Comments on: Musings on conferences http://stuartbruce.biz/2006/09/musings_on_conf.html Public relations, corporate communications and social media Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marie Germain http://stuartbruce.biz/2006/09/musings_on_conf.html/comment-page-1#comment-1320 Marie Germain Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:37:01 +0000 http://www.stuartbruce.eu/?p=538#comment-1320 <p>Yes I agree Stuart there is nothing like being there. The brain learns so much faster from the billion cues it receives momentarily. These could be missed in a virtual environment. We are running a Web 2.0 Conference and Exhibition in Toronto and Robert Scoble is speaking and several other luminaries--we are still building. It's on May 1 and 2.<br /> And PR folks are really on our radar. The PR role has evolved--thank God the pursuit of editors and beat journalists is no longer the task of the day.<br /> You can see our event at Plexus 2007.com . </p> Yes I agree Stuart there is nothing like being there. The brain learns so much faster from the billion cues it receives momentarily. These could be missed in a virtual environment. We are running a Web 2.0 Conference and Exhibition in Toronto and Robert Scoble is speaking and several other luminaries–we are still building. It's on May 1 and 2.
And PR folks are really on our radar. The PR role has evolved–thank God the pursuit of editors and beat journalists is no longer the task of the day.
You can see our event at Plexus 2007.com .

]]> By: Phil Gomes http://stuartbruce.biz/2006/09/musings_on_conf.html/comment-page-1#comment-1319 Phil Gomes Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:50:43 +0000 http://www.stuartbruce.eu/?p=538#comment-1319 <p>The thing about Web 2.0 conferences (particularly those with a marketing bent) is that they charge a lot of money and take 1-to-3 days out of my life to *lecture* me about the value of *conversation.*</p> <p>Let me say this again: One gets *lectured* about *conversation*!!1!1!one!!1</p> <p>Nevertheless, this conference in Edinburgh sounds interesting. We just opened an office there. Alas... I'll be here on the U.S. left coast. Cheers. </p> The thing about Web 2.0 conferences (particularly those with a marketing bent) is that they charge a lot of money and take 1-to-3 days out of my life to *lecture* me about the value of *conversation.*

Let me say this again: One gets *lectured* about *conversation*!!1!1!one!!1

Nevertheless, this conference in Edinburgh sounds interesting. We just opened an office there. Alas… I'll be here on the U.S. left coast. Cheers.

]]> By: Philip Young http://stuartbruce.biz/2006/09/musings_on_conf.html/comment-page-1#comment-1318 Philip Young Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:50:30 +0000 http://www.stuartbruce.eu/?p=538#comment-1318 <p>Stuart, I am looking forward to doing Delivering the New PR in Edinburgh on Wednesday with you; yes, I am sure it will be a great conference, but I would be interested to know what you would call it... </p> Stuart, I am looking forward to doing Delivering the New PR in Edinburgh on Wednesday with you; yes, I am sure it will be a great conference, but I would be interested to know what you would call it…

]]> By: Craig McGinty http://stuartbruce.biz/2006/09/musings_on_conf.html/comment-page-1#comment-1317 Craig McGinty Sun, 10 Sep 2006 10:55:38 +0000 http://www.stuartbruce.eu/?p=538#comment-1317 <p>Oh no, I'll never get anything done if I can watch and be involved with conferences from afar ;-)</p> <p>It would be great, and an interesting business venture, if you could just hook into a simple video feed, follow updates via RSS and post questions with those attending and watching.</p> <p>Packaging it all into one solution that I can access easily through the web without struggling over IRC chat, stuttering video and dodgy sound feeds would be so useful.</p> <p>Even if you didn't use the Second Life option now, you could have a YouTube style layout with a streaming video, and audio and RSS feeds updating on a refresh that you can turn on and off as required.</p> <p>Would have thought there is something like this out there, but if a conference was able to offer a simple one-stop option just imagine the 'attendance' figures.</p> Oh no, I'll never get anything done if I can watch and be involved with conferences from afar ;-)

It would be great, and an interesting business venture, if you could just hook into a simple video feed, follow updates via RSS and post questions with those attending and watching.

Packaging it all into one solution that I can access easily through the web without struggling over IRC chat, stuttering video and dodgy sound feeds would be so useful.

Even if you didn't use the Second Life option now, you could have a YouTube style layout with a streaming video, and audio and RSS feeds updating on a refresh that you can turn on and off as required.

Would have thought there is something like this out there, but if a conference was able to offer a simple one-stop option just imagine the 'attendance' figures.

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