Day 3 of 7, Saturday night. We decided to take a nice team photo for you guys and the expressions sum up how we’re feeling. (especially after Vator)

First off, I want to take a second and thank everyone that helped us get to the Vator Splash Competition. You guys know who you are. We couldn’t have made it without all your hard work and support. Yesterday was an awesome day because Vokle was in the Top 10 companies that presented in front of 200+ people. Robert went on stage, sipping on his Chardonnay, mildly buzzed, and gave a kickass presentation. Even though we didn’t ‘win’ the competition, we still made a lot of fantastic contacts and received much praise.

If there are more competitions out there, let us know because we’d love to participate. Thanks people!

A couple hour ago, Imogen just accepted her Grammy for Best Engineered Album (Ellipse). It’s great to see a talented soul like Imogen receiving more mainstream recognition that she’s deserved. Anyone who hasn’t listened to Ellipse yet, purchase the album and give it multiple listens. It’s definitely in my Top 10 Albums of 2009 and I would say A-ha is one of the best songs on her album…but I’m a bit biased of course. =)

Penelope Trunk and Ryan Paugh had a really great event yesterday discussing blogging and community building. For those of you who missed it, Check out some highlights below!

Blogging Tips from Penelope Trunk and Ryan Paugh

Ryan actually talks about Vokle’s company blog in the first minute of the video. His advice for our blog was to show people how to have great events, post tips+tricks, and maybe some interviews with Vokle Publishers.  Surprisingly enough, I made a random blog post last week regarding “how to have a successful vokle event’. I suppose we’re on the right track! My mini-resolution for 2010 is to make our blog updated atleast 3-times a week with really exciting and fun posts.

Before I forget, I wanted to thank Jun Loayza from Viralogy for recommending Vokle to Ryan. You’re the man!

I think now’s the perfect time to ask people…what’s your take on our blog so far? Is it fun to read? engaging? what kinds of posts would you like to see? any feedback you guys have will definitely be helpful! <3

As most of you may already know, yesterday was the last day to vote for Vokle in the Vator Splash Competition.  With just one hour left, and Vokle in 6th place, we gained an additional 40+ votes.  The result?  4th place!  This was a great boost going into the judging round for the opportunity to present Vokle onstage to a group of high-profile investors, entrepreneurs, and media.

It was really incredible to see all the support come in during the final minutes. We want you to know that we really appreciate it guys, because there’s no way it would’ve happened without your support.  Just to name a few of the fine gents that helped during the final minutes (in no particular order)…

Hiran (for his awesome bongos and tweeting abilities)

Peter (who’s super cool…but i’m not sure about the chopped head)

Joseph (for tweeting & being an avid blogger )

Liza (who asked people to vote at UCLA, making those connections!)

Randall (who helped us raise more votes in the last hour)

Jonathan (got people drunk enough to vote for us…..just kidding!)

Jordan (helped with his tweets + chats, he’s the Keyboard Wizard!)

Eduardo (for his helpful tweets and being a damn good designer)

Walter (rallied votes all the way from Nicaragua! that’s hardcore)

Em (for being an awesome photographer and supportive of Vokle)

I probably left some people out, so please comment so I can add you!!

Click here to watch Imogen’s amazing feature on ‘Embedded’

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What are 5 steps to achieve a great VOKLE experience?

Let’s take tips from the ‘Interactive Queen of Digital Age’, shall we?

1. Setup lights (to flatter & add high production quality)

2. Tweet out (or Facebook post & pray that people will show)

3. Go LIVE (and welcome all the viewers in the room)

4. Interact (with your fanbase by taking live video questions)

5. Conclude broadcast (and exhale)

That’s it, pretty simple right? Here’s the result of Imogen’s first broadcast.

If conversing with your community sounds intriguing, get started by creating an event. Or if you’d like to see your personal Hero have a townhall on VOKLE, just head to our frontpage and vote for them!

Thanks Em for linking us to the video!

Some of you know her from Resident Evil fame, where she plays a zombie killing badass. Or some of you, like me, became familiar with Milla from The Fifth Element, where she played the thought-provoking Leeloo.

Now, don’t get me wrong…Alice is a pretty cool character…..but LEELOO WAS ONE OF THE BEST CHARACTERS OF ALL-TIME!

