As promised, here are the slides and video (thanks HigherEd Live) from my closing keytalk at the #SAtechBOS conference. Since I’ve already shared my thoughts on the talk, I’ll just keep it short and sweet and end here. Enjoy!

I know this sounds just like Mumford and Sons.

And I know it’s the Olympic theme song for girls gymnastics…

but gosh darn it, I like it!

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“Here’s the thing that makes life so interesting. The theory of evolution claims that “only the strong shall survive”. Maybe so, maybe so.

But the theory of competition says, “just because they’re the strong doesn’t mean they can’t get their asses kicked”.

That’s right. See, what every long shot, come from behind, underdog will tell ya is this: the other guy may in fact be the favorite, the odds may be stacked against you. Fair enough. But what the odds don’t know is, this isn’t a math test. This is a completely different kind of test. One where passion, has a funny way of trumping logic.

So before you step up to the starting line, before the whistle blows, and the clocks start ticking just remember: out here the results don’t always add up. No matter what the stats may say and the experts may think and the commentators may have predicted, when the race is on, all bets are off.

Don’t be surprised be if someone decides to flip the script and take a pass on yelling “Uncle”. And then suddenly as the old saying goes, “WE’VE GOT OURSELVES A GAME”.”

We Are Young – FUN

Hat-Tip to @Kathy_Petras for this one.

Carry On – FUN

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“When you get to the point where all you want to do is be successful as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.”

I’ll Be Waiting – Adele

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KLM leveraged Social Media to creatively engage their traveling customers with a pattern interrupt of happiness. Imagine if your campus had a Social Media Prize Patrol that would track students down via public tweets and deliver them a pattern interrupt of happiness. (video)

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This is the final edited version that ACbert and I helped a friend do for the 48 Hour NYC Film Festival, which I talked about before. Our role was to play a Hollywood power couple with a twist. Don’t blink or else you’ll miss our 10 seconds on the big screen .