Conferences

I’m not an expert networker.  I’m sort of shy about approaching people and often worry about saying the wrong thing in conversation. I try to portray confidence, but the truth is, I’m not always confidnet in my ability. I practice though. As a freelancer I knew I needed to meet the right kind of people [...]

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The 20% off  ”DEB11″ (without quotes, please) discount for attending BlogWorld is back. This means you can use the “Deb11″ code at any time to get 20% off of any package offered. As we’re offering the early bird special rate now (a discount of just about 50% ), if you use my code you can [...]

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I originally planned  on calling this post, “Has SXSW Gotten Too Big for Its Britches?”  but I thought it had a negative connotation and my Southby experience was anything but negative. There’s a few things I wasn’t down with and plenty of things I enjoyed, but on the whole it was the most productive conference [...]

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So SXSW 2011 was only the second conference I’ve attended as a non-freelancer. The first was when I attended BlogWorld ’08 as an exhibitor when I was the community manager for BlogTalkRadio. I didn’t get to see the conference or the sessions at all year,  so it doesn’t count. All of the other times I [...]

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So Leigh Durst and I are hanging out in the Blogger Lounge at SXSW yesterday afternoon and we’re talking about the earthquake in Japan and subsequent Tsunami. At the time, I had just gotten back from freshening up after lunch and while in my hotel room I saw that another earthquake had hit Japan. Leigh [...]

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So this is your first year at SXSW. You’re excited, but you’re no newbie to the conference scene. You’ve attended meetups, a BlogHer and a couple of 140′s, SXSW shouldn’t be any different from them – right? Wrong. 1. SXSW is bigger than you imagined Take every conference you’ve ever been to and multiply by [...]

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It’s no secret I’m the Conference Director for BlogWorld . It’s also no secret that I’m an affiliate for BlogWorld and New Media Expo NY 2011. Put the two together and what do you get? Perks, baby. Perks. In order to give you all a chance to attend the most wonderful and important blogging and [...]

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So yesterday I shared a few survival tips for attending SXSW. Hopefully both of you found them useful. Today, I’d like to offer up a checklist of sorts. It’s not a full checklist because I’m not going to list every bit of clothes you should wear, or which toiletries to bring along, but I’m going [...]

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This is about the time of year when bloggers post tips about “surviving” SXSW. While this may seem silly to civilians, for those of us who attend, it’s one big. long, tiring conference and it’s best to pace ourselves. It’s best to be prepared and not try and do it all. Most bloggers who post [...]

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