Sound like a human, be a human, engage, don´t defend…

1. Sound like a human
2. Be a human
3. Engage, don´t defend
4. 5.6.7.8. and 9. be transparent
10. Link, link, link    

I am just back from my interview with David, whom I met at Edelman´s Blue hour in Hamburg. I was just enjoying the lively atmosphere and informative dialogues when my babysitter gave me a call to let me know that she´s only available til 7:30 pm tonight. Grrrrrrrrrr…

So I turned up the speed of my conversations and talked to a dozen people whose names I´ll probably mix up at some point in the future. Sorry for that in advance!

Names and impressions of this evening:

David Weinberger – He´s brilliant. He´s precise. And he knows exactly what he´s talking about.

The fantastic Guillaume du Gardier, Edelman´s Director Online Communications Europe who did mobblogging during the evening (and speaks much better German than he pretends).

One of my favorite bloggers, Heiko Hebig from Burda Media, who held a very entertaining presentation that caught the interest of bloggers and non-bloggers alike. Not an easy challenge

…and smart people like Mario Sixtus, Björn Ognibeni, Thomas Knüwer, Martin Röll …and many, many others.

A big thank you goes to Björn from Edelman PR/Frankfurt. He (supported by his colleagues) arranged my interview with David. Everything ran smoothly, the event was very friendly and I had fun from the moment I entered Edelman´s door. Perfect organisation! Looking forward to meeting you again in the future.

Oh, and on my way home I bumped into Robert Basic. Robert, it was good to see you and I hope you had a safe trip to Bremen!

Whew, made it!