The CMO Club will be at SXSW. Will you? If so, please join us for a variety of activities on March 14 in Austin that will conclude with Happy Hour and a special Club dinner featuring special guest and SXSW keynote speaker, Baratunde Thurston. Please register here to guarantee your seat at the dinner table.

Event Schedule for March 14:

AudioHouse @ SXSW

• Location: Parkside - 301 E 6th Street Austin, 78701
• 11:00am-5:00pm - AudioHouse @ SXSW produced by our own CMO Club Member, Lana McGilvray! (See more details below)
• 5:00pm - Happy Hour and toast honoring members of The CMO Club

CMO Club Dinner

• Location: Justine's, 4710 E 5th St, Austin, TX 78702, USA
• 6:30pm - CMO Club Dinner with special guest, Baratunde Thurston. Be sure you register for dinner.

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About AudioHouse @ SXSW:

AudioHouse is an all-day experience that will feature an all-star cast of speakers and allow for great at-festival networking with content creators, brands, agencies, journalists and influencers committed to fostering the best future of audio. Below is just a small list of the speakers planning to join:

• SXSW EDU keynote Bartunde Thurston, the co-host of TakePart Live on Pivot TV, the CEO and co-founder of Cultivated Wit and the author of the New York Times bestseller How To Be Black. Baratunde served for five years as director of digital for the satirical news outlet The Onion. When he’s not delivering talks at gatherings such as Tribeca Film Interactive, SXSW, and TED, he writes the monthly back page column for Fast Company and contributes to the MIT Media Lab as a director’s fellow. He co-founded the black political blog, Jack and Jill Politics, has advised the Obama White House, has more than 10 years experience in standup comedy, and more than 30 years experience being black.
• Josh Thompson, co-founder of Civics Unplugged, a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) social enterprise whose mission is to empower the leaders of Generation Z to build a brighter future.
• Jon Suarez-Davis, SVP, Marketing Strategy & Innovation, Salesforce. In addition to his day-job, Jon also leads the company's relationship with The CMO Club who will be joining us during the final panels when we honor the club's purpose-driven members with a special toast and happy hour.
• Eric Schurenberg, CEO of Mansueto Ventures 

If you are interested in a potential speaking role at AudioHouse, please reach out to Lana McGilvray at lana@purposenorthamerica.com.