You should attend the ConFoo conference
ConFoo is one of the world’s leading conferences for web developers. It has been so successful, that for the past two years it was sold out (600 attendees). This year, ConFoo received 930 talk...
View ArticleEver wondered how ConFoo creates the perfect timetable?
Nobody notices the effort that is put into scheduling so many ConFoo talks. Everyone notices that the conference runs smoothly, is a lot of fun to attend and everyone learns heaps. That is certainly no...
View ArticleWhat ladies need to know to become speakers
You don’t have to be super awesome to be a speaker. All the speakers you see at conferences are not rock stars. Most of them are just normal people who submitted an abstract and were deemed good enough...
View ArticleBad conduct: the root of the problem
More and more tech events are publishing codes of conduct. Although I think that it’s a good idea, I find it sad that we need to tell people things as basic as “treat others like you want to be...
View ArticleShould conference talks be written in advance?
I had a discussion on Twitter today regarding a conference’s selection process. It was suggested that speakers should be forced to write their entire talk before submitting it to a conference, perhaps...
View ArticleConference travel expenses
Some conferences cover expenses of their speakers, other conferences don’t. Travel and accommodation can be extremely expensive and some speakers wonder why a conference would choose to put that burden...
View ArticleConFoo Call for Papers is Open
ConFoo is once more seeking passionate speakers for the upcoming conference. The event is happening in Montreal, Canada, between February 24th and 26th, 2016. It is an exciting conference for web...
View ArticleExperience With Immigration Fraud
As you may know, I organize a conference that gets many international speakers and attendees. Although many of them have no issue travelling to Canada, some require a travel visa, which means that the...
View ArticleWe are all biased
If you think that you are special and not biased, you’re not. We are all biased in some way. Before we talk about bias, let’s talk about inference and prejudice. Why does prejudice exist? When we are...
View ArticleConference Organization: Speaker Agreement
At ConFoo, we use a speaker agreement to ensure that accepted speakers take their commitment seriously and understand the impact of a cancellation. We used to lose thousands of dollars due to speakers...
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