Comments on: The ‘To help Lee get to America everything and the kitchen sink is for sale at half price’ post http://www.leehopkins.net/2008/10/22/the-to-help-lee-get-to-america-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-is-for-sale-at-half-price-post/ innovative communication for innovative communicators Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:39:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The great conference speaker rip off - Corporate Engagement http://www.leehopkins.net/2008/10/22/the-to-help-lee-get-to-america-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-is-for-sale-at-half-price-post/comment-page-1/#comment-2934 The great conference speaker rip off - Corporate Engagement Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:21:26 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2008/10/22/the-to-help-lee-get-to-america-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-is-for-sale-at-half-price-post/#comment-2934 [...] on your speaking services, that sends them running. My friend, co-author, and highly skilled and sought after presenter on social media has an amusing post about a dopey approach he got today. Well worth reading especially if you have [...] [...] on your speaking services, that sends them running. My friend, co-author, and highly skilled and sought after presenter on social media has an amusing post about a dopey approach he got today. Well worth reading especially if you have [...]

]]> By: Lee Hopkins http://www.leehopkins.net/2008/10/22/the-to-help-lee-get-to-america-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-is-for-sale-at-half-price-post/comment-page-1/#comment-2935 Lee Hopkins Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:59:44 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2008/10/22/the-to-help-lee-get-to-america-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-is-for-sale-at-half-price-post/#comment-2935 David, I'm very much in agreeance with you with 99% of the conferences that do the rounds, but this one is my industry's premier event (I like to believe), since I'm not a PR person. Allan, Neville and Shel, inter alia, have always said that it's not the on-much-higher-ground-than-thee speakers that's the best part of these conferences, it's the hallway chats with peers that get the synapses sparking and add the value. I've never paid my way to any conference -- working on your correct assumption that if I'm good enough to ask to present, I'm good enough to pay. But who knows what good things may erupt from this one? In academia, we ALL have to pay our way to attend, even if we have had a paper accepted -- we even have to pay the admission fee! But it is the unexpected connections with peers that generate future research projects and collaboration. I'm hoping that similar such serendipities occur in San Francisco (if that's not too much of a 'Peter Piper picked...' alliterative mouthful). Mind you, I have to *get* there yet... :-) David, I’m very much in agreeance with you with 99% of the conferences that do the rounds, but this one is my industry’s premier event (I like to believe), since I’m not a PR person.

Allan, Neville and Shel, inter alia, have always said that it’s not the on-much-higher-ground-than-thee speakers that’s the best part of these conferences, it’s the hallway chats with peers that get the synapses sparking and add the value.

I’ve never paid my way to any conference — working on your correct assumption that if I’m good enough to ask to present, I’m good enough to pay. But who knows what good things may erupt from this one?

In academia, we ALL have to pay our way to attend, even if we have had a paper accepted — we even have to pay the admission fee! But it is the unexpected connections with peers that generate future research projects and collaboration.

I’m hoping that similar such serendipities occur in San Francisco (if that’s not too much of a ‘Peter Piper picked…’ alliterative mouthful).

Mind you, I have to *get* there yet… :-)

]]> By: Lee Hopkins http://www.leehopkins.net/2008/10/22/the-to-help-lee-get-to-america-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-is-for-sale-at-half-price-post/comment-page-1/#comment-6704 Lee Hopkins Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:59:00 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2008/10/22/the-to-help-lee-get-to-america-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-is-for-sale-at-half-price-post/#comment-6704 David, I'm very much in agreeance with you with 99% of the conferences that do the rounds, but this one is my industry's premier event (I like to believe), since I'm not a PR person. Allan, Neville and Shel, inter alia, have always said that it's not the on-much-higher-ground-than-thee speakers that's the best part of these conferences, it's the hallway chats with peers that get the synapses sparking and add the value. I've never paid my way to any conference -- working on your correct assumption that if I'm good enough to ask to present, I'm good enough to pay. But who knows what good things may erupt from this one? In academia, we ALL have to pay our way to attend, even if we have had a paper accepted -- we even have to pay the admission fee! But it is the unexpected connections with peers that generate future research projects and collaboration. I'm hoping that similar such serendipities occur in San Francisco (if that's not too much of a 'Peter Piper picked...' alliterative mouthful). Mind you, I have to *get* there yet... :-) David, I’m very much in agreeance with you with 99% of the conferences that do the rounds, but this one is my industry’s premier event (I like to believe), since I’m not a PR person.

