Like Minds

Accessible, inspiring, and empowering, the Like Minds Conference 2010 is a rare opportunity to meet world class experts, local leaders, and like-minded individuals from diverse walks of life.

2010 signals the beginning of a new decade that needs fresh thinking. Let’s get our eyes off of the tools, and onto what matters: The People.

World Class Keynotes and Panelists

We have an exquisite line up of speakers, from world class thought leaders, to those making it happen behind the scenes. Our six keynote speakers above are joined by 18 panelists and 6 moderators to bring a depth and diversity to Like Minds.

• Get the low down on our speakers and panelists
• Meet our speakers through our exclusive interviews on the Like Minds Blog

From the Stage and Over Lunch

At Like Minds you’ll have the chance to enjoy on the best working lunches you’ve ever had. Our speakers will be hosting intimate lunchtime sessions at restaurants across the city, to give you time to make deeper connections.

Partners, both Global and Local

And, we’ve supported by the local companies and the national organisations who are leading by example. That’s why the tickets have almost sold out. So, what are you waiting for?

A lot has been written about Like Minds 2010 over the weekend – so we’ve tried to capture a list of it here. This is everything we can find – the good, the bad and the ugly.

If you know (or have written/recorded/photoed) something that is not here, then drop a comment below and we’ll put it up.

Video Reviews

Christian Payne – Like Minds 2010 In Exeter

Benjamin Ellis – From Business To Business to Person To Person

Gemma Went – Likeminds 2010: A true people to people social media conference

Press Coverage

Kevin Anderson for Guardian – Like Minds: Augmented reality, location based services and ’serious’ games

Kevin Anderson for Guardian – Like Minds: ‘Social media can save lives’

Ed Oldfield for Express & Echo – Exeter Firms Log Benefits of Social Media

Vikki Chowney for New Media Age – The People Are Becoming The Publishers Of Tomorrow

The Local and People Effect

Rob Glover – Like Minds Local Legacy

James Whatley – Likeminds 2010 – The Event

Paul O’Mahony – Like Minds 2010 in Exeter, UK Hooked Me

Vanessa Warwick – Business : Four little words that may lead to success on the social web … #likeminds

John Bell – Like Minds 2010: A Conference Apart

Benjamin Ellis – People to People – Like Minds

Gareth Reynolds – Like Minds 2010 In Exeter

Simon Bingham – Like Minds 2010 Review

Robert Pickstone – Why I think #likeminds truly delivered

Dee Jackson – Location? Stimulation? Libation? How do you Mix the Perfect SocMed Conference Cocktail?

Virtual Attendance

Karima-Catherine – Virtual Like Minds

Joe Porrit – Attending #likeminds: A Virtual Experience

James Poulter – Monday Musings: #Like Minds & Social Communications

Kristi Colvin – Live Nude Events… Behind the Scenes of Like Minds 2010’s Online Event

Paul O’Mahony – Like Minds 2010 – What I Thought

From Speakers

Benjamin Ellis – People to People – Like Minds

Gemma Went – Likeminds 2010: A true people to people social media conference

John Bell – Like Minds 2010: A Conference Apart

James Whatley – Likeminds 2010 – The Event

Molly Flatt – Like Minds 2010: Permission To Act

Molly Flatt – Like Minds

Olivier Blanchard – LikeMinds 2010: Clarifying the operational framework of Social Communication – Prologue

Benjamin Ellis – From Business To Business to Person To Person

Chris Brogan – Are We Experience Facilitators

Kevin Anderson for Guardian – Like Minds: Augmented reality, location based services and ’serious’ games

Kevin Anderson for Guardian – Like Minds: ‘Social media can save lives’

Vikki Chowney for New Media Age – The People Are Becoming The Publishers Of Tomorrow

Joanne Jacobs – Like Minds: A New Benchmark for Quality Events

Chris Brogan – What I Told Them At Like Minds

Joanne Jacons – Rampant Self-Promotion

Heléna Holt – Like MInds: Global Thinking, Local Action

Trey Pennington – Like MInds 2010 Interview: B2B Maketing Lessons

Thinking Out Of Like Minds

Graeme Frasier – The Problem With Social Media #1: Free and Easy

Jonathan Alder – Like Minds 2010 – brand lesson #1

Twankers: #likeminds – Twank-Up or a True Social Media Woodstock Moment?

