Out of the three keynote speakers attending SES Chicago 2009, I was looking forward to Dan Siroker’s keynote the most.  Siroker is the former deputy new media director for the Obama presidential transition team and considering the location of Search Engine Strategies, I could only imagine the kind of information and footage that would be expected.

Simply put, I did not want Siroker’s keynote to end.  Great information and amazing footage from the Obama campaign.

This SES Chicago recap will cover the keynote address by Dan Siroker.

My recaps will include some useful tidbits that I picked up during day 1 of SES Chicago.  Tweets were made from @marketwire as well as my personal handle @shinng using the hashtag #seschi and #rt2eat.  So what is the meaning of the latter hashtag?  Well, the creative marketing team @marketwire wanted to give back for the holiday season so we decided to take advantage of the Marketwire presence.  For every ReTweet of our tweets that include the hashtags #seschi #rt2eat, Marketwire will be donating $1.00 per RT for a max contribution of $500 to benefit the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

Opening Keynote with Dan Siroker, former Deputy New Media Director, Obama Presidential Transition …continue reading SES Chicago Dan Siroker Obama Presidential Transition Team Keynote

If you haven’t had the opportunity to attend Search Engine Strategies, consider it.  While some sessions went very quickly with tons of information being thrown at you, other sessions presented a great refresher.  The only negative is having to choose which session to attend out of the 5 being offered simultaneously.  A big shout out to all SES attendees who were tweeting live from the event.

This SES Chicago recap will cover the keynote address by Jeff Jarvis. …continue reading SES Chicago 2009 Jeff Jarvis Keynote Recap Day 1