Web 2.0 Expo is one of the biggest tech conferences in SF and NY every year--making it a great show for exposure and conversation. Because it's an appealing event, we generally get at least 10 session proposals for each available slot--but most of those proposals are, frankly, way, way off the mark. This slide deck is from the webcast by program chairs Brady Forrest and Sarah Milstein. They share tips and answer questions to help you craft a proposal that will stand out in a good way.
Negotiation in Information Technology BusinessHasit Seth
NEWS FLASH: //Check our latest course offering on Patent-Business-Strategy over at Udemy here: http://www.udemy.com/patent-business-strategy/ with a 50 per cent launch discount //
How learning negotiation skills can help information technology businesses increase productivity and profits.
Advanced Media Practice Production LogBrandon Boyd
This was a group assignment where we were given a brief and had to create a short video for their website along with short videos which would be uploaded to their social media accounts!
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to deliver a talk at Shift in Split, Croatia.
Shift is a developer conference, so initially, I thought it would be entertaining to talk about what it’s like to work with an engineer, from a designers perspective. The working title of the talk was Things Engineers Hate About Working With (Me) a Designer.
I was going to share the mistakes I’ve made, and learned from, along the way. A manifesto of what not to do when working with an engineer. However, feedback included phrases like “it’s a bit tongue & cheek” and the best talks are ones that are “raw, honest and vulnerable.”
You don’t write code, but you’ve been successful in spite of it. The lines are blurring between design & engineering. Why not talk about how tools have helped bridge that gap?
There was something more interesting to talk about. I realized that I didn’t write code because I didn’t need to. For years I’d been spoiled, and to some extent enabled, by a handful of incredibly talented iOS engineers. The realization didn’t sit well with me.
I scrapped everything and went back to the drawing board.
Tools were my first introduction to a hobby that turned into a passion that has become an obsession
They have been steadily influencing and shaping me as a designer from the first time I sat in front of a computer in elementary school. I would not realize how much they’d impact my life until much much later.
Tools have had a massive influence on me and my work, but had they on others?
Introduction to the Puerto Rico Wish For The Future Technology WorkshopMis Tribus
The Puerto Rico Wish For the Future Technology Workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to invent the future, while learning cutting edge technology, including 3D Modeling, Digital Storytelling, Electronics, Computer Programming, and 3D Printing.
Negotiation in Information Technology BusinessHasit Seth
NEWS FLASH: //Check our latest course offering on Patent-Business-Strategy over at Udemy here: http://www.udemy.com/patent-business-strategy/ with a 50 per cent launch discount //
How learning negotiation skills can help information technology businesses increase productivity and profits.
Advanced Media Practice Production LogBrandon Boyd
This was a group assignment where we were given a brief and had to create a short video for their website along with short videos which would be uploaded to their social media accounts!
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to deliver a talk at Shift in Split, Croatia.
Shift is a developer conference, so initially, I thought it would be entertaining to talk about what it’s like to work with an engineer, from a designers perspective. The working title of the talk was Things Engineers Hate About Working With (Me) a Designer.
I was going to share the mistakes I’ve made, and learned from, along the way. A manifesto of what not to do when working with an engineer. However, feedback included phrases like “it’s a bit tongue & cheek” and the best talks are ones that are “raw, honest and vulnerable.”
You don’t write code, but you’ve been successful in spite of it. The lines are blurring between design & engineering. Why not talk about how tools have helped bridge that gap?
There was something more interesting to talk about. I realized that I didn’t write code because I didn’t need to. For years I’d been spoiled, and to some extent enabled, by a handful of incredibly talented iOS engineers. The realization didn’t sit well with me.
I scrapped everything and went back to the drawing board.
Tools were my first introduction to a hobby that turned into a passion that has become an obsession
They have been steadily influencing and shaping me as a designer from the first time I sat in front of a computer in elementary school. I would not realize how much they’d impact my life until much much later.
