Comments on: Dublin Web Summit emerges from MiCandidate’s Ashes http://www.mamanpoulet.com/dublin-web-summit-emerges-from-micandidates-ashes/ Clucking away crookedly through media, politics and life. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:52:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Nicky Harris http://www.mamanpoulet.com/dublin-web-summit-emerges-from-micandidates-ashes/comment-page-1/#comment-125932 Nicky Harris Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:05:21 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=2255#comment-125932 I got a freebie so went to see what was going on and see if I could learn a thing or two. There was some interesting British guys there, particularly the Conservative Party tech guru who failed to win a seat at the last election but who I would bet will be a member of Parliament in the next government. The Twitter expert from tweetminster was a cool young dude with a serious amount of brains and a really good turn of phrase. As a newbie blogger I learnt much more from the audience than the panels. Face work is still the best method of communication.. I stayed for half the day. As a commercial event I'd lay a bet that they made a loss. I got a freebie so went to see what was going on and see if I could learn a thing or two. There was some interesting British guys there, particularly the Conservative Party tech guru who failed to win a seat at the last election but who I would bet will be a member of Parliament in the next government. The Twitter expert from tweetminster was a cool young dude with a serious amount of brains and a really good turn of phrase. As a newbie blogger I learnt much more from the audience than the panels. Face work is still the best method of communication.. I stayed for half the day. As a commercial event I’d lay a bet that they made a loss.

]]> By: John Harnett http://www.mamanpoulet.com/dublin-web-summit-emerges-from-micandidates-ashes/comment-page-1/#comment-125728 John Harnett Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:31:14 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=2255#comment-125728 Was there today. Very disappointed to be honest. Initially I thought is this so bad and disorganised because all the people in the new media are more used to just sitting behind their laptops than meeting real people? Way too many speakers, no real coherence to the day, no sense of this part of the summit will address a and b. If a so called web summit with high profile international speakers can only attract 130 people max then it reflects badly on the new media. But I think the haphazard nature of the organisation of the event, the lack of a real purpose and I suppose the fact that most people in the know don't need to go to conferences....I think the only benefit for most people there was to meet friends and colleagues and to network. Suzy, also thanks for saving my sanity. When I checked online on Tuesday or Wednesday I didn't recognose the schedule....is this the same event I booked last summer when it seemed so good. Thought I was losing it. Back then I remember thinking this sounds right up my street, digital democracy is a topic I am interested in. I did get an email telling me the event had been renamed as the web summit, but I didn't expect the whole event to be revised to make it largely uninteresting or irrelevant for me. I think I will look for my fee back, under the law you are entitled to get what you paid for.... OK it is not always easy to get these things right, but it had all the appearance of an event that had not really been fully thought through, more a case of who can we invite over rather than thinking about what the paying participants might actually want! Was there today. Very disappointed to be honest. Initially I thought is this so bad and disorganised because all the people in the new media are more used to just sitting behind their laptops than meeting real people? Way too many speakers, no real coherence to the day, no sense of this part of the summit will address a and b. If a so called web summit with high profile international speakers can only attract 130 people max then it reflects badly on the new media. But I think the haphazard nature of the organisation of the event, the lack of a real purpose and I suppose the fact that most people in the know don’t need to go to conferences….I think the only benefit for most people there was to meet friends and colleagues and to network.

Suzy, also thanks for saving my sanity. When I checked online on Tuesday or Wednesday I didn’t recognose the schedule….is this the same event I booked last summer when it seemed so good. Thought I was losing it. Back then I remember thinking this sounds right up my street, digital democracy is a topic I am interested in. I did get an email telling me the event had been renamed as the web summit, but I didn’t expect the whole event to be revised to make it largely uninteresting or irrelevant for me. I think I will look for my fee back, under the law you are entitled to get what you paid for….

OK it is not always easy to get these things right, but it had all the appearance of an event that had not really been fully thought through, more a case of who can we invite over rather than thinking about what the paying participants might actually want!

]]> By: Niall Harbison http://www.mamanpoulet.com/dublin-web-summit-emerges-from-micandidates-ashes/comment-page-1/#comment-125691 Niall Harbison Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:09:28 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=2255#comment-125691 I was at the event today and I really didn;t know what to make of it. The line up of speakers was really excellent but as you say they would have been better given a full hour each with questions and answers. Their names escape me but the conservatives head of social media and Tony Blair's online guy were put on a panel for a 30 minute workshop. The 10 or so people I talked to had received their tickets either free or for 50 Euros and there were about 130 people there in total so the conference was clearly making a huge loss when you take into account flights and accom for speakers, venue, free lunch, filming, teas, coffees etc etc. Who was funding this and why were they so keen to fly so many top speakers over for my benefit? Very very strange "commercial operation". I would imagine the event was to raise profile or politically motivated in some way as there just wasn't any commercial reason to be doing it or anybody trying to pedal their services. With regards to a days training I agree to a certain extent. People should only use these sorts of events to get inspired and then go and use all the free info that is online anyway or they can be useful for bigger brands to get an overall snapshot of the market before getting professional help. Trying to learn how to get elected or run your entire strategy in a day is never going to happen. I was at the event today and I really didn;t know what to make of it. The line up of speakers was really excellent but as you say they would have been better given a full hour each with questions and answers. Their names escape me but the conservatives head of social media and Tony Blair’s online guy were put on a panel for a 30 minute workshop. The 10 or so people I talked to had received their tickets either free or for 50 Euros and there were about 130 people there in total so the conference was clearly making a huge loss when you take into account flights and accom for speakers, venue, free lunch, filming, teas, coffees etc etc. Who was funding this and why were they so keen to fly so many top speakers over for my benefit? Very very strange “commercial operation”. I would imagine the event was to raise profile or politically motivated in some way as there just wasn’t any commercial reason to be doing it or anybody trying to pedal their services.

With regards to a days training I agree to a certain extent. People should only use these sorts of events to get inspired and then go and use all the free info that is online anyway or they can be useful for bigger brands to get an overall snapshot of the market before getting professional help. Trying to learn how to get elected or run your entire strategy in a day is never going to happen.

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