'director of a center of interest or activity or importance'
Focus on what won?t change
Last weekend I read Rework, the new book by 37Signals and as I tweeted: “nice although nothing new if you’ve been following stuff like Agile, Getting Real, Guy Kawasaki, Lean Startup, etc”. That doesn’t mean it’s not worth reading even if you indeed have been following all those things and more for it’s a very [...]
1 year in Sourcesense UK
I know it’s a cliché but indeed I cannot believe 1 year has already gone by! My ‘A new challenge‘ post was published on Monday 16th March 2009, the day I left ThoughtWorks and joined Sourcesense as the new UK managing director. If you are reading this it means you are still following my old blog, [...]
HubDirector = director of a center of interest or activity
What or who is a Hub Director? It?s my personal definition of anyone organizing a group, community, conference, unconference, barcamp, open space, event, meeting, or gathering revolving around one or more topics of interest. In fact I chose Hub because my idea and actual experience of a conference fits nicely with its etymology: perhaps from hubbe, originally ?lump?, the source of hob of [...]
Closing down this network...?
Happy New Year everyone,
I've been thinking about closing this network as it only attracts spammers and no one seems to have time for it (me included!).
I'll be waiting a couple of days and then shut it down.
Thanks to those who tried : [...]
Goldfish Bowls - any tips for designing and running them?
Anyone have any tips for designing and running Goldfish-bowl style sessions?
http://www.xpday.org/session_formats/goldfish_bowl
Also, anyone have any advice on how best to convey to co [...]
Confabb.com: The World's Largest Free Conference Database -- 80,000+ Listings
Need a place to promote your conference? Why not try posting your information to the world's largest free online conference database, Confabb.com? Confabb combines an aggregate database of major conferences, conventions, and trade shows s [...]
Managing Conferences Overseas
Does anyone have experience managing events outside of their home country?
We're looking at running an event outside of the UK and were wondering what people's experiences were.
Some of the issues we've thought about:
- Finding a local [...]
Commercial services: % per registration, monthly fee or both?
As I said in a previous thread I've used all kind of software to try and help me in this task. Speaking of commercial services I often wonder if paying based on the number of registrations is really the best thing for everyone.
I know it sounds only fair (as the [...]
What software do you use to manage your conferences?
In the past I've used:
- ConferenceChair (don't find any reference anymore online)
- Ad-hoc/hacked set of scripts + static html pages/wiki
- Drupal + some modules
- tried many ready-to-go systems
None of them really addresse [...]
What are people's top tips for generating early bookings?
As event organisers we all see the pattern of delegates leaving it to the last minute to book their places on our events - or do we? Are some people (events) better at generating early bookings than others? If so, what are the secrets of their success?
Why are l [...]
How tough will 2009 be for conference organisers?
I've heard that some conferences have been cancelled recently due to low numbers of bookings.
How do people think this will affect business in 2009 (and beyond)? and what are people's top tips for making sure this doesn't happen to them? [...]