Comments on: How To Make Conferences Great http://www.attentionmax.com/blog/2008/05/how_to_make_conferences_great.php Max Kalehoff On Marketing, Media & The Edge...Plus Bonus Insights On Start-Up Culture & Raising Kids. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:13:06 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: maxkalehoff http://www.attentionmax.com/blog/2008/05/how_to_make_conferences_great.php#comment-3964 maxkalehoff Wed, 28 May 2008 19:11:06 +0000 http://www.attentionmax.com/?p=1480#comment-3964 Amber, Thanks for your note. Rubber chicken should have been at the top of<br>my list.<br>Max Amber, Thanks for your note. Rubber chicken should have been at the top of
my list.
Max

]]> By: Amber Naslund http://www.attentionmax.com/blog/2008/05/how_to_make_conferences_great.php#comment-3963 Amber Naslund Wed, 28 May 2008 19:04:09 +0000 http://www.attentionmax.com/?p=1480#comment-3963 Freaking beautiful. Seriously, I've gotten myself so amped up about many a conference, only to be brain damaged by said sandpaper poultry and mind numbing, scripted and canned powerpoint presentations. I go to a conference to be smarter, to meet other smart people (hopefully smarter than me), and nothing deflates me more quickly than realizing I've been duped. (Ok, maybe not deliberately buuuuutt...)<br><br>I'm especially YAY about #6 and #7. There are so many smart people out there and so few speaking slots. What say we relive a bit of a discussion forum and let the ideas emerge? I mean, hey. It works for Twitter. Freaking beautiful. Seriously, I've gotten myself so amped up about many a conference, only to be brain damaged by said sandpaper poultry and mind numbing, scripted and canned powerpoint presentations. I go to a conference to be smarter, to meet other smart people (hopefully smarter than me), and nothing deflates me more quickly than realizing I've been duped. (Ok, maybe not deliberately buuuuutt…)

I'm especially YAY about #6 and #7. There are so many smart people out there and so few speaking slots. What say we relive a bit of a discussion forum and let the ideas emerge? I mean, hey. It works for Twitter.

]]> By: maxkalehoff http://www.attentionmax.com/blog/2008/05/how_to_make_conferences_great.php#comment-3962 maxkalehoff Wed, 28 May 2008 12:06:03 +0000 http://www.attentionmax.com/?p=1480#comment-3962 TO'B,<br>Thanks for your comment. There is a school of thought called the<br>"unconference". I like the idea, but too many of those have had too little<br>structure. I think a great way to cultivate more meaningful conferences is<br>to remove the commercial aspect. Why do you need to pay thousands of dollars<br>to bring people together in a substandard venue? More on that later.<br>Max TO'B,
Thanks for your comment. There is a school of thought called the
“unconference”. I like the idea, but too many of those have had too little
structure. I think a great way to cultivate more meaningful conferences is
to remove the commercial aspect. Why do you need to pay thousands of dollars
to bring people together in a substandard venue? More on that later.
Max

]]> By: tomob http://www.attentionmax.com/blog/2008/05/how_to_make_conferences_great.php#comment-3961 tomob Wed, 28 May 2008 11:49:25 +0000 http://www.attentionmax.com/?p=1480#comment-3961 Hi Max:<br><br>Interesting post - I am relatively new to the Web 2.0/social media conference circuit - and I am already tired of some of the stories. There are lots of smart people out there - and conference producers need to think long and hard about moving to Conference 2.0.<br><br>Conference 1.0 is having people (either smart in the field OR those representing gigantic global corporations) stand up at a podium and hammer us into our seats with powerpoint.<br><br>Conference 2.0 requires audience participation and involvement, and cracks open the podium to get some new ideas and speakers up there - it doesn't all have to be industry luminaries and pay to play does it? I think the WOMMA-U conference did something interesting with the WOM in Action program down in Miami.<br><br><a href="http://preview.tinyurl.com/545ved">http://preview.tinyurl.com/545ved</a><br><br>Regards - TO'B Hi Max:

Interesting post – I am relatively new to the Web 2.0/social media conference circuit – and I am already tired of some of the stories. There are lots of smart people out there – and conference producers need to think long and hard about moving to Conference 2.0.

Conference 1.0 is having people (either smart in the field OR those representing gigantic global corporations) stand up at a podium and hammer us into our seats with powerpoint.

Conference 2.0 requires audience participation and involvement, and cracks open the podium to get some new ideas and speakers up there – it doesn't all have to be industry luminaries and pay to play does it? I think the WOMMA-U conference did something interesting with the WOM in Action program down in Miami.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/545ved

Regards – TO'B

]]> By: maxkalehoff http://www.attentionmax.com/blog/2008/05/how_to_make_conferences_great.php#comment-3960 maxkalehoff Sat, 24 May 2008 16:52:04 +0000 http://www.attentionmax.com/?p=1480#comment-3960 Thanks, Smoke! And I hope look forward to seeing more about Wine 2.0!<br>Max Thanks, Smoke! And I hope look forward to seeing more about Wine 2.0!
Max

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