Networking in a nutshell

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Here we are ready for the new Linkedin question which this time gathered the attention of lots of Linkedin users. You already know we have a group there and I’ve asked questions in the past, therefore I’ll just get down to business.
Question:
The top 5 tips to make networking happen?
One of the most important [...]

The quest for an open source, free, complete event management software

The quest for a complete, free, accessible and open source software for events continues. Recently at BarCampLondon 4 I had an interesting chat with fellow campers on how to proceed. You can have a look below.

[BarcampLondon4] Julius Solaris - The Quest for a complete open source event management solution from Melinda Seckington on Vimeo.
As always [...]

Do you feel like a CD?

If you are a traditional event manager (or studying to become one) and think that recession is the major threat for your career, I think you are not on the right track.
There are several trends in event management that are making the role as we know it obsolete. I am convinced that we are trying [...]

Linkedin Events Group: Where we are and where we’re going

The Linkedin community is becoming an active part of this blog and I am very happy with that.
I don’t know if you are aware of this but I started a group on Linkedin called “Event Planning & Management“. It now counts on 1300 top of the industry members and it is growing steadily.
Unlike other groups, [...]

About being disruptive

Boring endless presentations. This is what modern conferences are all about.
This trend needs to be stopped as soon as possible. As more people put their hands on Powerpoint/Keynote/Impress and so forth, more bullet pointLESS productions arise.
If you attend regular conferences and maybe you paid to participate I think that this is the ultimate masochistic practice [...]