Conferences, trade shows, and industry expos aren’t anything new. Photographers have been doing them for years. What’s new? What’s the social tie? Social media tools like Twitter (and to a lesser extent, Facebook and Flickr) have changed the conference experience. The additional realtime communications provided by new media tools can take a good conference and make it great… if you know how to leverage the tools and best engage with other attendees and presenters.
I recently came across an article titled 16 Ways to Get the Most Out of Attending Conferences by Lisa Morosky. Some of her tips like “Tweet what you’re up to” are fairly straightforward, but others such as “Take this time to stockpile a bunch of content for your blog” might not be so obvious. Head over to her article and check out all of her tips and explanations.
Photoshop World just wrapped up last weekend… I’ve been enjoying all sorts of useful content from the photographers who were at the conference and making the most of the event. How do you make the most of event attendance (when you’re not the photographer)?
Photo by Bill Ward’s Brickpile, used under Creative Commons licensing
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