Posts tagged as:

Internet

PepsiCo and TechSet Toast Internet Week 2009

by Brian Solis on June 14, 2009

Internet Week NY 2009 has come and gone, but its legacy will carry us throughout the coming year until we convene again at IWNY 2010.

PepsiCo and the TechSet were charged with kicking-off Internet Week by bubbling-up innovation and spotlighting global entrepreneurship at the Bubble Lounge on a beautiful New York evening. Dare I say that it was bub.blicio.us?

PepsiCo has been among those companies that truly understand and consistently demonstrate the activity, engagement, and potential for genuine participation and community cultivation.

It’s about people. And, that’s serves as the very foundation for the TechSet.

PepsiCo, along with the TechSet (Stephanie Agresta and yours truly) and a venue filled with new creativity and passion , indeed commemorated the vivacity of imagination and the people who transform ideas into realty – embodying the true essence and spirit of InternetWeek.

We toasted to the artistry of innovation and basked in the inspiration that spilt over not from our glasses, but from the vision and personality that fills NYC during Internet Week.

I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the story…

Your hosts – Brian Solis and Stephanie Agresta

Maria Sansone of Poptub

“THE” Rock Band

Melanie Notkin

Anthony Casalena of SquareSpace

Loren Feldman, Dan Farber, Michelle Feldman

Dan Patterson, ABC Radio

Chris Heuer

Brant Bonin Bough

Aubrey Sabala, Brian August

Joel Dreyfuss

Oz Sultan, Brett Petersel, Gregarious, Coutenay Bird

Leora Israel

Brett Petersel

Ayelet Noff

Oz Sultan, Brett Petersel, Jolie O’Dell, Jacob Mullins, Courtenay Bird, MG Siegler, Brian Solis

Nicole Jordan, Rana Sobhany, Stephanie Agresta, Brett Petersel, Anand Iyer, Jacob Mullins, MG Siegler, Michael Jacobson, Bryan Barletta, Courtenay Bird, Damien Basile

For more pictures from the Pepsico – TechSet IWNY party, please visit my album on flickr.

Video highlights from the Pepsico – TechSet party now on PopTub:

Connect with me on:

Twitter, FriendFeed, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Plaxo, Plurk, Identi.ca, BackType, or Facebook

Read more from Brian Solis:

Blog: PR 2.0
Book: Putting the Public Back in Public Relations
Social Map: The Conversation Prism

{ 0 comments }

The TechSet Kicks Off Internet Week New York

by Brian Solis on May 12, 2009

by Brian Solis

Save the date. Monday June 1st, 6-8 pm at the Bubble Lounge NY. Stephanie Agresta and I request the honor of your presence…RSVP Here.

Internet Week NY 2009 is approaching and the TechSet kick off Internet Week by bubbling-up innovation with PepsiCo…

See, remarkable innovation is sparkling. Ideas percolate and dissipate, but with a little ingenuity and effervescence, change and revolution can bubble-up to the surface for all to enjoy.

PepsiCo and The TechSet invite you to sparkle during InternetWeek in NY with a celebration of new tech, creativity, passion and vision on June 1st. And, where else can we commemorate the vivacity of imagination and the people who transform ideas into realty than the Bubble Lounge…where brilliance always bubbles-up.

From 6 to 8 pm, we will toast to the artistry of innovation and bask in the inspiration that spills over not from our glasses, but from the vision and personality that fills NYC during Internet Week.

This is your night. Join us.

Salud…

Connect with me on:
Twitter, FriendFeed, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Plaxo, Plurk, Identi.ca, BackType, or Facebook

{ 0 comments }

SXSW Driskill Flashmob: When Friends Converge & Create Memories

by Brian Solis on April 5, 2009

words and pictures by Brian Solis

When we peer into the looking glass into what truly made SXSW Interactive a unique and successful culmination of culture and real life networking, we see something very different and exceptional.

The real story is the human network and the Social Economy that fosters the conversations that serve as its currency – on and offline.

SXSW is about the emotional and psychological connection between people and our investment in the personal traits that others find irresistible.

Relationships….RELATIONSHIPS…count for everything here, and they’re measured by the mutually beneficial rewards that all parties experience over time. We invest in each other and harvest the fruits of our collaboration and interconnection.

Nothing was more evident of this than the Flashmob party that stormed the Driskill, forever becoming a part of the SXSW legacy.

After the Diggnation party, Erica O’Grady, Jeremiah Owyang, Charlene Li, Chad Catacchio, Francisco Dao, and I opted for the the elegant and stylish decor that adorned the Driskill lobby bar to regroup and plan our next adventure. What we had yet to realize, was that the evening at the Driskill would unfold into our next adventure.

Overcome with contentment and the prompt attention for service, we decided to Tweet our location while also personally texting some of our close friends to join us. Almost immediately, tweets were flying, “headed to the Driskill.” As each person arrived, they too would tweet, “At the Driskill, it’s incredible.” They cycle continued for the duration of the evening.

Soon, hundreds of people crowded the spacious lounge, the staff called for reinforcements, and we celebrated friendship and The Human Network together, creating one of the most memorable nights in SXSW history.

I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the story…

Jolie O’Dell

Francine Hardaway

Justin Levy

Heather Meeker

Jessica Berlin

Laura Fitton aka Pistachio

Brian Solis

Shira Lazar

Brett Petersel and Rebecca Corliss

Randi Zuckerberg and Michelle Deforest

Leora Israel

Jessica Alter and Frank Gruber

Halcyon

Melody McCloskey

Andrew Mager

@NikoleZ

Megan McCarthy

Pete Cashmore

Jeff Dowd (The Dude) and Brian Solis

Cal Henderson

Tessa and Gregarious

Steve Garfield

Alexia Tsotsis and Kevin Rose

Lala, Lara Doucette and Brian Solis

Vanessa Camones

Chris Heuer and Leora Israel

Gary Vaynerchuk and Jen Consalvo

Michael Gruen Ilana Arazie

Taking it to the Streets: Random Encounters #SXSWi

by Brian Solis on March 29, 2009

words and pictures by Brian Solis

During SXSW Interactive 2009, interesting, notable, and unexpected geeks as well as the Internet Famous filled the streets in and around the conference and the after hours parties.

Some of my best encounters happened simply by walking from point A to point B.

I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the stories…