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Comment on 2011 event evaluations by A challenge to anyone who organizes an event | Conferences That Work

A challenge to anyone who organizes an event | Conferences That Work — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:27:30 +0000

[...] may decide to publish your evaluations publicly, as we just did for EventCamp East Coast 2011, and as we did a year ago for EventCamp East Coast [...]

Comment on 2011 event evaluations by dwighttowers

dwighttowers — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:17:29 +0000

Congratulations on the feedback you got, and ALSO congratulations for having the guts to share all these comments.

Comment on Earn a FourSquare Badge at EventCamp East Coast! by Twitted by BrainStrength

Twitted by BrainStrength — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:28:16 +0000

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Comment on How EventCamp East Coast Changed My Life by Countdown to The Next Big Meeting Planner Conference: Are You Going? | Conference Center Blog

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:04:00 +0000

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Comment on Why The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Mitchell Beer

Mitchell Beer — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:23:08 +0000

Gang, I agree that ECTC 2010 and 2011 broke magnificent new ground in bringing live and virtual audiences together. I also agree that the local focus without live streaming is central to the model that has emerged for the (now) two ECEC conferences. And I think it’s a strength of the Event Camp brand that it has room for two (or more) very different approaches and philosophies, and for dialogue back and forth between them.
I want to strongly reinforce two of Adrian’s points:
* If a volunteer organizing team lacks the time or bandwidth to take on the detail and complexity of a streamed event, I can’t imagine how any of the rest of us have the standing to second-guess that decision. And from the experience so far, I would argue against lowballing or oversimplifying the technology (sorry, Swan) if we actually want it to work as seamlessly as we need and expect it to. To quote a Canadian demographer, speaking many years ago and in a different context: “You don’t do more with less. You do less with less.”
* This is getting to be a very long-standing argument, but I do agree that there are times and places when people in *any* audience — whether they’re diplomats, professionals, or a community like #eventprofs where most conversations are out in the open — need to go offline. Adrian makes the crucial point that we can’t reliably anticipate when that will happen, but I would add that there’s one thing we *can* reliably predict — if those sensitive conversations need to happen and the setting is wrong, the moment will pass and a potentially transformative opportunity will be lost. We could theoretically make the case for two, three, or a handful of participants to somehow intuit that it’s time to go out to the hallway, away from the prying eye of a livestreaming camera. But I thought a key purpose of Conferences That Work and other Unconference-type formats was to take the good stuff that happens in the hallways and bring it back into the session room. CTW does that and, yes, once again, there are moments when a live feed would defeat the purpose.

There’s one other benefit to the CTW format. I’ve been going onsite for a quarter-century, and I can’t remember any other two-day meeting where I formed such strong, lasting bonds with so many other participants. At the time, a number of people drew a direct line from an incredible onsite experience to the fact that everyone was engaging in the room, rather than tweeting to the outside world. I know that whole conversation was very controversial at the time, but I would like to think a community that is all about innovation would be wide open enough to accommodate many paths to the same goal.

Comment on EventCamp East Coast final evaluations by Make your event so great it angers people.

Make your event so great it angers people. — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:46:04 +0000

[...] Addendum: You can see the survey responses from this event here [...]

Comment on Opening roundtable – summary, evaluations, and comments by EventCamp East Coast final evaluations | EventCamp East Coast

EventCamp East Coast final evaluations | EventCamp East Coast — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:18:57 +0000

[...] here are participants’ comments on various aspects of the conference. (An earlier post contains roundtable [...]

Comment on Using Design as a Tool by Tweets that mention Using Design as a Tool | EventCamp East Coast -- Topsy.com

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:59:45 +0000

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Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:39:45 +0000

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Comment on Time, Tools, and Tactics: Addressing Planners’ Pain Points by Traci Browne

Traci Browne — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:55:14 +0000

If you are looking to save time and hassles at your next event, I would encourage you to look into a product demo by one of our Event Camp East Coast sponsors. Shortly after ECEC10 I contacted Suzanne Carawan, VP Association/Nonprofit Practice at etouches (http://www.etouches.com). I was completely blown away by their comprehensive event management tool. This is software designed by a planner for planners. I don’t think it leaves even one stone unturned.

You can find Suzanne’s contact info on our Community page (tab on menu) or find them on the web at http://www.etouches.com