{"id":26900,"date":"2012-06-15T22:20:14","date_gmt":"2012-06-16T06:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heynadine.com\/?p=26900"},"modified":"2012-06-15T22:20:14","modified_gmt":"2012-06-16T06:20:14","slug":"magic-happens-in-the-rundle-lounge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/magic-happens-in-the-rundle-lounge\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic happens in the Rundle Lounge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that I have a beer, a cup of coffee, and a glass of wine, I am good to go on writing this blog post. Either that or it will be a terrible disaster.<\/p>\n

This morning we were suppose to have a presentation by Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Larry King<\/strong>, unfortunately he could not make it to the conference so instead we got a hilarious presentation from Steve Hannah, President & CEO, The Onion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It was hilarious; he literally just sat, stood, drank water, ruffled paper and pressed a button for a laugh-out-loud power point presentation. Of course it was the most entertaining presentation of the festival.<\/p>\n

Afterwords it was onto a panel on the Global Media Outlook<\/strong><\/a>, where I learned video is increasing 33% a year and EVERYTHING is going mobile. And in the next year mobile ads are going to quadruple – brace yourself.<\/p>\n

Even at lunch I got to hear about the future of mobile.\u00a0 I was however more keen to eat my delicious dessert.<\/p>\n

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\nThat afternoon it was off for more meetings in the “Rundle Lounge” . Yes, everything happens in the Rundle Lounge, aka, tons of business. It’s where all the meetings were held and it’s also home to this spectacular view of the mountains. I honesty wish I took a photo of this place BEFORE the rain came, or I had brought a better camera.<\/p>\n

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After the third day of conferences you start to feel a bit exhausted, with all the panels, keynotes, meetings and after parties. Good thing there just so happens to be an oxygen bar on site! Now this was my first time using one of these interesting devises although I have seen them before. I was told it was suppose to increase alertness and act as a stimulant on the same lines as coffee or sugar, but without the high. I felt no difference, maybe just a bit more giggly and rather goofy.<\/p>\n

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One of the highlights of the festival was the In Conversation with Chuck Lorre session<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Zomg Chuck Lorre!!! #bigbangtheory<\/a> #twoandahalfmen<\/a> #banff2012<\/a> http:\/\/t.co\/jQu0MNyk<\/a><\/p>\n

— Nadine Sykora (@heynadine) June 12, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n