Whether you’re a fan or not, it’s that time of year for the infamous SxSW Panel Picker voting. As I did last year, I wanted to highlight some of the most intriguing panels that focus on community management for you to check out and discuss as you decide who you want to see on the stage next year in Austin.
This list is in no particular order:
People and things: Why visual social networks work
Panel: Matthew Knell, Katy Kelley, Katie Richman, & Katie Morse
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Are Community Managers the New Influencers?
Panel: Christina Hug, Saul Colt, Justin Isaf, & Tine Thygesen
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Hey A-hole, Stop Calling Yourself a Guru (Best Title Ever)
Panel: Amy Higgins, Evan Hamilton, & Erin Robbins O’Brien
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Community Management: Beyond the News Feed
Panel: Spencer Rinkus, Peter Slutsky, Kendra Bracken-Ferguson, & Laura Gluhanich
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When Sh*t Hits the Fan: An Online Crisis Drill
Panel: David Krejci, Aaron Miller, & Lauren Melcher
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Myth Busting: Creating a Viral Video
Panel: Bettina Hein, Eduardo Tobon, & John Duffield
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Tricks of the Trade: Grow Unity in Your Community
Panel: Kat Mandelstein, Jessica Murray, Joyce Davis, Michael Bepko
If you have any panels that you’d like to highlight, or even shout out your own, please leave your comments below. If you vote for some of these, be sure to tweet the panel – you might be able to score a free drink! Hope to see you all in Austin…
This post was written by Harrison Kratz, Community Manager for the online MBA program, MBA@UNC. Aside from the great list he has put together below, he also has on a proposed panel submitted for SxSW called, “Be Proactive AKA How Others are Reactive & Failed.
I think we can all agree that #SXSW clearly needs more content about zombies and bunny rabbits. My panel is called “Creating Interactive Nightmares” – http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/4677 and I may or may not be willing to use my staff of chainsaw-wielding clowns to help support my cause. Thanks!
Thanks for mentioning ours! I look forward to discussing in-house vs. agency community.
Scaling Your Business Through Community -Â This panel, including the tech world’s leading community experts representing the companies that are scaling rapidly, will explore how to expand your business and global reach utilizing community strategy and empower your community to help scale your business for you.
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Meghan Murphy / Twilio, Lauren Sherman / TaskRabbit, Jessica Zollman / Instagram, David Noel / SoundCloud
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http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/3863
@KratzPR Thanks for the shoutout for our Tricks of the Trade: Grow Unity in Your Community panel. We have representation from Community Managers from some of the biggest B2C(Whole Foods), B2B(IBM) and Non-Profit Marketing Orgs (WOMMA, Social Media Club) and it will be highly interactive with actual take aways. Hope to see you and all your readers at SXSW and appreciate any thumbs up and comments for our session. And I am known for buying pitchers of margaritas and beers for my social media friends; )
 @megmurph Sorry I missed this one! Definitely voting now 🙂
 @ScareHouseScott #agreed
 @lauraglu no problem! Good luck 🙂
 @katmandelstein Mark me down for a margarita 🙂 Good luck!
 @KratzPR Thanks Harrison! It’s a great list of panels up for voting this year, hope to see many of them at SXSW.Â
Thanks for mentioning our panel – Hey A-hole!…”Â
 @amywhiggins No problem! Btw, I’m coming out to SF during the holidays for an event I’m putting together… Would love to connect 🙂
These are awesome panels. I’ll add them to my blog post on SXSW. http://artisticbytes.net/2012/08/17/how-to-pick-a-sxsw-panel/
 @KratzPR Anytime! I love meeting people IRL. Just tweet me your email.
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Harrison, I’m hosting a workshop with Natalie Marsan and Nick Cicero called “The Community Manager: Enter The C-Suite” http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/4685