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My SXSW PanelPicker wishlist

August 29, 2013

In the bursting marketplace of SXSW submissions, I peruse the SXSW PanelPicker like a caffeinated kid let loose in a library. I’ll careen through the sections, jumping over tables to reach my favorite titles, then dig in deep and give 110% of my attention to the new topic or author that catches my eye. At the end of my visit, I’ll come out with a towering stack of delight, information to imbibe and worlds in which I’ll get lost. That’s how I like to visit a library, museum—or even a conference. SXSW offers those same possibilities.

SXSW PanelPicker is where possibilities take shape. Comprising all the submissions for the year’s upcoming conference, it’s a marketplace of ideas worth considering. What deserves our attention? Who warrants a stage on which to share, educate, or debate? I’m fine with enthusiastic promotion. In fact, I think that combination of passion, insight, and presence is a fair representation of what to expect.

You with the catchy talk title and incisive thinking? Hi. I see you hopping about in PanelPicker and Twitter, exploding with enthusiasm. Your intelligence has jazz hands all its own! You’ve got my attention, and I want other folks to notice you as well. Because that’s how I get excited for SXSW, too!

So revel in passion for your topic. Nurture it with more extensive research and let it blossom into a thrilling presentation. In no particular order, these are some of the submissions that I think will best combine that passion, insight, and stage presence. They address topics I need to engage more deeply and earned my vote; I hope they get yours, too. Please add additional great submissions to the comments below. Mine’s in there, so have at it!

  • The Executioner’s Tale with Christina Wodtke
  • Content Modelling: Designing Structured Content with Rachel Lovinger and Cleve Gibbon
  • Don’t be Ned Stark: Change Your Institution and Live with Joi Ito
  • Baby Got Backend with Jeff Eaton
  • Assertive Strategy: Content Amid Constraints with yours truly, Margot Bloomstein
  • Can Stories Turn Texas Blue? Digital Media and HB2 panel
  • How to Build Culture in a Distributed Company panel
  • How REI Navigates Local Social Media Operations with Kelly Walsh
  • Great Artists Steal: Plan Content with UX Tools with Laura Creekmore
  • A Choir of One: Unifying CPG Brand Voice in Social panel
  • Content Everywhere: Preparing for Mobile & Beyond with Sara Wachter-Boettcher
  • The Data of Happiness: The ROI of Good Content with Clay Delk and Misty Weaver
  • Go Home Marketing, You Are Drunk with Kristina Halvorson
  • Selling Guns to Gandhi: The Art of Content Buy-In panel
  • Brands at Publishers: The Future of Media? panel
  • How to Appreciate Teens’ Social Media Practices with danah boyd

Prior to SXSW 2013, I blogged my session plan for “a small SXSW.” After the Interactive programming team announces the list of accepted talks, I’ll post my 2014 plan in a similar way. Consider this the broad, pie-in-the-sky rough draft for that wishlist.

Remember, anyone can set up a PanelPicker account to vote and comment on ideas. Go do that. Even if you’ll watch SXSW talks from home, or hope to catch a speaker at another event, let them know what you think. Vote up the topics you think are worth discussion; they often start at SXSW and then show up at other conferences throughout the year.

And what did I miss? What’s on your wishlist?

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Comments

  1. Margot says

    August 29, 2013 at 6:03 pm

    Last week, Russ Unger posted his picks, and included some real gems:

    • Frameworks for Modern-Day Apprenticeships panel
    • Stop Crap Social, Start Building Behaviors with Michael Leis
    • Things I’ve Learned from Leading (UX Designers) with Russ Unger himself
    Reply
    • Michael says

      September 6, 2013 at 3:42 pm

      Thanks Margot!!

      Reply
  2. Jeff Eaton says

    August 29, 2013 at 6:09 pm

    Jared Ponchot, Lullabot’s design director, also proposed Working With Clients and the Multi-Device Web, a panel that sounds really promising. We’ve been talking a lot about the intersection of design and content strategy, and I’d love to see this one happen.

    Reply
    • Margot says

      August 29, 2013 at 9:08 pm

      Oooh, that one looks good! Just gave it a thumbs up.

      Reply
  3. Rachel Lovinger says

    August 29, 2013 at 10:59 pm

    We posted some of our picks on Scatter/Gather today: http://scattergather.razorfish.com/1392/2013/08/28/sxsw-2014-panel-picker-voting-early-and-well-once/

    We have some overlapping recommendations with you Margot, but a few different ones too. I’m happy to say that some of the Razorfish folks who proposed talks went through a program I helped create for people to practice their public speaking skills. I’m really psyched that they were inspired to propose talks at SXSW this year!

    Reply
    • Margot says

      August 30, 2013 at 12:00 am

      Thanks for sharing that, Rachel! I love to hear about mentoring programs, especially to get more people on stage. It looks like you compiled a great list. Thanks!

      Reply

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