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Where is the conflict?
Replied Feb. 19, 2009
Improving quality of speakers
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Great discussions going on here.
Social tools are great for pre and post-conference activities but I feel that while I'm actually at a conference my priority is to meet people face-to-face as much as possible. I'm a little worried that if we provide…
Great conversation.
What is interesting is that the purpose really should be defined by the attendee, but most attendees do not prepare themselves. People who prepare get significantly more from the conference and often can carve out specific inter…
I agree, Jaap. There's no digital substitute to being in the physical presence of someone, to "see people in their eyes" to reach out and touch their shoulder, to laugh together, see the facial expressions, share a physical environment and comment o…
The only reason I go to congerences is to see people in their eyes. I hope to meet people that make me enthousiastic about some item.
Peter Williams said:Hi Hayat: These forums are an asynchronous way to extend discussions beyond the formal session…
Hi Hayat:
These forums are an asynchronous way to extend discussions beyond the formal sessions. It wouldn't be hard to set up some synchronous chat rooms for informal interactions, but I wonder how many people would just drop by a synchronous chat…
Hi George,
I don't think that people are generally acceptive of 'passionate debate' in large group settings. Since conference sessions are usually 'one-before-many', passionate debate will naturally be seen as hostility by the presenter as they are…
Hi George,
How about a presenter rating system? Each time a presenter gives a presentation (this could include other venues as well as conferences), the members of the audience get a chance to rate them. Ratings are maintained in an international d…
Hi Deirdre,
I am an educator as well and I agree with what you say about learning something in conferences.
I think, however, that academics of other types could benefit from the same attitude about learning in conferences. Imagine a conference wh…
Hello Hayat,
One of the benefits of using the discussion board like this is that we don't have to maintain the same schedule. I live in the Middle East, while I suspect most of the people who have interacted in this discussion live in the Americas…
Hi Peter,
It's a good point about distractions when attending conferences from the 'home environment'. When we organized the participation of our college faculty in a web-casted conference last year, attendance was good in the early sessions but qu…
The purpose of a conference should be the opportunity to meet and share with likeminded people developments in your area of interest. However, things get complicated when there's so much and so little time. Not all peer approved papers are cut out f…
Hello
I have a question please,
Why don't we communicate and interact via a synchronous mode to be able to share thoughts and discuss views??
Peter Williams said:Hi Jay,I want to follow up on what you say about learning taking place at meals, et…
Hi Jay,
I want to follow up on what you say about learning taking place at meals, etc. I agree that one of the main reasons I go to conferences, which I don't much, is to meet people, talk informally, have dinner together, and interact in the "betwe…
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