SXSW has become THE destination for the digital generation to meet and explore the present and future of the interactive world we are building together. Both panels and parties, official or unofficial, can be places to meet, engage, BUT, it happens so fast and furiously that it will leave even the most avid networker exhausted. The experts share their tips to stay on top of your game through their choices for top mobile app you can't leave home without when headed out to SXSW. And here they are: 1. Snapchat, Ann Handley @MarketingProfs 2. Google Maps, Brett King @brettking 3. Swarm, Calvin Lee @mayhemstudios 4. Yahoo! News Digest, Colin Kinsella @colinkinsella 5. Uber, Erik Qualman @equalman 6. AirPnP, Jeffrey Hayzlett @JeffreyHayzlett 7. TextUp, Jessica Miller-Merrell @jmillermerrell 8. Connect, Heather Meeker Hass @heathermeeker 9. ConnectUp, Ted Elliott @tedelliott 10. GroupMe, Scott Monty @ScottMonty 11. FourSquare, William Tincup @williamtincup 12. Twitter, Yiying Lu @YiyingLu

1. 12 Must Have Mobile Apps
To Survive SXSW
#MustHave #Mobile #CoolApp #SXSWi
By Rob Garcia @RobGarciaSJ

2. “My top conference app is Snapchat, to keep in touch
with my teenagers back home, because I won't have a
chance to talk to them. Snapchat is a surprisingly great
parenting tool. :) “
Ann Handley @MarketingProfs
Chief Content Officer at MarketingProfs
1. Snapchat

3. 2. Google Maps
“At SXSW, it isn’t the conference where the action is, but the networking
events. As you’re rushing from one event to the other, the most
invaluable tool is Google Maps – finding those restaurants and bars can
be hard work!”
Brett King @brettking
Founder/CEO of Moven | Host of Breaking Banks Radio
Author | American Banker Innovator of the Year

4. “Swarm lets me know where the events and parties are
at, who has checked into which locations, especially
info on many of the unofficial events/parties at SXSW.“
Calvin Lee @mayhemstudios
Principal & Creative Director at Mayhem Studios
Award-winning designer and brand strategist
3. Swarm

5. 4. Yahoo! News Digest
“Yahoo's latest News Digest App...keeps you up to
date while waiting in line”
Colin Kinsella @colinkinsella
CEO Mindshare North America

6. “Uber will be fully functional at SXSWi. Austin gets
everything right except for the taxi's being able to
handle the volume.“
Erik Qualman @equalman
Motivational Speaker | Digital Dale Carnegie
Digital Leadership and Disruptive Innovation
5. Uber

7. “The SXSW app for sure. But also get AirPnP:
‘cause you just have to go.“
Jeffrey Hayzlett @JeffreyHayzlett
Primetime TV & Radio Host | Keynote Speaker
Best-Selling Author | Global Business Celebrity
6. AirPnP

8. “With TextUp I can send multiple personal texts –
instead of lame group SMS – to all my contacts I want
to hit up to meet later or check on what's hot at SXSW.”
Jessica Miller-Merrell @jmillermerrell
HR, Tech, &HHR Tech & Workplace Futurist Digital Strategist
Blogging4jobs Founder | Blogger Extraordinaire
7. TextUp

9. “To connect all of your social media accounts in one
place so that you can see where your friends are -- and
what they are doing.”
Heather Meeker Haas @heathermeeker
Founder, MeekerQuinn
Global Marketing and Communications Consultancy
8. Connect

10. “GroupMe: to stay in touch with the people that you
want to connect with. An industry colleague puts
together a pre-defined list that’s shared in a Facebook
group before the event.”
Scott Monty @ScottMonty
EVP Strategy, Shift Communications
9. GroupMe

11. ”I’ve been using ConnectUp’s beta, and I tell you, it is a
powerful little app. Before arriving at SXSW, make sure
you let your network know where you'll be. You'll be
surprised at the level of engagement when you send
personalized messages in bulk.”
Ted Elliott @tedelliott
CEO Jobscience | Salesforce Ecosystem Guru | Cloud Entrepreneur | Recruiting Tech
10. ConnectUp

12. “In recent years, I've used twitter and foursquare a ton
at SXSW... ditched email and Facebook... but i'm not
normal. I tend to just go to a place, hang and whoever
comes, comes... instead of chasing the cool kids.“
William Tincup @williamtincup
Principal Analyst at KeyInterval | HR Technology Oracle | Long Beard Wearer
11. FourSquare

13. “I find twitter pretty useful during SXSW chaotic times.
Hashtags allow me to see trends real-time, and DM
works better than SMS for private conversations with
friends.”
Yiying Lu @YiyingLu
World Renown Designer | Creative Director | Twitter Whale Artist
12. Twitter

14. Thank You!
12 Must Have Mobile Apps To Survive SXSW
By Rob Garcia @RobGarciaSJ