# The Blasters Do San Francisco!

- Link: https://chatterblast.com/blog/the-blasters-do-san-francisco/
- Published: 2016-09-13T16:35:53-04:00
- Author: chatterblastteam

Ah… **San Francisco**. The Big Apple, baby. The Windy City. The City of Angels! 
Beantown. 

Oh, wait. Hold on. Our glasses got [fogged up](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/16/san-francisco-fog_n_5481993.html).

In perhaps the most quickly organized trip in **ChatterBlast** history, four members
of the CBM fam are headed to San Francisco for [**Oracle OpenWorld**](https://www.oracle.com/openworld/index.html)
2016. _(Or #OOW16, as far as we’re concerned.) _

Oracle OpenWorld is a massive, five-day conference where the brightest brains in
tech, IT and business come together to learn and talk about all things innovative.
You know: the cloud, the Internet of Things, big data and stuff like that. Blasters
Evan, Matt, Shivani and Valerie will be there to provide live social media coverage
of the conference on behalf of **Hitachi Consulting**.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BKRGzivAcYL/

_Here we come, baby. _

### **So how are we going to make all of this happen?**

From the beginning, it’s been clear that our strategy would focus on three goals:**
provide real-time coverage**, **amplify the Hitachi message** and **direct the digital
conversation.**

#OOW16 is anchored by keynotes, breakout sessions and intelligent discussions, but
there’s also plenty of fun on the books. By dividing our strategy between thought
leadership surrounding conference topics and buzzworthy activations surrounding 
events, receptions and the occasional **Sting **and **Gwen Stefani** concert, our
social channels will be the go-to sources for conference coverage.

Truth is, we’ve been working _really_ hard to pull this project together. After 
all, we’ve only had about four weeks to make it happen. But it’s been one of the
most exciting, fulfilling opportunities we’ve ever had to kick our creative brain
cells into high gear, and we’re grateful for it. Yes, even with all the early mornings
and late nights at the office.

### **We briefly interviewed our traveling Blasters before they take off.**

**Evan, what’s the cloud?**

_**Evan:** The pretty things in the sky!_

**Shivani, what kind of cool, cultural experiences do you hope your trip will entail?**

_**Shivani:** Is there an _**_In-N-Out_**_ in San Francisco? [Editor’s Note: There
is.]_

**Valerie, how do you plan to spend your free time in San Francisco?**

_**Valerie:** Pretending my name is Raven Baxter and that _[_I’m having a vision_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEEl4dobQ94)_,
obviously. _

**Matt, what are you most excited to do in San Francisco? **

_[Silence. Matt stares off into distance. We assume his brainwaves sound _[_something like this_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3nU7yDMi_M)_.]_

### **Want to see what we’re up to all week? **

Be sure to like [Hitachi Oracle on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/HitachiOracle/)
and follow @HitachiOracle on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/hitachioracle) and [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/hitachioracle/).
If you’ve ever wondered what it’d be like to attend OpenWorld, you’re in luck — 
our goal is to make you feel like you’re there.

> Did somebody say [#roadtrip](https://twitter.com/hashtag/roadtrip?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)?
> The [#HitachiRV](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HitachiRV?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> is officially on its way to [#OOW16](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OOW16?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw).
> Thanks [@revgroupinc](https://twitter.com/revgroupinc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! [#HitachiOOW](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HitachiOOW?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [pic.twitter.com/IeH4XH8vRU](https://t.co/IeH4XH8vRU)
> — Hitachi Consulting Oracle (@HitachiOracle) [September 13, 2016](https://twitter.com/HitachiOracle/status/775714467451695104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Then, for all the behind-the-scenes shenanigans that can only be expected of a CBM
adventure of this magnitude, stay tuned to our personal accounts as well.

Shivani: [@ShivaniKaria](https://twitter.com/shivanikaria) / [@skaria87](https://www.instagram.com/skaria87/)

Valerie: [@valperiepal](https://twitter.com/valperiepal) / [@valperiepal](https://www.instagram.com/valperiepal/)

Evan: [@TheUrbanian](https://twitter.com/theurbanian) / [@theurbanian](https://www.instagram.com/theurbanian/?hl=en)

Matt: [@matropolis](https://twitter.com/matropolis?lang=en) / [@instamatropolis](https://www.instagram.com/instamatropolis/)

And, of course, our ChatterBlast [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/chatterblast/),
[Twitter](http://twitter.com/chatterblast) and [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/chatterblast/?hl=en).

If you’ll be at #OOW16, be sure to let us know so we can meet up for a chat, drink
or cable car ride.

Bon voyage!