Tools have had a massive influence on me and my work, but had they on others?
Introduction to the Puerto Rico Wish For The Future Technology WorkshopMis Tribus
The Puerto Rico Wish For the Future Technology Workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to invent the future, while learning cutting edge technology, including 3D Modeling, Digital Storytelling, Electronics, Computer Programming, and 3D Printing.
Premier AC Expo/ Exhibition stand builderАлександр Чуб
Premier AC Expo
Custom exhibition stands
Design, construction and management of projects in Russia, Ukraine and all over the world.
Facts and figures:
- More than 10 years experience in the exhibition industry, production of advertising structures, design and graphics
- We operate in Ukraine, Russia, CIS, Europe, Middle East, North America, Asia, Africa
- Transportation and customs operations with exhibition materials
- More than 850 sq.m. of production area
- Own workshop of large format digital printing
- High-tech manufacturing base
Explaining SSI to C-suite executives, and anyone else for that matterSSIMeetup
https://ssimeetup.org/explaining-ssi-c-suite-executives-anyone-else-john-phillips-webinar-48/
John Phillips from 460degrees in Australia has been exploring with his team for more than two years for a way to describe Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) that was easy to understand. We think he has found a good method to make SSI easy to understand for any C-suite executive and business people that goes beyond the technology.
John published a video in late 2019 that we found deeply insightful and we have invited him to share this with the SSI Meetup audience. This demo has been going down amazingly well with audiences from c-suite technology execs to design students.
This approach quite literally animates the discussion. People add other objects into the mix, move things around, ask relevant, insightful, questions.
John will share the learnings he is gaining from University research, as well as the results of work in supporting capstone projects for higher education students, and how this has led us to a storytelling model to explain SSI.
Extended Metaverse Workshop in Zoom
from the OpenSimulator Community Conference 2022 Series
This presentation gives multiple operational definitions of the metaverse for participants to adapt and build on for their areas of expertise.
4:40 Presentation
34:00 Dialogue
A group of 7 people who attended the Service Design Network Global Conference 2014 in Stockholm on October 6,7,8 2014, have shared their experiences, take-aways and ideas in a Whatsapp group, during and after the conference.
This deck shares their findings with a wider audience, hoping to initiate a healthy debate in the service design community, on where we ant to go with our conferences. We hope to see you all next year, to share an even better experience together!
This is a crowd-sourced repository of all possible hacks for a developer's career growth. Combine a couple of them as your time allows and you will have a great recipe to the next level in your career.
For this research, we compiled our knowledge base and also specifically
crowdsourced diverse ideas & opportunities from technology leaders in different stages of their careers to build this map for developer careers.
Premier AC Expo/ Exhibition stand builderАлександр Чуб
Premier AC Expo
Custom exhibition stands
Design, construction and management of projects in Russia, Ukraine and all over the world.
Facts and figures:
- More than 10 years experience in the exhibition industry, production of advertising structures, design and graphics
- We operate in Ukraine, Russia, CIS, Europe, Middle East, North America, Asia, Africa
- Transportation and customs operations with exhibition materials
- More than 850 sq.m. of production area
- Own workshop of large format digital printing
- High-tech manufacturing base
Explaining SSI to C-suite executives, and anyone else for that matterSSIMeetup
https://ssimeetup.org/explaining-ssi-c-suite-executives-anyone-else-john-phillips-webinar-48/
John Phillips from 460degrees in Australia has been exploring with his team for more than two years for a way to describe Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) that was easy to understand. We think he has found a good method to make SSI easy to understand for any C-suite executive and business people that goes beyond the technology.
John published a video in late 2019 that we found deeply insightful and we have invited him to share this with the SSI Meetup audience. This demo has been going down amazingly well with audiences from c-suite technology execs to design students.
This approach quite literally animates the discussion. People add other objects into the mix, move things around, ask relevant, insightful, questions.
John will share the learnings he is gaining from University research, as well as the results of work in supporting capstone projects for higher education students, and how this has led us to a storytelling model to explain SSI.