Check out Milla perform a couple songs for her online concert. The event was also in support of Sophie’s Voice Foundation.

Milla’s 2nd Twitterbration and online concert! (video has been made private temporarily)

In case you missed today’s LIVE Q&A with Brothers At War Director Jake Rademacher, we’ve got a highlight below for you guys.  The townhall was in celebration of the debut of Brothers At War DVD which was released nationwide today!

Edward (from VOKLE) was emcee alongside Jake as they took some live video and text questions. They also showed a clip from the Bonus Features DVD. Check it out!

Brothers at War: Highlight Reel (video)

Meeting a hero can be a powerful, life-changing experience. A hero is a symbol of the resilient human spirit; a inspiration sign of our inner potential. As the old adage goes, “If they can do it, so can I!” A hero is a personal symbol of tenacity, courage, talent, wisdom, and hope. A hero is a spirit guide, and everyone has one.

Ask yourself who some of your living heroes are. It might be an author, an entertainer, a parent, a teacher, an activist, a public speaker, yes, even a politician. Imagine the world of knowledge that we could learn from these creative destroyers who conquer the denizens of mediocrity.

So, let’s think about it.

Think of a hero of yours who is in the public eye.

Go ahead….I’ll wait.

Got it?

Okay, here’s the million dollar question:
If you could ask your hero only one question, what would it be?

Take your time.

Got the question?

Good.

A bit of caution about your question. The more honest it is, the more you reveal about your inner self (some people have a hard time facing the truth).

I love asking people this. Oftentimes, the question you’d ask a hero may mirror an inner need or insecurity in your own life. It might, perhaps, be a recurring obstacle or great challenge that you may struggle with day in and day out and subconsciously seek guidance to address.

Sometimes we seek answers from those who battle similar demons. Th

There is great wisdom in the world; some of which can only emerge in the form of live conversations. There are storytellers whose souls can not be captured in a blog post or 140 character tweet. It’s undoubtable to me that what lies ahead for us on the information superhighway is a better way to tap into a true dialogue; a personal, yet collective experience. A human experience. There’s a limit to how much of the human spirit can be relayed in text; and it’s certainly more than 140 characters.

The wonderful thing about VOKLE is that we can finally have a conversation with our heroes. We can begin to realize that they are no longer infallible deities, but mere mortals with their own flaws and endearing eccentricities. We rip away the facade–the PR bullshit– to reveal a mutual human fragility that is both heartwarming and empowering. The fan is no longer a fanatic; the hero is no longer a god.

We are just human beings sharing and caring for one another. We become, if only for that brief exchange, friends and equals. Hopefully, the takeaway from this new generation of dialogue can be inherently enlightening. The world is getting a whole lot smaller, isn’t it?

In sum, I am thrilled to reveal a big push today.

Effective this month, VOKLE will become one of the first (and perhaps only?) platforms on the web that spotlights the incredible opportunity to share a dialogue with your hero. The fronptage will be revamped in the coming weeks to better reflect this focus, so stay tuned. Furthermore, we’re enlisting the help of the community in deciding who we will bring to the platform for these public townhalls.

Want to speak to Nelson Mandela? We’ll soon have a mechanism to vote him up. If Nelson gets enough votes, we’ll reach out to him.

Want to pick Noam Chomsky’s brain for an evening? Vote him up.

Want to tell off Michael Arrington? Vote.  ;p

You decide.

All the while, the platform will still, as always, remain completely open to anybody to broadcast.

After all, you, yourself may one day become a hero to many.

So, inspire us…

…or be inspired.

That’s the name of the game in 2010.

Designing the new frontpage.

Gives you an idea of what’s to come.

Any thoughts? Feel free to comment below.

Share who you’d like to see on the platform, and what your one question to that person might be.

- Robert

Hey guys! I wanted to thank everyone for supporting this little startup thus far, we couldn’t have done it without you! Your vote will ensure that Vokle stays alive, so take a second to vote for us in the Vator Splash competition if you’ve attended and enjoyed any of our past events.

On a side note: Vator’s page looks quite gross and hard to locate specific startups, so just Ctrl+F ‘vokle’ and you’ll find us!

VOTE FOR US RIGHT HERE!!