Talk: Cheap? Sure. Choice? Definitely!
November 18, 2007 by Gary Schlee
It’s been been weeks since I’ve been here, mainly because I’ve been logging on elsewhere in the sphere: the wiki for the Talk Is Cheap event last Thursday. From my own myopic perspective it was a wonderful evening. Lots of familiar faces, lots of new ones. Lots of corporate, agency and government people, lots of students — including a carload or two from Fanshawe College in London.
Here are a few metrics from the evening:
Registrations: 200 communicators
Attendees: over 160 communicators (that’s an 80% turnout!)
Number of sessions: 14 (from seasoned communicators like Joe Thornley, Terry Fallis, Donna Papacosta, Julie Rusciolleli, Dave Jones, Martin Waxman and Michael O’Connor Clarke, and keen new communicators like Chris Clarke, Tara Wood and Will O’Neill — plus a whole lot more)
There have been quite a few gratifying comments on the wiki and much appreciated blog kudos from folks like Dave Fleet, Donna Papacosta, Melissa Shum, Michelle Chang, Jai and Joseph Wilburn. I’m sure others have posted. If you have, please let me know.
Finally, a very public thank you to the Centennial student team who helped put the event together: Cheyenne Baptiste, Rhonda Bowen, Natasha Carr, Joe Chawla, Alana DaSilva, Maricel Dicion, Jacqueline Geroche, Paul Jenkins, Rayanne Langdon, Karin Maier, Colleen Monks, Megan Ramsay, Staffeen Thompson, Shauna Turpie and Kristen Zemlak.
And shortly — back to regularly scheduled programming at this location.
5 Responses to “Talk: Cheap? Sure. Choice? Definitely!”
Sounds fabulous — wish I could’ve been there. Congratulations on what everyone is saying was a great event.
Thanks Gary, I too feel the event was a great success. I was not only able to take in all the information from presenters who were kind enough to participate, but it was a great experiece in seeing how to organize and run an event. As Joesph Thornley put it, I can’t wait for Talk is Cheap: The sequel. Thanks again for putting on the event, and letting me be a part of it.
Karen: Thanks for commenting, Karen. By all accounts, Connect at your campus was every bit as successful. I would have loved to be there for the Saturday morning event with Josh Hallett, Constantin Basturea and Katie Delahaye Paine. Now there’s a triumvirat.
Megan: Volunteering for conferences is a great way to network and sit in on some great sessions. Now that you’ve experienced it on campus, find some association opportunities off campus to do the same thing.
Thanks Gary and Centennial students for putting it together. I couldn’t believe the turn out. And it was free! Boo-yeah.
Gary,
I would have loved to make it, but I’m swamped here in London.
I’m proud to see my school hosting such an innovative event.
Omar