SXSW Interactive 2014 Program Guide: Tomorrow Happens Here
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SXSW 2014 Interactive Festival 150 151 SXSW 2014 Interactive Festival WORK & CAREER COURTYARD MARRIOTT: 300 E 4TH STREET 5:00 PM Courtyard: Brazos #TheSXSWRules—Making SXSW Work for You These six tips can help you take SXSW from being a blur of an event to a transforma- tive experience. These rules have helped me transition my career, deepen my network and launch a movement (#TechBySuperwomen). Join in and bring your own rules to share, join the conversation—#theSXSWrules. Cathryn Posey, Sophia Wong Core Conversation • Intermediate • #SXSWrules 5:00 PM Courtyard: Rio Grande Ballroom Mindful Productivity in a World of Interruption In this panel the idea of mindful productivity in a world full of interruption is explored through the discussion of tactics, tips, and tools. Technology plays a role in this pro- cess, and how it can help (and harm) usher in the era of mindful productivity. Angel Chernoff, Craig Jarrow, Marc Chernoff, Mike Vardy Panel • Beginner • #mindfulpro SUNDAY, MARCH 9 9:30 AM Courtyard: Brazos Home Room Start your morning at SXSW Home Room. Each session is led by two Home Room Leaders who will help you get the most out of your day, and your badge. These SXSW insiders will provide insight and guidance about the day's schedule and events, includ- ing last minute schedule changes. You are invited to bring your questions, and take notes while you network. Elizabeth Salazar Meet Up • Beginner • #homeroom 11:00 AM Courtyard: Brazos Workhacking Away from 'Business As Usual' When companies overemphasize business processes over people, they push speed or scale, and limit variations or changes. They become process factories, robotic and unimaginative. To replace limited, mindless, process-factories with agile, committed, innovative workplaces, we need to bring back employee engagement. Let's hack work and find our way back to being human. Ayelet Baron, Rawn Shah Core Conversation • Intermediate • #BIZasUsual 11:00 AM Courtyard: Rio Grande Ballroom How Creative People Arrive at Good Ideas This is a discussion of process, and how trailblazers in comedy, marketing, and design have come to rely on something more repeatable than chance. By addressing brain- storming, team building, and idea vetting, we will uncover the rather unsexy systems that produce very sexy ideas, and reveal how the world's most creative companies became exactly that. Brian Janosch, Colin Raney, Erin Clift, Will Tracy Panel • Advanced • #How2Create 12:30 PM Courtyard: Brazos Solo Social: What to Do When You're on Your Own Whether you are a social media professional who has been hired by a company to start their program, or a communications professional who has been tasked with "doing social media," you need someone to talk to. In this session we'll have some practical conversation about what it means to be solo in social media. Liz Gross Core Conversation • Intermediate • #solosocial 12:30 PM Courtyard: Rio Grande Ballroom Don't Be Ned Stark: Change Your Institution & Live In our rush to embrace startup culture, we risk ignoring the importance of institu- tions, public and private. This panel will discuss how a handful of leaders and internal change agents are trying to apply startups' culture of experimentation, appetite for risk and acceptance of failure to government, educational and corporate institutions. Brian Bannon, Harper Reed, John Bracken, Laura Ramos Panel • Intermediate • #notned 3:30 PM Courtyard: Brazos 37 Practical Tips to Help You Write & Speak Better If you want to be a better writer and speaker, this hour could make a big difference. This panel will cover the ins and outs of developing your argument, the process of putting pen to paper, the all-important work of editing, and some life-saving tips on rehearsing and delivering a powerful speech. Andy Barr, Sarada Peri Core Conversation • Intermediate • #37Tips 3:30 PM Courtyard: Rio Grande Ballroom How to Build Culture in a Distributed Company It is our belief that distributed companies can be as close-knit, effective, and seren- dipitous as those under one roof. Join us for a panel on ways we've learned to build culture in this kind of organization. All panel members work for (or have worked for) companies that are purposely spread out, and we are always finding new ways to meaningfully connect our team. Danya Cheskis-Gold, Lori McLeese, Mischa Nachtigal, Patti Chan Panel • Beginner • #newculture 5:00 PM Courtyard: Brazos Essentialism Learn how to achieve more by doing less using a strategic framework for discerning what is essential and eliminating everything that is not. Greg McKeown will discuss how to apply a more selective criteria for what is Essential so we can regain control of our own choices and channel our time, energy, and efforts towards the goals and activities that truly matter. Greg McKeown Core Conversation • Intermediate • #essential 5:00 PM Courtyard: Rio Grande Ballroom Leaning Out: How Online Dads Raise Kids Offline There has been a lot of discussion about how women can balance work and families and how men, especially in technology, are taught to work hard, define themselves by their careers, and eagerly embrace new technologies. But that may not be the best way to be a dad. This panel will take a look from the other side of the gender gap, with a uniquely male perspective. Alexis Madrigal, Andre Torrez, Clara Jeffery, Mat Honan Panel • Beginner • #LeaningOut MONDAY, MARCH 10 9:30 AM Courtyard: Brazos Home Room Start your morning at SXSW Home Room. Each session is led by two Home Room Leaders who will help you get the most out of your day, and your badge. These SXSW insiders will provide insight and guidance about the day's schedule and events, includ- ing last minute schedule changes. You are invited to bring your questions, and take notes while you network. Elizabeth Salazar Meet Up • Beginner • #homeroom 9:30 AM Courtyard: Rio Grande Ballroom The Power of Failure: The Hidden Side of Success Embracing failure isn't easy. From a fear of failure that stops us from trying to a col- lapse of will that derails us, cognitive attitudes to failure can destroy our ability to pursue our goals. But if like successful people we use our setbacks as motivation, we may surprise ourselves by how far we can go. Camille Sweeney, Josh Gosfield Dual • Beginner • #FailUp 11:00 AM Courtyard: Brazos Joan vs. Don: Female Leadership in Digital Agencies Our Core Conversation will be an exploration of gender roles in digital agency leader- ship. We want to discuss if digital agencies offer women more opportunity than tradi- tional creative shops, where digichicks are making the biggest impact, the perception that women aren't as technical and if the the collaborative nature of interactive makes it easier or harder for women. Liz Harper, Pam Scheideler Core Conversation • Beginner • #digichicks FESTIVAL SESSIONS