Comments on: Conference season begins!

By: Jon Mandell

Jon Mandell — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:47:51 +0000

HI Meredith,

We found you after searching for other conference junkies like ourselves. I’m with Confabb, the conference community. We’d love to have you join the service (it’s free!), use us to search for other conferences to attend but most importantly, especially for a busy speaker like yourself, get a blog badge from us which you can put right on this blog so others will know what conferences you’re watching, attending and most importantly, speaking.

In fact, the Confabb site is a great way to publicize the talks you’ll be giving across the Web–use us to amplify what you have here to our full audience!

Once you’ve given the site a test drive, we’d appreciate your feedback. Please let us know if we can answer any questions.

All the best,
Jon Mandell with Confabb

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:35:49 +0000

I’ll be at ALA. Looking forward to meeting you in person.

By: Meredith Farkas

Meredith Farkas — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:53:27 +0000

Thanks for the tip, Dan! I think I will definitely be making a trip up to Houston tomorrow after my talk. Yummmm,…

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:28:33 +0000

Meredith,

No amazing bagels in Tribeca, but you are just steps away from amazing dim sum! And a few minutes by subway to Russ & Daughters on Houston, which has the best smoked fish in the world, hands down. (Their pastrami lox will make you plotz!)

Sorry I’ll miss your talk in NY.

Dan

By: Fiona

Fiona — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:19:22 +0000

Agree with Alane about keynotes: they often represent the overall theme of the event, and might focus on future trends or outcomes rather than the nitty gritty of a programme or project like a regular presentation might.

They are usually designed to be quite uplifting – to enthuse, give people ideas and something to talk about for the rest of the event. Plus other stuff like keynotes tend to be more preferentially seated at dinners etc.

And yup it’s a huge honour to have that role.

By: Alane

Alane — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:58:02 +0000

Here’s what I think the simple difference between a keynote and a regular presentation is, for what it’s worth: the keynote (besides it being an honour to be asked) sets the tone for what is to follow.
And I am just thankful my own CIL presentation is not running opposite yours, Meredith! See you there…

By: Tiffany Turner

Tiffany Turner — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:11:19 +0000

I am a relatively new librarian (7 months today!), and my library has been kind enough to send me to CIL. In these past months, I have been reading several blogs (including yours, of course) and learning about Web 2.0 applications for my library. I plan to attend your Learning with Wikis & Blogs session (if it doesn’t fill up), and I am extremely excited about your session, as well as many other bloggers’ sessions.

By: Mary Carmen

Mary Carmen — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:17:17 +0000

Hey Meredith, we will definitely have to carve out some time to get a drink or two at ALA this summer! Looking forward to seeing you!

By: Meredith Farkas

Meredith Farkas — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:29:14 +0000

Thanks everyone! I’m looking forward to meeting you too, Michelle. And T. Scott, you are so right about making time for recharging batteries. My husband and I are spending the five days before my talk in Santa Fe exploring New Mexico (we’ve never been so I’m really looking forward to it!). That will definitely be just what the Dr. ordered in terms of recharging.

By: Michelle McLean

Michelle McLean — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:30:54 +0000

Meredith, I will be at CIL and I can’t wait to me you. I am from Australia and am quite excited about meeting some of my blogging heroes, of which you are one. Will catch you at the book signing if not before.