Start with Why. Not how much can I make, Not who will come
Tom sent me this TEDx talk, and it pretty much exactly captures why I do conferences. This came up in looking at some of the events that compete with my events. There's several people jumping Continue Reading
Great post on “beginners guide to Attending Conferences”
Neil has a really great article on attending conferences, go check it out. This post is just my thoughts on some of his points. As a conference organizer (our 36 events, and Ignite and some other Continue Reading
Tom’s leaving after the next 360|Flex
As you may or may not know, I (Tom Ortega) will be leaving the 360|Conferences business after our next 360|Flex show in March of 2010. You can read about my personal reasons for leaving here. You Continue Reading
Trying new things!
One odd thing about running conferences is that it's hard to iterate. We've treated each event as a learning process, taking the good and bad, learning and then making the next event better. The only Continue Reading
It’s a busy Summer!
We realized there wasn't any single place to point people to our roster of conferences this summer. These are in order: InsideMobile - july 26-27. San Jose CA. InsideRIA - August 23-24. San Continue Reading
3 Things to make conferences better, according to Harvard Biz Review
I've had this article open in a tab since, well it was published. I've been wanting to comment on it, since I don't think it's 100% right. YOu can read the entire thing at the HBR site, but I'll Continue Reading
Tips for Event Planning for Developers
We don't want to sound cocky, but there's no way for us to write this without it. Therefore, call us cocky, but really, how hard is it to throw a developer event? People constantly tell us how Continue Reading
