It’s good to get together in ways that teach, inspire and weave a common thread.
The SOBCon did just that from all we heard, and so I looked for parts to share.
At the time, I was traveling with the brain based work … so I depended on the lessons that came from bloggers like Drew McLellan., who captured cores of SOBCon for those of us who could not attend. How so? 
The lessons Drew spotlighted here below - brought the SOBCon just a bit closer to all our screens - and helped us appreciate blogging unities we’ve built.
1. You can't fake who you are when you put yourself out there, online, every day. There was not one person I met who surprised me. You were all exactly as I expected.
2. Bloggers are huggers. Even business bloggers.
3. No matter how great the speakers are -- people are hungry to learn from and interact with each other.
4. We truly are living in, as CK calls it, the share economy. The generosity was boundless.
5. There's no substitute for sharing a laugh with friends in person.
In Drew’s words … “Nothing profound or new. However, that makes it none the less valuable.” I agree.
To continue Drew’s theme of giving...here's a link to SOBCon bloggers by way of thanks to SOBcon2007 Chicago Attendees:
Sandra Renshaw Brad Shorr Timothy Johnson Tammy Lenski Muhammad Saleem Lorelle VanFossen David Dalka - Mobile Search Marketing Todd And John Yedinak Joe Hauckes Tim Draayer Jeremy Geelan Carolyn Manning Sheila Scarborough Steve Farber Dawud Miracle Doug Mitchell Jeff O'Hara Dave Schoof Jamy Shiels Adam Steen Hannah Steen Chris Thilk Barry Zweibel Eric Bingen Ellen Moore Cord Silverstein Jean-Patrick Smith James Walton Sharan Tash Vernon Lun Tony Lee Scott Desgrosseilliers Mark Murrell Kammie Kobyleski Easton Ellsworth Mark Goodyear Ann Michael Kent Blumberg Ashley Cecil Robert Hruzek Sabu N G Lisa Gates Franke James Chris Brown Troy Worman Karen Putz Jesse Petersen Terry Mapes Andy Brudtkuhl Lucia Mancuso Peter Flaschner Derrick Sorles Mike Rohde Thomas Clifford Rajesh Srivastava Claire Celsi Jason Alba Cristiana Passinato Sean R. Alex Shalman Cristiana Passinato Brad Spirrison Ari Garber Dr. Rob Wolcott Cheryll Cruz Sharon Scherer Jonathan Phillips Jason Wade Jill Pullen Doug Bulleit Wendy Kinney Chelsea Vincent Ayush Agarwal Paul Mangalik Premchand Kallan Xochi Kaplan Michael Snell Ella Wilson
SOBcon2007 Chicago Speakers: Andy Sernovitz Phil Gerbyshak Liz Strauss David Armano Mike Sansone Drew McLellan Mike Wagner Terry Starbucker Rodney Rumford Ben Yoskovitz Chris Cree Robyn Tippins Diego Orjuela Vernon Lun Wendy Piersall
Bravo team – we continue to blog to SOBCon tunes because you were there! Any other takeaway you can share?
Nice.
I'd just like to remind those that haven't linked out that the text file is still available for you to copy.
http://www.daviddalka.com/sobconchicago2007attendeelinks-wordpressformat.txt
Posted by: David | June 1, 2007 8:11 PM | Permalink to Comment