A very passionate James Cameron (Canadian Film Director) says Avatar was the most powerful film and cites childhood, “I always liked nature and describes his connection to it. The creation of Avatar is a result of that connection. Note: I preferred his hair a tad longer.
Google’s David Krane and Yossi Vardi
Klaus Schauser, Michael Miller
Ev Williams, Jen Limm
Natasha Benningfield sings on opening night
Jill Sobule, Renee Blodgett
Claudia Cineceros from Cisco, Quentin Hardy from Forbes
Qualcomm’s CEO Paul Jacobs
John Donahoe of eBay
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg sweats up a storm
John Doerr
Katie Boehret, Walt Mossberg
Lonely Planet’s Matt Goldberg
Shireen Piramoon, NBC’s Ramona Schindelheim, Annie Pong, Renee Blodgett (far right)
Walt Mossberg on D8 stage
Dan Gillmor, Larry Magid
Energy Post Cameron Talk
Chris Alden of WordPress, DemandMedia’s Richard Rosenblatt
The Thomson Reuters Party
Rob Hayes, Nat Goldhaber
John Battelle
Ellen Levy from LinkedIn, Alex Daniels from HBO
Pana.ma’s David Hayden demos to Answers.com’s Bob Rosenschein
Vinod Khosla
Steve Case
Dick Hillenbrand, Shervin Pishevar
Watching a magician at work
Steve Jobs
Asa Mathat, IDG’s Bob Carrigan
Rob Glaser
Roger McNamee before his demo
Murdoch kicks things off
Jim Louderback, Bernee Strom
Larry and Patti Magid, Rick Smolan
Barrons’ Eric Savitz
Brett Wayn
More James Cameron
More Steve Jobs
Renee Blodgett is the founder of We Blog the World. The site combines the magic of an online culture and travel magazine with a global blog network and has contributors from every continent in the world. Having lived in 10 countries and explored nearly 80, she is an avid traveler, and a lover, observer and participant in cultural diversity.
She is also the CEO and founder of Magic Sauce Media, a new media services consultancy focused on viral marketing, social media, branding, events and PR. For over 20 years, she has helped companies from 12 countries get traction in the market. Known for her global and organic approach to product and corporate launches, Renee practices what she pitches and as an active user of social media, she helps clients navigate digital waters from around the world. Renee has been blogging for over 16 years and regularly writes on her personal blog Down the Avenue, Huffington Post, BlogHer, We Blog the World and other sites. She was ranked #12 Social Media Influencer by Forbes Magazine and is listed as a new media influencer and game changer on various sites and books on the new media revolution. In 2013, she was listed as the 6th most influential woman in social media by Forbes Magazine on a Top 20 List.
Her passion for art, storytelling and photography led to the launch of Magic Sauce Photography, which is a visual extension of her writing, the result of which has led to producing six photo books: Galapagos Islands, London, South Africa, Rome, Urbanization and Ecuador.
Renee is also the co-founder of Traveling Geeks, an initiative that brings entrepreneurs, thought leaders, bloggers, creators, curators and influencers to other countries to share and learn from peers, governments, corporations, and the general public in order to educate, share, evaluate, and promote innovative technologies.
