So who’s doing it right?

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I’ve highlighted in the past how conferences, meetings and networking events are boring to death, outdated, do not take care of technology and exploit attendees for crazy ROI. Here’s who you should follow.

I don’t like to be destructive, in fact I got several projects going on. You can check them on the sidebar. I’ve been asked for case studies of best practices in current event management. So if you already got rid of your EM books, have a look and tell me what you think in the comment section.

1. One Media

If you  really want to pay for an unconference, and I know you feel safer when you do,  these guys nailed it. They didn’t priced £3000 which is a start. They got great things going on on the website. They used ning to quickly create a community and I liked it. I liked the discounts for NGO’s.  The conference is targeting SME and I enjoyed the “it’s up to you” approach. If you are a small business owner, you don’t want to listen to boring bullet points. Good deal.

2. JISC

Let me quote Grace:

“We will be amplifying the conference again this year with livestreamed keynotes, blogging of the sessions, micro-blogging via twitter, photo-sharing and videos. [...] Finally, I have introduced a set of environmental standards which relate specifically to the JISC Conference 2009″

This sounds all good to me. This is what you need to do, this is how you do it! Well done Grace!

Thanks @jukesie for pointing that out before my Google Reader delivered the feed.

3. Bettr

It is work in progress, but hey great idea. Again unconference style sessions, putting together education start-ups. This how you make a difference.

Thanks @lauradee for letting me know

Interview @ expacklyMondo

Have a look at an interview I recently gave at expacklyMondo, which is a great blog.

Enjoy it!

Stand Up for Poverty - Blog Action Day

Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty from Blog Action Day on Vimeo.

Today is Blog Action Day. The topic is Poverty. This post will make ad difference only if you donate.

I am a fan of collective actions and events. No event planner can motivate so many people. It is just events you enjoy, you participate in and share with everyone close to you.

Here is a list of StandUp! events, one per continent:

- North America - Stand Up Seattle at UW - Seattle, USA - Oct, 17 2008 10.30am - 2.30pm

- Central America - Human Peace & Love Sign - Mexico City, Mexico - Oct 17 2008 1:00pm - 1:10pm

- South America - Hambre no! - Mar de Plata, Argentina - Oct 17 2008 4:30pm - 7:30pm

- Europe - Manchester Stand Up and Take Action - Manchester, UK - Oct 17 2008 1:00pm - 3:00pm

- Africa - End Poverty rally events - Zamfara, Nigeria - Oct 18 2008 10:00am - 3:00pm

- Asia - Stand up Eat Lunch - Hongo, Japan - Oct 17 2008 12:00am - 1:00pm

- Oceania - Stand up against poverty - Newcastle, NSW, Australia - Oct 17 2008 3:30pm - 3:31pm

Why I like CitySocialising.com

CitySocialising is a great local service to help beating the personal barriers that prevent you from getting a better job, improving your social life, being active. Apart from that, it is an awesome threat to traditional event professionals.

Jo is organising Sunday lunch Hampstead and walk and has invited you to attend.

Graham is organising 18-20s west end drinks! and has invited you to attend.

Kelly is organising Cocktail tasting class and has invited you to attend.

I don’t know who Jo, Graham or Kelly are but hey, these events are cool! Usually these kind of mail makes it very quickly to my Spam folder but in this instance I just can’t do it. The events are very relevant, targeted on my area and to my needs. What if I’ll get a special invitation tomorrow to an unmissable event?

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How to manage twitter discussion during events

Just guest posted on 140Char about live twitting management.

Twitter is becoming a big part of events, I suggest you keep yourself up to date.

Link to How to use live twitting and tweets in events

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