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Jon Acuff: Keynote 1 – Echo 2011

Jul 28, ’11 10:42 AM

Jon is well known for his satirical site stuffchristianslike.com. As his sight got popular he felt like he bumped up against a wall. He still had his 40 hour a week job, but was feeling like he was starting to do what he was supposed to do with his life.

Situation: Day job vs dream job. We’ve become the “I am, but” Generation. “I am a mechanic, but I want to be an artist.”

What do you do with the gap that exist between who we are and where we want to be? What do you do with the gap between where our project is and where we want it to go? What do you do when you find yourself on the edge of that big change?

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Echo 2011 – Day 1

Jul 28, ’11 12:20 AM

In our offices, we love Echo. It’s the only conference that belongs to everyone on the team (including interns) – all 12 of us. While one or two of us may get to attend SXSW, or T3CON in San Francisco, only Echo is for everybody (partially because it’s in our backyard, Dallas). Echo brings on a sense of camraderie and unity, and it reenergizes us for the year. It was with this overwhelming sense of purpose and joy that we descended on Echo like the Spanish Armada was supposed to descend on England (they didn’t, but that’s a different story).

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