Ryan McCormack
Strategy+Experience design for things bit-related (web, mobile, social media)

Justin Wilkes, @radical.media’s Executive Vice President of Media and Entertainment, whose credits include Nike BattleGrounds and Jay-Z: Fade to Black and special guests will take us through the process, challenges, and opportunities of transmedia storytelling.

radicalmedia.com

A smarter planet means creating sustainable cities. This session covers innovations in Austin and Corpus Christi, as well as the Smarter Cities Challenge.

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.

Details TBA



WHEN:
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
WHERE:
Six Lounge
117 West 4th Street
Austin, TX 78701
TIME:
8:00pm - 2:00am

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The SXSW Interactive Awards uncovers the best new digital work, from websites to web applications, both inside and out of the browser experience, while celebrating those who are building tomorrow's online trends. The Interactive Awards Ceremony honors the finalists and winners of this year’s competition and celebrates the energy of the...

Nowadays, Steve (Don’t Make Me Think) Krug is fixated on getting everyone to do their own usability testing. It’s almost sad, really. Bordering on an obsession.

And it *would* be sad, except for the fact that usability testing turns out to be the best thing anyone can do to improve a Web site (or Web app, or desktop app, or iPad app—you get...

Traditionally User Experience Design has been a deliverables practice. Wireframes, sitemaps, flow diagrams, content inventories, taxonomies and "The Spec" defined the practice of UX Designers (IxD, UX Design, whatever, etc). While this work has helped define what UX Designers do and the value our work brings to the business, it...

What happens when the Director of the White House Office of Social Innovation, the Director of Programming of one of the countries leading media tech nonprofits, and a visionary data viz expert from Google get together?

At this presentation, you'll hear down and dirty talk about the new IMPACT DASHBOARD from the people who built it:...

It’s likely that your consumers check Facebook, Twitter, newspapers and other online sources every week, if not every day. But how many times a week are they coming to your website? Today’s brand sites do a great job of communicating a message, but what most sites lack is fresh content that keeps visitors coming back. Major brands can take a...

'Personal branding' is bullshit. Diplomas are bullshit. Your network is bullshit. It's not about who you say you are, it's about who you are. It's not about being an 'expert', it's about being accountable, making mistakes and getting shit done.

Self-management used to be about self-improvement. If you...

Facebook's highered roots have certainly extended well beyond the Ivy League, but to what extent have social technologies become a staple in the classroom? Today, over 10 million students are registered in an online course while more than 1600 institutions offer online degrees. This panel will address the opportunities and challenges for...

When You Think of PR (Public Relations), your first impression may be of the silver tongued "flack" spinning a corporations' news, putting a positive slant on everything. With advances in networks, online communities and the ability of the average individual to become their own content producer and...

Facilitators: Richard Brewer-Hay (eBay) & David Armano (Edelman). Hash Tag = #futurePR
When You Think of PR (Public Relations), your first impression may be of the silver tongued "flack" spinning a corporations' news, putting a positive slant on everything. With advances in networks, online communities and the ability of the...

Most companies are content to pursue adaptation strategies in times of high uncertainty – sense and respond quickly to events as they unfold. While adaptation is certainly valuable, it misses a much greater opportunity – the ability to shape entire markets or industries in ways that create significant advantage for the shaper. While most...

PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING addresses 89 of the most compelling and important issues that marketers face on a regular basis when it comes to social media, providing advice and insight on how to deal with each issue from the perspective of two thought leaders in this arena: Stephanie Agresta from Weber Shandwick and B. Bonin Bough from...

In an extension of the Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody, logic, now that background processing is possible on iPhones and iPads as well as Androids, the possibility of having a global audience on alert is possible via mobile devices on Android and iOS.

What are the new possibilities that news and entertainment providers have to keep an audience...

John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show is live at SXSW. In anticipation of the Season 2 premiere on March 24th, John will host a special evening with a few of his favorite comics from his eponymous Comedy Central series.

SAY: LOCAL NATIVES, 2011 SXSW OFFICIAL PARTY

Helping passionate, independent content creators publish, build audience and earn a living is what we do best at SAY Media. We also throw REALLY good parties. This year, we are marrying the best of both worlds by hosting a one-night-only music festival highlighting emerging indie artists, as well as...

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...

The internet is now social, but the tools and theories we use to understand it are rooted in a pre-social past. Much of the psychology inspired interaction design draws on information processing models from desktop application design. Perfect for shopping carts, not so good for understanding the social web. Newer psychological theories like...

What separates a good design from a bad design are the decisions that the designer made. Jared will explore the five styles of design decisions, showing you when gut instinct produces the right results and when designers need to look to more user-focused research. You'll see how informed decisions play out against rule-based techniques, such...

Technology is often seen as a silver bullet in school reform – and we can talk all day long about how it can open up worlds of learning and blow apart the four walls of the classroom. But the potential for using online tools to transform learning falls apart if you don’t bring the teachers along in the process and adopt a school or...