On the 24th June I packed my bags and flew 16 hours to New Orleans to attend the IABC (International Association of Business Communicators) conference.
This decision has affected me both professionally and personally.
More than 1400 professional business communicators from around the world came to the think-tank.
Highlights for me:
- Tom Sancton's musical and PR magic with a little help from his talented jazz buddies onstage (http://www.time.com/time/bios/tomsancton.html)
- Jim Endicott's '7 Step Persuasive Model' (email me if you want this - happy to share) (http://www.distinction-services.com/)
- David Kistle take on communication measurement (http://www.psbpr.com/)
- Angela Sinickas take on the same subject (http://www.sinicom.com/)
- Kent Lewis & Ryan Buchanan unleashing the "blogging explosion" (http://www.eroi.com/)
- Kare Anderson's 'Rule of 3' (http://www.sayitbetter.com/)
- Cooking gumbo and jumbalaya in the French Quarter (http://www.neworleansschoolofcooking.com/)
I admire the optimisim as they re-build, although it is interesting to find out 65% of the city is still without power nearly two years later...see police stations set-up in trailors with port-a-loos...but the superdome is rebuilt??? Priorities people!
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2 comments:
Wow, people remember PeopleFinder. That is pretty cool.
I think one of the reasons that our project never really hit the Zeitgeist is that it is really hard for people to get their head around 3,000 people spontaneously getting together and accomplishing something in a few days.
As for "officialdom", it begs the question of why it takes so long for organizations- corporations, governments, etc. to accomplish similar goals.
David,
The PeopleFinder was a great example of helping humanity in a crisis using the power of social media.
Such a shame IABC didn't organise to have you present all the lessons you learnt along the way.
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