And it begins - working on Best Practices for Lotusphere 2008
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Following Ed's lead I thought I would give you some glimpse into what I am dealing with in putting together this year's Best Practices track for Lotusphere 2008. Ed said he got over 200 submissions this year for his track; for me the number is about 300, but I must say that around 100 of those were IBMers submitting to my track, which is a no-no; so the real number is around 200. That's a little less than 200 submissions for somewhere between 25 - 40 slots (I don't know how many slots I'll have yet).
And the quality of the submissions this year is great - each year the bar gets raised and you guys and gals outdo yourselves on creativity and quality of content you submit, which makes it harder for me to whittle it down to the final track that winds up on the Lotusphere stage.
And let me reiterate what Ed mentioned in his post - do not ask me about your abstract. Do not lobby for your or your friend's abstract. This will ensure that I look unfavorably upon your submission, and given the overall quality of the submissions this year, it will be very easy to simply reject yours and choose another deserving submission instead - one who didn't bug me
So, what does all this mean? That this year's Lotusphere will be, hands-down, the BEST LOTUSPHERE EVER. Count on it. If you haven't registered yet, you owe it to yourself to do so. If you have a limited travel/training budget, this is the show to attend. You will not be disappointed, I promise.
I'll give you more updates as I begin whittling down my track to the final content; if you have suggestions of themes or ideas of things you'd like to see in Best Practices, then please let me know - I'm always looking for suggestions and new ideas. Now is the time to speak up, because the farther along I get in putting the track together the harder it becomes to make changes.
If you have questions or comments, please ask!
If not, see you in Orlando!
Rock
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Posted by Charles Robinson At 11:36:03 AM On 09/29/2007 | - Website - |
Thanks!!
Posted by Jess Stratton At 11:06:02 AM On 11/08/2007 | - Website - |
Posted by Charles Robinson At 10:17:40 PM On 09/28/2007 | - Website - |
Posted by Ed Brill At 04:21:35 PM On 09/29/2007 | - Website - |
One that I really enjoyed last year (well, technically this year) were Nathan's and (sorry forgot who the other guy was, Chris?) that did a excellent session on user interface design. I learned alot there, and used several thinsg (as much as I could, still being restricted to R5).
Of course Bill's "DevBlast - 30 tips" session was great, I think I saw it 2 years ago.
And someone, either you or Bill, did a session 3-4 years ago about how to build dynamic tables using rich text fields. I went back home, implemented that and now have some very nice table s that replaced ugly embedded views...
I like that kind, giving me tips I can take with me right out of the session and basically start using directly in my code when I get home.
Posted by Karl-Henry Martinsson At 10:20:35 PM On 09/28/2007 | - Website - |
Thanks for your effort in the BP track. It's much appreciated! When I can come home from Lotusphere with code to implement, my chances of coming back the next year greatly increase.
Posted by Curt Stone At 08:12:10 AM On 10/03/2007 | - Website - |
Posted by Mika Heinonen At 06:52:47 PM On 09/28/2007 | - Website - |
It would be ashame if there were valuable info hitting the cutting room floor because of discrimination.
Posted by Glen At 07:45:56 PM On 09/28/2007 | - Website - |
Posted by Rob McDonagh At 11:12:35 PM On 09/28/2007 | - Website - |
First, the IBM sessions are reviewed by me and then transferred to the appropriate track, with comments where needed. Sometimes I even keep them in my track and recommend a BP or community member be paired with the IBMer and the session be presented in my track - but that is rare, although it has happened.
Second, IBMers do present in my track, but as mentioned before, it is when paired with a non-IBMer, and it is the exception, not the rule.
Third, it is NOT "Business Partners ONLY" (Charles). It is "Non-IBMers", which includes Business Partners, ISVs (although rarely), customers, and community members in general. You can look at previous speakers and know that it is not soley BPs, so don't get angry - there's no need for it.
Hopefully this clears up some misconceptions and allays some of the fears expressed since I posted this entry. If there are any more concerns, please voice them so I can address them.
Thanks.
Rock
Posted by Rock At 11:15:39 PM On 09/28/2007 | - Website - |
Posted by Curt Stone At 09:13:47 AM On 10/25/2007 | - Website - |
Do not fret. Rocky has already sent many abstracts to other tracks as a result of the partner-only policy for the Best Practices track. Now, he did put his 2 cents in on a few of them...
Posted by Ed Brill At 08:28:52 PM On 09/28/2007 | - Website - |