Social Tooters!
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Social Tooters!
Do you often speak at professional conferences, trade shows, interest conventions, etc.? I don't, but I'm wondering if I'm in the minority.
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@kbob
I voted 'If they don't invite me to speak, I don't attend.'.I have only done one proper talk, and that was at the first Guild of Makers conference.
I have also done a couple of radio items.Generally, I try to avoid them all if I can.
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Social Tooters!
Do you often speak at professional conferences, trade shows, interest conventions, etc.? I don't, but I'm wondering if I'm in the minority.
Boost for increased attendance.
@kbob Is there a 'I attend but they don't ask me to speak' ? Two people I know who do speak have agents who set up those speaking engagements.
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@kbob Is there a 'I attend but they don't ask me to speak' ? Two people I know who do speak have agents who set up those speaking engagements.
@ChuckMcManis I assume most people who present ask to do so; the "If I don't speak..." answer means you stay home if the submission was rejected. Sorry if this was unclear.
I understand some people get requested; I _hope_ those people are a small minority.
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@ChuckMcManis I assume most people who present ask to do so; the "If I don't speak..." answer means you stay home if the submission was rejected. Sorry if this was unclear.
I understand some people get requested; I _hope_ those people are a small minority.
@kbob So a different take? Like you submit a talk to a professional conference and they don't "accept" it? I mean there are conferences and there are "shows". I think TED or SXSW as "shows" whereas Usenix was a "conference." Things like DesignCon are really professional commercials. I know a couple of conferences that are off the record that would love to hear you speak, but not much 'fame' to be had there if that is what you seek.
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@kbob So a different take? Like you submit a talk to a professional conference and they don't "accept" it? I mean there are conferences and there are "shows". I think TED or SXSW as "shows" whereas Usenix was a "conference." Things like DesignCon are really professional commercials. I know a couple of conferences that are off the record that would love to hear you speak, but not much 'fame' to be had there if that is what you seek.
@ChuckMcManis Yeah, I didn't mean to be exclusionary. If it attracts a group of people with something in common, and it has a schedule of talks, it counts. Doesn't matter whether it's academic, commercial, community, or whatever. In person or online, paid or free, tiny or huge, etc.
I personally don't seek anything except info; see my recent exchange with @linux_mclinuxface if you want to know why I'm asking.
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Social Tooters!
Do you often speak at professional conferences, trade shows, interest conventions, etc.? I don't, but I'm wondering if I'm in the minority.
Boost for increased attendance.
@kbob used to at least once a year, but I haven't since lockdown.
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Social Tooters!
Do you often speak at professional conferences, trade shows, interest conventions, etc.? I don't, but I'm wondering if I'm in the minority.
Boost for increased attendance.
@kbob Before COVID, I was between “Often” and “If they don’t invite me…”, option but since then I’m the “Rarely” one.
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@ChuckMcManis Yeah, I didn't mean to be exclusionary. If it attracts a group of people with something in common, and it has a schedule of talks, it counts. Doesn't matter whether it's academic, commercial, community, or whatever. In person or online, paid or free, tiny or huge, etc.
I personally don't seek anything except info; see my recent exchange with @linux_mclinuxface if you want to know why I'm asking.
@kbob @ChuckMcManis so, my better half is an academic who is a conference goer. Their conferences are so wildly different than tech conferences. Everyone attending also speaks (at least in her discipline) and a “big” conference is 200 people and they last a week. Small conferences? Six people.
And everyone reads papers word for word. So different.
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Social Tooters!
Do you often speak at professional conferences, trade shows, interest conventions, etc.? I don't, but I'm wondering if I'm in the minority.
Boost for increased attendance.
@kbob I used to! It was a lot of fun but a lot of work for.. fun!
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Social Tooters!
Do you often speak at professional conferences, trade shows, interest conventions, etc.? I don't, but I'm wondering if I'm in the minority.
Boost for increased attendance.
@kbob Honestly I haven’t been to a conference since 2019. I almost went to one last year, even had it all paid for but then Trump happened and I decided I did not want to go to the US. Fortunately my boss was on board with that decision.
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