A Word Of Advice To Conference Organisers
So far, Casuality is providing some great nuggets of content that I’ll be writing about in due time, but I had to get this one off of my chest. Sorry for the rant…
What’s wrong with this picture?
That’s right. The last bullet point.
This was the first slide that conference attendees at Casuality saw this morning and it effectively says:
- “There’s a cool party going on this evening.”
- “You’re not invited.”
- “No one attending the party paid to attend the conference.”
- “You’re paying for the party.”
Of course, every conference has these parties/receptions and they’re obviously a required “thank you” to the presenters, but why rub the paying attendees’ noses in it?
In addition the schedule in the printed programme is chock full of sessions that are marked as invite only. Why put them in the program and again annoy the attendees with the information that they’re not part of the “in crowd”?
Presumably the people invited to these events actually have an invitation and don’t need the handy reminder in the printed schedule.
And why was there no lunch provided? With only a one hour break for lunch, there’s not a lot of opportunity to leave the venue and find something, plus the incurred cost of the reduction in schmooze time…
Gnomedex, with a similar size and similar price point seems to find a way to provide way more out-of-session value. Not to mention the incredible food…
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