Comments on: Thoughts on WordCamp Dallas 2008 http://technosailor.com/2008/03/31/thoughts-on-wordcamp-dallas-2008/ Business and Technology with Common Sense Thu, 24 May 2012 21:21:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-beta4-20883 By: Mark Ramsey http://technosailor.com/2008/03/31/thoughts-on-wordcamp-dallas-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-43833 Mark Ramsey Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:41:45 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=2254#comment-43833 Really enjoyed WordCamp Dallas, thanks. Really enjoyed WordCamp Dallas, thanks.

]]> By: Charles Dykes http://technosailor.com/2008/03/31/thoughts-on-wordcamp-dallas-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-43832 Charles Dykes Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:09:32 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=2254#comment-43832 I too enjoyed the business of blogging panel which attempted to address the questions being bandied about from board room to board room across the country by company execs – How do we as a company participate in this social media thing? What about controlling the outcome? What if negative conversation surfaces? How do we measure ROI on this type of ‘campaign’? Well moderated by John P. of Layered Tech from a devil’s advocate standpoint. These are tough questions and objections that I thought were insightfully and elegantly handled by you and Matt and Mark and Liz. An interesting outcome and certainly an applied takeaway from WordCamp: We came together as a group to talk about facilitating online social connections through blogging when in fact it was just the other way around…our online connections facilitated live interaction. The shear amount of interaction that came from a group that had largely never met in person was a direct result of online social media – AND this is the real lesson businesses should take to heart - after all, is it not all about real, live, face to face connections? I too enjoyed the business of blogging panel which attempted to address the questions being bandied about from board room to board room across the country by company execs – How do we as a company participate in this social media thing? What about controlling the outcome? What if negative conversation surfaces? How do we measure ROI on this type of ‘campaign’?

Well moderated by John P. of Layered Tech from a devil’s advocate standpoint. These are tough questions and objections that I thought were insightfully and elegantly handled by you and Matt and Mark and Liz.

An interesting outcome and certainly an applied takeaway from WordCamp: We came together as a group to talk about facilitating online social connections through blogging when in fact it was just the other way around…our online connections facilitated live interaction. The shear amount of interaction that came from a group that had largely never met in person was a direct result of online social media – AND this is the real lesson businesses should take to heart – after all, is it not all about real, live, face to face connections?

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