Comments on: Do your homework after the conference.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:04:52 +0000

Ha! Yes, I got bit by the blogging bug again. Hopefully this time I can keep to it. I’m glad you got something out of it

By: Bradjward

Bradjward — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:23:09 +0000

Well, my travel budget isn’t exactly that big… I presented at them all, so often times my travel was compensated. Sometimes I slept on the floor of friends’ at the conference, and sometimes I paid out of pocket.

’09 is my goal to get to more ‘outside of higher ed’ conferences. I am speaking at SXSW and really looking forward to experiencing that. I found myself not being stretched as much towards the end of ’08; a lot of repeat content and thoughts.

PS – are you making a return? See the bottom of this post.

http://squaredpeg.com/index.php/2008/08/18/5-more-higher-ed-web-blogs-you-probably-haven%E2%80%99t-heard-of-worth-reading/

By: Morgan

Morgan — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:19:14 +0000

Seven conferences?! I wish I had your travel budget…

Did you go to more general industry conferences like SXSW? What type of conference (or what specific con) did you find most beneficial?

By: Jess Krywosa

Jess Krywosa — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:20:35 +0000

Agreed. Great post to make people reflect on their own work.

What I always come back to when people ask for a solution or a new communication effort is ‘what’s the problem we are trying to solve, and why is this the best solution for that? what have we tried before, and why didnt it work?’. Sometimes, you keep repeating the same mistakes. If you dont know where you’ve been, you wont be able to see where you’re going.

By: Toby Keeping

Toby Keeping — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:16:08 +0000

1000% agree, Brad! Taking advice must always be done with a degree of caution. In a world where opinion can be shared more easily than ever, everyone must do their own review to ensure that the opinions equate to sound-advice.