I gave a talk at Communities and Technologies 2009 on June 25. Just got around to getting my slides online, Pathable: Leveraging Social Software for Social Networking and Community Development at Events.
Here’s the abstract of the paper described in the talk:
Professional networking is a primary goal of people attending conferences and events. Over the past [...]
So here’s the question: if everyone can get all the information they need online with the proliferation of blogs, Wikipedia, online books, etc., why do they still go to conferences?
Based on our study results of BarCamp Seattle (only just now posted on resources.pathable.com), here’s my answer in seven words: professional friends and a feeling of [...]