Although I was a judge for the first-ever Silicon Valley Brand Impact Awards, I had to miss the associated Liquid Brand Summit 2007 due to a conflict. The Liquid Agency (the founder and host of the Summit), however, has done a great job documenting the May 15 event. Check out the Liquid website to get a PDF copy of the Brand Impact Award 2007 Winners and the Best Practices Report. If images are your thing, there’s a complete photo gallery from the summit and the awards dinner.
My hat’s off to the Liquid Agency—from a branding point of view, they seemed to nail both form and function with the Brand Summit. The event had top marketing and brand professionals, relevant content and good ideas, and was consistently wrapped in Liquid’s clean and stylish graphics and visuals. Hopefully, I’ll be free to participate in next year’s Summit.
Thanks for your kind comments, Karen. Indeed, you would have enjoyed the Brand Summit…however, spending time in a castle in Italy is a pretty fantastic alternative…so we can’t blame you. We look forward to having you join us next year…as I am sure that you will be able to contribute a great deal from your rich experience and smart insights about brands and branding. Also, I wanted to thank you again for your gracious participation in the Brand Summit Awards judging. It was a pleasure having you review the results of the survey with Rob Enderle and Susan Rockrise…and adding a professional perspective to the findings.
My pleasure! A Silicon Valley Brand Summit is a milestone in high-tech marketing maturity. Remember the days of the industrial logos and ads that only spoke of feeds and speeds?