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We need YOU – the community – to lend us your expertise and weigh-in on the proposals we have received for the 2018 SXSW season during PanelPicker Community Voting from August 7-25<\/strong>. Browse submitted ideas, leave comments, and vote on what programming you would like to see at the 2018 SXSW Conference<\/a>, SXSW EDU<\/a>, and SXSW Gaming<\/a> in March.<\/p>\n To be a part of the voting process beginning Monday, August 7<\/strong>, visit panelpicker.sxsw.com<\/a> and login or create an account<\/strong>. If you created a SXSW account in 2013 or later, you will be able to use the same login and password.<\/p>\n Once you are logged in to PanelPicker, you can begin the voting process. Filter through proposals by session format<\/a>, programming track<\/a>, and level. You can also search for by title, description, tags, and speakers in the search field.<\/p>\n Each voter can vote once per proposal \u2013 selecting “arrow up” for yes or “arrow down” for no. You can also leave a constructive comment about the proposals you vote on. Have a question for the organizer? This is also a great place to post all of your questions.<\/p>\n During Community Voting, it’s also important for anyone who submitted a proposal to rally online support for your idea and encourage voting<\/strong> through your personal blog or social media channels. We have created handy “Vote For My PanelPicker Idea” graphics<\/strong><\/a> for you to use for social media sharing on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.<\/p>\n Each year, SXSW PanelPicker helps shape the majority of the SXSW Conference programming. Community Voting comprises 30% of the SXSW Conference programming decision<\/strong>, plus input of the SXSW Staff (30%) and Advisory Board (40%) helps ensure that less well-known voices have as much of a chance of being selected to speak at SXSW as individuals with large online followings. Together these percentages help determine the final content lineup.<\/p>\n For more information about the Community Voting process, read the PanelPicker FAQ<\/a> and visit the SXSW PanelPicker page<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cast Your Votes August 7-25<\/a><\/p>\n SXSW 2018 registration<\/a> and housing<\/a> are open for business! The SXSW early-bird has a lot of advantages including the biggest discount on registration fees and the best choice of Austin hotel rooms \u2013 register<\/strong><\/a> before September 8 and save<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Register Now<\/a><\/p>\n SXSW 2017 Music Industry Track Panel – Photo by Judy Won<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n The post PanelPicker Community Voting Begins Monday, August 7<\/a> appeared first on SXSW<\/a>.<\/p>\n Source: SxSW Film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We need YOU – the community – to lend us your expertise and weigh-in on the proposals we have received for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":1760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-1759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-careering"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2017\/08\/PanelPicker-Community-Voting-Judy-Won-1440x810.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paqOTj-sn","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How to Vote<\/h3>\n
Inside the PanelPicker Process<\/h3>\n
Join Us in March<\/h3>\n