BlogClump - Blogging About Associations From a Gen Xer

Lot's of folks have talked about San Diego and the ASAE Annual Meeting. NFI BMart (aka Captain Fogdirog ) JNott (aka McLovin) Kevin Holland New Association Blogger Caron Mason Lisa Junker compiled a list on Acronym , including some of these too. It got me thinking of a few posts Jeff did back in June ( here and here ) about cool conferences. I wanted to pose a separate question. If you could start a conference from scratch for association professionals, how would you do it? Location, sessions, timing, registration, special events, cost - the whole nine. Let's hear your ideas!

With ASAE Annual now over, reflection is necessary. I will say that this year's social aspects of the meeting were phenomenal. Great networking opportunities. Great receptions. Great parties. It was fun meeting some folks IRL (in real life)for the first time. I was also able to make many new friends that I am sure I will keep up with through the power of social media. That way when we get together next year, it will be like we never left. Here are my highlights: - YAP 80s/90s Dance Party. Truly the party of the year. Too many photos are online that will incriminate many of us. - Monday night reception hopping. Too many stops though. I need to pace myself. - Food and Wine Classic. Very cool on the USS Midway. Thanks Boxwood. - Closing Block Party. Great setup. Wish I could have stayed longer. - Opening Reception. Nice beer tasting on the Embarcadero. - Padres game. Petco Park is nice. It was also fun to see the Philly fans sulk. - Last but not least, Fogdirog . Nuff said. (Check o...

I was bad. I didn't blog one post from San Diego. I am going to recap San Diego in two posts, one on the serious stuff and one on the fun stuff. This will be the serious one. I think I can break it into three lists: the good, the bad and the ugly. The Good: - San Diego is a great city. Everything was easy to get to and fairly easy to find. - There was plenty to do. If you were bored, it was your own fault. - Most of the A Listers were in attendance. You know who you are. You're kind of a big deal. - Plenty of sessions on Social Media, including a social media lab. - Environmentally friendly badge holders. - Free Wifi in the convention hall. - The number of ideas I now have to sort through. The Bad: - Speakers were still tethered to mixers by long cables on their microphones. - Too many receptions on Sunday night. It's ok to let people have something the same night as the Food and Wine Classic. - Too much cheese with singing and dancing routines before general sessions. - It...