EVENT: October 3rd | Chicago
All the best bits of social listening in one awesome day!
Are you ready to go beyond the basics? We’re going on a voyage of discovery into deep social listening. You can join us as we move past the basics and push through the metrics to find out what’s down the rabbit hole.
Join us in Chicago (yes, IRL!) on October 3rd and let us razzle-dazzle you with insights that will grab people’s attention and your leadership team will love.
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The ONLY conference dedicated to social listening and digital insights
This is the place where professionals interested in digital insights, audiences, and digital anthropology come to fine-tune their knowledge, level up their skills, and find their next breakthrough use case in social listening. If you’ve ever wondered if there’s more that you can be doing with social and internet data, you’ll find the answers here.
Whether you’re a one-man band, a lone social listener in your organization, a curious casual social listener that’s looking for more, or leading a full-blown social listening team that’s all about innovation (and every type of social listener in-between), you’ll walk away with answers to your biggest questions on what’s hot in social listening right now, what’s coming in the future, and the know how to make social insights a vital part of your business.
Deep social listening
Working in social listening can feel a little lonely, no one really understands the work we do, the resources to help are few and far between, and it’s a constant battle trying to get people to take us seriously (This is exactly why The Social Intelligence Lab exists - we get you!).
If you feel like you could be doing more with the data, that everyone else is so far ahead of you in their social listening practice, or if you feel like you’ve been making it up as you go along then book your ticket to Observe Summit and banish your worries!
We'll be covering sessions on how leading brands have set up their business for social listening success, foresight, finding those elusive unknown, unknowns, selling "vibes", creating insights the people pay attention to, mis and disinformation, and how could we miss Generative AI. There's case studies galore and experts flying in from all over the world so you can go deep with social listening.
You’ll walk away with a new sense of pride in what you do, all the insight you need to demonstrate the value in your work, and inspiring ideas on where to improve and innovate. We’re here to support your social listening journey and put you on the path to deep social listening.
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Good vibes only
Unlike other more stuffy corporate conferences, we’re a community so we’ve got a community vibe. We’re about the power of knowledge and connections, not sales or the latest product update.
Our sessions are put together by our community on the topics that matter to them; what they need to know more about, the things they need solutions to, or looking forward to where they want to get to. So, if social and internet data is your jam, we have a sneaky suspicion these things will matter to you too. There’s no “in-crowd”, no cliques running the show, this is the place for you and you absolutely CAN sit with us. You’ll get a warm welcome and you know everyone here is genuinely interested in the work you’re doing with social data.
What to expect
A day of cutting-edge use cases, emerging best practices, the smart minds, and technologies making it all work. Hear from the experts in the room who’re willing to share their warts and all stories, so you can go further, faster. You’ll be immersed in everything social and internet data, online behavior, and of course, generative AI. You’ll leave feeling refreshed, energized, and invigorated about your work.
This is the place where you can chat, reflect, and create a plan of action for the future. There’s no more feeling like you’re going it alone with a whole community at your back. You’ll walk out with a lifelong “work family” who wants to see you succeed. You’ll always have someone to share your thoughts with, ask for help, so you can move forward, confidently.
What you'll achieve
Observe Summit brings you closer to the community of social listeners, that includes professionals from all corners of the globe that work with us and travel to our events. You’ll be closer to the people that understand the work you do and the challenges you face, so you’ve always got somewhere to turn. You’ll solve future problems faster because it’s likely that one of the community has already been through something similar. You’ll get all of this, just by showing up. Because when you show up for us, we show up for you.
At the end of Observe Summit, you’ll have benchmarked where you’re currently at with social listening and you’ll know what you need to level up. You’ll have a big bunch of ideas on how you’ll get there and the energy to make it happen. Most of all you’ll come away feeling confident in your work and a new sense of achievement that social listening is not only a real career, but a pretty damn amazing one!
Get yourself a ticket. Show up. It’s that simple.
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Purchases and Refunds
• You may request a 50% refund if your ticket cancellation request has been received in writing by September 4th (30 days before the event date).
• Unfortunately, we cannot grant any refunds or credits for cancellations received after September 4th.
• At any point, a substitute may attend in your place. However, the status of the replacement may affect the original fee charged.
• No refunds or credits will be granted for no-shows.
What People Say
About Us
Here’s what past attendees have to say about Observe Summit.
There's a lot of industry leading thought here and it's just a fantastic place to, to interact with people that are on a very similar level. It's also the networking, but the chats are fantastic.
There are other conferences that are more like digital marketing or social marketing, but this is the FIRST TIME where I can meet people that do exactly the same job that I do, that we can talk about geek a little bit, talk about more nerdy stuff.
I come to connect with the insights community. Many of us kind of work in silos or, or teams where we don't often get to interact with the people who are passionate about the same subjects.
So it's a great opportunity to connect with peers, network, learn new things.
Observe Summit was a great place to get inspired and benchmark from great case studies when I was starting my new position. I love that there was a good mix of speakers with different backgrounds so you can learn from consultants, academics, companies, agencies and other professionals. It is also a great opportunity to connect to other Social Listeners and Insights professionals, exchange experiences and brainstorm about the industry.
The 'field,' of social has become almost as broad as the field of 'digital.' I can always count on the SI Lab for content that hits right at the sweet spot between social insight. Observe Summit is full of sessions and case studies that give me inspiration for continuing to grow social intelligence within my organisation.
Like any other SI Lab event, the Observe Summit offers excellent selection of speakers and topics. However, it's the members of the audience and their active participation that made the event really stand out fostering a strong sense of community and propping up a platform to share ideas and opinions.
Location
Observe Summit is in Chicago. We will be hosted at Convene 333 North Green Street, Chicago, IL 60607.
The venue is located between West Wayman Street and West Kinzie Street in the Fulton Market District.
The nearest subway stations are Grand Station and Morgan Station.
The closest bus station is Halsted & Fulton Market.
Hotels
Our event venue, Convene have long standing partnerships with a number of Chicago hotels. To get the best availability and rates please use their dedicated hotel booking partner by clicking the link below.
Become a Sponsor
Are you looking to expand your company's reach, amplify your message, educate the market on the power of trends, or connect with key decision-makers in the social listening space? We have opportunities to partner with innovative companies doing something special. Get in touch with us on how to become an Observe Summit sponsor.
Why Attend?
Everyone wants to stand out at work, right?! Observe Summit will help to make you the smartest person in the room when it comes to trend spotting and forecasting with social data. What’s even better, is we have a community vibe so you'll come away with a new network of friends who get your work. You want to be there, but think you’re boss might need more convincing? We’ve got you covered - send them this letter which explains why Observe Summit is great for you, great for your Boss and great for business!
