Like Minds 2011

1000heads has been involved with the phenomenon that is Like Minds for two years now, and anyone who has attended one of their conferences, summits, immersive workshops or networking events will understand why.

Like Minds isn’t your average self-congratulatory, all-talk-no-action social media echo chamber. The organisation, led by the charismatic, down to earth double-act Drew Ellis and Scott Gould aims “to create a platform where participants can join fellow like minds in order to inspire one another and make those ideas happen, all on a level that is accessible both financially and structurally.”

Which means an emphasis on action; no bullshit; getting out of London; and on garnering insight from a huge range of thinkers and innovators from all sorts of backgrounds and specialities.

This year’s autumn’s conference, ‘Innovation + Opportunity’, takes place in a couple of weeks on 19-21st October and we’d love to see you there.

We first partnered with Like Minds for the February 2010 conference where we took part in panels, led lunchtime talks and more importantly listened, before taking part in a select social business summit at Bovey Castle alongside people such as Chris Brogan, John Bell, Yann Gourvennec, Olivier Blanchard and the sadly missed Trey Pennington.

In June 2010 I headed to Helsinki to take part in a Like Minds Conversations event, speaking at the Nokia-sponsored conference on augmented reality and then heading to a villa to develop a social strategy for the Finnish tourist board.

Then in October 2010 we returned to Exeter for the Creativity + Curation themed autumn conference – highlights included a barnstorming talk on the ‘We’ generation from Benjamin Ellis.

This year, we’ve got a packed schedule – on Wednesday morning I will be presenting a keynote on ‘Graveyards vs Maternity Wards, or Culture vs Creativity’; on Thursday afternoon we’re running a word of mouth immersive workshop, before our CEO Mike explains why ‘Conversation is the Media of Now’; and on Friday morning James takes the floor with ‘The 5 Word of Mouth Moments of 2011.’

We’ll be speaking (and listening) alongside some extraordinary talent such as Rupert Turnbull, Publisher of Wired UK; Craig Hepburn, Global Director of Digital for Nokia and John Bessant, Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Exeter University. And, knowing Like Minds, there will be plenty of laughter, eating, drinking and late-night-epiphanies as speakers and attendees alike explore Exeter, swap ideas and get to know each other as friends.

What are you waiting for?

(And if you are planning on coming, let us know below! We’ll may even buy you a beer…)

Brought into the world on Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 and filed under Events.