Extended Metaverse Workshop in Zoom
from the OpenSimulator Community Conference 2022 Series
This presentation gives multiple operational definitions of the metaverse for participants to adapt and build on for their areas of expertise.
4:40 Presentation
34:00 Dialogue
A group of 7 people who attended the Service Design Network Global Conference 2014 in Stockholm on October 6,7,8 2014, have shared their experiences, take-aways and ideas in a Whatsapp group, during and after the conference.
This deck shares their findings with a wider audience, hoping to initiate a healthy debate in the service design community, on where we ant to go with our conferences. We hope to see you all next year, to share an even better experience together!
This is a crowd-sourced repository of all possible hacks for a developer's career growth. Combine a couple of them as your time allows and you will have a great recipe to the next level in your career.
For this research, we compiled our knowledge base and also specifically
crowdsourced diverse ideas & opportunities from technology leaders in different stages of their careers to build this map for developer careers.
With all conferences going virtual this year, it's easier than ever to give a presentation: no travel days and no hotel costs. So how do you convince the organizers of an event that you're the right person with the right topic?
MongoDB veteran speakers Lauren Schaefer and Sven Peters have spoken at over 300 events and will share their tips and tricks and how to avoid pitfalls when submitting a proposal to speak at a conference.
In this workshop, you'll learn how to identify a topic that is perfect for both you and the conference, create a compelling title, and write a convincing abstract. And don't worry—you don't need to have tons of experience in public speaking to land your first gig.
Your open source project competes with millions of others for users, contributors, and perhaps financial support. To stand out from the crowd, you need marketing. If that term makes you shudder (or if you simply think you don’t know how), don’t worry. Deirdré Straughan takes you through what you need to know about open source marketing.
Deirdré details what marketing is (and isn’t), explains why and how you need to do it, and provides practical examples and case studies. Join in to get an overview of marketing tools, and when each is useful, and a guide to the time and resources you’ll need. Along the way, Deirdré explains the importance of overall customer experience (a.k.a. community) and what that implies for your project. You’ll come away knowing why marketing matters, even when you’re not trying to sell something—along with some helpful tips and shortcuts.
What you'll learn
Discover what marketing (really) is and why your open source project needs it
Understand marketing strategies and related activities that can help a project and community grow and thrive
Learn useful tips and shortcuts for developing content and other marketing materials
Get a primer on the importance of a healthy community in attracting users and contributors to a project
Deirdré Straughan
Amazon Web Services
Deirdré Straughan is the open source content lead at Amazon Web Services, where she helps technologies grow and thrive through marketing and community. Her product experience spans consumer apps and devices, cloud services and technologies, operating systems and kernel features. Her toolkit includes words, websites, blogs, communities, events, video, social, marketing, and more. She has written and edited technical books and blog posts, filmed and produced videos, and organized meetups, conferences, and conference talks. You can learn more about her at Beginningwithi.com.
Build Your Own Contributors, One Part At A Timedreamwidth
Dreamwidth Studios, a code fork of the LiveJournal open source blogging software, averages 50 commits a week from over 65 unique contributors. Over half of those contributors have either never programmed in Perl or never contributed to an Open Source project before, and roughly 75% of those contributors are women.
Mark Smith and Denise Paolucci, owners of Dreamwidth Studios, discuss the tactics they've used to make their project successful, and how other projects can implement the same.
Apple's free iCloud service replaces MobileMe and provides a way for people to instantly synchronize contacts, calendars, photos, documents, music, and other kinds of data among their digital devices-especially Macs and iOS devices. It's designed to be so easy to use that it's practically invisible, but as many people have discovered, a great deal of complexity lies beneath the friendly surface. In this webcast, veteran Mac author Joe Kissell explains what iCloud can do for you, how to deal with configuration puzzles and compatibility issues, and how best to manage the transition from MobileMe
Links are the currency of the search engines. Without good inbound links to your web site, your search engine optimization (SEO) efforts will be in vain.
