Hello Friends;
This week South by Southwest has opened voting for their 2018 speakers. http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
You may not realize that I have submitted a couple of times before and was outright rejected! http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
So, my team suggested that for my third (and final?) try… I should share my learnings from these harsh rejections. http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
Below you will find my speaking topic. http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
If you want to support me, please click this link: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
If you don’t want to support me, you can also oppose me here: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
In case I get rejected for the third time… I have prepared the following list of excuses, proactively. http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
Please share your feedback on them. http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
1. I can’t spell SXSW. http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
2. My topic reeks of self-pity and wallow. http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
3. Wallow is a verb, not a noun. http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
4. What proof do we have that this is the new Mark? http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
5. Those fake MH3 initials don’t stand for MH 3.0. http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
6. We had Obama speak in 2015. http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
7. You’re not Obama Mark, nor do you look like him. http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
8. People at SXSW actually do read the post-event surveys. http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
10. My post-event survey wasn’t actually anonymous. http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
11. I didn’t sing one note at the panel on Corporate Karaoke and then stole the idea for my own conference. http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
12. Trump knows I’m brown. http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
13. Trump knows I bring a brown colleague with me. http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
14. People who campaign for votes are self-centered. http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
15. I plead no-contest to #14. http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
Thank-you for your consideration. If you haven’t found the link yet, it is here: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/76175
What Being Rejected by SXSW Has Taught Me
Learn the process that Mark Harrison took in submitting to SXSW in the past. And, why it failed. Twice. Learn what not to do, what to do better, and how he came back in style with an unforgettable presentation. He’ll demystify great conference speakers by looking at those that stand out most. There are tons of presenters out there, but what makes some exceptional? Learn to be like Mark this year, not like Mark last year. Or the year before.