moretimeoffguy

Great tip, thanks! And congrats on meeting your wife there--how cool. You know your Hobbies and Priorities are aligned. :-) Anyone know if there's an RDU / RTP (Central North Carolina) group? Guess I will check out the Community Forum and ask. But if anyone here knows and cares to comment...

moretimeoffguy

Thanks Fiero. This leads to an interesting question. Who are the absolute best Mile and Point presenters? And why, specifically, are they the best? Content? Style? Pace? Charisma? Ability to inspire and spark new ideas among attendees?

Without being nasty (please stay civil, polite, and professional), are there any presenters who aren't perhaps very good? Despite, perhaps, let's say, providing killer content on their blogs?

I think you've hit upon a Larger. more Widely Applicable Truth--I often based what courses I took in college upon whom I knew to be great and effective, and fun, Profs. Either from having previously taken classes with a Prof or sourcing my peers for Prof recommendations. Some Profs are just fantastic. Some are duds. Some are in-between. Some of the worst profs are Research Rockstars who find teaching Undergrads beneath them... and consider it an unpleasant chore and distraction from more "important" (from their perspective) work.

I have zero tolerance for Ego trips unless we're talking about folks operating on a certifiably Genius-level. Even then, there's never a good excuse for condescending to an audience of any kind.

Andrea Waters

oh, yuk. I cannot imagine sitting through such a thing, much less paying money to sit through such a thing. Everyone seems to think they are a big deal on the Internet these days. It's sad but also very mesmerizing. I am fascinated by those folks in the same way I'm fascinated in a Chucky the doll film.

moretimeoffguy

Guess I'd like to see for myself and come to my own conclusions. But perhaps it's best in this case to Think Globally, Act Locally.

ma91pmh

PM me if you want... no specific group but between here and my blog I am in touch with a lot of us here locally and run the odd meetup

moretimeoffguy

Thanks ma. Will consider for some time this Summer or next Fall.

moretimeoffguy

Re: sitting through in person, how about Try Before You Buy? In other words, of all the bloggers who present at these conferences, have any made their presentations available via YouTube? Then I could judge for myself their style, type of content presented, etc.

Many large pro conferences make video proceedings available for a fee. Wonder if any of the M&P conferences have considered doing so or would. Some purchasing video proceedings would decide to just watch and never attend in person again. But in my experience, a huge proportion of the value in conferences is the people you meet--not necessarily presenters, but fellow attendees, etc. And the memories you make. Thinking of Michio Kaku and his Caveman Principle. People are still very much wired to be social and do things face to face, break bread (or beer) together, etc. And so there's a lot of intangible value in attending a conference in the flesh.

Just some thoughts.

kokonutz

Some presentations from the seminars can be found online, eg, http://www.slideshare.net/mommypoint...s-presentation

Also, some detailed description of presentations can be found online, eg, http://boardingarea.com/viewfromthew...ndreds-people/

I doubt if you will ever see the presentations in online video form for free or even a fee as the organizers and presenters would then lose their ability to have attendees pay for their participation at future events. Particularly when you could glean the info from youtube then meet your social interaction desires at free local DOs.

Even the milepointTV youtube channel has become moribund: http://www.youtube.com/user/MilepointTV

That all said, just stumbled across this (limited) video from a FTU: http://thepointsguy.com/2012/04/deba...er-university/

sbm12

I've posted the slides from some of my presentations but, quite frankly, they're not so useful. That's because I use them to illustrate the point I'm making when I talk, not just something I read from when presenting.

I don't think anyone has made a video of the full presentations I've given. If such exists I've never seen it. And I'm pretty sure that an hour-long bit on YouTube is not going to give quite the same experience as being in the room, though I do understand wanting that option.

kokonutz

I think you are correct. I'm sure his presentation was interesting in person, but watching that limited video of TPG is a bit like watching paint dry...

dhammer53

Or like watching The Freddies on my computer (live) back in the day.

oliver2002

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sbm12

And expect to see a similar spike to March 2014 just like last year thanks to the Freddies, though they're starting from a harder position.

oliver2002

Nope, thats not a spike, but a mild twitch:


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kokonutz

Is there a 'post here for a chance to win a prize' contest going on?

Or just folks coming to grips with the DL and AA changes?