Link building is arguably the most difficult, most misunderstood, and most poorly executed aspect to SEO. Join SEO and link-building expert Stephan Spencer as he guides us through the quagmire and shows us the way to great search engine rankings.
What Will You Learn?
•Google's PageRank score: red herring or useful metric?
•What makes a link valuable or not
•Creative strategies for building link-worthy content
•What works when approaching webmasters with link requests
•Dangers and pitfalls of buying or bartering links
•The power of anchor text and how best to leverage it
•The role of authorities, hubs, and topical relevance
•How to leverage blogs and social media for link building
February 8, 2012 Webcast: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Google+O'Reilly Media
Kevin Purdy, author of Google+: The Missing Manual, runs through the small-but-great tricks, the slightly hidden settings, and the methods you can use to get more out of Google+: better exposure, better interactions, and a better time.
This webcast presents the model of virtualization described in the book Virtualization: A Manager's Guide, the virtualization tools that make up desktop virtualization and examine why this combination of technologies hasn't replaced everyone's desktop system.
Sept. 28, 2011 webcast become an expert google searcher in an hour stephan ...O'Reilly Media
Learn how you too can become an expert Google searcher and extract invaluable data about your competitors and about the market like never before -- with laser-like accuracy and extreme efficiency. Presented by: Stephan Spencer
Oct. 4, 2011 webcast top 5 tips for building viral social web applications an...O'Reilly Media
Taken from lessons and technologies from "Programming Social Applications", this webcast will cover the top 5 tips that every web and application developer should know for using social techniques to increase traffic, build viral channels, and increase community involvement. We will look at mistakes that companies make when building social features into websites and applications, and how to prevent and solve those problems with open source technologies and techniques. This will take us on a tour of implementations from real products and showcase how emerging open source social technologies can be used to build rich social ecosystems. Presented by: Jonathan LeBlanc
Oct. 27, 2011 webcast practical and pragmatic application of pmi standardsO'Reilly Media
In this session we will discuss where and why you would apply standards to different project sizes and levels of complexity. Presented by: Leonard Weekley
Oct. 14, 2011 webcast ch7 subnets bruce hartpenceO'Reilly Media
In this webcast we'll talk about address space, the purpose of the network mask and the reasons we manipulate network masks. Presented by: Bruce Hartpence
Nov. 8, 2011 webcast desiging mobile interfaces by steven hooberO'Reilly Media
This webcast covers the intent of mobile patterns, and how to use them correctly in your design. Designed to be especially helpful for those migrating from other platforms, such as desktop web design. Presenter by: Steven Hoober
Given a 30-45 minutes to select a new colleague, what do you ask? What can you determine in your time slot? How can you decide that this candidate is truly qualified? (Is it your fault if they don't work out?) This webcast answers those questions and more.
Targeted toward managers and engineers looking to hire for technical positions, it will also be useful to job seekers who want to understand what is happening on the other side of the table.
Nov. 4, 2011 o reilly webcast-hbase- lars georgeO'Reilly Media
This session explains the concepts behind coprocessors and uses examples to show how they can be used to implement data side extensions to the application code
Dealing with Legacy Perl Code - Peter ScottO'Reilly Media
Peter Scott, author of the O'Reilly School of Technology's Perl Programming Certificate series, talks about how to deal with "legacy" Perl code - written by someone else, or maybe even yourself when you were younger and less wise.
O'Reilly Webcast: Architecting Applications For The CloudO'Reilly Media
This presentation analyzes aspects of the Amazon EC2 IaaS cloud environment that differ from a traditional data center and introduces general best practices for ensuring data privacy, storage persistence, and reliable DBMS backup. Presented by Jorge Noa, CTO of Hyperstratus
As we approach the six-year mark from the original Web 2.0 thesis, the trends are becoming clearer than ever. Tim O'Reilly, CEO and Founder of O'Reilly Media, and John Battelle, Founder and Chairman of Federated Media Publishing present the trends that are adding up to something profound and different. When web meets world, we get Web Squared.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
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form, which guides you through the process:
http://www.web2expo.com/webexny2010/.
