25 signs your event SUCKS

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  • + tojulius Julius Solaris 10 months ago
    Francois, eheh. I think the question is will you be ready for when the ice melts?
  • + francoisjullien francoisjullien 10 months ago
    nice work i feel i am still living in the ice age...
  • + tojulius Julius Solaris 2 years ago
    wow thank you. I am @tojulius on twitter feel free to ask comment and interact there as well.
  • + guestd405a9 guestd405a9 2 years ago
    What a great slide show! I look forward to referencing all of your suggestions for my next event.
  • + tojulius Julius Solaris 2 years ago
    Thanks very much!
  • + guesta4b1e6 guesta4b1e6 2 years ago
    I love the English language, and yet, I loved your presentation! Thank you! I will contact you off line to discuss featuring your work in our English-Language publication...
  • + aseem.kujur Aseem Gaurav Kujur 2 years ago
    Nice work!
  • + tojulius Julius Solaris 2 years ago
    Thanks for your comment Jacqui111 you motivate me to make a better one for next time!
  • + tojulius Julius Solaris 2 years ago
    Dear guest879a68 (I’d prefer to know your name),

    Would really love to thank you for the correction.

    I do actually proof read my slides but not being English mother tongue, you are lucky you just got one!

    Possibly my slides are gonna be packed with spelling mistakes, in fact if you do care about grammar over cotnent dno’t botehr raeding tehm.

    Utterly imperfect
    Julius
  • + guest879a68 guest879a68 2 years ago
    '3. You did not asked people'...?

    #3a. You did not proofread your slide deck.
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  1. 25 signs your event SUCKS ! Julius Solaris www.eventmanagerblog.com Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/thehappyrobot/
  2. 1. You did not set up a twitter account for the event http://twitter.com Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/mfilej/
  3. 2. You haven’t added the event to Upcoming http://upcoming.yahoo.com Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/zappowbang/
  4. 3. You did not asked people to participate on Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/answers
  5. 4. You did not set up carpooling on the event website http://mashable.com/2008/09/30/carpooling/ Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryak/
  6. 5. You did not inform your audience of a flickr tag to use http://www.flickr.com Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomwatson/
  7. 6. You don’t display pics tagged with your eventname on flickr http://www.flickr.com/badge.gne Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/hi-phi/
  8. 7. You charge unrealistic amounts of money http://www.eventmanagerblog.com/2008/10/free-events.html Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzanneandsimon/
  9. 8. Your conference structure is presentation-buffet-presentation-buffet-gala dinner http://www.eventmanagerblog.com/2008/05/disruption.html Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicenwondrlnd/
  10. 9. You don’t allow interaction and networking before the event Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/eekim/
  11. 10. You did not add your event to eventful http://eventful.com/
  12. 11. You do not offer the option to offset the CO2 generated by travelling to the location Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/freefoto/
  13. 12. You don’t mix speakers with attendees, but prefer to keep barriers to direct interaction Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/libraryman/
  14. 13. You don’t announce your event on Facebook http://www.eventmanagerblog.com/2008/10/successful-events-promotion.html Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/pshab/
  15. 14. You only have a Facebook account for your personal life http://www.facebook.com Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/pipot83/
  16. 15. You don’t invite bloggers to the event Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/notionscapital/
  17. 16. In fact you don’t suggest live blogging http://www.blogher.com/node/8166 Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/tillwe/
  18. 17. You did not set up twitter hashtags for the event or did not communicate them to your audience http://www.eventmanagerblog.com/2008/09/twittercamp.html Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/gretchensfrage/
  19. 18. You do not have a Google Map with directions to the location http://maps.google.com/ Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/laihiu/
  20. 19. You do not offer electronic tickets/barcodes but prefer to waste paper Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/thorinside/
  21. 20. There are no recycling facilities whatsoever in your location and that does not bother you Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/nihonbunka/
  22. 21. You do not meet your potential attendees at Meetups http://www.meetup.com/
  23. 22. You do not collect discussion, wasting precious content http://www.eventmanagerblog.com/2008/10/guest-post.html Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/jilbean3/
  24. 23. You do not source supplies locally http://www.eventmanagerblog.com/2008/02/my-local-bakery-rocks.html Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/jswaby/
  25. 24. You are not informed on trends and do not network with fellow event people www.spicynetworking.com Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/selva/
  26. 25. You did not subscribe to www.eventmanagerblog.com
  27. Ciao! Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/kiki-follettosa/

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