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Career-enhancing connections make the SXSW Interactive Festival so special to so many digital creatives. Come to Austin in March to connect yourself (or your company) to the new ideas, new technologies and new business opportunities that will shape the future, as well as game-changing insights from the world's most innovative thought-leaders. Registration for the 2014 SXSW Interactive Festival opens the first week of August 2013 -- buy your badge early to take advantage of the lowest prices and the best selection of lodging.

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Win a Free Registration for SXSW Interactive 2014

Created by Hugh on June 19, 2013
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Registration for the 2014 SXSW Interactive Festival opens on Thursday, August 1. Early-bird cost to register for the event will be at least $695. But, why spend your hard-earned cash when you can obtain a badge at no charge? That's right, you can win a FREE FREE FREE registration for the 2014 SXSW Interactive Festival in March in Austin by taking part in this simple social media campaign.

To be eligible to win, create a tweet that describes what innovation means to you. The tweet must include the hashtag #sxswv2v (and we all recommend also using the hashtag #innovation). Our staff will pick one tweet from all that use this #sxswv2v hashtag -- and the person who created this tweet will get a comp badge. To be eligible to win, tweets for this campaign must describe your concept of innovation and must be posted by 11:59 pm central time on Wednesday, June 19.

Tips for SXSW PanelPicker Success: Proofread Your Proposal!!

Created by Hugh on June 18, 2013
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SXSW PanelPicker

Only two weeks until Monday, July 1, when we begin accepting speaking proposals for the 2014 SXSW Interactive Festival.

We expect to receive more than 3000 total entries via this year's interface, so the competition for speaking slots will be fierce. How can you ensure your proposal will get high marks via public voting, as well as in Advisory Board and staff feedback? One of the most basic keys for success is proofread proofread proofread!

To this end, we are often amazed at the number of PanelPicker proposals we receive that include misspellings, poor punctuation, incomplete sentences, bad grammar and an assortment of other typographical problems. These kinds of errors are always serve as a red flag -- if you don't have enough attention to detail to catch these mistakes in your speaking application in July, then it is not likely you will have enough attention to detail to pull off a successful speaking slot in March.

SXSW V2V: Connect With Tony Hsieh, Natalia Oberti Nogurea, Tim League and More

Created by Hugh on June 17, 2013
Music Film Interactive V2V

The inaugural SXSW V2V conference in Las Vegas begins in just over 50 days-- have you purchased your registration yet? Scheduled August 11-14 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel of Las Vegas, this exciting event brings together startups, entrepreneurs, innovators and digital creatives for four days of learning, sharing, networking and career-enhancing connections.

Speakers at SXSW V2V 2013 include Micah Baldwin (Graphic.ly), Scott Belsky (Behance), Stephanie Burns (Chic), Amber Case (Esri R&D Center), Steve Case (Revolution), Jake Colvin (National Foreign Trade Council), Dustin Curtis (Svbtle), Aziz Gilani (Mercury Fund), Frank Gruber (Tech Cocktail), Christine Herron (Intel Capital), Tony Hsieh (the Downtown Project), Peter Kazanjy (TalentBin), Natalia Oberti Nogurea, Tim League (Alamo Draft House) and many many others.

Fly Me to the Moon: Watch LeVar Burton and Dr Mae Jemison Talk Interstellar Travel

Created by Hugh on June 17, 2013
Interactive

100 Year Startup Interstellar Travel and Beyond

Space exploration proved to be one of the dominant themes at the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival. An incredible keynote from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk led off this quest for galactic glory. Austin's own Richard Garriott eloquently explained "The New Golden Age of Human Spaceflight.", and registrants enjoyed touring the James Webb telescope on the lawn of the Long Center.

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