Re: Launching a Conference
[email protected] ("Elizabeth Naramore") Tue, 4 Dec 2007 15:46:16 -0500
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------=_Part_20384_28220002.1196801176397 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Dec 4, 2007 2:41 PM, Tim Stiles <[email protected]> wrote: > > and, for my own benefit, > What hurdles, surprises and horror stories should I brace myself > against? To add to what Brian said, I would also be concerned with promoting the conference. Even though it's been around a while, as you said, it'll take quite a bit of promotion to get the word out to the average PHP coder. There have been numerous PHP conferences for several years now, but just the other day as I was talking to some members of my user group about Zend Con, the response I heard was "Oh, there are conferences just for PHP?" Keep in mind how clueless the average PHP coder really is. :) Cheers, Elizabeth Naramore Organizer, OINK-PUG -- ____________________ Elizabeth Naramore Inflection Point, Inc. 654 Springs Lane Cincinnati, OH 45255 (513) 947-1122 ext 111 www.inflection-point.com www.giftsforengineers.com ------=_Part_20384_28220002.1196801176397 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 4, 2007 2:41 PM, Tim Stiles <<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br>and, for my own benefit,<br>What hurdles, surprises and horror stories should I brace myself<br>against? </blockquote> <div> </div> <div>To add to what Brian said, I would also be concerned with promoting the conference. Even though it's been around a while, as you said, it'll take quite a bit of promotion to get the word out to the average PHP coder. </div> <div> </div> <div>There have been numerous PHP conferences for several years now, but just the other day as I was talking to some members of my user group about Zend Con, the response I heard was "Oh, there are conferences just for PHP?" Keep in mind how clueless the average PHP coder really is. :) </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>Cheers,</div> <div>Elizabeth Naramore</div> <div>Organizer, OINK-PUG</div> <div> </div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>____________________<br>Elizabeth Naramore<br>Inflection Point, Inc.<br>654 Springs Lane<br>Cincinnati, OH 45255<br>(513) 947-1122 ext 111<br><a href="http://www.inflection-point.com"> www.inflection-point.com</a><br><a href="http://www.giftsforengineers.com">www.giftsforengineers.com</a> ------=_Part_20384_28220002.1196801176397--