Accenture Global Convergence Forum

Greetings from Miami!

I was in town attending the 2008 Accenture Global Convergence Forum in Miami to speak on a panel about Gen Y and the imminent talent crisis.

We focused about how our generation watches less tv and spend more time online. For companies who invest millions of dollars in advertising, this will require a strategic re-evaluation. It was a great opportunity to talk to some of today’s leading CEOs and give them the opportunity to interact with some younger people.

It was also nice to talk to some of the people over at the FCC and give my two cents about copy right restrictions on US content. I said that copyright content that can’t be viewed on Abc.com or via iTunes is going to be downloaded illegally when it could have been bought.

Here’s a snippet from the Accenture live blog about the session.

I had the chance to meet Matt Mullenweg , founder of WordPress.com. When we were introduced he told me he worked with a company that produces “online publishing” software. I figured it was some unknown little company. Later on, I found out that it was wordpress! When I asked him about it, he said it was because a lot of the conference audience weren’t familiar with it, so he had to come up with a way to make them understand. (Geeze, if you don’t know about wordpress.com, then seriously it’s time to hire a young person) I stole this picture from his album, which was linked above. (Thanks Matt!)

I’m on the road, and am taking a few days to enjoy the Florida weather before heading back home, so expect some more news and changes as I continue to revamp the site.