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/