Written by: Wendy on October 14, 2010 @ 10:07 am
I attended a fantastic event over the past weekend—WordCamp Detroit. What a great opportunity to hear a variety of great speakers and meet with lots of other WordPress devotees from in and around the midwest. I learned a lot from the presentations and all the great information presented.
As I have been filling out the post-event survey, however, it has occurred to me that the event could have been a little bit more like WordPress. Here are a few observations:
Participants as Categories
I thought it was a great idea to build in a lot of networking time to the event, however, it may have been nice to have a bit of an organizing principle attached to this plan. I started thinking how it may have been fun to be able to easily identify the people one might wish to network with by looking at a color code or even a category listed on their badges. This concept could get even more granular by tagging as well. Perhaps this metaphor could even extend to the participant roster on the WordCamp site. I think it would enhance the participant experience by providing a “sorting” that might give a bit of reference to the networking breaks. It might have also been good to stir up the seating or provide some break-out sessions for particular topics. I would have liked that.
For the record, I am:
Categories: Content, Social Media, Video
Tags: Ann Arbor, independent, creative, WordPress, Interconnectivity, eNews, PR, marketing, graphic design
Tags: networking, sugggestions, wordcamp detroit, wordpress
Catogories: interconnectivity
This is a really interesting idea. I can see how that would stimulate conversations.
Thanks for the suggestion. Perhaps we can include that in our registrations process next year.
Definitely a great idea, I second that! Send Anthony an email and suggest color coded badges for next year!