April 9 - Planners Unite - Toronto

We have two complimentary tickets to this event for OneDegree readers ... details at the end.

Interested in marketing strategy? Come on out to Planners Unite -  the (hopefully) first in a regular series of events for the strategic planning community in Toronto.  It will be equal parts socializing and inspiration, with some great guest speakers to provoke ideas and discussion.  There will be conversation breaks between speakers, and a cocktail reception afterwards.


Our Keynote is Mark Earls (AKA Herdmeister). His latest book, “HERD” has won much applause. Mark is a recovering account planner who now works independently out of London under the banner of HERD Consulting. Prior to HERD, Mark was Chair of the Global Planning Group at Ogilvy Worldwide and Planning Director of the radical creative co-operative St Luke’s.

The other speakers:

• Laurence Bernstein: Innovating market research using behavioural economics, the wisdom of crowds, and predictive markets.
• Matthew Milan and Michael Anton Dila: Innovation Parkour: a new method to find innovative answers to complex strategic problems.
• Sean Howard: The Passion Economy
• Jason Oke: Event chair & moderator

Planners Unite:
Thursday, April 09, 2009 from 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
AGO, Jackman Hall

For full details and to purchase tickets: http://torontoplannersunite.eventbrite.com/

Or, for a chance to receive a complimentary ticket, leave a comment by 5PM Pacific, Thursday, April 2nd on this post saying why you'd like to go. We'll draw 2 winners and announce them on Friday, April 3rd.


Update: Duane Brown and Emily Bergeron are our winners!  Congrats to the two of you!

Comments

[Martin]

Looks like a great session. Would love a chance to win a ticket.

Martin

[Lee Dale]

We've just started digging into our work with the World Wide Web Foundation and, apart from our previous community and planning efforts, this project in particular will rely on the wisdom and mobilization of the masses.

This is profound stuff and I see any chance for us to connect with our peers as another opportunity to better learn how we can change the world.

Peace.
Lee

[James]

Wow, that's an awesome line up. Great idea too; we need more community like this. Can't be in Toronto that day but now wish I could!

[Harsh]

Mark Earls, Jason Oke. Who would want to miss these guys speak? Especially if it's right here in Toronto (and complimentary!). I'd love to attend.

Harsh

[roger gagnon]

Hm - I'd like a free ticket because Matthew & Michael are pretty rad (I was not paid for this endorsement).

[Hugh D. Gamble]

Put me down for the ticket draw.

[Karen]

Don't bother entering me in the draw, as I am in Vancouver; but let me say that I hope your event is a complete and smashing success, so that you can have one in the last week of June when I am back in the area and can bask in all that strategic glory :)

[miro]

appreciate if you could put me into the draw for the tickets to this event

cheers
Miro

[Rannie Turingan]

Awesome lineup indeed. Would love to win tickets

[mose]

Would love a ticket to this event!!! Pick me!!! Pick me!!!

mose

[Jason Dojc]

Would love to see Mark Earls!!

[Duane Brown]

This sounds like a great event and one I would love to attend. My two goals for this year is to write more and attend industry events to learn & network with my peers in the real world.

Going would allow to me help kick start my second goal of the year & allow me to learn from my peers who have been doing it longer then me. I've only been in the industry the last 3 years but I'm learning a lot as I go. There is a lot more to learn & I feel this even is going to help with that.

P.S. I would be willing to write up a post event entry for One Degree.. if that should sway the votes in my favor.

[Daniel Berkal]

Out in California on fieldwork that whole week, but what a cool event to have for the (growing) Toronto community.

Congrats to all for arranging this!

db

[SB]

Frankly, I think I should receive these tickets because I am devastatingly handsome. The downside to this is that no one will be able to concentrate on anything but my beauty.

Or the wing sauce on my chin.

[Kay]

Seems like a great event. Please add me to the draw.

Kay

[Emily]

I'd love to go ... and have already told everyone I know in planning, MR and strategy to be there!

[Mary]

I'd really like to see Mark Earls & all the other speakers! Please put me in for the draw.

[Kaleem]

As an independent who doesn't have a corporate benefactor to underwrite events, a complimentary ticket would be greatly appreciated!

Kudos to the event planners on Mark Earls. Also looking forward to Matthew Milan, who is getting a reputation as a design strategy bad boy. P.U. looks like a solid way to spend a day despite the abbreviation (say it aloud)