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Toward the DIY Conference

Submitted by doc on Wed, 07/13/2005 - 18:31.

I just got to the Catalyst conference in San Diego. And the first thing I read is Rick Segal's TEDGLOBAL vs. well, everything else, in which he covers differences between the TEDGLOBAL conference and two others he attended recently: reboot and Gnomedex. A sample:

So, as you hunt conferences to attend, find out how the important stuff is dealt with. Do speakers run overtime? Lots of Q&A? Do the speakers stick around? Before? After? All the normal questions that have a new set of meanings.

As a sponsor? My gut tells me, coughing up $10,000 to hand out a goodie at Gnomedex is going to be way more valuable then sponsoring the tea break at TEDGLOBAL and that’s regardless of your size.

As a speaker? Refuse to do talks where you don’t have 50% of your time being able to engage 75% of the people. Tall order, I know, but start there. You are driving the bus when it comes to content and you can make changes that matter.

There's much more. Read the whole thing.

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Typo in link

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/13/2005 - 22:28.

Hi Doc,
just letting you know that you didn't close the 'reboot' link properly, and so you have a paragraph or so of text and the link doesn't work.

-RodeoClown
( http://home.exetel.com.au/rodeoclown/ )

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Typo

Submitted by doc on Thu, 07/14/2005 - 00:03.

Thanks. Noticed it myself just now as well.

Fixed.

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