Austin & World, Meetup Organizers & Social Media Wizards

"Well it's on! The folks at Transcendence and I have been targeting a visit for several months now. They'll be here in Austin tomorrow night visiting with me and you're invited to join our conversation. ... MoreIf you have a project which can benefit from a "Video Gone Viral", this Meetup event is custom made for you. Also check out the Videos Gone Viral Encyclopedia I just put together. If you have a video to add to our list, email me directly and I'll add it for everyone to enjoy. - David "

""Chocolate Bliss Song" by the amazing TranscendenceTheatre.org. The oldest trick in the book - BMW Bike pulling out a banquet table cloth. "This Too Shall Pass Music Video" by the bank "OK Gos". ... MoreFlight of the Conchords is two wildly hilarious, New Zealand boys who turned their YouTube videos into an ongoing HBO series. Brigitte Dale's Blog, especially the Build-A-Break-Up Video, is a great example of creating a massive following targeting a tight niche like high school and college girls. She films lo-fi using inexpensive equipment, very cool visual cut techniques and the cutest dialog technique every. Miri Ben-Ari Violin Improv @ The Apollo which launched her skyrocket to stardom. Stop Action Drum & Piano Improv which created a new genre of YouTube videos using stop action photography in a variety of original ways. Groovy Girl Dancing which with 5,000,000+ views in 3 years and launched Brandy Toaster's fashion and spokesperson career. She's now one of the most recognized and sought after spokes people on the web. Here innovative videography is the gold standard for her genre. Mr. Pixel & Mrs. Grain Therapy Sessions which created a new format of topic centric forum which many people are copying for their specific category. DadLabs continues to churn out both useful and way funny videos like the Milk Man Episode which had 2009 Video Marketing Expo all a buzz last year. "Elephant's Dream Short Film" which made everyone ask, "How did they do that?" This was used to prompt the Open Source, 3D Blender application. And the rest is history, as Blender is still free and is one of the primary 3D animation tools in use today. Think about your product, service, activity. Imagine a way you can illustrate your product being used in an unusual way. Rather than selling, show off your product in a way which stays with people watching your video. See you for our Meetup Group Design Saturday evening adventure! - David "

"Your "Living Well Doing What You Love" adventure continues this Saturday. Click DavidFavor.com/events for details & to RSVP. ... MoreThis Meetup starts our new format: I'll be projecting a computer on a flat screen T.V. to illustrate what we're discovering I'll be screen capturing using Camtasia for Mac I'll be recording an audio track of our room discussions to annotate the screen capture Attendees current businesses will serve as test cases We'll be using Meetup, Google, FaceBook & related Social Media facilities as examples for our discussions. Attend if you can. Check out the video if you're out of town. Enjoy your most divinely inspired day ever! - David "