“When the opportunity presented itself, it was a natural for us to try and win,” Richard Snee, VP of marketing for EMC’s Greenplum division told us. “We got an opportunity to be at TED, which we weren’t going to go to, and Morgan Spurlock was my spokesperson. I flipped it around in my head and thought that was an opportunity I wasn’t going to pass up.”

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Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me and The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, which was at this year’s Sundance Film Festival) is taking bids for the naming rights to his 2011 TED talk, taking place March 2 in Long Beach, CA. The topic is “Worlds Imagined.”

Spurlock’s pitch says:

In my discussion, I will explore the world of branding, advertising and the entertainment industry. If you are the highest bidder, then during my talk I will make reference to your company, reflect positively on your placement and share the process of how you got involved.

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