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1 year ago

in Hey, where’s your journalism licence? on Mathew's comments
You might want to see my response also published at the AJC the next day. Or you can read it without registering at the blog PJNet.org
AJC: http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stor...

At the PJNet.org: http://pjnet.org/post/1656/
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mathewi Thanks, Leonard -- an excellent response. Although I kind of liked
TigerHawk's take on it too :-)

2 years ago

in SoCon07: how it came together on Introspection
Hi Jeff:

I agree that the three of us did the lion's share of the work. It would not have happened if the three of us were not pulling together. And we pulled off a minor miracles in less than two months. However, I know the Kennesaw State University side ran smoothly because lots of people helped out. Lauren Booth probably put a week's worth of time into it. Maybe more. Our IT people were there to make sure everyone got on the Internet. Catering, the only ones who got paid, had everything just right. The maintenance people made sure every thing was neat and tidy and every chair and table were set up just right. Christie Jones from event planning walked us through each step. Our folks from presentation technology made sure all the AV stuff worked just perfectly. Outside of KSU Judy Knight and Grayson Daughters took care of PR with the help of Jennifer Hafer inside KSU. The KSU Ambassadors Club sent over a contingent of student volunteers. I am thinking at KSU alone I will probably have 15 thank-you letters to send out. In addition, Kevin Howarth got us the mention in Techlinks and David Reed got PayPal set up at AITA and Raghu Kakarala got us the T-shirts. How many others have I left out? A lot I am sure. For example, all the discussion leaders both on Friday and Saturday. Over the past 10 years I have put on more than 30 of these events both big and small. One thing is certain: you are dead without a strong overall plan and strong leadership, which we had in our little troika, but just as important is the support because it is the little things that make the difference between a great experience and a so so experience. From what I hear the folks had a great experience. And of course in the end that is what really matters. Now enough back patting, it's on to SoCon08.
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