Episode 42: SCREAMING WITH CHAOSSEARCH: A reInvent reTrospective

re:Invent - Year of the Pin: People go nuts for conference swag and were collecting pins as if they were gold

Scan Your Badge and Drip Emails: Annoying and passive-aggressive marketing trends meant to be spontaneous and interesting

Need a job? Corey’s looking to hire a “Quinntern” to use a tag email address to gather conference swag at the next re:invent; if interested, contact him

Corey and Pete’s Swag Rules: Something you want or can use, continues to be valuable, no sizes, no socks

Densify Drama: Conference flyer to generate leads failed, created complaints

Track and analyze data, but don’t use it to invade privacy or become creepy

Las Vegas: Right place for conferences, such as re:Invent?

Rather than focusing on going to conference sessions, make meeting and talking to people doing interesting things your priority

Midnight Madness Event: Only place Corey could do stand-up Cloud comedy

re:Invent 2019: Plan appropriately, identify what you want to get out of it, register ASAP to get a nearby hotel, and schedule meetings with AWS staff