The Club Factor

March 11, 2008 By Julius Solaris

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A new club is out on Linkedin and if you are in events you can’t miss out.

For those of you who study or work in events you are probably aware of what Linkedin is.

I’ve been using Linkedin for 2 and a half years now and I must say it is a great service. It allows to stay in touch with you colleagues, coursemates or friends. I prefer it over Facebook as it is definitely less invasive and more business focused.

Most of my contacts are on Linkedin and this is a great thing. In fact, adoption is often a problem of social networking websites. Great ideas but nobody use them.

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Why can’t we be friends?

March 8, 2008 By Julius Solaris

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While my visit at Confex 2008 did not leave me with the best memory, I had an interesting meeting with my friend Rob. He participates a lot in Event-Management-Uk a great website and forum about events with an awful lot of information on events.

I could see his dedication and willingness to share information, define practices, give advice to others involved in the industry.

He made me realize how event planners tend to be very possessive with what they know and how difficult it is to share knowledge.

I have to admit it is very true. If you just think e.g. about the number of blogs about sales or PR and you compare it with events you’ll see the ratio is ridiculous.

That translates to me in a lot of people who know how to do stuff but are not eager to share content.

If you are in events, I think you should start blogging now! I am convinced we need far more blogs about events than we currently have. It’s simply not enough.

I do not think about other blogs about events as competition. The good thing about the Blogoshpere is that the more point of views, the better for everyone blogging.

To demonstrate what I state, you’ll find a list of blogs about events below. I think that the content these people create on a daily basis is magnificent and worth reading.

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