IdeaPaint Goes Intercontinental

If you've been following along with us this week, you may be wondering how we could in Dublin and San Francisco at the same time. Well, we cover our bases pretty well. Jeff (follow him here) is manning #WebSummit, a meeting of the minds of global proportions, and according to some, "the best technology conference on the planet." (We're keeping our fingers crossed for an IdeaPaint photo op with Elon Musk or Bono!)

At the same time, only a few timezones behind him, Jen and Olivia are out west at the 3% Conference. Growing steadily in its third year, 3% brings together creative leaders from the advertising industry to discuss, brainswarm, and create next steps for how to even the playing field and the numbers for female creative leaders. (Right now, only 11%, up from 3%, of all creative directors are women.)

Here's a quick round-up of chatter, plus some epic doodling, from each conference's first day.

In Dublin, we went from this:

The guys from Boston showing us how it's done! @IdeaPaint @IdeaPaintJeff @JeffChaitman @johnstephans #WebSummit2014 pic.twitter.com/CUr57XFCxv

— IdeaPaint Ireland (@IdeaPaintIRL) November 2, 2014

to this: 

Awesome day at #websummit !!! The @ideapaint walls are a buzz of activity today!!! Cc @IdeaPaintIRL #ideapaint pic.twitter.com/3sFmiU0HRu — Jeff Avallon (@IdeaPaintJeff) November 4, 2014

 to this:

#ideapaint proving popular inside main entrance of #websummit #liveteam pic.twitter.com/EcxL4NAIij

— Vroom Digital (@VroomDigital) November 4, 2014

  In San Francisco, with the help of Collective Next, we staged our life-size canvas:

Don't forget to checkout the IdeaPaint Idea Wall #takethemic #changetheratio   A photo posted by The 3% Conference (@3percentconf) on Nov 11, 2014 at 9:09am PST

and watched as it filled up with sound bytes from the day's discussions…

RT @anthonyjreeves: Ideas growing by the second. @3PercentConf @MoxieUSA pic.twitter.com/eIeTRS8dIa #changetheratio #takethemic — The 3% Conference (@3PercentConf) November 3, 2014

#3percentconf #takethemic #ladybosses A good creative director is… A photo posted by Dionne Gonzales (@metal_pig) on Nov 11, 2014 at 2:10pm PST

Words of wisdom from our doodling friend @3percentconf.

A photo posted by ideapaint (@ideapaint) on Nov 11, 2014 at 3:35pm PST

Each event runs a few more days a piece, so stay tuned. For live updates, follow us on Twitter and Instagram. We'll compile best-of every couple days!