Coming This Week: meshmarketing!
Just after the mesh conference last April, the mesh gang got together to for a wrap session and, of course, a few celebratory refreshments. In going over what we heard from attendees, a strong theme was the request for more hands-on and tactical sessions about digital marketing – what to do and how to do it.
After a lot of thought, we decided to do a marketing conference. It was a big decision because putting on meshU and mesh is a lot of work, and doing a conference in October meant working on it over the summer. Still, it was something we wanted to do so meshmarketing was born.
Over the past five months, there’s been a lot happening behind the scenes (particularly by our event planner extraordinaire, Sheri Moore), so it’s really exciting that meshmarketing is now only three days away (Oct. 22.)
We’re particularly satisfying is the high quality speakers that we’ve been able to attract – everyone from keynote speakers Hugh MacLeod, Ferg Devins, Katherine Fletcher and Mitch Joel to Dan Martell and Amielle Lake. And we believe the concept – a morning of a keynote and panels, followed by eight workshops – is the right content mix.
As well, it’s also been rewarding to see that the decision to hold meshmarketing was the right one – people are still looking for insight into what to do when it comes to digital marketing and, as important, how to do it.
For those of you attending the conference, things kick off at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at The Drake Hotel (Underground) with a pre-party featuring the artwork of Hugh MacLeod.
See you there!
Note: If you haven’t registered yet, you can do so here.
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Would You Like to be a Friend of mesh?
One of the new things we launched for mesh ‘09 was the Friends of mesh program, a user-friendly way to get involved as a mesh sponsor.
We’re started to see a growing number of inquiries of what’s involved so here are the details:
For $1,500, you get a ticket to mesh, your logo on the mesh Web site and on screen at the conference, as well as an invitation to only VIP social function. You can register here.
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1K mesh Tickets and Counting…
Four years ago, five of us – Stuart MacDonald, Rob Hyndman, Mike McDerment, Mathew Ingram and myself – got together on a cold winter night at the Paddock Tavern to talk about what was happening on the Web and what we could do to help get more conversations happening in Canada.
After a few beverages, the idea of putting on a conference materialized – something none of us had ever done.
Needless to say, mesh has come a long way, and become one of Canada’s leading Web conferences. We’ve attracted amazing speakers, great sponsors such as Microsoft, Edelman and the CNW Group, and been fueled by the tremendous energy and enthusiasm that mesh attendees have brought to the fray.
mesh recently reached a major milestone with the sale of ticket #1,000, purchased by Allan Isfan, CEO with Favequest.
Thanks Allan for coming to mesh – along with other 999 attendees who have played a huge part in making mesh so successful.
To get your ticket for mesh ‘09, register here.
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mesh and meshU ‘09 news coming soon
If you’ve been following our mesh adventures you probably know that we’ve sold out for three years running. And every year, like clockwork, we feel like schmucks because some folks find out about mesh too late to fit us in to their schedule or their budget, or to buy tickets before they sell out. The same is true for meshU, the new addition to our family.
So this year, we’ve decided to announce dates and put tickets on sale as early as possible – sometime next week you’ll be able to buy tickets and we’ll post the dates so you can (hopefully) fit us in to your schedule. We’ll make the announcement here, on Twitter and probably on our own blogs, too. If you know people who you think might like to come to mesh or meshU this year, please pass along the news!
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mesh 2008 first day: rocked
Have to get some sleep soon, since I feel like I’ve been up for about 18 hours straight, but I had to mention how great the first day of mesh 2008 felt. Obviously I’m biased, being one of the organizers, but I really think the keynotes were pretty fantastic — even if we did have to get Michael Geist to sub in for the missing Matt Mason. Ethan Kaplan is one of the most interesting and thoughtful people when it comes to the future of music, and I could have easily continued talking with him about it long after the keynote was over. And David Gratton of Project Opus continued some of the discussion about those issues on his panel in the afternoon with musician David Usher, Kieran Roy from the indie label Arts & Crafts and Graham Henderson from the Canadian Recording Industry Association, who was actually a pretty good sport about being made out as the bad guy all the time.
