Age of Conversation REDUX - casting call!

How time flies. The Age of Conversation hit the virtual bookstores almost a year ago, and now time it’s time to open up the dialogue once again. Drew and Gavin are currently cookin’ up 2008’s AoC, which will be bigger and badder and hipper than EVER before.

And will center around a new topic, naturally. Only this time we’re deciding it together. Here are the options:

• Marketing Manifesto
• Why Don’t People Get It? (Get what, you ask? My interpretation includes Uggs and sweatpants and this music video)
• My Marketing Tragedy (and what I learned)

Cast your vote at SurveyMonkey.

Drew’s blog post goes over all the juicy details—definitely check it out to get a feel for this year’s project.

If you’re down to contribute, e-mail Drew and let him know! And be sure to check out last year’s authors—they’re really some badass marketers:

Gavin Heaton, Drew McLellan (these two crazy guys conceived this awesome project) CK, Valeria Maltoni, Emily Reed, Katie Chatfield, Greg Verdino, Mack Collier, Lewis Green, Sacrum, Ann Handley, Mike Sansone, Paul McEnany, Roger von Oech, Anna Farmery, David Armano, Bob Glaza, Mark Goren, Matt Dickman, Scott Monty (Boston blogger! Yay!), Richard Huntington, Cam Beck, David Reich (Boston blogger! Yippee!) (New York blogger, that is :)), Luc Debaisieux (who I will SOMEDAY meet, lol), Sean Howard, Tim Jackson, Patrick Schaber, Roberta Rosenberg, Uwe Hook, Tony D. Clark, Todd Andrlik, Toby Bloomberg, Steve Woodruff, Steve Bannister, Steve Roesler, Stanley Johnson, Spike Jones, Nathan Snell, Simon Payn, Ryan Rasmussen, Ron Shevlin, Roger Anderson, Robert Hruzek, Rishi Desai, Phil Gerbyshak, Peter Corbett, Pete Deutschman, Nick Rice, Nick Wright, Michael Morton, Mark Earls, Mark BlairCB Whittemore, Mario Vellandi, Lori Magno (Digitas!), Kristin Gorski, Kris Hoet, G. Kofi Annan, Kimberly Dawn Wells, Karl Long, Julie Fleischer, Jordan Behan, John La Grou, Joe Raasch, Jim Kukral, Jessica Hagy, Janet Green, Jamey Shiels, Dr. Graham Hill, Gia Facchini, Geert Desager, Gaurav Mishra, Gary Schoeniger, Gareth Kay, Faris Yakob, Emily Clasper, Ed Cotton, Dustin Jacobsen, Tom Clifford, David Polinchock, David Koopmans, David Brazeal, David Berkowitz, Carolyn Manning, Craig Wilson, Cord Silverstein, Connie Reece, Colin McKay, Chris Newlan, Chris Corrigan, Cedric Giorgi (we met in Paris... but I was like 30 minutes late, and I'm still ashamed), Brian Reich, Becky Carroll, Arun Rajagopal (Oman's own), Andy Nulman, Amy Jussel, AJ James, Kim Klaver, Sandy Renshaw, Susan Bird,Troy Worman, S. Neil Vineberg

Contributing to AoC is also a great way to make new drinking buddies :) Pictured below (right before we went for martinis) - me, Scott Monty, Lori Magno, and Brian Reich.

Comments

[David Reich]

I'm looking forward to AOC Round 2. In the list of authors, you made a sidenote that I'm a Boston blogger.

I love Boston -- I have family there, both my kids went to college there, I (secretly) rooted for the Sox vs. the Yankees. But I'm very much a New York blogger. Born and raised in Mount Vernon, 15 miles north of midtown, and I've worked in NY City all my career. New Yorker through and through.

[C.B. Whittemore]

Ryan, very cool! Thanks for getting the word out. I like how you have bridged old and new. Hope to see you at Blogger Social! Happy 2008!

[RyanB]

@David - Oops, sorry! I changed the sidenote :)
@C.B. - Yep, I'll see you at Blogger Social. Can't wait!

[mindblob - Luc Debaisieux]

Hi Ryan,

Definitely an exciting perspective indeed. And so is BS08... where (YES!)... we are finally going to meet!
; )

[Becky Carroll]

Thanks for promoting the new project, Ryan! I think they are open to other ideas, too... :-)

[Arun Rajagopal]

Hey Ryan:
Awesome post! See you at BS'08 and again in AOC 2.0 - another awesome way to reconnect this new year!
Arun

[Manny Stevens]

yes!

[mvellandi]

Hi Ryan, first time here and I'll be back! Look forward to meetin ya. Greetings from So Cal :D

[Anna Farmery]

Don't you just love it when you get to connect with people and also help to achieve something good in the world at the same time :) Cool project that I love being part of...