BrandFiction from Twittering MadMen
• How To Spark a Movement In The 21st Century
• ER 2.0
• How Social Media Can Destroy Your Business Model
• Persuasive Design: How To Encourage Users To Do What You Want Them To
• Crowd Sourcing Innovative Social Change
• Interactive Agency Workflow: Design and Development Process

It looks like SXSW will keep me pretty busy this weekend.

If you aren’t attending, what sessions are you most looking forward to reading about after the fact or following Twitter’s comments in real time?