The music panel really seemed to get people fired up — we had a huge amount of great questions and interaction from the audience, which to me is one of the hallmarks of a great mesh panel. And we had some great feedback on a bunch of the other panels as well, including the Private vs. Public one with my friend Mark Kingwell from U of T, Internet researcher Nancy Baym from the University of Kansas and Ken Anderson from the Ontario Privacy Commission. Add on top of that some great workshops from the always excellent Amber Macarthur and Mark Kuznicki and it was a pretty awesome day — followed by drinks in the MaRS atrium and a great party at The Rockwood. And now, to sleep.
If you want to read up on some of what people have been saying about mesh, check out the aggregator page that David Janes has set up at Onaswarm, or see the live-blog that David Fleet did with CoverItLive (David Gratton live-blogged the Ethan Kaplan keynote as well, and Nav also had some thoughts about Ethan’s keynote), Or you can do a Tweetscan for mesh08 or check out the mesh08 Tweme. If you come across anything else interesting about mesh please send us a link, or twitter it and use the keyword #mesh08.
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mesh video from Mark Mckay
Video whiz and all-around wild and crazy guy Mark Mckay, who won our mesh 2007 video contest and wound up doing a bunch of video for us last year, came out to a recent mesh meetup at the Irish Embassy and has put together a great little highlight reel for us (and if you haven’t got your ticket for mesh or meshU, you’d better get cracking — they’re going fast!).
Thanks a lot to Mark and to Rob Manne and the other folks at Edelman.
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mesh Schedule Released
Without further adieu, Rob, Stuart, Mathew, Mark and I are pleased to announce the schedule for mesh 2007 is now live.
Looking forward to meshing with you soon.
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It’s time for your 15 minutes of fame
In case you haven’t been keeping track, it’s May already — and that can only mean one thing: the mesh conference is less than a month away. Check around the site for more info on the amazing speakers and panelists we have coming, including Mike Arrington of TechCrunch, Jim Buckmaster of Craigslist, Tom Williams and Austin Hill, Christine Herron, Techdirt’s Mike Masnick, Rachel Sklar of Huffington Post — and the list goes on.
Tickets are going fast, but there are still a few left if you hurry 
One thing we’re doing again this year is the “15 Minutes of Fame” segment on each of the two conference days, in which three deserving entrepreneurs and/or their startups get five minutes each (hence the 15 minutes) to talk to the attendees about their idea and why they are the best thing to happen to the Web since YouTube. Last year’s winners included the gang at TakingITGlobal, as well as AreYouFrank.com, Favorville.com and Pixpo. Stowe Boyd wrote about the 15 Minutes here, and Tara Hunt wrote about it here.
Same idea this year: head over to the sign-up form and give us a pitch — in 250 words or less — about you and your company or idea, and tell us why we should give you five minutes in front of the mesh crowd to wow them with your brilliance. If you get selected, you get a free one-day pass to the conference as well as those five minutes of glory.
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mesh 2007 Meetup, Part Two – This Time, It’s Political
Come out with the mesh guys and get your political blog on, Toronto!
We had a great time at the first mesh meetup, but there are still a few weeks left to mesh ‘07 and we’d like to get together again. And this time, it’s political.
Blogger and National Post columnist Andrew Coyne, blogging M.P. Garth Turner, former Paul Martin speechwriter (and of late writer, humourist and blogger) Scott Feschuk and Phil de Vellis, the creator of the “Vote Different” Hillary ‘08 YouTube sensation, will be doing a panel at mesh ‘07 on what’s happening now with Politics and the Web, but let’s get the conversation started early!
Whether you’re a political blogger, party stalwart, consultant or media observer, or like us just plain fascinated by the impact that the Web is having on the way we discuss, organize and create political change, come on out and join us and folks from the Toronto Web 2.0 community on May 9 for snacks and libations at The Charlotte Room – details and signup at the Upcoming site, and please help to get the word out by forwarding this post to someone you can beat at eight-ball. Worst case, you can settle your political differences the way we were meant to – over libations and pool tables.
Tags: Andrew Coyne, conference, Garth Turner, meetup, mesh, mesh07, mesh2007, Paul Martin, Phil de Vellis, Scott Feschuk, Toronto, Web 2.0
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mesh Panelists: Loren Feldman
Loren Feldman, one of the Web’s leading video bloggers, is president of 1938 Media where he is responsible for directing the overall operations of the company as well as corporate development and strategic planning. Prior to founding 1938 Media, he founded and published NY Hotshot magazine. and was a creative director with MusicVision, an interactive advertising agency, where he developed online advertising campaigns for companies such as Nokia and Scion.
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