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]]> By: mesh blog » 2006 » April http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/21/is-there-a-perfect-kind-of-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-75102 mesh blog » 2006 » April Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:29:17 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/21/is-there-a-perfect-kind-of-conference/#comment-75102 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Mark publishes his conference wishlist here (not like that’s news for the rest of us ) and Mathew talks about our approach here. And hey, I’m even into it on my own blog here. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] Mark publishes his conference wishlist here (not like that’s news for the rest of us ) and Mathew talks about our approach here. And hey, I’m even into it on my own blog here. [...]

]]> By: Michael McDerment Blog » Blog Archive » The Third Way to Plan A Conference http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/21/is-there-a-perfect-kind-of-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-21779 Michael McDerment Blog » Blog Archive » The Third Way to Plan A Conference Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:52:35 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/21/is-there-a-perfect-kind-of-conference/#comment-21779 [...] In planning mesh we have tried to take what we believe to be the best parts of each path and make our own kind of event.  Today Mark exposed many of the elements of a great conference from our point of view.  We are trying to build something special with mesh.  These are things that we feel other people will appreciate as we do.  Mathew drives home the importance of speakers providing thought as opposed to pushing product.  Stuart talks about our struggle to find the third way here and here. [...] [...] In planning mesh we have tried to take what we believe to be the best parts of each path and make our own kind of event.  Today Mark exposed many of the elements of a great conference from our point of view.  We are trying to build something special with mesh.  These are things that we feel other people will appreciate as we do.  Mathew drives home the importance of speakers providing thought as opposed to pushing product.  Stuart talks about our struggle to find the third way here and here. [...]

]]> By: Brian Dunbar http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/21/is-there-a-perfect-kind-of-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-1691 Brian Dunbar Sat, 22 Apr 2006 03:01:11 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/21/is-there-a-perfect-kind-of-conference/#comment-1691 Coffee and WIFI. You can dispense with one or the other but having either is a nice touch. I agree that PPT is over rated. Last presentation I gave I had a set of PPT slides ready but .. they were talking points for the talk. Which is a _good_ thing because the overhead was missing so I made do without. The talk degenerated (or evolved) into a nice bull session. We would have been there for hours (fen will talk anything to death) but the room was booked after our session. Coffee and WIFI. You can dispense with one or the other but having either is a nice touch.

I agree that PPT is over rated. Last presentation I gave I had a set of PPT slides ready but .. they were talking points for the talk. Which is a _good_ thing because the overhead was missing so I made do without.

The talk degenerated (or evolved) into a nice bull session. We would have been there for hours (fen will talk anything to death) but the room was booked after our session.

]]> By: /pd http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/21/is-there-a-perfect-kind-of-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 /pd Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:25:53 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/21/is-there-a-perfect-kind-of-conference/#comment-1662 Stu : The <a href="http://stuart.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2006/4/21/1901817.html" rel="nofollow"> trackback </a>is not working on Evans site too.. Matt : PPT was the the main meta "attention"engine of the late 90's na early 20's. But now particpants don't need lipservirce rather a discourse. IMHO, the market is the discourse. without it there is nothing.. I once Asked Tom Peters what he thougth of slides vs non slides and he sez, he prefers throwing only a couple of words on a slide that lead the way for thought provocation which then permits him to infuse conversations and create a two way path. His first Expereince of this type was in one of his fame conferences of Brazil where his 1 hr slot become a 3 hr slot, because the people where asking questions. albiet to the annoyance of the organizers.. but he is tom peters and at 40K a pop, he can do what he wants.. But the point is simple. The world is getter smarter --ppts just dont cut it anymore !! Stu : The trackback is not working on Evans site too..

Matt : PPT was the the main meta “attention”engine of the late 90’s na early 20’s. But now particpants don’t need lipservirce rather a discourse. IMHO, the market is the discourse. without it there is nothing.. I once Asked Tom Peters what he thougth of slides vs non slides and he sez, he prefers throwing only a couple of words on a slide that lead the way for thought provocation which then permits him to infuse conversations and create a two way path. His first Expereince of this type was in one of his fame conferences of Brazil where his 1 hr slot become a 3 hr slot, because the people where asking questions. albiet to the annoyance of the organizers.. but he is tom peters and at 40K a pop, he can do what he wants..

But the point is simple. The world is getter smarter –ppts just dont cut it anymore !!

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