WOOT for The Fed Web!

A few months ago, I got a voice message from The Federal Reserve asking me to keynote their annual #w3dge conference.  When I first heard it, I thought, “Oh no.  They have the WRONG Deirdre Walsh. It must be the smart, political-savvy CNN producer/my SEO  competitor Deirdre Walsh.” However, I was lucky enough that indeed they were searching for me.

After a crazy 7-hour flight that involved not one but two incidents with my neighbor and corn on the cob, I arrived in Dallas at the Federal Reserve Bank. Past the multiple security guards, x-ray machines and sets of key-card revolving doors, I arrived inside a beautiful building. Immediately I was greeted by fun folks like @pixelheresy and @brightmatrix, crayons, starbursts.

I delivered a fresh presentation called “The New Way” that outlines social Web trends, my 6 pillars for social media success and what’s next in the industry. I was SO impressed by The Federal Reserve’s passion and desire to be not only trusted advisers and thought-leaders, but open, transparent participants on the social Web. Woot The Fed Web!

Social Media and Community 2.0 Strategies Conference

I recently found out that I will be speaking along side some other Forrester Groundswell Award Winners at the  Social Media and Community 2.0 Strategies Conference in Boston on May 3-5.

This is by far one of the best programs I’ve seen at a marketing conference.  They have dedicated tracks for the following areas:

	Market Research		Marketing & Brand Management
	Product Development		Customer Support
	Innovation & Insights		Community Engagement

For more information, visit the webpage here.
Download the brochure here.

Hope to see you there!!