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February 03, 2005
Chicago Marketing Wonk
Let's do a Marketing Wonk dinner in Chicago. Details:
* When: Friday, Feb. 18, 2005
* Where: The fourth-floor dining area of the Nordstrom building in the Shops of Northbridge, 520 N. Michigan. There's plenty of food choices. Buy a dinner in one of the court's restaurants and bring it over to the Wonk, which is right next to the Potbelly's.
* When: 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.
* How much: No cost. Just pay for your own dinner at one of the nearby restaurants.
* Who's hosting: Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba, authors of "Creating Customer Evangelists" and the Church of the Customer blog
* Who'll be there: Confirmed marketing wonks so far include:
-- Toby Bloomberg, proprietor of Bloomberg Marketing
-- Paul Bragiel, president of Paragon 5
-- Bill Bulman, experience lead of Colony Interactive
-- Henry Copeland, founder of Blogads
-- Pat Goodrich, senior director of the American Marketing Association
-- Bill Flitter, CMO of Pheedo
-- Dan Hess, SVP of comScore
-- Dana VanDen Heuvel, founder of Blog Savant
-- Deborah House, of The Adare Group
-- Karen Lingner of TMA Resources
-- Clara Nelson of the American Marketing Association
-- Kirsten Osolind of re:invention
-- Wayne Pelletier, interactive creative director of 360i
-- Angi Semler of C&M Auto
-- Andy Sernovitz, CEO of the Word of Mouth Marketing Association
-- Betsy Weber, Chief Evangelist for TechSmith
This Wonk dinner immediately follows the (now sold-out) American Marketing Association's workshop on blogs (I'm speaking at the workshop), so there's a better-than-even chance that a conversation topic will be marketing via blogs.
What's a Marketing Wonk dinner? It's an open-invitation, Dutch-treat confab for marketing people to meet other marketers and talk about their favorite subject: marketing. The utilitarian nature of the location makes it easy to move tables around and provide menu choices suitable for most taste buds.
There's no agenda, no speakers, no presentations, (and for the sake of everyone's sanity, no selling)... just the chance for marketers to meet other marketers and share their hot marketing opinions.
If you can attend, an RSVP is helpful but not required. Just reply in the comments section.
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I was hoping to RSVP, but I can't make it up there in time. Plus, I haven't been fitted for my mask yet. Which stinks, because I was going to crash the event amid the bombastic aria of "The phaaaaaantom of the blogosphere is heeeeeeeere". Maybe if there's a DFW one. :-)
Nice attendee list though, I wish I could be there.
Effern, you crack me up!
I am definitely in for this wonk-fest!
Count me in for the wonk-fest!
Hi Ben:
Looking forward to dinner with influential and inspirational thought leaders on Friday! Just for reference, our website is actually:
http://www.reinventioninc.com.
Kindly,
Kirsten
Hi Jackie...Kirsten Osolind and Toby Bloomberg told me about the Wonk Fest so I'm RSVP'ing.
You've got a great line-up for the event.
I too am a NAWBO member so can't wait to meet you.
Have a profitable day!
Ben,
Looking forward to it. It will be good to see you and Jackie again.
-bill
Looks like I'll stop by if I have some time before my evening planns.
paul.
