I was lucky enough to catch Gary Vaynerchuk’s talk last night at Wieden and Kennedy – he was the effusive speaker kicking off Legion of Tech’s inaugural Legion of Talk series. Although if you’ve ever caught Gary before – maybe you follow him on Twitter, (@garyvee to his devoted following), or you tune in daily for Wine Library TV – describing what he does as a ‘talk’ seems to be too staid. Lecture? Um, no. Dissertation? Not hardly. More like an old-time ‘come to Jesus’ stomp your feet and belieeeeve! prayer revival session – only peppered with blasphemies and exhortations of the most-definitely-not religious type, especially to the tech and/or marketing types in the crowd. (Email dying? Content will all be free? Marketing yourself as your own personal brand? Oh, the horrors…!)

I can’t describe it in anything but vague terms – yet I was one of the people crowded around the doors at W+K hanging on his every word afterwards (I left at 10ish; lord only knows when Gary finally got to escape!) Luckily, Dawn Foster has detailed sermon notes on her blog. And if you want to meet Gary yourself, head on over to Powell’s in Beaverton @ 7 pm tonight where he’ll be reading from his book: Gary Vaynerchuk’s 101 Wines: Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight, and Bring Thunder to Your World.

All I can say is this: I believe, Brother Gary. Hallelujah, I beeliiiieeeveeee!

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