We’re thankful for the attendees and sponsors who came to our first event, Altimeter’s, The Rise of Social Commerce. I’ll use this post to link to all the blog posts, slides, and discussions from the event, so expect I’ll keep this post updated. (Blast from the past, see my former research predicting when social commerce would emerge –I was a year off, this space is fast)
Rise of Social Commerce, an intimate event for 150 Social Commerce Pioneers
Wrapups
I’ll link to all the materials at the Social Commerce, so even if you didn’t attend, you can find out what was shared.
- Download the slides here
- Watch the live stream (at no-cost), we’ll have archived videos (The stream unexpectedly cut off the first day, a few hours before end)
- Need a bite sized portion? Altimeter’s Christine Tran gives succinct wraps of each speaker.
- Recap of Day 2 is now available, find out the bite sized findings from each of the speakers
- Ted Rubin discusses the discussions and takeaways from the panelists and speakers
- Paul Chaney captures the highlights from the various stages of the upcoming report.
- Videos from ExpoTV of real consumers talking about ‘Social Commerce’ can be found here
- Todd Chadler found 9 interesting and helpful Resources from the conference.
- Matt Cheuvront uncovers his findings in Think Big. Start Small, Grow Fast.
- Connie Bensen asks if companies are ‘ready’ for social commerce and highlights her experience.
- Gigya showcases what they learned at RSC as well as a similar event.
- FAST Forward blog shows the four stages of Social Commerce
- Altimeter worked with DoubleDutch, who created a branded location based iPhone app for our event, see case study
- Altimeter’s Marcia Conner, posted her thoughts on Rewiring for Social Commerce on her Fast Company column.
No commerce conference is complete without a shopping cart, donated by Best Buy with permission
Folks are floating around in the Innovation Showcase, where fresh technology was being demo’d
First row: plugged in
Attendees, plotting their Social Commerce journey
Dell’s head of social media Manish Mehta shares his vision and journey
Famed author Shel Israel attended
Social Commerce Pioneeres
Altimeter’s Deborah Schultz interviews thought leaders like Sanjay Dholakia of Crowd Factory
Panel: Cathy Halligan, SVP, Sales & Marketing, PowerReviews, Josh Himwich, VP, eCommerce Solutions, Quidsi: Diapers.com and Soap.com, Stuart Sproule, Managing Director at AKQA, Gerardo Dada, Product Marketing, Bazaarvoice
Altimeter’s Lora Cecere kicks off the event with her framework on Social Commerce (Report coming soon)
JP Beauchamp, Senior Vice President for Symphony
Charlene presents the Open Leadership Awards
Deb Schultz, Partner, Altimeter Group, leads a panel with, Wendy Lea, CEO, Get Satisfaction, Dan Emery, Industrial Designer, Ponoko, Cyriac Roeding, CEO, Shopkick
Camille Lauer, Director of Social Innovation, Hallmark, really lived the brand though openness, honesty, and passion
Pete Blackshaw from Nielsen drops insightful information, real world data, and a vision for the future
Susan Etlinger, Consultant, Altimeter Group, Shari Gunn, CMO, Kaboodle, Adil Wali, Chief Experience Officer, ModCloth,, Bridget Dolan, VP Interactive Media, Sephora, Jon Kubo, CIO, Wet Seal
Lunch spread at Four Seasons
Marcia Conner and Charlene Li provide books for attendees
Kevin (Context Optional) and Manish (Dell) enjoy some CA sun.
Connie Benson and friend
Great wrap up, Jeremiah and an outstanding event overall. I was thrilled to be a part of it and it was great meeting you and the rest of the Altimeter crew. Here's to hoping out paths cross again soon. Cheers!
Thanks Matt for keeping the conversation going in the real world and here online!
Here are my takeaways from Day 1. Thanks for a great event! and including the photo
http://www.engagingtimes.com/2010/10/11/social-commerce-are-you-ready/
Connie
Director of Social Media, Alterian
@cbensen
Being on the other side of the globe is really unfortunate as you miss these kind of events. I'm really grateful for the link to all the materials.
Thanks Connie, I cross-linked!
Thanks Wade, do see videos and all slides.
thank you for your good post…
Looking around for the recap or video of 'Let™s be Social in a Meaningful Way' – is that available?
I agree with your point of view, your article has given me a lot of help and benefited me a lot. Thanks. Hope you continue to write such excellent articles.
Thanks for posting this detailed writeup with links and references. This is a valuable resource! Look forward to your future posts.