Archive for October, 2009

Credit Card Sized Flash Drives

Published by Christopher Uschan on October 30th, 2009

Flash drives come in all sizes, colors and shapes. And, although there are convenient, cool and sleek, most flash drives don’t give you much room for your logo (or any…

Keeping Control of Your Online Community

Published by Christopher Uschan on October 20th, 2009

Every week I talk to customers considering social media for their event (i.e. Conference 2.0™) and this question seems to always arise:

“We want to keep control of our online

The DOs and DON’Ts of Participating in an Online Event Community

Published by Christopher Uschan on October 14th, 2009

An online event community helps sponsors, exhibitors, speakers and attendees get engaged with an event and connect with people before, during and after the event.

Participating in an online event…

Two Great Articles on Creating Conference Buzz

Published by Christopher Uschan on October 12th, 2009

It’s been a cool, rainy week here in Wisconsin… The Scotland-like weather has provided me some time to read some really good articles this week.

Enjoy!

Social Media

  • Pre-Event

10 Reasons You Should Collect Speaker Materials Online

Published by Christopher Uschan on October 8th, 2009

# Eliminate The Email Assault – Watch your inbox get lonely while your audience moves to an online system. Large files in your inbox are now just forwarded chain emails from your mother. You can always remove your spam filter if you need to compensate for the reduced traffic.
# Make Your Authors Do The Work – When you’re collecting author data via clearly defined form fields and upload areas, you remove the ambiguity from the submission process and make the author responsible for transferring the correct material to you. The system’s automatic feedback and instructions can greatly reduce support calls, increase compliance, and make you happy.