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<h2>Attendees</h2>
<p>Last year, over 150 executives from leading brands, non-profits, and high-growth companies attended, and this year we are expecting nearly 250. Here are some of last year’s attendees:</p>

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<a href="http://us.coca-cola.com/"><img src="http://www.wefirstbranding.com/seminar/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/attendees-cocacola.jpg" alt="attendees-cocacola" width="228" height="86" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-38" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.causecast.com/"><img src="http://www.wefirstbranding.com/seminar/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/attendees-causecast.jpg" alt="attendees-causecast" width="65" height="85" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-36" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.aol.com"><img src="http://www.wefirstbranding.com/seminar/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/attendees-aol.jpg" alt="attendees-aol" width="136" height="85" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-35" /></a>
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<a href="http://us.movember.com/"><img src="http://www.wefirstbranding.com/seminar/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/attendees-movember.jpg" alt="attendees-movember" width="74" height="85" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-43" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.qdoba.com/"><img src="http://www.wefirstbranding.com/seminar/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/attendees-qdoba.jpg" alt="attendees-qdoba" width="85" height="85" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-44" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.thrivefarmers.com/"><img src="http://www.wefirstbranding.com/seminar/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/attendees-thrivefarmers.jpg" alt="attendees-thrivefarmers" width="84" height="85" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-45" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.toms.com/"><img src="http://www.wefirstbranding.com/seminar/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/attendees-toms.jpg" alt="attendees-toms" width="114" height="86" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-46" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.goodwill.org/"><img src="http://www.wefirstbranding.com/seminar/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/attendees-goodwill.jpg" alt="attendees-goodwill" width="85" height="85" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-41" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.egood.com/"><img src="http://www.wefirstbranding.com/seminar/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/attendees-egood.jpg" alt="attendees-egood" width="89" height="85" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-40" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.icfi.com/"><img src="http://www.wefirstbranding.com/seminar/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/attendees-icf.jpg" alt="attendees-icf" width="94" height="85" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-42" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.cepheid.com/"><img src="http://www.wefirstbranding.com/seminar/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/attendees-cepheid.jpg" alt="attendees-cepheid" width="96" height="85" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-37" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.unfoundation.org/"><img src="http://www.wefirstbranding.com/seminar/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/attendees-unf.jpg" alt="attendees-unf" width="169" height="84" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-47" /></a>
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<a href="http://disney.com/"><img src="http://www.wefirstbranding.com/seminar/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/attendees-disney.jpg" alt="attendees-disney" width="158" height="85" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-39" /></a>
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<h3>Testimonials</h3>
"We First is the first training I've attended that is truly useful as it helps you define a purpose for your brand or company and act on it using social media tools. The content is fantastic, carefully designed, and you end up with a clear map of what to do and how to do it as opposed to just inspiring information." <br />
<strong>Javier Rodriguez Merino, Group Marketing Sustainability Director, The Coca-Cola Company</strong><br /><br />
 
"If you were to bring someone in to share the expertise that you're getting with the Social Branding Blueprint, it would cost you tens of thousands of dollars. The thing that I like about this training is you have in that blueprint an incredible tool to step out and be able to make some consistent, logical steps to get you to where you want to be." <br />
<strong>Richard Davis, President, Arbor Scientia</strong><br /><br />
 
"Simon Mainwaring is the new master of the 'three wins' – for your company, for your customers, and for the planet." <br />
<strong>Steve Hayden, Vice Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide </strong><br /><br />

"If your company is interested in keeping ahead of the new wave of customer engagement that is now powered by the new tools of social media – and who isn't? – you should have Simon Mainwaring to show you how to do it." <br />
<strong>Rick Ridgeway, VP Environmental Initiatives, Patagonia </strong><br /><br />

"Simon Mainwaring has a deep and powerful understanding of social media and presents great opportunities to use it for real change."<br />
<strong>Scott Harrison, founder of charity: water</strong><br /><br />

"After training with We First our engagement level on Facebook (people talking about us) has constantly exceeded 10% and mostly stays between 20-30% with a high of 70%. This is compared to good target range between 1-5%. We have seen sales as a direct result of the high interaction levels."<br />
<strong>Michael Jones, CEO, Thrive Farmers Coffee</strong><br /><br />

"This is a completely different experience. What you're learning here is actually how to do this; it's a hands on thing, a curriculum for learning." <br />
<strong>Robert Tercek, Chairman, Creative Visions Foundation</strong><br /><br />

"The We First training program exceeded any pre-conceived expectations I had. You’ll see a direct impact on your business or cause almost immediately."<br />
<strong>Zack Swire, Founder, eGood</strong><br /><br />

After working with Simon, the number of new business leads increased 40% in the past three months.<br />
<strong>Mark Burgess, Co-founder, Blue Focus Marketing</strong><br /><br />

"Mainwaring is an inspiring leader that truly understands the dynamics in play in the new world of business, online consumer behavior, and how they can collaborate to rethink and rework paths to true global renewal." <br />
<strong>Brian Solis, award-winning author of Engage, The End of Business As Usual </strong><br /><br />

"We First is as prescient as it is visionary – a must for marketers intent on creating a prosperous future for all." <br />
<strong>Rishad Tobaccowala, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer for VivaKi, Publicis Groupe </strong><br /><br />

"Few understand the power of brands and consumers better than Simon Mainwaring. He presents a truly compelling vision of how to transform that power to the benefit of society and the good of capitalism." <br />
<strong>Jeff Jarvis, Author of What Would Google Do? & New Media columnist for The Guardian </strong><br /><br />

<h3>Attendee Titles</h3>
<p>Leaders come to the annual We First Seminar to learn how their company and marketing must innovate, how to execute the necessary culture shift internally, how they can connect and engage their media-savvy customers and how to lead their business category and social change. These attendees typically have titles such as:</p>

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<li>CMO</li>
<li>VP of Marketing</li>
<li>CSO</li>
<li>SVP / Director of Sustainability</li>
<li>SVP of CSR</li>
<li>Director of Corporate Communications</li>
<li>Chairman</li>
<li>Founder</li>
<li>CEO</li>
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