• Randomness from Chicago, School of WOM and a late night rooftop view

    Posted on May 25th, 2010 by and currently 2 commenting.


    Rob Morris from Love146, Jamie Plesser from Best Buy, Eric Dodds, and me

    Whew. Sorry we didn’t blog yesterday, but we are having non stop fun here in Chicago since Sat. afternoon. Geno and @angeladaniels spoke yesterday at the National Restaurant Association and that was fun. Nice crowd, engaging questions.

    Then @jamieplesser, dodds and geno spoke in the afternoon at WOMMA’s School of Wom about our work with Best Buy. There are a ton of interesting people here — John Moore, Sean Rooks — our client from Colonial Williamsburg, and the Love146 team. And I finally met Kristen from WOMMA. Love her.

    I also finally met @armano in person Sunday night and really like him. He’s a happy guy, smiles a lot and has a very cool ride. Not only did he share an interesting product idea for Brains on Fire which I am still rolling around in my head, but he also confessed his man crush on Geno. Got to love him for owning up to that.

    My favorite prezo from yesterday was Dan Heath. Wow. If you get the chance to hear him talk about Switch. Do it. Just do it.

    My big take away from the CMO of Kodak is the fact that they have a Chief Listening Officer. Don’t you love that?

    And our friends Amiee and Carl, from Table 301 are here so we have visited some great restaurants and rooftop bars every night since we got here. Hmmm. It’s been amazing. I’ll share the view and promise we’ll create more inspiring content tomorrow. Maybe I will find someone and interview them for you.

  • http://paullyoung.com Paull Young

    Just read ‘Switch’ by the Heath brothers at the urging of my charity: water CEO Scott Harrison.

    A great read. Powerful content. I’ve stuck the PDF from the end of the book up by my desk.

  • http://Kodak.com Beth LaPierre

    Hi BOF!!

    Thanks for the shout out. I think our paths crossed via REBRAND. Congrats on the wins.

    Cheers. Beth

    Beth LaPierre
    Chief Listening Officer @Kodak