Liz's Story - Day 1

Today was a lot of wading through the masses and learning to understand the crazy complicated system of the SXSW campus. There are so many people! I could have never imagined! Catching a bus is a cold, tricky thing to do.

Just the tiniest portion of the crowd.

After a lot of the orientation and red tape, I kicked off the conference with a speech called Change Happens: Improve for an Unpredictable World presented by the married team Jordan and Amanda Hirsch. It was a humorous but very useful and enlightening presentation. I learned a few techniques that help you to deal with change in business or in your personal life.

Improv in session

 Next, after a few bumps in the rainy cold path to my next location, I heard a panel of four professionals engaging in a discussion on Visual Storytelling. The last seminar of the day for me was A Crash Course in Becoming SuperBetter by Jane McGonagal. McGonagal is a revolutionary game designer who believes that we could apply what we achieve in video games in "real life" by taking gaming to a whole new level by applying its principles in ways that benefit and enrich our lives.

Jane spits game

The 1st day was exciting, exhausting, exhilarating (as I am a HUGE nerd for inspiration and learning). Hopefully, tomorrow will be even better.

Now, if we could JUST get rid of the rain!

rain rain go away