Schedule

9:45 AM to 10:45 AM - Thu. Nov. 3rd Room Petree Hall C Track:

Sentiment. Influence. “Buzz.” Social media is throwing off a ton of data, but how much of it is useful? The proliferation of clickstream information being generated by the social web has ushered in a new era of Big Data, but without insight, judgement and a little common sense, all of these numbers will drown us long before they save us.

So what’s the solution? How can you make sense of this never-ending torrent of data?

Join Tom Webster, VP of Strategy for Edison Research, as he leads you through a tour of rotting meat, bronzer and breakfast cereals on the way to a new understanding of social media. Webster is no stranger to big data (his company, Edison Research, is the sole custodian of one of the biggest data sets of all – the US National Election Exit Polls) and he has two decades of experience helping brands and companies pull actionable insights from primary and secondary research.

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Speakers

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Tom Webster
Vice President, Strategy, Edison Research