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Alt.conference v2 - let's start talking

Paul Cartmel from New Media Labs (altconf's excellent Cape Town partner) and I have started talking about the next iteration of alt.conference. We are thinking about running the next set of events in Cape Town and Joburg in February 2010. This time the events will take place on different days. I have a few ideas about the theme for v2 but I'd like to hear from you and what you would like the theme to be. Who would you like to hear from? Do you want to change the format, time of day, catering ch… Continue

Added by Paul Jacobson on October 2, 2009 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

Alt.conference - more social than media

About 45 people came together in two locations for the inaugural alt.conference events held simultaneously in Cape Town and Johannesburg on 4 July. I came up with the idea for alt.conference a couple months ago during a conversation with Hunter of Genius, Max Kaizen. It was an experiment in a few ways. On one hand I had never organised something quite li… Continue

Added by Paul Jacobson on July 7, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Getting down to the nuts and bolts

Hi everyone Ok, we are planning catering and other details for the Joburg and CT events. I am thinking about platters from a place like Sandwich Baron (http://www.sandwichbaron.com/platters.php) and would like to get some feedback from people who are intererested in the Joburg event. There are quite a few options available including vegetarian platters. Of course I am happy to look at alternatives if you would prefer. As for the CT event,… Continue

Added by Paul Jacobson on June 18, 2009 at 5:57pm — No Comments

Who would you like to hear from, talk to?

I am putting together a list of people I'd like to invite to speak at alt.conference. I have a pretty good idea who I would like to be there but who would you like to hear from or have a conversation with? What about having a panel discussion with your dream team of SA social media gurus? Who would you like to have on a panel? What would you like the discussion to be about? I am talking about SA speakers by the way. Continue

Added by Paul Jacobson on May 20, 2009 at 9:23am — 1 Comment

The Big Idea

This was originally published on the Facebook Group on 20 March 2009 I was chatting to Max Kaizen earlier today about an invitation I received to speak at a social media conference in June. I pointed out that the attendees at these conferences are frequently people who are already involved in social/online media/marketing/development (you know, the believers). These people… Continue

Added by Paul Jacobson on May 19, 2009 at 2:52pm — No Comments

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