Thumbspeak recently partnered with the upcoming Customer Engagement Technology World (CETW) to launch “Your Feedback Feeds America” taking place during the conference in San Francisco (April 27-28). Attendees will have the opportunity to answer surveys, and 100% of the money earned for answering questions will be donated to the Charity Feeding America, and the organizers of CETW will match the amount earned. It’s an exciting idea. To understand my enthusiasm, I have to tell you two things: first, I love conferences and conventions; second, I am constantly compelled to take Thumbspeak surveys.

Attending a conference, for me, is like stepping into another plane of existence—Disneyland for the professional world. There’s a ritualistic experience about attending a conference. It’s a journey. You pack your bags, depart your former life, and enter a world of hotels, shiny booths, and atrocious carpeting. You arrive at the convention center and everyone silently agrees to willingly suspend their disbelief to take in the phantasmagorical. Magical things can happen—business deals secured, limits tested, and I think I once saw a pig fly.

Along with my almost unreasonable love for conferences is a newfound dependency on the Thumbspeak application. There’s something incredibly compelling about taking their surveys on my iPhone. I know it sounds a bit biased, knowing the source, but I promise no one put me up to saying it. When I can’t sleep, I’ll sometimes reach for my phone and load the application. Any new surveys? Refresh. Refresh… refresh. I’ve taken them all.

Being at CETW and taking Thumbspeak surveys for a good cause will be an incredible pairing. Like Nutella and Wheat Thins. Try it, you’ll thank me later.