Clarie Rolinson – Twitter: The Halo effect of your marketing strategy

Colin Winstanley – Like Minds Conference 2010

Carl Haggerty – Likeminds 2010 – First thoughts and reflections

Martin Howitt – Likeminds 10 and the death of marketing

Stewart Baines – Likeminds – there’s too much noise

Curious Catherine – #likeminds and the need to wrestle social media from the marketing people

Dangerous Marketing – Time For A Fundamental Shift In Thinking

Sylwia Presley – Think 3

Michael Oon – Was The LikeMinds Meeting A Social Media Event?

Dave Press – Like Minds

Crispin Heath – Was #Likeminds the best gig ever?

Ann Holman – Like Minds raise the games again

James Whatley – Like Minds 2010: If You Do One Thing

Carl Haggerty – Like Minds 2010: Was It Really For Me?

Martin Howitt – Yet Another Like Minds Review

Adam Stone – Have A Heart At Like Minds

James Ainsworth – Like Minds: More Than A Feeling

Daniel Goodall – The Goodwill Hunters

Peter Gold – Social Media Conferences: Time To Stop Talking And Do More Doing

Gary Day-Ellison – Like Minds

John W Lewis – Liking Like Minds

Jonathan Alder – Like MInds 2010 Brand Lesson 2

Stewart Baines – Listen, but don’t forget to act – Lessons from Like Minds

Chris Hall – Like Minds Bring People Together? A Resounding Yes!

Alastair Banks – Like Minds 2010: Never Forget Where You’ve Come From

Alistair Gleave – Chris Brogan and his Trust Agents at Like Minds

Sue Windley – A Newbie View of Social Media: Time For A Fundmental Shift In Thinking

Ed Oldfield – Like Minds 1: Social Media Changing Lives

Ed Oldfield – Like Minds 2: Raising Funds and Support

Ed Oldfield – Like Minds 3: Playing the Games

Ed Oldfield – Like MInds 4: Memorable Moments

Backchannel Stories

Stuart Witts - #LikeMinds and Kind Hearts

Chris Brogan – Are We Experience Facilitators

Trey Pennington – First Video From Like Minds

Paul O’Mahony – Like Minds 2010 in Exeter, UK Hooked Me

Session Reviews

Adam Tinworth – #likeminds – Coupons are not conversation

Adam Tinworth – #likeminds – rescuing dying business models

Adam Tinworth – #likeminds – How can organisations take the first steps towards integrating People-to-People?

Adam Tinworth – #likeminds – Integrating People-to-People

Adam Tinworth – #likeminds – What are the tactics, tools and methods for engagement today?

Adam Tinworth – #likeminds – Emergent Media for person-to-person communication

Adam Tinworth – #likeminds – B2B Lunch time discussion

Adam Tinworth – #likeminds – What Are the Key Components for Social Strategies?

Adam Tinworth – #likeminds – Beware Social Media Tokenism

Adam Tinworth – #likeminds – How Are We Changing The Way We Communicate

Dave Briggs – Clouds and Culture

Alasdair Allan – How Do I Stop Scientists Talking?

You’re not an attendee. You’re a participant. So participate already. That’s why We Are Like Minds.

Participate Virtually

1. Watch, read and tweet live through our Twitterface.

2. Use Organic Are Like Minds to vote on your response to on the keynotes and panels.

3. Join the conversation on the #likeminds hashtag, or switch to #liveminds for the back channels.

4. Add your photos to our Flickr pool.

5. Follow the live blog coverage at Marketing Donut and Business Cornwall.

Participate Physically

1. Come to one of the Like Minds Eve events.

2. Use our open attendee list to find who you want to connect with and arrange a time to meet now.

3. Attend a Like Minds Lunch Time Talk and have the best working lunch all year, as well as help us generate £100,000 for the local economy.

