Having just returned from the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, I can tell you that Social Media has taken over the event. To give you one specific example, one of the Sundance events was hosted by "Tweet House" - invitations were only given to members of the Twitter Community. Unfortunately, being a "newbie" I didn't get on the event list but a Twitter companion of mine with more "followers" and more tweeting activity than me, did get this exclusive Twitter invitation!
Sundance was incredible, something I plan to attend in future years. In advance, I'll be sure to follow all of the sponsors on Twitter, who all had free "swag" for the Sundance'rs i.e. L'Oreal, Honda, Brita.... the list goes on for days.
Carolyn: Sorry we overestimated the capacity of the venue and underestimated the sensitivity of the fire marshall. : ) Hope to see you at SXSW? Cheers,
ReplyDeleteSteve from the Tweethouse.