Keynote by Baratunde Thurston, conscious comic & vigilante pundit, Co-Founder, Jack & Jill Politics, Web Editor, The Onion and Host, Popular Science’s Future Of

1. There’s A #Hashtag For That:
my awesome #w2e presentation
by @baratunde

2. official hashtag for next 15m:
#hashtag
e.g.
“Watching @baratunde’s awesome #hashtag talk at #w2e”

3. baratunde rafiq thurston

4. #ThingsThatDoNotSell

6. #comedian

7. #comedian #cofounder

8. #comedian #cofounder
#tvhost

9. #comedian #cofounder
#tvhost #webeditor

10. why hashtags?
mini grassroots movements
quickly assembled/demolished
malleable
fun!

11. #SwineFlu

12. Brand Your Profile
• Name: The Swine Flu
• Location: Fucking EVERYWHERE!
• Bio: Bird flu ain’t got shit on me.
• Add relevant images

13. Be Provocative

14. Join The Conversation!

15. Join The Conversation!

16. Follow Your Target Market

17. Stay Positive!

18. Stay Positive!

19. Collaborate

20. Share Your Achievements

21. Diversify

22. Host An Event

23. Host An Event

24. Encourage Participation!

25. Encourage Participation!

26. Give Back

27. Ask The Crowd For Help

28. Location, Location, Location

29. Location, Location, Location

30. Get Personal

31. Beware The Competition

32. Don’t Forget The Press!

33. Signoff

34. #Recap

35. #HowBlackAreYou

45. #Recap

46. #WorldsThinnestBooks

56. #Recap

57. #UnseenPrequels

72. #Recap

73. #RejectedPalinTitles

75. #RejectedPalinTitles
Affirmative Action for
Dummies

76. #RejectedPalinTitles

77. #RejectedPalinTitles
Everything I Needed To Know
About The World I Learned
From Looking Out My Window

78. #RejectedPalinTitles
I Can’t Believe Half
The Shit I Say Either

79. #RejectedPalinTitles
Moose, Witch Doctors And
Pregnant Teens:
How To Restore America's Greatness

80. #RejectedPalinTitles
Turning 15 Minutes
Into Forever

81. #RejectedPalinTitles
If At First You Don't
Succeed, Say You Did. Then
Quit.

82. #Recap

83. #OtherHashtagsOfNote

84. #BlueDoggieStyle

85. #Next4Dobbs

86. #WeBrunchHard

87. #twammogram

88. #carlyfornia

89. #fem2

90. #AskBaratunde

91. #wwkd
(what would kanye do?)

92. #whiskeyfriday
(whiskeyfriday.com)

93. Imagine what the future
holds...

94. GreatMomentsInTwitterHistory.com
(coming soon...)

95. #GreatMomentsInTwitterHistory
explain origins
capture full timeline
allow voting/excerpting
analyze participants & spread
make $ #WT# conferences!!!!!!

96. #fin
@baratunde
lists:
@baratunde/hashtag-warriors
@baratunde/mah-jobs
now tweet:
“woah @baratunde’s #hashtag keynote just blew my
mind #w2e”