Good. I’ve got your attention. I’m a big fan of Jeff Pulver and his 140 Characters Conferences which are all about Exploring the State of Now. I was planning on attending this coming week’s #140Conf event in New York City and very much looking forward to it. Unfortunately, I can’t make it. Here’s your chance.
Instead of selling my ticket (Disclosure: $140 value), I want to give it away. There’s a catch. But it’s an easy one. You’ve gotta want it. And you’ve gotta earn it.
Want my ticket? It’s yours. Just tell me why I should give it to you in the comments section of this post (and what a perfect time to subscribe to the bloggy-blog-blog, if you’ve not yet done that) (I’m nothing if not subtle). Make it pithy. Make it funny. Make it desperate. Make it sappy. I don’t care what strategy you use. I want a bonafide, put your thinking cap on, how am I gonna win this gal over kind of pitch. And, for the record, I’m not saying that what you spin has to be the truth, peeps, it just has to be good.
The conference is 4/20-21 and you can see the schedule, as well as the amazing speakers that Pulver has lined up, and follow the #140conf NYC 2010 Speaker list on Twitter, too.
C’mon. Have you got it in you? Oh, and I’m the democratic sort. I’ll definitely ask my wacky group of friends to weigh in on this. But the final decision rests with me. And, in just this one instance, I’ll refrain from being swayable (it’s a word if I say it is) by bribery. Wordsmithery and strategy are the two things that are going to win this one. Oh, and make it quick, as I’ll make my decision and notify the winner by 9pm CST on Sunday evening, April 18th.
What are you waiting for …. get busy!! Don’t disappoint me, either ….
Shelly Kramer is a Principal Analyst and Founding Partner at Futurum Research. A serial entrepreneur with a technology centric focus, she has worked alongside some of the world’s largest brands to embrace disruption and spur innovation, understand and address the realities of the connected customer, and help navigate the process of digital transformation. She brings 20 years’ experience as a brand strategist to her work at Futurum, and has deep experience helping global companies with marketing challenges, GTM strategies, messaging develoment, and driving strategy and digital transformation for B2B brands across multiple verticals. Shelly’s coverage areas include Collaboration/CX/SaaS, platforms, ESG, and Cybersecurity, as well as topics and trends related to the Future of Work, the transformation of the workplace and how people and technology are driving that transformation. A transplanted New Yorker, she has learned to love life in the Midwest, and has firsthand experience that some of the most innovative minds and most successful companies in the world also happen to live in “flyover country.”