I’ve never queued to get into a business event before, but last Friday at http://alikeminds.org/ I did, fueled by coffee and good conversation beforehand. Whoa…what an event! What a crowd! What fantastic content! And what fabulous debate! If you missed this landmark event, truly self scold by slapping yourself with a wet fish. You really missed a treat.

The line up was to die for and a special thanks to all the presenters and contributors. The key messages and constant chatter, buzz and conversation can be read here #likeminds There is video, discussion and peoples view all there to capture the key messages both, those who attended, and those you didn’t. It was all the more fascinating by the constant and immediate discussions enabled by Twitterfall. Yes distracting, but a welcome attribute all the same.

We still don’t fully understand the impact of social media on our economy and culture which renders ROI very hard to measure and the event opened up more questions than answers, which was its intention. This is all very new, very new indeed, I’m just glad I’m on the train albeit in standard class.

Seth Godin has said that by 2011, 90% of our marketing budgets will be spent on social media and word of mouth. I urge you to book your February diaries out in anticipation of the next one when we have been promised more. You’d be absolutely crazy to miss it!