Playing in the All Star Game

October 30, 2008 · Comments

mass high tech all stars As a guy who rarely wins anything, I’m pretty excited and honored to be named one of the Mass High Tech All Stars at tonight’s awards. It’s a big night for social media, in my eyes. My own award aside, look at the other categories that Mass High Tech finds worthy of awards. Telecom, education, electronics, life sciences, etc. They call it the “innovation economy,” and in that regard, I most certainly agree. Social media is definitely innovating, if nothing else.

It’s pretty amazing to me. Social media ranking up there with venture, hardware, energy, etc. Wow. We have quite a game ahead, if we all work at it. For those of us working to deliver repeatable value in social media, this is our sign that we can keep making a business impact.


Look at these other categories and the winners’ names:

Telecom: Justin Aborn, Chief Scientist, General Compression
Education: Abigail A. Barrow, Director MA Technology Transfer Center, University of Massachusetts
Social Media: Chris Brogan, VP Strategy & Technology, CrossTech Media <-- me! : )
Legal: Karen F. Copenhaver, Partner, Choate Hall & Stewart
Hardware: Alexei Erchak, Founder and CTO, Luminus Devices
Community: Trish Fleming, Exec. Director, MIT Enterprise Forum
Internet: David Friend, Chairman CEO and Co-Founder, Carbonite Inc.
Electronics: Peter L. Gammel, CTO and Vice President Engineering, SiGe Semiconductor
Information Systems: Foster Hinshaw, President and CEO, Dataupia Corp.
Venture: Paul Maeder, General Partner, Highland Capital Partners LLC
Networking: G. Robert Malan, Founder and CTO, Arbor Networks Inc.
Software: Michael Stonebraker, CTO and Co-Founder, Vertica Systems Inc.
Energy: Mitchell G. Tyson, CEO and Director, Advanced Electron Beams Inc.
Life Sciences: Susan Windham-Bannister, President and CEO, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

Distinguished Achievement Award: Robert M. Metcalfe, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners

With that in mind, I really look forward to meeting people tonight who have done innovative things, and I hope I make a few new friends at the event. It’s an honor, but more so, it’s an opportunity to see what might come next in a space that’s pretty new, and very much on a lot of people’s minds as they contemplate marketing spend for 2009.

Though I don’t see social media tools as marketing tools only, if that’s where we get our start, fine. I’ll be happy with that, too.

See you at the event?

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  • bgavin
    That Bob Metcalfe - still crazy after all these years!
  • Congrats. Now get the cookie crumbs off your shirt. ;)
  • Bravo to you, Chris. That's quite an honor. Can't wait to hear all about it.
  • Congrats Chris!
  • Donna Tocci
    Bravo! Congrats! Enjoy your special night.
  • Deb
    Wow - keep up us in the loop, we want to hear all about it.
  • Ed
    Congratulations again Chris.

    I meant it when I said you were putting Boston on the new media map, professionally!

    Enjoy!
  • Congrats on the award Chris, can't wait to see whats next for you. Looking forward to great new things with the new agency. Have fun!
  • Congratulations on your award. I knew there was a good reason I was reading this blog. Appearently you relly are the best in the business.

    Congratulations again!

    Gary McElwain
  • Congratulations! What a great honor. Have a good time tonight.
  • Cool Chris - let us know where the video from the event gets posted.

    Congrats!
  • Chris- congratulations again. Good to have you REPRESENT Boston. You are constant source of information AND inspiration..
  • Nona Fain
    Congratulations! It is well-deserved.
  • Tracey Brogan
    Congrates Chris!
  • Congratulations!
  • Congratulations, Chris, you certainly deserve the accolades!
  • Aaccolades! yes you deserve Chris. With innovation economy all is possible for you Chris. Bravo! and Congrats! get joys ...! I would quote for you: "Social media ranking up there with venture, hardware, energy, etc. Wow!"
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