Posts tagged conferences
Breaking Cliques at Events
- Dec 02, 2017
- Eric Holscher
- Portland, Oregon
- conferences, inclusion, cliques, rules, python
I’ve been going to professional events for a number of years, and one of the trickiest dynamics I have seen is that most events develop an “insiders” group who has been going for a long time. These groups tend to feel like exclusionary cliques for first-time attendees, and actively hurt the community’s goal of inclusion.
The Pac-Man Rule at Conferences
- Aug 02, 2017
- Eric Holscher
- Portland, Oregon
- conferences, inclusion, pacman, rules
I firmly believe that conferences can provide a lot of value for people in an industry. Conferences allow people to create a network, which helps them feel integrated in a community and profession.
Questions after talks at conferences
- Nov 12, 2016
- Eric Holscher
- Portland, Oregon
- conferences, organization, questions
At many conferences, people allow the audience to ask questions after the talks. I want to argue that this is an anti-pattern in many ways, and some solutions that have worked that I recommend.
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