Update, April 2012: AssociCom makes some good points about extending the lifecycle of a conference using blended learning, while Jenny Mackness looks at what makes participation at a blended event work. Event Camp Europe (Eventbrite | website) on 9 September was presented as an opportunity for event professionals to “learn about hybrid events through actual experience”. A [...]
Update, December 2011: the final report from UKOLN’s evidence, impact and metrics work has now been published. This includes a summary of blog posts and a framework for metrics. Hybrid events, aimed equally at both face to face and remote participation, can be challenging. With the need to balance several audiences the event architecture can become quite complex. The UKOLN workshop on metrics [...]
Wordle is weirdly popular. From Tracy Playle’s Wordle review: You can dump in a random selection of text to create beautiful word clouds. You can manipulate the word clouds, changing the size of words, the colours, fonts and layouts. I’ve seen these used in marketing and communications, and also seen them used regularly in reports [...]
I have blogged before about my multimedia intolerance, but the boyish banter of Boagworld has gradually wormed its way into my life. Season 2 is documenting the redevelopment of the Boagworld site itself, giving an idea of how developers and agencies work as well as demonstrating on the range of skills required. Useful stuff. The latest [...]