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I'd be really, really interested to know if anyone here has experience of this. I'm running an event in November, and I'd like to know how well these suggestio
by RiderOfGiraffes 17y ago
I'd be really, really interested to know if anyone here has experience of this. I'm running an event in November, and I'd like to know how well these suggestions and guidelines work in practice.
They sound great in theory, and are allegedly born of practice, but does anyone has any personal experience of this?
Thanks.
- cstross 17y agoYou can find out for yourself really easily -- just go along to an SF convention for a couple of days. On day 1, experience it; on day 2, volunteer as a gopher, then stick around for teardown and the dead dog party afterwards. At the DD, you can talk to the committee members (once they're no longer running around like blue-arsed flies), which should finish your whistle-stop education. (I've been going to SF conventions for 25 years, and esr is bang on the money, IMO.)
- fragmede 17y agoConventions are like IT systems in that if the people running them are doing a good job, you shouldn't notice them.
- fragmede 17y agoI've not found a general how-to guide, but one something that makes for a 'better' convention is designating a well thought out queuing system for over-attendance for a popular speaker. On the question of wifi, the article I can't find stated that the only thing that worked was lots of relatively cheap access points tuned for minimum power.