Okay, yes, Chris Brogan is a living legend amongst bloggers. AdAge not only lists him as a Power 150 blogger, they keep him in the top 5. Yes, Chris is also an accomplished author and extremely well-paid professional speaker, too. So, when this legend goes to a conference, what does he expect? Just before the launch of Like Minds 2010 in England, I asked him. Here’s what he said…
Chris let me shoot this video not too long after we first met. Afterwards, I was able to spend three full days with him (including 2 hours sitting on the floor of Bovey Castle listening to him and watching him teach me and Olivier Blanchard everything about blogging; but that’s for another post). Conclusion? Chris meant exactly what he said and it shows: he thrives off listening to other people and hearing their stories about what they’ve tried and what they want to achieve.
Chris Brogan does a great job making other people feel important. He could have just jotted his name. Instead he created something of value.
Here’s another really cool thing. A large group of Twitter friends in the US purposed to meet together IRL (in the real world) before the year was out. Memphis marketing maven Amy Howell was in on the conversation, arranged to have Chris Brogan speak for an event in Memphis, and then invited our group to have dinner with Chris the night before. Next week, I’ll be driving over to Memphis to meet up with a group of Twitter-to-real-life friends, where I’ll see another Twitter-to-real-life and fellow international speaker real friend, Chris Brogan once again. Thank you Amy!
This is the age of opportunity.
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I look forward to our dinner Trey. Safe travels.
Trey so good to see more video!
Please get the rest of it up so I can see it! Good times!
Love the video Trey. Action is what I always strive for at conferences, it's amazing what three days can turn into a lifetime relationship with most of the people I meet. What we do with those relationships is action, new ideas, new projects, new ways to change our world.
There is something to learn from each you meet and spend time with…having top blogger with you makes it so good
So wish I was joining you guys. Have fun and keep sending us videos, we love them. tell Chris I said hi! Now back to compiling those case studies