If you want examples of past proposals that we’ve accepted, take a look at our
previous shows. The sessions give a good sense of what we like, and the
descriptions are drawn directly from proposals
proposals.
8. Dates
April 12 - Web 2.0 Expo NYC CFP closes
June - Talks selected and registration opens
October 18-21 - Web 2.0 Expo NYC
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Story We want compelling talks,
stories and technologies
10. Session title: “Review of best-practice
recommendations for privacy and policy
implementations in location-aware applications”
Don’t send us this—it’s too generic: “Panelists review key recommendation
and guidelines, and offer advice about implementing cool applications while
complying with the guidelines and regulations on respecting and protecting
privacy.”
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12. Session title: “Redesigning products as design
Redesigning
models evolve in the industry”
Don’t send us this—we can’t tell who the audience for it would be: “This
subject covers the aspects of interactive product design and the necessity for
the continued success of the product to redesign Products have a base set of
product, redesign.
requirements when initiated, as features are added the product evolves giving
us the opportunity to redesign. Periodic redesign is essential for staying current
with the industry trends ”
trends.
13. Focus on lessons learned and
Don’t Pitch
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or service
14. Session title: “Web 3.0: Content is the Heart of
Web
the Matter”
Don’t send us this—it looks like a product pitch: “Location-based
applications are leading the way to Web 3.0 where users create content and
opportunities for monetization are built in XXXX XXXX CEO of XXXX will
in. XXXX, XXXX,
discuss how Web 3.0 recognizes multiple revenue opportunities by putting
content at its center.”
(NB: This was submitted by a PR agent.)
15. Provide a clear description of
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why they care
16. Session Title: “CompanyX EveryWhere 2.0”
Don’t send us this—our attendees don’t aspire to control remote
employees: “This session will answer the question: How can companies retain
control over employees as working out of the office becomes increasingly more
common due to the high quality of new technologies?”
17. Incorporation of the USA
Don’t send us this—it may be related to Web 2.0, but it doesn’t appear to
be for our audience at all: “XXXXXXX 2.0, Incorporated uses the basic
fundamental concepts of Web 2.0 to evolve the antiquated and obsoleted
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democratic institutions created over 200 years ago. We must use the technology
of the Web 2.0 and beyond to force the greatest country in the world into the
future.
future The Incorporation of the USA and issuance of stock equity to every
American Citizen, is the start of such an evolution.”
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Dreadful actual proposal we received:
“This session will provide an overview of
leading-edge e gage e t p at o s
ead g edge engagement platforms
architected to enable real-time brand lift and
ROI with location-aware mobile analytics.”
location aware analytics.
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Decent rewrite:
“This session will analyze three leading
approaches companies take to participating
in and tracking results from social media.”
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Fact: we reject most proposals from PR people Not because we
people.
dislike flacks, but because the proposals tend to be product pitches,
or too general, or too jargony. In addition, if we see a lot of
proposals f
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(which is
when a PR person is involved), we think you’re spraying and
praying, not that you have a ton of good ideas.
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Web2Expo NY by April 12
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http://www.web2expo.com/webexny2010/
31. Q&A from our live webcasts
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Q: You HAVE to include video? A: Yes, we require it this year.
Q: Can you clarify on the video: sample speech video or elevator pitch -- which is it? If
you have a video of a strong presentation you’ve given before, feel free to post the
link to that. If you don’t have a great video (or any video), create a quick-and-dirty
(but clear and energetic!) elevator pitch and post that.
Q: So for the video - just be your fabulous self... yes? A: Yes, but we want to see that
you can communicate. If your recording a fresh pitch for us, make sure you describe
your talk who it’s for, and what they’ll get out of it. The video should be no more
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than about two minutes long.
