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July 19, 2005
ASAE Offers Badge Proofing and a "Band of Bloggers"
Jeff DeCagna is WAY too excited over this development - the ability to see and proof your attendee badge before it prints.
I'm not registered for ASAE, so I'll just show Jeff's badge instead.
I believe this is an eShow application, but I'm not 100% sure. If it's not, I'm sure someone will post a correction within hours.
Jeff also asked me to mention the ASAE event blog over here, so consider that done. I've already commented about the lack of RSS info on Jeff's blog (which seems to have been seconded).
That ASAE is doing a blog is to be commended, but we'll also note that it seems every other major meetings association event is doing one or will be shortly. That ASAE is doing a blog with multiple authors is what makes this exceptional. Each of the seven authors has gained some measure of credibility from their own blogs and that they're all working together for ASAE (for free, no less) is testament to and an example of the cooperation that is more often than not a hallmark of the business blogoshpere.
As far as the RSS thing goes, I did a post for our coffeehouse explaining RSS the other day that got immediate sign ups for our MyYahoo feed. I think this same type of "novice-level" introductory RSS post would work for ASAE as well.
04:07 PM in Event Technology | Permalink
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I may not reply within hours, but I do get to things eventually! (as I am saving both blogs to my favorites)
Yes, eShow has developed the proofing system and it is in use with all of our Advance/Onsite Registration clients, as well as a similar RSVP function.
FYI - Some other feedback we got...
Q: Why the "ugly" black bar on the image?
A: To mask the barcode with the attendee information on it.
We're working on a more palletable alternative.
Sadly, people still can't spell my last name right either.
Cheers,
John
Posted by: John Schroeder | Oct 14, 2005 3:55:03 PM
No problem Rich. Like I wrote in my post, I've been dealing with it for years. I appreciate your apology. Thanks.
Posted by: Jeff | Jul 20, 2005 2:44:57 PM
Jeff,
Touché.
I'll get it right next time, promise!
Rich
Posted by: Rich | Jul 20, 2005 10:41:43 AM
Wait, you mean we're doing this for free??
Posted by: Kevin Holland | Jul 20, 2005 9:30:08 AM
Rich, thanks for posting about the XtremeASAE Blog. We appreciate it. And I think my level of excitement about the badge proofing is appropriate, especially since you spelled by name incorrectly in your post. It is De Cagna and not DeCagna, and you can see that on the image you posted. One good tweak deserves another...;>)
Thanks for your vote of support on the blog. We do not disagree about RSS, and XtremeASAE blogger Kevin Holland has addressed the issue in a post this morning.
Posted by: Jeff De Cagna | Jul 20, 2005 9:25:57 AM
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