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Alex cre­ates spaces for peo­ple to express them­selves. Based in Miami, Florida, he orga­nizes The Startup Forum, Social Media Club, Bar­Camp, Ignite Miami, and Mobile Mon­day mee­tups and con­fer­ences for South Florida new media pro­fes­sion­als, and is a found­ing mem­ber of Refresh­Mi­ami. He is the co-author of “Secur­ing The Clicks: Net­work Secu­rity in the Age of Social Media.” He co-founded a world­wide com­mu­nity for physi­cians, BuzzMed. A Pro­fes­sor at the Uni­ver­sity of Miami, School of Com­mu­ni­ca­tions, Alex teaches a course on social media. Alex obtained an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France, and speaks Eng­lish, French, Por­tuguese, Span­ish and Finnish.

You may find Alex on Twit­ter (@alexdc), where he is par­tic­i­pat­ing most actively.

Web: alexdc.org

 

My Schedule

Friday, March 11 ▼

 

2:00 PM

Fireside Chat: Tim O'Reilly Interviewed by Jason CalacanisACC, Ballroom D

3:30 PM

BattleDecks 2011ACC, Room 18ABCD Google's Marissa Mayer PresentsACC, Ballroom D Hold on Loosely: How Loose Organizations WorkMarriott Courtyard, Rio Grande B The Accidental Writer: Great Web Copy for EveryoneSheraton, Creekside Thin is In. The Future of Digital WalletsHilton, Salon J Why Everything is Amazing But Nobody is HappyACC, Room 5ABC

5:00 PM

Metrics for Social Media: The Net Promoter ScoreHyatt, Hill Country CD Not My Job: The Ultimate Content Strategy SmackdownSheraton, Creekside SXSW Interactive ‘Appy Hour’ Party Presented by BestBuzzThe Belmont

5:30 PM

Creative Workshop: 80 Challenges to Sharpen Your Design SkillsACC, Ballroom G

6:00 PM

Ignite SXSW - 2021 Vision of the FutureAustin Music Hall The Mix at Six presented by SapientNitroVenue 222

7:00 PM

Ignite Social Media PartyMolotov & The Dogwood Let's Start SXSW Off Right!Driskell Hotel Bar

7:30 PM

"Unofficial" SXSW TweetupIron Cactus

8:00 PM

TechSet's Kick off Party at SXSW 2011Enzo
 

Saturday, March 12 ▼

 

8:00 AM

Social Breakfast 2011Magnolia Cafe (South)

9:30 AM

Beyond Check-Ins: Location Based Game DesignACC, Room 12AB Federating the Social WebHyatt, TX Ballroom 2-4 Stop Listening to Your CustomersHilton, Salon C

11:00 AM

Community Engagement Strategies: Rational Debate or Herding Cats?Sheraton, Capitol E-H Intrigue Me: Writing Compelling ContentSheraton, Capitol A-D Marketing Lessons from the Grateful DeadACC, Ballroom G Seed & Feed: How to Cultivate Self-Organizing CommunitiesHyatt, Hill Country CD Social Shopping: The Future of Selling Stuff OnlineHilton, Salon H The Impact of Social Media Tools in MexicoHilton Garden Inn, Sabine The New Sharing EconomyHilton, Salon K To Reply or Not to Reply? Facebook ConversationsHyatt, Big Bend

11:30 AM

Content RulesACC, Ballroom G FreshBooks 2,000,000 User PartyWest Tent, Brush Square Park

12:30 PM

Are Your Customers a Crowd or a Community?Hyatt, TX Ballroom 1 Mistakes I Made Building Netflix for the iPhoneHilton, Salon J Ordering Disorder: Grid Design for the New WorldACC, Ballroom A

3:30 PM

Care and Feeding of Blogs and Book ContractsSheraton, Creekside Collaboration Over CompetitionHilton, Salon C Kicking Community Ass: Building Better InfluenceHyatt, Hill Country CD Real World Moderation: Lessons from 11 Years of CommunityHyatt, TX Ballroom 1 Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us BetterACC, Ballroom D

5:00 PM

When Facebook Falls: Future-Proofing Your Social Media EffortsHyatt, Hill Country AB SXSW Pre-Party with EviteLanai

