Feedback Please
Gregg Pollack
was a great success and I know I can't wait for the next one.
While it's on our minds I thought I'd start a thread about how we
might make it better next time. What do you think could be improved?
Here are a few thoughts of mine. Most of this is stuff I could
probably do myself.
1. Before the event and during the Make event, we need to put up
something on the screen for people to look at. Could be a slideshow
of the previous event or a twitter feed showing people tweeting about
the event.
2. Put up the order of the talks beforehand. This again was my fault.
Although we did post descriptions of all the talks, I'm thinking we
probably should have posted the "Official Schedule" a week beforehand
so people (and speakers) could plan accordingly. Would have also been
cool to have the schedule of talks at the door on a sign of some sort,
so people could go consult that.
3. I'm a little concerned the time between the two sets of talks was a
little too long (I think it was almost 1 1/2 hours). There's a
certain focus we had from the audience during the first set of talks,
that we never got back during the second set, not to mention a good
percentage of people left. There were definitely more empty chairs at
9 then 7. The Make Experiment was fun, but I'm wondering if next
time we can make it snappier and retain more people. IMHO the reason
people come to ignite is primarily the talks, right?
4. Next time there will be no mp3 experiment, but I do like the idea
of having something "happen" after the event to encourage people to
stick around, network, and hangout at slingapours. No idea what this
is. Maybe there should be an "After Party" .. dunno..
5. Get some sponsors so Dan doesn't have to shell out his own money to
run the event. I can definitely help with this.
Thoughts?
-Gregg