Re: Launching a Conference

On 12/4/07 3:46 PM, Elizabeth Naramore wrote:
> 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.  :)

Awesome last sentence there, Elizabeth. ;-)

But she's right. And, Tim, as I'm sure you're well aware, many people who attend 
user group meetings for the first time are largely unaware of the "greater PHP 
community." They've just been developing in their own little closet, and it 
amazes me that even their Web searches for resources haven't even turned up some 
of the more well-known PHP news sites and the blog planet.

Reaching these people to let them know about your user group, let alone your 
conference, is still one of the great mysteries of the universe. :-)

If you come up with some good ideas, be sure to share them here.

-- 
Ben Ramsey
http://benramsey.com/