6:00 PM

SXSW 2011: Happy Hour Sponsored by RazorfishThe Phoenix Online/Offline: A Happy Hour for Social Media PeepsAces Lounge WordPress PartyElysium

8:00 PM

Frog Design Interactive Opening PartyWhitley Building

9:00 PM

Copyblogger Presents an Indelicate DiversionBeauty Bar

9:30 PM

Ning SXSWi Opening PartyMohawk
 

Sunday, March 13 ▼

 

9:30 AM

Daily Deals: Where Ads Become ContentACC, Ballroom F My Prototype Beat Up Your Business PlanHilton, Salon AB Radical Openness: Growing TED by Giving it AwayACC, Ballroom D

11:00 AM

Getting Strategic with Social Media for Social GoodACC, Room 8A Influencer Throwdown: Proving Influence Once and For AllHilton, Salon D Local Online Communities: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?Hilton, Salon J The 4-Hour Body: Hacking the Human BodyACC, Ballroom D The Science of InfluenceHyatt, TX Ballroom 2-4 NYC Startup MeetupThe Parish

12:30 PM

Influencers Will Inherit the Earth. Quick, Market Them!ACC, Ballroom F Legal Frontiers In Social Networks, Blogs and BeyondHyatt, Big Bend No Excuse: Web Designers Who Can't CodeACC, Ballroom B Online Dating 2.0: All Mobile, All Location-BasedHilton, Salon J

3:30 PM

Future of Collective Intelligence: Location! Location! Location!Hilton, Salon F-G The End of Shame: or, Getting Over OversharingHyatt, Hill Country CD

5:00 PM

Jeffrey Zeldman's Awesome Internet Design PanelACC, Ballroom D

7:00 PM

BeerCampEmo's The Barbarian Group & StumbleUpon present: 'T.O.S. Violation!'Mohawk

8:00 PM

Tech Cocktail SXSW presented by LiveShare from CoolirisRepublic Live

9:00 PM

Crowdtap Launch PartyThe Belmont The Silicon Prairie PartyLanai

10:00 PM

Mashable House: MashBash SXSWi 2011 PartyBuffalo Billiards
 

Monday, March 14 ▼

 

9:30 AM

How Blogs With Balls Are Saving Sports MediaHyatt, Hill Country AB You're Dead, Your Data Isn't: What Happens Now?ACC, Room 10AB

11:00 AM

5 Steps to Bulletproof UX StrategyACC, Ballroom A Stop Working Nights / Weekends and Get a Life!Marriott Courtyard, Rio Grande B

12:30 PM

Comedic Communication: Developing User-centered Humor DesignACC, Ballroom A Enabling New Experiences & Creating Serendipity Through Check-insACC, Ballroom D

3:30 PM

Behavior Design: Stop Being Neutral, Start Influencing DecisionsSheraton, Capitol A-D Company Culture: It's All Your FaultMarriott Courtyard, Rio Grande B The Future of MicroformatsHilton, Salon F-G

5:00 PM

LBS 101: the Arrival of Ubiquitous GeolocationHilton, Salon J

6:00 PM

Drupal PartyElysium Great British Booze-upShakespeare's Pub

7:00 PM

gdgt live in AustinPureVolume House

9:00 PM

Funny or Die & Tumblr's LOL Reblog partyHighball See The World with GowallaThe Belmont

10:00 PM

Village Voice Media's Interactive PartyParadise Mashable House: Official Mashable Night 2 SXSWi 2011 PartyBuffalo Billiards
 

Tuesday, March 15 ▼

 

9:30 AM

Engineering vs. Psychology in Social Media: A ConversationHyatt, TX Ballroom 1

11:00 AM

Branded Entertainment: Do Brands Hurt Good Storytelling?ACC, Ballroom F Designing Ideas, Not ObjectsACC, Ballroom D What's In Your Virtual Wallet?Radisson, Town Lake Ballroom

12:30 PM

Flexible Morality of User Engagement & User BehaviorACC, Ballroom D

3:00 PM

Next Stage: Funny Or Die Twitter Live Feed Show featuring hosts Robert Ben Garant and Thomas LennonACC, Exhibit Hall 3-4

8:30 PM

TechKaraokeSix Lounge The Interactive Closing Party Presented by (mt) Media TempleStubb's
 



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