After an exciting week of traveling from Presentation to Workshop to Pitch to Workshop to Presentation I’ve finally captured a spare moment to write a recap on Foursquare Day Halifax. If you missed my last post, I had the privilege of hosting Foursquare Day Halifax and was able to enjoy the evening with some of the coolest cats in Halifax. A few of them were lucky enough to even go home with a variety of different prizes donated by some of the sponsors! My favourite give-away was for the final Blackberry 9360 donated by Virgin Mobile. Basically,we asked the crowd who had an old phone (or brick) and took them away to let the the Virgin Mobile reps decide who they thought deserved a better phone. The winner…
Walked away with an upgrade. You would be surprised how many people still walk around with bricks in their pockets.
Anyways, we also gave away bags, swag, giftcards, ipade cases, iphone cases and more. While there were tons of cool things being given away, the coolest thing of all were the people who showed up! I didn’t have the chance to talk with everyone but all of the people I chatted with were awesome. The group was full of energy and was excited to not only be at the event but also about social media!
Here is a shot of me and some of the cool cats at Foursquare Day Halifax!
All in all, I had an awesome time and from the feedback I heard afterwards I think most people did. I mean, can you really have a bad time when there are tons of free give-aways? Buckets of free booze and the delightful sounds from 8Tracks playing in the speakers? Not really.
What’s even more awesome is that we had our own photobooth where people really got wild! Not wild as in Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian… Wild as in. Well. Take a look:
Angela Gzowski (apologies for butchering your last name during the event) did an awesome job with the photobooth! If you can make me look half decent, I’m always impressed!There are more photos to be found over on the Foursquare Day Facebook page.
The place was bumping with around 35-45 people but we still came up short when it came to landing a swarm badge! When they told me I was speaking at this event I immediately thought – “Yes, this is it! This is my chance to get a swarm badge” Unfortunately… I didn’t get a digital Swarm badge but like this guy, I got a whole lot of real life ones:
There’s always next year…
All in all, the event was awesome. Brad (the man behind the curtain) was able to line up some great speakers such as Leah Skerry from Norex, Jeff White from Kula Partners, Fred Connors a 2012 Mayor Candidate and Colin Goodwin from Modern Media. Each of them rocked the mic like a dead rapper in Hologram…
To put it simply – Foursquare Day Halifax rocked and I cant wait to see it become bigger and better next year. Thanks to everyone who came out and had some fun with me and the entire Foursquare Day Halifax team. It was quite the experience and definitely one I hope continues.
Until then… You can be sure to find me enjoying a Halifax Brewery Tour or a random event like Mario-Kart 64 Parties! If you ever want to connect, give me a shout or keep an eye on the various events coming out of dreamr!
Over and out…
About the Author
Ross is a digital strategist and entrepreneur with a passion for technology, marketing and industry disruption. He's been featured in Forbes and currently runs a startup called dreamr which is striving to connect young professionals around the globe with unique social experiences. You can connect with him on Google+ and or Twitter
