Comments on: Web Conference Survival Tips

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By: Ben May

Ben May — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:17:32 +0000

Terrific notes – thanks

By: Ken Lingad

Ken Lingad — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:26:15 +0000

Great advice – we always appreciate great industry survival hints! Please have a look at our blog for more tips on how we travel for Social Media conferences at http://www.1680pr.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/better-to-look-good-than-to-feel-good/

Kudos to your efforts – thanks, again for sharing!

Ken Lingad
1680 Social Media
USA

By: Simon Bingham

Simon Bingham — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:53:31 +0000

@Kier – Just bought two bottles of water! Will that be enough? ;o)

By: fincemay

fincemay — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:40:27 +0000

Congratulation guys…..good luck.

By: Keir Whitaker

Keir Whitaker — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:39:34 +0000

WebBizDev – sorry to hear you didn’t like my light hearted look at getting the most out of a conference. In terms of Twitter avatars I don’t always think a photo is the best option. When you are scrolling through a few hundred tweets at a time it’s hard to distinguish one photo from another. A good example of a Twitter avatar IMO is the Mod target graphic used by @malarkey as it’s very hard to miss.

By: Keir Whitaker

Keir Whitaker — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:31:57 +0000

Judson – Thanks for your comments, great ideas. It’s a fair point about power. I believe we weren’t actually allowed to put power in the auditorium in Miami and only limited points in the lobby. For our London events there’s power on every row.

By: Judson Collier

Judson Collier — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:16:09 +0000

Oh, and one more: always bring a powerstrip. (All due respect, but i’m gonna note FOWA Miami 08 as an example). If you we’re there, I was plugged in next to the bathroom, on my knees under a table, charging my laptop. Definitely underestimated the power situation there, and you get, once again, mad props from anyone you share power with. heh.

By: Judson Collier

Judson Collier — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:13:14 +0000

Always bring extra chargers and camera cords. Someone *will* forget one, even if it’s not you, and you’ll get mad props for an extra iPhone cord (just about every conference I go to, I have let someone borrow one).

I also always keep a saved twitter search, or find a backchannel IRC, etc. If something is going wrong or you need some help at the conference a backchannel is a good way to communicate with other people at the conference.

heh, excellent post!

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By: WebBizDev

WebBizDev — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:50:22 +0000

Oh my gosh. Is this a serious post? And 28 retweets for this crap story? People are just so uncompetitive in the UK.

Anyway. Keir, you’re saying that ‘Be sure to include your Twitter name and your best promo photo, these will make you much more memorable.’. How come you don’t have a decent photo neither on Thinkvitamin or Twitter? This is such a shame!

By: Keir Whitaker

Keir Whitaker — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:25:58 +0000

Simon – I hope you have a good first conference experience. I’m really looking forward to it. Come and let me know what you think.

By: Simon Bingham

Simon Bingham — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:56:25 +0000

@Kier – FOWD Bristol will be my first web conference so I’m sure your advice will be very useful. I’m really looking forward to the conference.

@Yaili – I agree that using a personal photo as your Twitter is important. Moo cards are another option because you can put your photo on one side and contact information on the other.

By: Yaili

Yaili — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:49:14 +0000

“Remember to charge your laptop and mobile phone when you get back to your hotel. It’s easy to forget when you get back from your social activities.”

This is very true and it’s the cause of many disappointments during the conference and pre/after parties.

“Take plenty of business cards. Be sure to include your Twitter name and your best promo photo, these will make you much more memorable.”

Very good advice – you can meet so many people during a conference that having a face associated with the right business card is always a plus. I must confess I’m still trying to figure out who some of the business cards I got at dConstruct are from -> guys, please use your photos as your twitter avatars! :)

I’ve also written a blog post about this matter after the latest Future of Web Design, in London: http://webdesignernotebook.com/events/how-to-always-enjoy-a-conference/ Hope it’s useful!