Comments on: Convention Canceled or Attendance Boosted? – Your Choice

By: Michael Benidt

Michael Benidt — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:30:19 +0000

The amazing thing about blogs is that they can bring out super successful authors like Mark Sanborn (thank you, Mark), incredibly inventive folks like Josh Fraser, who help co-create Eventvue with Rob Johnson (thank you, Josh) and stunningly savvy students like John Exley (especially thank you, John). We’ll write about John in an upcoming blog article.

Sheryl and I often question the value of technology – but no one can question the value of the relationships that technology sometimes helps to create and enhance.

By: John Exley

John Exley — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:50:09 +0000

This would be awesome! I currently do all this type of research on my own, but it requires significant time commitment and can be difficult.

Because of the importance of connecting with people and developing friendships in all aspects of life, researching and networking with the people at a specific conference is of the utmost importance!

It would be really great if there was software or some sort of technology that would make all this kind of research possible and easier to perform.

EventVue is a tremendous service and provides this opportunity very well, but what to do about conferences that don’t use EventVue but are very important to you?

By: Mark Sanborn

Mark Sanborn — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:19:12 +0000

The first things to get cut during a recession are advertising and training/meetings. Ironically, those are two things that provide a bigger payback on investment during down times.

Using technology and ingenuity to increase the connections that take place at conventions and meetings increases the value of those events even more.

By: Josh Fraser

Josh Fraser — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:52:23 +0000

Couldn’t agree more. Thanks!