Comments on: Five tips for search conference organizers to please your visitors

By: Wedding Photographer Perth

Wedding Photographer Perth — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:52:31 +0000

Hi there Bas.
From time to time, we organize seminars and short talks in our school.
When I read your article, I’m so happy that the next time we would hold event such as seminars, at least I now have
a guidelines on what are the most important things we should attend to.
Good job for sharing these tips.

By: Mindy

Mindy — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:42:41 +0000

Actually, the thing that keeps me away from conferences mostly is the fact that presentations are never fully formed and rarely deliver what they promise in the title/description. They generally seem to be people saying things like “There’s lots of great ways you can do X and here’s why you should” but never tell you how – because that would be giving too much away.

I’m sorry but if you’re offering to speak on a subject – speak on it properly, provide examples, analysis and real content of value. Don’t just offer to speak to get your name on a panel and get links back to your website.

Organisers – start insisting that presentations have substance please. There’s nothing worse than paying the often exorbitant registration fees/travel/accomodation costs, taking a day or 2 off work (or more), and finding the only value is from the conversations in the bar – assuming the people you want to talk to will talk to you about something useful or are even sober enough to remember their own names.

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By: Barry Adams

Barry Adams — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:58:15 +0000

It seems you may have inspired Rand Fishkin over at SEOmoz to write a similar blog post – http://www.seomoz.org/blog/optimizing-search-conferences-how-differing-incentives-create-audience-vs-organizer-issues

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By: Bas van den Beld

Bas van den Beld — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:38:02 +0000

Point taken Jon. I didn’t take it personally by the way. I think you make a valid point actually, there are many ‘rewrites’ out there. And also, there are many things you can copy from one industry to another. I studied history, much of the things I see happening now on the web people also did back when the Romans were ruling the world, not everything is ‘new’. Hey, you just gave me a new idea for an article

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:32:53 +0000

I’m just saying.

I’m however not saying its not a good article. Just that it frustrates me. My point is not necessarily directed at you personally.

Yes, you have never met me.

By: Bas van den Beld

Bas van den Beld — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:32:48 +0000

Good point Grosen, I added that! But I suspect conference organizers won’t go through all that ‘fuss”

By: Grosen Friis

Grosen Friis — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:27:34 +0000

Hi Bas

Great post.

I have a comment for ‘Tip 2: Power outlets’.

If you go to a conference in a country where your laptop’s power cable needs an adapter do work, it is very helpfull if you can buy an adapter at the conference rather than having to leave the conference for a while and try to find one in the “city” = waste of time.

/Grosen Friis