Human behaviour
Comparing last night’s get together with one that took place earlier, where Robert Scoble was the speaking guest, there were definitely differences. Last night had a far higher proportion of women, I’m guessing attracted to the Marketing label instead of the Geek one. I saw far fewer cameras and far more notebooks – a lot of people took notes throughout Seth’s speach. I’d even go as far as saying the dress sense was more ‘business’ like than previously. Rick Segal and I were discussing doing a straw poll about why people attended and how they heard about it – but we did not really get much further than just discussing and never took the poll.
One thing that was completely the same was the behaviour a the start of the evening, where everyone stayed on one half of the room and did not move past an invisible barrier provided by a couple of columns. So, everyone huddled, a little cramped at times and did not break the line until food was served.
So true… classic observation!
To be honest I am not suprised, I don’t think there are actually that many female geeks around. Just to prove me wrong, I have suggested a female only geek dinner… spread the word.
Marketing geeks are also invited… but so long as they can talk technical if necessary. We are also looking for a high profile female geek to headline it… Know any good speakers?
Do you think we can pull this one off?
London Marketing Soiree Podcasts
Lloyd Davis has podcasts of the marketing soiree in London with Seth Godin up. Here’s Seth’s talk, the Q&A and the audience reactions afterwards. Too bad you can’t link into podcasts because there’s Loïc and I planning TV advertising for bloggin…
Permission marketing by Seth Godin
Great little mp3 of the talk and Q&A with Seth Godin at the London Marketing Soiree organized by Hugh in July….