What’s with this collective blogging thing that now starts before conferences? I’m being rhetorical. Conferences that survive today become living events. They also have the opportunity to provide many more options for attendees to connect and explore before, during and after the conference.
1) Open it Wide. Broadcast in real-time over the Net. Closing it doesn’t extend to the broader community who couldn’t get there this year.
2) Set aside time for larger open space style sessions, and sessions that are impromptu. Give the audience the opportunity to really contribute and get to know each other.
3) Think about the presenters and those coming. Look up their blogs, (do they have blogs?) If they don’t… how do we know we will get something new? Is there a social media quotient? I’ve proposed before that metrics on conferences are possible. Now I’m going to run some.
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