Mini-Conference on Creating Infectious Action at the d.School: Please Join Us on May 1st

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Mini-Conference on Creating Infectious Action at the d.School: Please Join Us on May 1st

Our Stanford d.school class on Creating Infectious Engagement is holding a conference next Thursday May 1st from 3:30 to 6:00 that is open to the public. We have some great speakers lined-up who will talk about what it takes to spread good ideas. Please RSVP to Joe Mellin at [email protected] if you will be joining us, as we need to plan for food. The conference is at Hewlett 201 on the Stanford Campus. NOTE THE CHANGE OF LOCATION. A big thanks to Joe for designing this wonderful poster. Please send it along to your friends!

April 23, 2008 in d.school | Permalink

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Hi Bob - just read about this on Guy K's blog (obviously already happened). Would have loved to have been there - I also would like to listen to the podcast - will there be one?

Thanks,
Robin Ogden
http://firedupcareers.com

Posted by: Robin Ogden | May 04, 2008 at 07:23 PM

Bob,
Sounds like a great conference. Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it (I live in MN). Will you be posting a video of the conference somewhere?

Posted by: mike | April 25, 2008 at 06:07 AM

Are you going to record this - looks really cool.

Posted by: Curtis James | April 23, 2008 at 11:50 PM

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the info. Infectious "engagement" sounds really interesting. Because a company engages its customers and not 'infectiously' by its customers. May be the speakers are going talk about social networking and community based engagement.

I would really love to be there but can't. Is conference being podcasted?

Posted by: Chaitanya Sagar | April 23, 2008 at 10:10 AM

Bob: will there be a webcast and/or podcast for those of us who don't live in the Bay area? Thanks!

Posted by: Deb | April 23, 2008 at 09:08 AM

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