Tag Archive: Conference 2.0

Radically Relational: The Social Conference

Typical conferences, events and seminars can all too easily become a distribution center, a place where attendees can come and get stuff and the conference organizers can dump stuff.  The attendees receive education, information, new contacts, and swag. The conference organizers secure speakers to dump their presentations, ...

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Social Conference Strategy Without Human Engagement = Fail

Social Conference Strategy Without Human Engagement = Fail or Why Conference Organizers Need To Think Like Community Managers Canned speeches and passive audiences are out! Conference attendees have reached keynote fatigue. Attendees want conferences that implement more ...

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Don’t Get Caught With Your Social Pants Down. Six Considerations For The Social Conference.

Traditional conferences versus social conferences. Which will you plan this year? Not sure about the "Social Conference?" Read this post on "Screw Your Event Resolutions. Do You Conference Social?" Here are six things to consider when planning the Social Conference so you don't get caught with your social pants down.

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Screw Your Ole Event Resolutions. Do You Conference Social?

Have you made some event resolutions for 2010? I suspect it may have included something about integrating social media into your conference format. Well, it's time to screw your event resolutions about integrating social media. No, I'm not a heretic that has moved to the dark ...

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What If Association Meetings Became Open Source? 10 Tips For Planning A Living Conference

What if your professional association offered an open source meeting? What if association leaders redesigned the organization so that the focus was on social systems and morphing into Association 2.0? What if conference planners decided to adopt underlying principles of Web 2.0 to create Conference 2.0? What if your professional association embraced the following concept: “We ...

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