Allan, Neville and Shel, inter alia, have always said that it’s not the on-much-higher-ground-than-thee speakers that’s the best part of these conferences, it’s the hallway chats with peers that get the synapses sparking and add the value.

I’ve never paid my way to any conference — working on your correct assumption that if I’m good enough to ask to present, I’m good enough to pay. But who knows what good things may erupt from this one?

In academia, we ALL have to pay our way to attend, even if we have had a paper accepted — we even have to pay the admission fee! But it is the unexpected connections with peers that generate future research projects and collaboration.

I’m hoping that similar such serendipities occur in San Francisco (if that’s not too much of a ‘Peter Piper picked…’ alliterative mouthful).

Mind you, I have to *get* there yet… :-)

]]> By: David Jones http://www.leehopkins.net/2008/10/22/the-to-help-lee-get-to-america-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-is-for-sale-at-half-price-post/comment-page-1/#comment-2936 David Jones Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:40:46 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2008/10/22/the-to-help-lee-get-to-america-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-is-for-sale-at-half-price-post/#comment-2936 And they wonder why people let their memberships lapse? The old, you get "tremendous exposure" line is fine for local conferences where you can justify burning a day of your life/business, but asking you to shlep across the Globe to speak without some form of payment is B.S. Tell them to Internationally Business Communicate up their own Association. And they wonder why people let their memberships lapse? The old, you get “tremendous exposure” line is fine for local conferences where you can justify burning a day of your life/business, but asking you to shlep across the Globe to speak without some form of payment is B.S.

Tell them to Internationally Business Communicate up their own Association.

]]> By: David Jones http://www.leehopkins.net/2008/10/22/the-to-help-lee-get-to-america-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-is-for-sale-at-half-price-post/comment-page-1/#comment-6705 David Jones Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:40:00 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2008/10/22/the-to-help-lee-get-to-america-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-is-for-sale-at-half-price-post/#comment-6705 And they wonder why people let their memberships lapse? The old, you get "tremendous exposure" line is fine for local conferences where you can justify burning a day of your life/business, but asking you to shlep across the Globe to speak without some form of payment is B.S. Tell them to Internationally Business Communicate up their own Association. And they wonder why people let their memberships lapse? The old, you get “tremendous exposure” line is fine for local conferences where you can justify burning a day of your life/business, but asking you to shlep across the Globe to speak without some form of payment is B.S.

Tell them to Internationally Business Communicate up their own Association.

]]> By: Lee Hopkins http://www.leehopkins.net/2008/10/22/the-to-help-lee-get-to-america-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-is-for-sale-at-half-price-post/comment-page-1/#comment-2938 Lee Hopkins Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:39:49 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2008/10/22/the-to-help-lee-get-to-america-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-is-for-sale-at-half-price-post/#comment-2938 Thanks, Suze! Fingers crossed!!! Thanks, Suze! Fingers crossed!!!

]]> By: Lee Hopkins http://www.leehopkins.net/2008/10/22/the-to-help-lee-get-to-america-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-is-for-sale-at-half-price-post/comment-page-1/#comment-6707 Lee Hopkins Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:39:00 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2008/10/22/the-to-help-lee-get-to-america-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-is-for-sale-at-half-price-post/#comment-6707 Thanks, Suze! Fingers crossed!!! Thanks, Suze! Fingers crossed!!!

]]> By: Suze Ingram http://www.leehopkins.net/2008/10/22/the-to-help-lee-get-to-america-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-is-for-sale-at-half-price-post/comment-page-1/#comment-2937 Suze Ingram Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:38:27 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2008/10/22/the-to-help-lee-get-to-america-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-is-for-sale-at-half-price-post/#comment-2937 Great idea Lee. And congratulations on being invited to the conference. Good luck. Great idea Lee. And congratulations on being invited to the conference. Good luck.

]]> By: Suze Ingram http://www.leehopkins.net/2008/10/22/the-to-help-lee-get-to-america-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-is-for-sale-at-half-price-post/comment-page-1/#comment-6706 Suze Ingram Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:38:00 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2008/10/22/the-to-help-lee-get-to-america-everything-and-the-kitchen-sink-is-for-sale-at-half-price-post/#comment-6706 Great idea Lee. And congratulations on being invited to the conference. Good luck. Great idea Lee. And congratulations on being invited to the conference. Good luck.

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