Getting Ready for SXSW?

A work-in-progress list of links and other info to get the most out of Austin… 

All The Hired Guns participating this year, with links to the Q+A’s we’ve done with them:

Noah Scalin
Unstuck: Get (and Keep) Your Creativity Flowing
Friday, March 9, 3:30
Book signing: 4:05

Todd Henry
Book Reading and Discussion
Friday, March 9, 4:00

Meryl Cooper
Mentor Session
Saturday, March 10, 11:00

Allison Hemming
Manage With Care: Employees Are Your New Clients
Saturday, March 10, 11:00
Book signing
Saturday, March 10, 11:45

Jordan Burchette
Enlightenment Through Unemployment
Saturday, March 10, noon

Jim Hopkinson
Salary Tutor: Become a Salary Negotiation Rockstar
Saturday, March 10, 12:30

Rebecca Lieb
Book Signing for Content Marketing
Saturday, March 10, 1:30

Meryl Cooper
Book Signing
Sunday, March 11, 2:30

Jeff Gothelf
Demystifying Design:
Fewer Secrets, Greater Impact

Sunday, March 11, 5:00

Brandon Lee
Social Networking: Giving Cancer Patients a Voice
Monday, March 12, 3:30

Larry Smith
Marshalling Your Army of Interns
Tuesday, March 13, 3:30

Some useful links:

Guidelines for Commenters

Product Management, User Experience, Information Architecture, Interaction Design, Usability Testing

Project Management, Program Management, Production, Content Production

Animation, Art Direction, Creative Direction, Corporate Identity, Flash Design/Dev, Graphic Design, Web Design

Content Strategy, Editorial, Copywriting, Copy Editing, Research, Blog Outreach

Brand Management, Business Development, Sales, Product Marketing, Event/Conference Planning, Promotions, Marcomms, Corporate Comms, Direct Marketing, E-Marketing, Public Relations, Market Research

Account Management, Account/Brand Planning, Media Strategy, Communications Planning, Media Planning/Buying, Social Media, Search (SEM, SEO), Web Metrics & Analytics

Web Development, Front End Development

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