[Scale-planning] SCALE 101 / helping new attendees

[Caryl Bigenho]

Not this year!  I'm all "conferenced out!

Caryl 

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> On Mar 11, 2017, at 2:49 PM, Kenneth Wyrick <kmw at caltek.net> wrote:
> 
> are you going
> <quote who="Caryl Bigenho">
> Hi...
> 
> 
> I just came across this cute graphic on the CUE Los Angeles FB page. It is
> to help first-timers get the most out of next week's National CUE
> Conference in Palm Springs. Something similar could be made up and put in
> the program. Here is a link to the graphic:
> https://www.facebook.com/cue.losangeles/photos/rpp.164746903599002/1397805423626471/?type=3&theater
> 
> 
> Caryl
> 
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> 
> I really like the short video idea, we definitely can use a few to help
> give people an idea of what SCALE is all about.
> 
> On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 2:03 AM, Christopher Smith
> <cbsmith at gmail.com<mailto:cbsmith at gmail.com>> wrote:
> I too tend not to watch long videos. I mostly prefer to just read.
> Everyone is different though.
> 
> I was just going for hitting more modalities with minimalist effort. In
> reality, before you arrive at a conference, you've at least somewhat
> locked in your plans and your schedule. I figure a talk at the conference
> might be too late for many newbies. So, a video of said talk that you
> check out well before you attend would fit the bill. If someone wants to
> put together some short length videos on the subject, I would definitely
> support that idea.
> 
> --Chris
> 
> On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 1:43 AM,
> ldangmlist at gmail.com<mailto:ldangmlist at gmail.com>
> <ldangmlist at gmail.com<mailto:ldangmlist at gmail.com>> wrote:
> I don't have the time or attention span to watch videos that are more than
> a couple of minutes long.  Perhaps we can do quick video clips, which can
> become advertisements for next year.
> 
> At my workplace, HR did a series of short videos on specific topics aimed
> at  new employees. That is a lot easier to digest than a long video that
> tries to cover everything.  It also helps that it had good production
> values.
> 
> Lan
> 
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> From: "Christopher Smith" <cbsmith at gmail.com<mailto:cbsmith at gmail.com>>
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> Subject: [Scale-planning] SCALE 101 / helping new attendees
> Date: Sat, Mar 11, 2017 1:31 AM
> 
> I say we email out the video of the talk to at least new attendees.
> 
> On Mar 10, 2017 12:51 AM, "Phil Dibowitz"
> <phil at ipom.com<mailto:phil at ipom.com>> wrote:
> On 03/09/2017 09:37 PM, Lei Zhang wrote:
>> In another thread, Chris Smith said "A recurring theme I observed this
>> year with people new to SCALE was that they weren't as aware of
>> SCALE's offerings as one might hope."
>> 
>> Should we make a "new to SCALE" guide on the website and link to it in
>> the registration emails?
>> 
>> Should we take 1-2 pages near the front of the printed program and put
>> the "new to SCALE" guide there?
>> 
>> Did anyone go to the SCALE 101 talk? [1] Was it useful? Should we have
>> held it on Friday, instead or ran a second session on Friday?
> 
> 
> Gonna answer these in reverse.
> 
> The SCALE 101 talk, like last year, was not well attended (about 15
> people,
> including those that filtered in late), but the panel / Q&A portion was
> incredibly interactive, nearly everyone asked questions or commented, and
> nearly all of them either stayed late to thank me or found me later to do
> so.
> 
> Ilan had a suggestion that we do this between the keynote and the first
> session, in the keynote room. It's a good suggestion, but we'd probably
> have
> to move the keynote slightly earlier to account for the panel, which I
> think
> is the magic of it all (since I think the breaks are only half hour).
> 
> This would I think be more useful than stuff in the program which people
> don't
> read as it is.
> 
> --
> Phil Dibowitz
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