{"id":1143,"date":"2010-03-08T15:00:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visionarymarketing.wordpress.com\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2024-08-17T23:11:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T21:11:14","slug":"likeminds-2010-gathers-like-minded-people-in-beautiful-exeter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visionarymarketing.com\/en\/2010\/03\/08\/likeminds-2010-gathers-like-minded-people-in-beautiful-exeter\/","title":{"rendered":"Like Minds 2010 gathers like-minded people in beautiful Exeter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, I was invited by Andrew Ellis and Scott Gould<\/a> to attend the Like Minds 2010 conference in Exeter, Devon. Not only was it my first time at the Like Minds, but it was also my first time in Devon and in Exeter in particular. Scott and Andrew were kind enough to invite me to keynote at Like Minds so as to present what we have done in terms of using social media to back up our Internet strategy at Orange Business Services.<\/em><\/p>\n

Like Minds 2010 gathers like-minded people in beautiful Exeter<\/h2>\n
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the lineup of Likeminds speakers in Exeter – Feb 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The Like Minds conference was a great success in terms of attendance with more than 350 attendees and that’s without taking into account the fact that some tickets were sold for the morning and afternoon sessions so that we had different kinds of people at both periods of the day;\u00a0 notwithstanding, the room was packed at all times.<\/p>\n

One of the most amazing things about Like Minds 2010 is that it was organised in less than six months and that’s extraordinary considering the fact that most Britons seem to be unaware of Exeter<\/a> and its surroundings, which is a shame given the quality of life in this town and the beauty of its surroundings (OK, I’m a Kelt so I am a little biased, it’s true that we in Brittany originate from these areas).<\/p>\n

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The Lord Mayor of Exeter in his welcome speech to the Like Minds people – Photo Yann Gourvennec<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Among the beauties of Exeter let us mention the magnificent Cathedral<\/span>, one of the finest examples of the Decorated Gothic style<\/a> (and not Perpendicular Gothic,\u00a0 which is a later version of that style) very much similar to St George’s Chapel in Windsor, only 10 times bigger.<\/p>\n

We were lucky enough – courtesy of messieurs Gould and Ellis – to be welcomed by the Lord Mayor of Exeter in the chapter room next to the Cathedral (see picture above).<\/p>\n

This in itself,\u00a0 the sheer speed at which Scott and Andrew brought this crowd of like-minded people together for that conference, is enough to show the power of social media, mostly when it comes to organising events. You don’t need to be in New York, London or Paris, to be able to organise a meeting like this. But the quality of Like Minds was not only due to its audience, but mostly to its presenters; here are a few bullet points with things that should be remembered about their presentations:<\/p>\n