Comments on: What Makes A Great Conference? Lessons From Shop.Org. http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/07/what-makes-a-great-conference-lessons-from-shoporg.html Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:34:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Sarah http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/07/what-makes-a-great-conference-lessons-from-shoporg.html#comment-456787 Sarah Fri, 16 May 2008 13:59:05 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/07/what-makes-a-great-conference-lessons-from-shoporg.html#comment-456787 "Hi Avinash, What makes a conference bad:" The venue is one of the most important areas of the conference for several of the reasons you mention. Seek advise of a local event planner who will take into account all of the above before selecting your site. “Hi Avinash, What makes a conference bad:”

The venue is one of the most important areas of the conference for several of the reasons you mention. Seek advise of a local event planner who will take into account all of the above before selecting your site.

]]> By: Dennis R. Mortensen http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/07/what-makes-a-great-conference-lessons-from-shoporg.html#comment-196396 Dennis R. Mortensen Sat, 11 Aug 2007 13:01:54 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/07/what-makes-a-great-conference-lessons-from-shoporg.html#comment-196396 Hi Lars, With the number of people YOU bring into WAW in Stockholm, one could easily call it a conference! :) See you shortly in Stockholm again/. Dennis R. Mortensen, COO at IndexTools My <a href="http://visualrevenue.com/blog" rel="nofollow">Web Analytics Blog</a> Hi Lars,

With the number of people YOU bring into WAW in Stockholm, one could easily call it a conference! :)
See you shortly in Stockholm again/.

Dennis R. Mortensen, COO at IndexTools
My Web Analytics Blog

]]> By: Lars http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/07/what-makes-a-great-conference-lessons-from-shoporg.html#comment-181648 Lars Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:22:28 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/07/what-makes-a-great-conference-lessons-from-shoporg.html#comment-181648 Man, I want to switch Airmiles with Dennis. ;-) Not to forget he was on the panel at WAW Stockholm in March as well, so his real list is even longer. Though WAW is NOT a conference. :) Man, I want to switch Airmiles with Dennis. ;-) Not to forget he was on the panel at WAW Stockholm in March as well, so his real list is even longer. Though WAW is NOT a conference. :)

]]> By: ateeq ahmad http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/07/what-makes-a-great-conference-lessons-from-shoporg.html#comment-178432 ateeq ahmad Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:07:32 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/07/what-makes-a-great-conference-lessons-from-shoporg.html#comment-178432 Great Posting Avinash! by the way, if you are an introvert then i am positively suicidally manic depressive. I call BS on that. 8-) Warm Regards ateeq Great Posting Avinash! by the way, if you are an introvert then i am positively suicidally manic depressive. I call BS on that. 8-)

Warm Regards
ateeq

]]> By: Sam Decker http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/07/what-makes-a-great-conference-lessons-from-shoporg.html#comment-178279 Sam Decker Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:50:20 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/07/what-makes-a-great-conference-lessons-from-shoporg.html#comment-178279 Avinash...great to see you again at the conference. You got kudos from everyone I talked to there. I think you opened a lot of eyes to how analytics can and should be used. BTW...You might be interested in these tips on logistical ideas for a good conference http://decker.typepad.com/welcome/2006/12/14_ideas_to_cre.html Avinash…great to see you again at the conference. You got kudos from everyone I talked to there. I think you opened a lot of eyes to how analytics can and should be used.

BTW…You might be interested in these tips on logistical ideas for a good conference

http://decker.typepad.com/welcome/2006/12/14_ideas_to_cre.html

]]> By: Marianina Chaplin http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/07/what-makes-a-great-conference-lessons-from-shoporg.html#comment-178239 Marianina Chaplin Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:57:34 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/07/what-makes-a-great-conference-lessons-from-shoporg.html#comment-178239 Hi Avinash, What makes a conference bad: I recently went to the brands reignited conference that was running along side Internet World in Earls Court - not so good :( (am I allowed to say awful?). Location - the keynote theatre was right at the very back (hard to find) behind the ten million selling stalls belonging to internet world. Not enough detail - like you said panels of 5 or 6 per session with not enough time devoted to any one particular topic/person's specialty. Poorly structured Q and As - little leadership from the events team. Poorly attended - probably because it was so hard to find. Poor acoustics - found it hard to hear what was going on with a lot of background noise. Little annoyances - senior people in line-up didn't come at the last minute and were replaced with more junior folk who were clearly a bit flummoxed. Felt like an add-on - to internet world which is a freebie selling thing rather than the separate decision-maker conference for online brands it was meant to be. Cheers, Marianina Hi Avinash, What makes a conference bad:

I recently went to the brands reignited conference that was running along side Internet World in Earls Court - not so good :( (am I allowed to say awful?).

