Yesterday morning during the blog session Mike Hough asked how blogs would affect growing his attendance.
I just commented to Ted Doyle that what Mike asked might be unanswerable at the moment. We just don't know. With the exception of blogging-oriented seminars like Gnomedex or Web 2.0, what all of us in space are conjecturing is simply theory until some non-tech show proves otherwise.
But... if you want to see how blogs can make a difference in how your event is marketed and presented to the "outside" world once attendees themselves are involved as "citizen journalists", ASAE's Xtreme ASAE Blog has done a remarkable job of capturing the content and experience of attending the event in Nashville.
The core group of bloggers who started this were joined by numerous other participants covering everything from keynotes to comfy footwear to bartenders. Plus they're using social networking tools like Flickr for photos and del.icio.us for links to expand beyond traditional community boundaries.
Once you've read my posts and Ted's on SISO, compare them with those from the Xtreme ASAE Blog and then you tell us which event seemed more interesting. Did you have the same opinion of each event as you did a week ago?
Rich, thanks for the high praise of our work. We had a fantastic group of bloggers and contributors involved in this effort, and we had really great material with which to work. ASAE & the Center staff and volunteers did a great job on this meeting. It was certainly the best association meeting I've ever attended and one of the best meetings of any kind.
All in all, although there are things I would choose to do differently if I had it to do over again, I'm quite proud of what we accomplished with the XtremeASAE Blog this year. It's really nice of you to recognize us for it.
Posted by: Jeff De Cagna | August 18, 2005 at 10:53 PM