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Re: How to get serious about public speaking

Patrick — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:10:22 -0000

Haha, thanks Chris. :)

Re: How to get serious about public speaking

Patrick — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:42:38 -0000

Haha, Robert's great. :) (And I mean that).

Thanks so much, Nathan. It means a lot to me to hear this feedback from you. It was actually my first time moderating a panel. So, this makes me really happy. :)

Funny thing about the Twitter lists demo. When it was happening - it was unplanned and I had no idea until it actually happened - I was thinking about it and the following things kind of went through my mind: we're making good time, we can afford to do this. Not many people have access, so people will be interested, let's see where it goes. Hopefully not so long that I need to forcibly cut anyone off.

Thankfully, that's what happened. Robert gave a great demo and was a great panelist. Afterward, I really thought it was awesome that the Twitter Lists demo was sort of a side plot for the panel, an extra morsel, if you will. Because we delivered what we came to deliver: we covered all of our points in an appropriate amount of time and we had a good Q&A where we answered whatever people asked. I hope it delivered value overall.

Great post, Nathan. This is a really helpful one for people looking to speak.

I have one more tip to add: don't be afraid to be different (style wise). A couple of days before the conference, I decided I didn't want to look at Twitter during the panel. At all. I didn't want to read from it during our presentation, I didn't want to look at it during our presentation and I didn't want it to interrupt us.

There were a lot of panels where the Twitter discussion or the back channel or whatever was a big part of it and that's understandable. I would do it myself in the right setting, if I wanted (and did do it at Social Media Business Forum, a conference held shortly after BWE). I just felt it for this one.

My reasoning was that BWE has us there to speak to the people who are there. The best part of conferences to me is face to face networking. As such, I wanted to focus on delivering the presentation to the people we were looking in the eyes and on answering the questions of anyone who stepped to the mic and looked us in the eyes. If no one stepped to the mic, sure, we'd then open up Twitter. But, otherwise, I didn't want to.

So, I told Wayne this and he was cool with it. I told Amber and so was she. I wasn't sure how Robert would react, but he was gracious and agreed to it (he didn't even open his laptop during the panel!). I was so happy with the way we stuck to it. The only question asked from Twitter was one that another person actually came to the mic to ask, which was awesome (to me).

Twitter is amazing and we all love it, but I think that... for one panel... the idea of not looking at it was a good thing. So, don't feel like you have to do stuff just because everyone else is doing it or because you feel like you'd be scorned if you didn't do it for not being "transparent."

Hope this makes sense.

Thanks again,

Patrick

Re: Email Marketing and Online Marketing – Video Book Reviews

Patrick — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:21:32 -0000

Awesome of you to review Brandon's book, Chris. I was an expert reviewer on two of the chapters and was really happy with how it turned out.

Thanks,

Patrick

Re: A Happy Birthday for Who?

Patrick — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:10:57 -0000

Only you man, only you. Hope you had a great one.

Re: TDavid notices that Wordpress.com sometimes redirects

Patrick — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 12:20:08 -0000

His age isn't important, really.

Re: Garage sale powered by Craigs List (and signs)

Patrick — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 22:26:22 -0000

We've moved a lot over the years and have held a number of sales and actually, I've found that a lot of people do come looking for furniture.

Re: Patrick not welcome at LinuxWorld

Patrick — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:10:38 -0000

The general point of welcoming the professional's family being an important part of welcoming the professional is a good one.

In the business my Dad is in, they have this one big, big conference every year where most of the vendors exhibit their new lines. It isn't attended by a ton of kids, but there are some and there are more than when I started going, which I think was like when I was 5ish or something. I've gone nearly every year since then, now being 21.

When your Dad, i.e. the person making the purchasing decisions for the company, is standing next to you - everyone is nice. But, then when I got old enough to walk around on my own a bit, I'd notice people giving me looks or treating me in a less than gracious manner. Even straight out rude at times. (Obviously not limited to conferences - people like this treat kids like this at brick and mortars, over the phone, ete. etc.). What I am getting at is this: what would I do when that happened? I'd report right back to my Mom and Dad and it would affect how all of us looked at the company or the person, which in turn, affected buying decisions. So, it's important to realize that family is important.

I realize, of course, that there are venues where it is appropriate for only the professional to go. Certainly. But, generally, I don't feel that expos (where you walk around and look at products) should be that way.

Re: Why I don’t write about video games

Patrick — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:18:30 -0000

After reading your post about the LinuxWorld expo, etc., I was surprised to see you associate those comments with "14 year olds." That's probably the kind of thinking that came up with that sign at LinuxWorld. I had to deal with it myself when I was younger, trying to do business. Already a strike against you.