Location - the keynote theatre was right at the very back (hard to find) behind the ten million selling stalls belonging to internet world.

Not enough detail - like you said panels of 5 or 6 per session with not enough time devoted to any one particular topic/person’s specialty.

Poorly structured Q and As - little leadership from the events team.

Poorly attended - probably because it was so hard to find.

Poor acoustics - found it hard to hear what was going on with a lot of background noise.

Little annoyances - senior people in line-up didn’t come at the last minute and were replaced with more junior folk who were clearly a bit flummoxed.

Felt like an add-on - to internet world which is a freebie selling thing rather than the separate decision-maker conference for online brands it was meant to be.

Cheers, Marianina

]]> By: Dennis R. Mortensen http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/07/what-makes-a-great-conference-lessons-from-shoporg.html#comment-177543 Dennis R. Mortensen Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:06:16 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/07/what-makes-a-great-conference-lessons-from-shoporg.html#comment-177543 I attend a couple of shows every year - my 2007 schedule being close to the below: - SES London - SES Munich - eMetrics London - SES New York - eMetrics Düsseldorf - AdTech San Francisco - eMetrics San Francisco - Web Analytics Congres, Holland - AdTech Hamburg - DME Amsterdam - GSQM event Singapore - SES Toronto - AdTech Chicago - SES San Jose - AdTech London - Affiliate Summit London - eMetrics Washington - AdTech New York - SES Chicago <b>My favourites are Emetrics SF and SES San Jose</b> ... Simply because of the people you meet and network with :-) AND somehow important, from a business point of view – if leads equals return – the NY shows are those with the best ROI! But perhaps I should add shop.org to the 2008 plan - and with the Omniture guys being there as well (as far as I remember) - that would give me another opportunity to be in their face.. he he and of course a chance to get a Red Bull with you :-) dennis Dennis R. Mortensen, COO at IndexTools My <a href="http://visualrevenue.com/blog" rel="nofollow">Web Analytics Blog</a> I attend a couple of shows every year - my 2007 schedule being close to the below:

- SES London
- SES Munich
- eMetrics London
- SES New York
- eMetrics Düsseldorf
- AdTech San Francisco
- eMetrics San Francisco
- Web Analytics Congres, Holland
- AdTech Hamburg
- DME Amsterdam
- GSQM event Singapore
- SES Toronto
- AdTech Chicago
- SES San Jose
- AdTech London
- Affiliate Summit London
- eMetrics Washington
- AdTech New York
- SES Chicago

My favourites are Emetrics SF and SES San Jose … Simply because of the people you meet and network with :-)
AND somehow important, from a business point of view – if leads equals return – the NY shows are those with the best ROI!

But perhaps I should add shop.org to the 2008 plan - and with the Omniture guys being there as well (as far as I remember) - that would give me another opportunity to be in their face.. he he
and of course a chance to get a Red Bull with you :-)

dennis

Dennis R. Mortensen, COO at IndexTools
My Web Analytics Blog

]]> By: Lars http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/07/what-makes-a-great-conference-lessons-from-shoporg.html#comment-177314 Lars Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:07:38 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/07/what-makes-a-great-conference-lessons-from-shoporg.html#comment-177314 Great post, and what wonderful feedback for the organizers! With the Internet feedback is crucial. I thought these posts were interesting too: http://blog.eightblack.com/2007/internet-marketing-training-in-chicago/ http://blog.eightblack.com/2007/internet-marketing-training-day-2-of-the-system/ Think participant value at all time. Put on the practitioner hat. Don't have one? Get someone who has a closet full of them! Inform speakers that pitch fests turn participants off. Look through presentations prior to the event. Is there a WOW factor? There should be one. Having said that, it's one thing to talk and another to deliver. If I come on board for IMC (http://www.internetmarketingconference.com) that's what I intend to do. Time will tell if it was a successful effort. :) Great post, and what wonderful feedback for the organizers!

With the Internet feedback is crucial.

I thought these posts were interesting too:
http://blog.eightblack.com/2007/internet-marketing-training-in-chicago/
http://blog.eightblack.com/2007/internet-marketing-training-day-2-of-the-system/

Think participant value at all time. Put on the practitioner hat. Don’t have one? Get someone who has a closet full of them! Inform speakers that pitch fests turn participants off. Look through presentations prior to the event. Is there a WOW factor? There should be one.

Having said that, it’s one thing to talk and another to deliver. If I come on board for IMC (http://www.internetmarketingconference.com) that’s what I intend to do. Time will tell if it was a successful effort. :)

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