4. Sign into our Gowalla Spot!

There isn’t a need for just another conference. The need we have is to get clarity over all the content that surrounds us. Like Minds 2010 has a few core causes that is driving it.

Supporting Like Minded Endeavours

In December of 2009, we covered Daren Forsyth’s airfare to speak at #140Conf in Tel Aviv. This year we are doing the same, starting with profiling others who are way ahead of us. Each of our supported Endeavours has a 5 minute slot to present at Like Minds:

• Exeter Hospiscare
• Twestival
• Leap Anywhere
• The Have A Heart Appeal

Powerful Inspiration, Reliable Information, Deep Connections

We are not a Social Media conference. We are a conference that uses Social Media. Our goal is not to talk about these new technologies, but use them to deliver these three things.

Powerful Inspiration means that we are committed to challenging thinking to change our actions. We all need to become better.

Reliable Information means providing models, frameworks, and ideas that can you use within 24 hours and not forget by the time you’ve left the building.

Deep Connections are how we bring about social change, and how we enrich our lives and the lives of others. Like Minds Lunchtime Talks are a fresh way for you to not meet hundreds of new people, but instead build deep connections with ten.

£100,000 Social Media ROI on a City

The last Like Minds Conference created jobs, new business, elevated charities, and boast the local economy. Our aim in February 2010 is to generate a measurable £100,000 boast for the Exeter economy with the help of our local partners. Read the Press Release.

People-to-People. This doesn’t mean person to people, 1950’s conference model of one talking to many. Our subject this year is also the way we are doing things: socially. This is a Social Conference.

We know that the best conferences aren’t just about listening, or even talking – they are about meeting like minded people, and experiencing new ideas with them.

Before Like Minds

Wed 17th Feb, 7pm – Meetup at Exeter Northcott Theatre

Meetup and drinks followed by performance of Eschara and Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat. Half price tickets available on arrival. Details here.

Thurs 18th Feb, 6:30pm – Meetup at 1000 Heads, London

Meetup, drinks and nibbles at 1000 Heads offices. Free entry, spaces limited. Sorry, fully booked.

Thurs 25th Feb – Like Minds Eve A range of independently organised events are being held in the evening:

7:30pm – Public Sector Drinks and Dinner

At Zizzi’s, from 7:30pm, for those working with the public sector. Organised by Martin Howitt and Carl Haggerty.

8:30pm – Drinks

Drinks in a city centre venue from 8:30pm. Location TBC. Organised by Chris Hall.

Fri 26th Feb – Like Minds Day

Session times are still being tweaked and liable to change a little.

09:30 GMT – Morning Registration

Morning registration alongside a coffee wake up call, courtesy of Starbucks.

10:20 GMT – The Beginning

With founders Andrew Ellis and Scott Gould.

10:30 GMT – Session 1

Keynote: ‘Making Connections – an outsiders view of Social Media’ with Jonathan Akwue

Panel: ‘How are we changing the way we communicate?’ moderated by Daren Forsyth, with Glenn Le Santo, Heléna Holt and John Harvey.

Like Minded Endeavour: Leap Anywhere, with Malcolm Scovil.

11:25 GMT – Session 2

Keynote: ‘Time for a Strategy: Beware Social Media Tokenism’ with John Bell

Panel: ‘What are the key components for Social Strategies?’ moderated by AJ Pape, with Maz Nadjm, Charlie Osmond and Gemma Went

Like Minded Endeavour: Hospiscare with Amy Kilburn.

12:20 GMT – Like Minds Lunchtime Talks

Lunchtime sessions with our speakers are running across restaurants in central Exeter. Register to attend a Lunch Time Talk here.

13:45 GMT – Afternoon Registration

Coffee served by Starbucks, with tea and water available.

14:30 GMT – Session 3

Keynote: ‘Emergent media for Person-to-Person Communication’ with Joanne Jacobs

Panel: ‘What are the tactics, tools and methods for engagement today?’ moderated by Lloyd Davis, with Ilicco Elia, Madlen Nicolaus and Andrew Davies.

