Paolo Nagari
Founder of InterCultural Group, creator of the Intercultural intelligence® model. Author, speaker, linguist, Italian cook for charity.

Don't miss this opportunity to network one last time or bid your final farewell at the party to end all parties — the Interactive Closing Party. Media Temple invites you to go out with a big bang.

Our first official SXSW showcase will take place at Emo's, located at 603 Red River St., on Tuesday, March 15, during SXSW Interactive.

http://pitchfork.com/news/41659-pitchfork-announces-sxsw-showcases/

Artists include Surfer Blood, Gold Panda, Anna Calvi, Mount Kimbie, and more.

The showcase will celebrate the premiere of Pitchfork 3D,...

Strength of brand is potentially just as powerful as the product itself. In this discussion, we'll talk about the ups and downs to refreshing a major brand and share opinions on when and why it's appropriate to create a new identity.

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6 Easy Ways to Produce Compelling Video (That You Hadn't Thought of Before)
Your video content is 50 times more likely to appear on the first page of search results than your standard text- based content, according to a recent Forrester Research report. Can you see why it's important to include video as part of your content mix?...

Do you really need a tribe? Or is it the latest gimmicky buzzword? When Seth Godin told me that leading a Tribe could be more valuable than money, I challenged him. Then I interviewed 200+ business and non-profit founders. I discovered that the successful ones took off because they had tribes. They may not have used the word...

So we're throwing another epic event at SXSW complete with some fabulous music. We'll flesh this page out as more details emerge.

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SO YOU WANNA SEE THE SHOW? READ ON VERY CAREFULLY...

We will be able to accommodate about 1200 guests. During SXSW we will be giving away around 600-700 "Priority" wristbands randomly to those...

If you make content, you want to get notice and get paid. But getting your blog or YouTube video viral is hard and not sustainable. So, embrace our inner Curator, and gather round the digital campfire. Good curation helps Makers and the web get smarter and more granular. Bad curation makes big piles of crap as SEO bait. Do you know the...

http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP8355

The regular Thursday noon Innochat has become hugely popular on Twitter. As founder of Innochat, I propose a live session with a mixed panel of innovation experts and entrepreneurs in which we'll discuss business model theory and business model innovation and design as they pertain to specific start-ups and established companies. We will...

Literature need no longer be defined and confined by the objects that contain it—books and magazines and pages. New Media technologies like Augmented Reality, Transmedia Storytelling, and Interactive Stories offer new ways for narratives to be created, experienced, and shared. How can writers and developers work together to create new forms of...

Come join the fun at leNewz booth for a French breakfast. Share your SXSW experience with other entrepreneurs, music and film lovers and find out more about the vibrant French scene. Coffee and muffins are on the house!
Booth #1422
Twitter: #SXSWFB

Many believe the secret to a successful ecommerce site is to copy Amazon. However, that rarely works.

Your website is not Amazon. Instead it has a unique offering that caters to a specific audience. Once you realise that you can achieve unbelievable things.

In his talk Paul explains how he took one ecommerce website from relatively successful...

**Are you curious about the new brain game design industry?

**Have you explored the options of including a neuroscientist on your team of interactive and immersive media designers?

Today, interactive and immersive media design draws on contemporary neuroscience to leverage the best odds of playing "somatosensory,"...

#overtweeting

A SXSW panel about where we each draw the line and whether we are all becoming "socially anti-social" while we use technology in more and more of our interactions with others.

Most importantly, we’ll try to uncover how you might fight back and reclaim your humanity from the social media bubble around you.

The party everyone will still be talking about when SXSW 2011 is all said and done.

Whether or not you're from the Silicon Prairie, join the region’s up-and-coming entrepreneurs and innovators on Lanai’s beautiful rooftop lounge with drinks, DJ Bone Head, and of course, a few surprises!

RSVP: In order to receive an open bar wristband on...

Join PBS, NPR, Frontline, ITVS, P.O.V., StoryCorps and Blogads at the Parish for live music and a celebration of South by Southwest.

Music by: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue (http://www.tromboneshorty.com/)

The second annual Tech Cocktail SXSW will kick off the third annual SXSW Accelerator program and showcase 30+ early stage startups for an evening of conversation. The event is aimed at better connecting, educating and amplifying the SXSW Interactive community.

Join us for an evening of fun mingling with other technology enthusiasts, innovators,...

Guy Kawasaki will be appearing at the SX Bookstore to meet fans and sign copies of his latest book, Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions.

Japan has ubiquitous high-speed coverage and a voracious appetite for tech gadgets, however, their tools have developed with entirely different features than other countries. For example: Japan's ""Galapo-phones"" commonly include streaming TV and multi-character sets, Mixii and Gree each have more than 30...

We're gathering Austin's best food trucks together for an afternoon of BBQ, tacos, meat pies and more.

Download Foodspotting for Secret Menu items and to participate in a photo scavenger hunt - win prizes!

Featuring the following Food Truck stars:
- Along Came a Slider
- Boomerang's Pies
- Chi'Lantro
- Clem's Hot Diggity...

The Internet has forever changed the way that news is produced and consumed. It has crippled the traditional business model for print publishers by exploding the distribution monopolies they once enjoyed. It has also been a boon to the audience, allowing accessibility, interactivity and accountability for journalism like never before, and allowing...

WordPress is free! It does astounding things out of the box. But it doesn't do everything. Therein lies the opportunity. Tons of people are making serious money with WordPress, why aren't you? In this session, each panelist will cover a core business opportunity with WordPress:

* Customization Services
* Design Products &...

YouTube's annotations tool opened up a whole new way telling stories, with the rise of interactive videos that let viewers "choose-their-own-adventure" as they navigate through the story. This panel bring together the best and most creative of YouTube's new breed of interactive storytellers to share their secrets of how...

The legendary Opening Party lives on in a top secret new location. Come see what new tricks frog design has up its sleeve at the biggest, baddest opening bash ever.