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		<title>The great and the good &#8211; Day 2 at LeWeb</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#0160;Delayed flights and thick fog meant a very late arrival home last night and a very addled brain so here are some, not always coherent thoughts, on the second day.
The start of Day 2 was considerably quieter than the first day which undoubtedly had something to do with the official party the night before (I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#0160;Delayed flights and thick fog meant a very late arrival home last night and a very addled brain so here are some, not always coherent thoughts, on the second day.</p>
<p>The start of Day 2 was considerably quieter than the first day which undoubtedly had something to do with the official party the night before (I was very <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">boring</span> sensible, opted out and ended up having a lovely dinner with some fantastic people including <a href="http://twitter.com/vero">@vero</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/bash" target="_blank">@bash</a>).&#0160;&#0160; <a href="http://www.web-strategist.com" target="_blank">Jeremiah Owyang</a>&#39;s talk was much anticipated but a bit of a let down.&#0160; Although he&#39;s undoubtedly insightful, articulate and extremely knowledgeable, it did feel a bit like he was preaching to the converted with talk of &#39;listening&#39; and recruiting brand advocates to help amplify your cause.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 13px;">The Legend that is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossi_Vardi" target="_blank">Yossi Vardi</a> popped up like a malevolent genie, with a seemingly unending collection of funny photos and videos scraped from YouTube.&#0160; As Paul Carr pointed out,</span><em>&quot;It&#39;s like my grandfather has just discovered the Internet.&quot;</em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 13px;">But whatever you thought of his talk, there&#39;s no doubt he was a breath of fresh air in the face of all the earnest talk of how real-time is changing the face of search/the internet/world/universe.&#0160; I inadvertently stumbled across him and managed to grab a <a href="http://audioboo.fm/boos/82026-yossi-vardi-leweb" target="_blank">quick audioboo</a>. And yes it was a slightly bizarre question to ask, don&#39;t blame me, I was star-struck, it was all the idea of <a href="http://twitter.com/markrock" target="_blank">Mark Rock</a>.</span>
<p>Then the arena become thick with anticipation (and security guards) at the arrival of <span class="field-content"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Rania_of_Jordan" target="_blank">Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah</a>.&#0160; She received a rapturous welcome and went out to deliver a surprisingly </span>intrancing speech.&#0160; I have to say I was sceptical beforehand but there&#39;s no doubt she&#39;s intelligent, perceptive and using her incredible power to do some fantastic charity work.</p>
<p>Into the afternoon <a href="http://www.chrisbrogan.com" target="_blank">Chris Brogan</a>, <a href="http://www.briansolis.com" target="_blank">Brian Solis</a>, <a href="http://www.steverubel.com" target="_blank">Steve Rubel</a> and others discussed how brands can adapt to real-time WOM.&#0160; It was a genuinely interesting discussion, not least because, let&#39;s face it, these are the heavyweights of the social meeja world (that&#39;s naff but you get my point).&#0160; There was a heated debate about the old chesnut how to demonstrate ROI, with some of the panel members suggesting that we shouldn&#39;t try, CEOs need to understand that it&#39;s not about trying to measure against old metrics etc at which point Brian Solis came out with the quote of the day: <em>&quot;This panel may resonate here but we all have to report to people who don&#39;t give a shit&quot;</em>.&#0160; Quite!</p>
<p>There were more tech gazilionares in the afternoon including <a href="http://www.fabricegrinda.com" target="_blank">Fabrice Grinda</a> (just what was the combined wealth of all the speakers&#8230;..) who was refreshingly honest about how great it was to wake up and realise you are worth $40m.&#0160; And of course the AWESOME Gary Vee.</p>
<p>It&#39;s the first time I went to LeWeb but I truly hope it won&#39;t be the last.&#0160; Well-organised, fun, inspirational and exciting.&#0160; I&#39;ll leave the last words to @loic and @geraldine</p>
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