Like Minded Endeavour: Twestival, with Aren Grimshaw.

15:25 GMT – Session 4

Keynote: ‘Integrating People-to-People’ with Olivier Blanchard

Panel: ‘How can organisations take the first steps towards integrating People-to-People?’ moderated by Andrew Gerrard, with Steve Bridger, Benjamin Ellis and Gabrielle Laine-Peters.

16:15 GMT – Afternoon Break

Coffee served by Starbucks, with tea and water also available.

16:45 GMT – Session 5

Keynote: ‘Social Media and B2B: How to Build Outstanding Advocacy’ with Yann Gourvennec

Panel: ‘How can dying business models innovate through people-to-people?’ moderated by Vikki Chowney, with Kevin Anderson, Edward Barrow, and James Whatley.

Like Minded Endeavour: The Have A Heart Appeal, with Matt Young

17:40 GMT – Session 6

Keynote: ‘Building People-to-People Communities and Networks’ with Chris Brogan

Panel: ‘Where are the forward thinking organisations going next?’ moderated by Trey Pennington, with Molly Flatt, Kate Day and Kristian Carter.

18:30 GMT – Final Words

With founders Andrew Ellis and Scott Gould.

18:40 GMT – Afterparty

We’ll be enjoying drinks in the Exeter Conference Centre’s mezzanine café bar, with canapes provided by Fresha Cafe.

21:00 GMT – Close

From diverse backgrounds, and covering a broad range of expertise, the Like Minds speaker lineup is a world class collection of people who are doing remarkable things.

They will be engaging through 6 keynote speakers, 18 panelists, 6 moderators, and by weekly interviews on the Like Minds blog. If you do the math, you can see we have not yet confirmed every speaker.

We know that a conference is just as much about the like minded people as it as about the content. That’s People-to-People.

So to this end, use the list below to work out who you want to meet up with while you’re at Like Minds. You can follow the instructions here to update your own attendee info to help other people find you.

We’ve done all the leg work in helping you get to Like Minds easily, and enjoying your stay in Exeter. You just need to read, book, and arrive. Simples.

Like Minds is held at the Exeter Conference Centre, in the centre of Exeter, and surrounded by local amenities. All activity surrounding Like Minds, including the lunch and events and our partner hotel, are within 5-10 minutes of each in the City Centre. There is a map at the bottom of this page.

Getting to Exeter

By train: Exeter St Davids (EXD) is the main train station, and connected to the north line towards London, and the south line to Plymouth and into Cornwall. The most common route, from London Paddington (PAD), takes 2.5 hours.

This station is a clearly signposted 15 minutes walk to Exeter Conference Centre. Alternatively, connections can be made from EXD to Exeter Central Station (EXC), which is opposite Exeter Conference Centre.

By car: We’d ask first of all that you arrange a car share if you are coming by car. The M5 is the main connection from the north into Exeter, and the A30 from the south. You can use Google Maps to get directions from your location.

There are 3 city centre car parks within 5 minutes walk or less. Download this printable guide to help you, or use this overlay in Google Maps.

By plane: Depending on where you are flying from, the best airports are either Exeter International Airport (EXT) or Bristol Airport (BRS) for flights from Europe, or London Heathrow (LHR) for flights from further abroad. For travel to Exeter Conference Centre, please speak with us directly.

Staying in Exeter

The Southgate Hotel provide an exclusive Like Minds rate, which is very well priced for a contemporary, 4-star hotel in the city centre. The Southgate is 5 minutes walk from Exeter Conference Centre. All rates include bed and breakfast, and complimentary use of their leisure facilities and pool.

• Single occupancy is £52, per night
• Double occupancy is £62, per night
• A suite is £82, per night

To book, call them on 01392 412 812, and quote “Like MInds”. Thursday (day before) is 25th Feb, and Friday (conference day) is 26th Feb.

Alternatively, a range of bed and breakfasts can be found on Google Maps.

Map

This map displays Exeter Conference Centre (the top-left marker), and the Southgate Hotel (the bottom-right marker):

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