Posts Tagged ‘conference’

Present Like a Rockstar

At Video on the Net in San Jose this past March, I was standing beside Brian Conley, the man behind the popular internet TV show, Alive in Baghdad. Brian’s a slender man, with glasses, and comes off as quiet until you know him. Just before going onstage, he turns to me and says, “Do you think they’ll get mad at me if I kick over the podium?”

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May 10 2007 | By Chris | Tagged: Communication, conference, events, planning, powerpoint, presentation | 13 comments»

Attend Conferences Without Being There

There are LOTS of conferences to attend, and only so much time and money to get around. For instance, I wished I could’ve dragged myself down to Austin, Texas to attend South by Southwest Interactive. But my own conference, Video on the Net is next week, and I’m busy.

So this is how I learned how to attend without being there.

Live Flow- Twitter [website]- Add enough

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March 13 2007 | By Chris | Tagged: blip.tv, conference, conferences, itconversations, linkedin, podtech, software, sxsw2007, twitter, videoonthenet, web2.0, youtube | 10 comments»

Pre Conference Travel and Logistics Planning

In my new role, I’ll be attending and hosting lots of conferences and meetups. This means traveling probably as much as twice a month to other places, and that means lugging all the stuff a technological nomad needs to take along to stay viable. Here’s a list that I’m compiling that contains some obvious and maybe not-so-obvious pre-plans.

Pre-Conference Travel Checklist

Clothes. This is a given to TAKE clothes, but

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September 26 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: 15secondpitch, bloglines, conference, howto, industry+conference, Laura+allen, planning, PME, pulvermedia, technorati, tips, tradeshow, travel, von | 6 comments»

Post Conference Follow-Up Hacks

I’m coFounder and Organizer of PodCamp, which is coming up in a week or two, and I just got an email from a fellow podcaster asking me about how I’ll be planning to manage the influx of business cards, ideas, and conversations/follow-up this kind of an event will bring with it. I thought this might prove useful to anyone attending conferences or events in the coming months (as… » Continue

August 29 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: conference, conferences, hacks, howto, networking, tips | 9 comments»

Get More From Conferences

I’m at BarCamp Boston, an unconference being hosted in Monster.com’s headquarters. I’m surrounded by really brilliant people, mostly representing themselves, their small startups, their side jobs. I’ll tell you something:

Learn to Connect

Bring business cards. Get them made by someone like VistaPrint or make them at Staples. Whatever. But get some cards, and pass them around.
Share your passion. Talk with people about what it is you’re interested

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June 3 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: barcampboston, Communication, conference, conferences, networking | 2 comments»