It's not 14 year olds, it's immature people. I manage 7 online communities and I've managed communities for around 6 years now. Some of my greatest staff members have been teenagers. And some of my greatest staff members have been people in their 30s and 40s. I've dealt with big time idiots that have been teenagers and that have been in their 30s and 40s. I think that older people are more inclined to tell me what rights I have when it comes to managing my own property. :) I had a partner at a law firm (he used his law firm e-mail to contact me and respond) leave a nasty comment on one of my blogs and then after it was deleted in accordance with our guidelines, he called me a "Nazi pig," and that was the nicer of two names. :)

But, my point is that it's not an age thing, just a maturity thing.

Re: How many still use Yellow Pages?

Patrick — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:12:25 -0000

Yeah, I still use them. I used them a month or so ago when I was shopping for a bed. Just was easier for me.

Re: Google News linking to “source?” Bull$$$$

Patrick — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:25:03 -0000

The content of this post is definitely something that has been on my mind before. I have tried to get my blogs (not the one linked, mind you) into Google News before and have been rejected. On some levels, I can understand it, but in one particular one, I simply can't.

I have one blog where we cover a specific subject very comprehensively. I have built up a great number of contacts in and around the subject that I use to break news, confirm stories, etc. We do real journalism, in other words. I work hard at it and I am very proud of the site. It got rejected by Google News.

Now, I was OK with that, but what then annoyed me was that there is a blog in Google News that attempts to cover the same subject as us, except that they cover it much less frequently, in much less detail and they don't break any news at all. The blog isn't attached to a large organization or anything. So, I have no idea why this blog is listed in Google News, but we get rejected. They give me reasons, but the reasons would have prevented this other person, as well. So, it's frustrating.

I don't want to spam your comments with a link to what I wrote about it, so I'm going to drop you a quick e-mail.

Re: FastCompany.TV launches

Patrick — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:30:34 -0000

Congrats on the launch.

Re: Why I haven’t posted for two weeks

Patrick — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:11:17 -0000

Good luck to you!

Patrick

Re: Some more MySpace numbers

Patrick — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:51:13 -0000

Thanks for the mention!

Re: 13 essential reads for community managers, as suggested by … you

Patrick — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:59:15 -0000

Wow, thanks so much. It's an honor to be on the list! Thanks to Ms. Michalk, as well!

Re: 13 essential reads for community managers, as suggested by … you

Patrick — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:00:00 -0000

This is a highly late reply as I just saw your comment Scott, but I really appreciate your use of the word thoughtful. :) That was exactly my approach, so it's nice to know it came through, especially coming from someone with your level of knowledge in this subject!

Thanks,

Patrick

Re: Developing an Intranet with Drupal Part 1: Server Setup and Authentication

Patrick — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:41:55 -0000

I apologize for the off topic nature of this, but I am coming to Greenville very soon and was hoping to introduce myself and ask for your thoughts, if you wouldn't mind offering some feedback to a total stranger! :)

Thanks,

Patrick

Re: Foros pre-fabricados

Patrick — Sat, 11 Jun 2005 18:52:19 -0000

Hello,

Although I only speak English, I was able to get a general idea of what you said from Babelfish and I wanted to thank you for the mention (I own/run phpBBHacks.com).

I understand what you are saying about security as phpBB has had it's issues. But, when there are issues, they generally address them, which is a good thing. phpBB is so big that more people are trying to exploit it than any other community software, I would say. If other community softwares catch up in popularity, they may face increased scrutiny, as well.

But, there are certainly viable alternatives as you describe.

Anyway, thanks again for the mention.

Re: Joining CopyByte

Patrick — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:33:21 -0000

Congrats Jonathan!

Re: The Audacity of Free

Patrick — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:41:00 -0000

Great post Chris. I totally agree.

Re: How Not to Use Social Media | BlogWorld08

Patrick — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:19:28 -0000

Thanks so much, again, for being there and for Tweeting! :) Thanks to Mr. Mueller for the kind words, as well!

Re: How Not to Use Social Media | BlogWorld08

Patrick — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:32:32 -0000

Wow, well, I don't know what to say, but thanks. :) I definitely appreciate that.

Patrick

Re: Interview with Patrick O’Keefe

Patrick — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:01:26 -0000

Thanks John! It was a lot of fun.

Patrick

Re: A Series of Unfortunate Events

Patrick — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:17:08 -0000

Sorry again about your day. :(

But, glad I could help! :)

Re: I Did It! I’ve Finally Made It!

Patrick — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:01:41 -0000

Congrats! :)

Re: My Wife and I Being Goofy for Church

Patrick — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:21:51 -0000

heh, good stuff. :)

Patrick

Re: A Missed Anniversary – 4685 Posts Later

Patrick — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:39:37 -0000

Congrats Jason. :)

Re: Another One Bites the Dust: Bye-Bye Citibank

Patrick — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:35:44 -0000

Congrats!

Re: Daddy Can We Keep Her?

Patrick — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:17:39 -0000

If you keep it, you'll get attached to it and you'll help. You big softie. :)

Patrick

Re: Geek Talk Radio – New Years Give-A-Way – With The Tech Buzz

Patrick — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:05:42 -0000

Thanks for the book mention!