Conference Blog
This blog is dedicated to the 2009 CT Conference. Create a post, comment on other posts, tag items, or just read what others are thinking.
To Blog or Not to Blog
I'm glad to see that CT is making an effort to boost the level of connection and conversation at the conference through the use of social media. Howwever, figuring out how to make such an effort work can be more challenging than it appears. For example, I note that I am the first to post to the conference blog. Why is that? Is a group blog the right approach for this sort of effort? If so, how could the community of attendees be primed/prompted to take better advantage of it? What else could be done? For example, I noticed that there was some confusion at the beginning of the conference regarding what Twitter hashtag should be used. Would it have been best for the conference to establish and advertise an official hashtag in advance? What else could CT do to boost participation through social media?
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Sarah Kunze added the comment "State of conference wiki" to "To Blog or Not to Blog." 2 years ago, 7/30/2009
Ron Lockhart updated the comment "Great conference, but no presentations" in "To Blog or Not to Blog." 2 years ago, 7/30/2009Ron Lockhart added the comment "Great conference, but no presentations" to "To Blog or Not to Blog." 2 years ago, 7/30/2009Michael Feldstein updated "To Blog or Not to Blog." 2 years ago, 7/29/2009Michael Feldstein added the entry "To Blog or Not to Blog." 2 years ago, 7/29/2009
I really enjoyed this years conference. It resonated with the issues that I'm trying to address every day. I would really like to share much of this information with my colleagues back at Kaplan, but there are only a few of the presentations that have made it on-line. It would be great if the conference powers that be could make sure that all recordings and presentations get posted in the next couple days. It would increase the value of the conference immeasurably. My fear is that now that the confernece is over, none of these presentations will make it to the Wiki.
Thanks again for a great 4 days.
I agree with Ron, I was so hopeful when I saw this format online and was directed to it by one of the presenters prior to the conference. Now that the conference is over though, I don't see the follow through that is required to keep this interactive format alive. Is this any indication of how well wiki's might work in our environments? Let's hope it's continued and completed to be shared by those of us who were lucky enough to attend. I fear that it will become just another example of good ideas that weren't carried on. I think we have far too much of that already. Start something, give it a bit of effort at the start, then dart off to the next thing without ever giving the first idea enough time to evolve and grow.