Competing Social Tribes at Events – Episode 67

We address the sensitive topic of what gets priority in the limited time we have at a technical events. Your regular hosts are joined by Nick Howell while at NetApp Insight in Las Vegas.

We dig into:

Event performance pressure
Spend time with your internal coworkers or external influences?
How to prevent “holier than thou” syndrome
Being respected as unicorns
Understanding those who have no interest in being a unicorn
How what you show online is all people see of you
The developing of impressions
Facebook-feed view of someone’s life
Judgement of colleagues through social
Modifying behavior on both sides of a relationship
The continued importance of face-to-face contact
No social media removes the power of face-to-face
Showing more than your caricature online
Responsibilities along with the rights of a social presence
Better understanding of social show flow to benefit both business and community building
Being inspired to speak out against FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt)
Becoming an Organic Evangelist
Giving “it” a name
Remembering Influence Marketing is legitimate — no need to blush
Not apologizing for relationship building in a way that pure sales would understand