Mplanet 2006 Kicks Off!
Written by Robert Kingston
on November 30th, 2006 / 7 Comments / Print this
UPDATE: You can now visit day 2 of my coverage of Mplanet 2006 and day 3 of Mplanet 2006.
I’ve been in Orlando FL, for a couple of days now, eagerly awaiting Mplanet 2006 – but today, I went there.
Held at the splendiferous Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort, I was greeted by Rachelle Lacroix from Fleishman, who gave me an exclusive Mplanet bag full of goodies. Everyone who received a bag, found to their surprise an Mplanet 2006 notebook, program schedule and (notably) a special pen – checkout the photos!
Here I am, about to regster and recieve my Press pass.
On collecting my Press pass, I was surprised with a bag of goodies.
This is the cool pen they gave us.
Since I don’t have a USB pen drive, this will come in handy - especially with all the supplementary materials which are stored on there.
As you can see from the photos, the pen has USB storage (256mb of space with supplementary materials taking up a bit over 100mb) built-in. Not only could the pen be used as a ‘pen drive’ but it also has the option to attach an LED/laser light (not included). Whilst this was all fine and dandy, it’ll make me extra skeptical as to whether the rest of the ‘unconference’ will be as glamorous.
After gathering my bag I ventured over to where the event sponsors were exhibiting. At the top of the elevator they had bottles of Evian water to wash down our ‘food for thought’. When I got to the hall where the sponsors were, I was actually surprised at how few people were there, considering that I had heard that 1200 people were attending. I visited a couple of sponsors (including Fed Ex whose Stall was ironically delayed) and collected some ‘food for thought’.
Unfortunately for me though, I fell ill and was disappointed that I had to leave early and miss out on meeting up with fellow blogger, Josh Hallet. I guess I’m not used to stomaching monster servings of fast food, day in day out for two and a half days straight. I’m feeling much better now and I’m eager as ever to see what will come about of the first real day at Mplanet 2006.
Be sure to also checkout the coverage of other bloggers attending the event such as Josh Hallet, Eric Kintz, Rootly and Garrett French.
Stay tuned, folks…
Robert Kingston
7 Comments to “Mplanet 2006 Kicks Off!”
November 30th, 2006
5:18 pm
Welcome to America Rob, where fast food is KING!!!
November 30th, 2006
11:14 pm
Very interesting how increasingly bloggers, podcasters and others are being invited to cover events such as this. More and more PRs are becoming switched on to the benefits engaging with us all
Enjoy yourself!
December 1st, 2006
4:41 am
Looking good so far Rob - can’t wait for more photos
December 1st, 2006
5:06 am
[...] Robert’s coverage began with his first post - SBB Invited To Cover Mplanet 2006! and just today he has put up the first lot of photos - Mplanet 2006 Kicks Off!. More posts will be going up over the next few days as Robert attends the event and blogs on a daily basis. [...]
December 1st, 2006
6:26 am
Hey Guys,
Cheers, there are more to come! I’ve met up with several blggers today too. The key focus seems to be all about social media and customer satisfaction.
Speak soon,
Rob.
December 1st, 2006
4:38 pm
[...] For lunch they served a hearty assortment of salads, chicken, meat, marinated mushrooms and more (not the kind of food that makes you leave Mplanet early). Once more, this was another fine chance to chat with some marketers and to discuss with them, the topic of Social Media. [...]
January 15th, 2007
7:48 pm
Nice article, loved the pictures.
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