32. Q: You HAVE to include video? A: Yes, we require it this year.
Q: Can you clarify on the video: sample speech video or elevator pitch -- which is it? If
you have a video of a strong presentation you’ve given before, feel free to post the
link to that. If you don’t have a great video (or any video), create a quick-and-dirty
(but clear and energetic!) elevator pitch and post that.
Q: So for the video - just be your fabulous self... yes? A: Yes, but we want to see that
you can communicate. If your recording a fresh pitch for us, make sure you describe
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Q: What’s the ideal video length? A: The video should be no more than about two or
three minutes long.
Q: Are there sample videos available? A: Not yet. We’re working on that.
Q: Is there a certain topic that you feel is overdone or that you get a lot of so that we
can maybe avoid it? A: Not specifically, but we do see a lot of generic proposals that
look very similar. If you propose a session that has unique lessons or data only you
could reveal, it doesn’t matter nearly so much if the topic is fairly common.
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33. Q: Can the presentations be too technical? A: We have a Development track, and a
very large number of our attendees are programmers. See past shows for examples
of technical talks we accepted. (Of course, we also take non-technical talks that are
about applications or implications of technology. See past conferences to get a feel
for the sort of things we look for.)
Q: If the speaker will speak at Web 2 0 San Francisco will they NOT be considered for
2.0 Francisco,
New York? A: We try not to repeat people too much from one show to the next. But if
a speaker is very good, we will work with them for more than one show.
Q: Are you open to receiving two proposals from a given company? A: Our system
doesn't prevent you from submitting multiple ideas. But a lot of proposals from one
individual or organization most often looks like that proposer has no idea what will
work and is just spamming us with everything possible. Better to focus on one or
maybe two ideas that are really sharp. We're far more likely to take those seriously.
Q: You ve mentioned particular ''tracks'' of conferences -- are those listed or
You've tracks listed,
something we should consider when proposing? A: In the CFP form, we ask you to
pick one or two topics that your session would fit under; those topics are the tracks.
We don’t change the tracks a ton from show to show, so y can also take a look at
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previous shows to get an idea of our tracks, which generally include Development,
Marketing, Design and Business Strategy, plus a bunch of hot topics..
34. Q: You've had hands on session previously, are there any of those available? A: We’re
looking primarily for 20-minute and 50-minute breakout sessions. These sessions
can feature single speakers, co-presentations or panels. If you have more in-depth,
hands-on content, we also program several 3-hour workshops, scheduled for the
first day of the conference.
Q: Would submitting myself as a panelist be any different than a single speaker? A:
Unlike a lot of other conference organizers, we don’t typically create panels
ourselves. That is, we accept proposals for full panels, but we very, very rarely come
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almost never place somebody on a panel that’s been proposed to us. So you’re
welcome to submit panel ideas with yourself as moderator or panelist, but we can’t
recommend that you simply submit yourself as a potential panelist.
Q: Do you allow co-presenting? Example: agency + client. A: Sure. But beware that
often, those agency + client proposal look like product pitches. And we’re seriously
allergic to product pitches
pitches.
Q How many people attend Web 2.0 Expo? In NY in 2009, we had about 1,300
conference attendees (and about 4.500 total attendees, including people who came
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for just the keynotes and/or Expo Hall). Double both numbers for Expo SF in 2009.
35. Q: What makes a proposal stand out? A: A talk is two parts: the speaker and the topic
(we talked earlier about sharing your unique story). A gem is less-known speaker
who has been writing/speaking about their ideas. A great way to get a speaking slot
is to be noticed first for your thinking and writing. Hacker News, for instance, is a
good place to get recognized for Development sessions. Bar Camps and Ignites are
another great place for speakers to share their ideas and show us some
presentation chops
chops.
Q: If we have more questions, who can we ask? A: ny-idea@web2expo.com or sf-
idea@web2expo.com.
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