Liked the line ..!
It is a very long time after which I am blogging here after I lost my mobile.
I was reading thru my blog lines subscriptions and I happen to read the blog from amywohl. I was not able to get the link of the particular blog here. So putting everything he writes on going to a conference and the pinch is the last line....
If Everyone's a Journalist How Do You Tell Where to Get the News?
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The blog :-
How to Attend a Conference
Some people only want to attend conferences they are speaking at. I used to be that way. Others don't want to speak at all -- it interferes with their networking, which is why they're at the conference in the first place.
I've discovered that some of the best conference experiences I've had is going to a conference where nobody (or nearlly nobody) knows me and I can float around, discovering new things and meeting new people. No one has preconceived notions of what I "know." No one is going to put me into a pigeonhole, unless I tell them what it is.
Some folks don't like that idea -- they'd prefer that we change how conferences work so that everyone is on n equal level -- all of us exchanging information. It's an intriguing idea, but I think it has one flaw. None of us is an expert on everything and when I want to learn about something new I want the amateurs to sit in the audience with me so we can hear with the experts have to say.
I'm happy to be an expert about something I know a lot about and feel passionate about, if someone wants me to do that, but even when I do know quite a bit, sometiimes it's fun to let other experts have their say. (I might actualy learn something new.) Blogging has made this much more fun. If I don't agree with the speaker, especially if I'm another expert, I can happily contradict him to my heart's content without interrupting the flow of the conference. (Of course, other bloggers may enjoy -- or extend -- my comments.)
But new ideas are worth pursuing, so I'm ready to try some more "everyone as an equal" conferences where we all educate each other. I think this probably works best when either we're all at a similar level of ezpertise or where we're sharply different -- and we know it.
I was reading thru my blog lines subscriptions and I happen to read the blog from amywohl. I was not able to get the link of the particular blog here. So putting everything he writes on going to a conference and the pinch is the last line....
If Everyone's a Journalist How Do You Tell Where to Get the News?
__________________
The blog :-
How to Attend a Conference
Some people only want to attend conferences they are speaking at. I used to be that way. Others don't want to speak at all -- it interferes with their networking, which is why they're at the conference in the first place.
I've discovered that some of the best conference experiences I've had is going to a conference where nobody (or nearlly nobody) knows me and I can float around, discovering new things and meeting new people. No one has preconceived notions of what I "know." No one is going to put me into a pigeonhole, unless I tell them what it is.
Some folks don't like that idea -- they'd prefer that we change how conferences work so that everyone is on n equal level -- all of us exchanging information. It's an intriguing idea, but I think it has one flaw. None of us is an expert on everything and when I want to learn about something new I want the amateurs to sit in the audience with me so we can hear with the experts have to say.
I'm happy to be an expert about something I know a lot about and feel passionate about, if someone wants me to do that, but even when I do know quite a bit, sometiimes it's fun to let other experts have their say. (I might actualy learn something new.) Blogging has made this much more fun. If I don't agree with the speaker, especially if I'm another expert, I can happily contradict him to my heart's content without interrupting the flow of the conference. (Of course, other bloggers may enjoy -- or extend -- my comments.)
But new ideas are worth pursuing, so I'm ready to try some more "everyone as an equal" conferences where we all educate each other. I think this probably works best when either we're all at a similar level of ezpertise or where we're sharply different -- and we know it.
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