rebecca on March 12th, 2008

I have blogged before about good and bad conference experiences .  Well have a read of this summary of SXSW from Jeremiah. He summarised four 'incidents' when the audience moved against what had been planned by the organisers as a groundswell of opinion in a new direction.   What I found interesting was the concept [...]

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rebecca on January 28th, 2008

The contrast that I experienced this weekend between two conferences couldn’t have been greater. I actually spent my time at the Amateur Rowing Associations‘s annual coaching conference in a third-rate hotel in Coventry. A traditional menu of speakers spread over 2 days with a row-show of vendors alongside plus an awards dinner to celebrate the [...]

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