shonaliburke: This is so cool! Back story: when he heard I was coming to Knoxville for #soslam, Gary McCormick offered to give me a tour of HGTV HQ. I said "yes" quicker than you could say "kettlebell swings."
shonaliburke: Some of the beautiful multimedia at HGTV.
shonaliburke: Love the colors.
shonaliburke: Gary's office whiteboard. Between seeing his and Joe Hackman's, I really really REALLY want one for my office!
shonaliburke: Gary hard at work. Check out all that Disney swag!
shonaliburke: In the HGTV lobby with Gary.
shonaliburke: The banner says it all.
shonaliburke: Meeting Sean McGinnis for the first time. He is so tall!
shonaliburke: The screams were so loud someone said, "Let me turn around so you can blow my other eardrum." Or words to that effect. Meeting Jayme IRL for the first time.
shonaliburke: Mark welcoming everyone to Knoxville for Social Slam and introducing Chris Craft, who was a speaker and who also sponsored the tweetup (thank you, Chris!).
shonaliburke: The smiles say it all.
shonaliburke: Hoodie is a goodie.
shonaliburke: Meeting Mark for the first time! Cue screams!!!
shonaliburke: Sean and Laura monkeying around.
shonaliburke: I saw Jason after quite a while at Social Slam.
shonaliburke: The gang at the Sunsphere.
shonaliburke: At the VIP party on April 4, or, Social Slam Eve. It was at Knoxville's Sunsphere, and the view was amazing.
shonaliburke: A wonderful welcome to Social Slam 2013.
shonaliburke: Amy getting ready to literally kick things off at SoSlam 2013.
shonaliburke: Xan's fireside chat. Sorry the photo's so grainy.
shonaliburke: A packed room at the breakouts.
shonaliburke: Anne starting our Social Slam session on crisis communications.
shonaliburke: Great tip from Boom Social with Kim Garst at Social Slam - add the actual blog title to the photo that illustrates it, for Pinterest - that way people have a reason to click through.
shonaliburke: According to Tom Webster, "koala-tative research" is so called because it's all warm and fuzzy. HAHAHAH!!!
shonaliburke: Now that really IS warm and fuzzy.
shonaliburke: ... and Mary Quant was the founder of "Quant-itative" research. Another funny (just so you know they were making a joke & that is NOT real!) from Tom & Tamsen Webster at Social Slam.
shonaliburke: John Jantsch's closing keynote at Social Slam was terrific.
shonaliburke: Isn't Laura gorgeous?!
shonaliburke: Ian, Jeff and tall dude at the SoSlam afterparty.
shonaliburke: Kellye, Ian and Jeff at the SoSlam after party. They don't really have evil eyes.