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Free registration at the forum removes this block.I'm just glad I can be a positive influence in your lifeNo I was just aroused by your sultry looks in the front row.
Me and @Ravens_Shadow were talking about doing something like this for the Raleigh area as I know there are several Fastlaners around here and in the surrounding areas.One of the many benefits of the summit was getting to hang out with like-minded folks in real life. As awesome as the forum is, there is an added benefit of getting together with folks face to face. If you don't have a local forum meetup in your area, think about starting one. But don't just post "[Area] Meetup" in the forum as the folks in your area might miss the post. Just put your area in the forum search box to see if you can find folks in your area. Then PM them to see if they are up for getting together.
A few weeks before the summit, I found a couple of other folks in the Portland area this way. When we met up, it was very much like the summit. Almost instant rapport and the conversation just flowed as we each talked about the different projects we are working on and bounced ideas off each other.
I know this won't work for many of you, but for some of you it might be worth trying, especially if you are in a more urban area in the U.S.
Since I left AZ, I was able to use the negotiation tactics that we learned at the Summit to leverage a big promotion and increase my hourly rate by $10/ hour.
My wife and I were telling each other that we didn't want to disappoint any of you when we come back to the next year.
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Idea/suggestion for next year:
Can we ditch the Q&A time at the end of each segment?
If someone has a question they want answered, they can go up and ask the speaker 1 on 1. The rest can hang out / bathroom with whatever excess time there is.
I'm not saying Q&A doesn't have some value. There were some great questions answered.
I just think that 10min of hanging out with folks has more value. And it seems that a trend on this thread is that people wanted more time to hang out.
I get what you're saying, but there's also big value (at least to me) in seeing what other people were thinking about/had questions about.
Everyone I met was amazing & I LOVED talking to them, but it still takes away energy from me, you know?
@amp0193Interesting. I think my aversion to Q&A came from all those damn staff meetings back in the day, where someone would say "any questions", and everyone is thinking "no-one ask any f*cking questions", but there was always that one guy who asked questions.
@amp0193
I'm not trying - in any way, shape or form - to make light of what you're saying but the cinematic side of my brain kicked into gear while reading the above quote. Picturing that in my mind had me laughing a bit.
Can we ditch the Q&A time at the end of each segment?
+ as an introvert, I needed that time to recharge between diving in and talking to a ton of people. Everyone I met was amazing & I LOVED talking to them, but it still takes away energy from me, you know?
^ This +1. I'm sure glad that I got my question off before that.If nothing else we should strive to "one person, one question, one answer". There was one question posed to the entire group of presenters that killed 30-40 minutes and effectively ended the post-summit Q&A session. I'm sure this person didn't mean for this to happen (it was a good question, and genuine) but it was a great example of something we can do better next time.
If nothing else we should strive to "one person, one question, one answer". There was one question posed to the entire group of presenters that killed 30-40 minutes and effectively ended the post-summit Q&A session. I'm sure this person didn't mean for this to happen (it was a good question, and genuine) but it was a great example of something we can do better next time.
A lot of non-introverts don't understand this or know this.
If nothing else we should strive to "one person, one question, one answer". There was one question posed to the entire group of presenters that killed 30-40 minutes and effectively ended the post-summit Q&A session. I'm sure this person didn't mean for this to happen (it was a good question, and genuine) but it was a great example of something we can do better next time.
I feel like the food at these places usually isn’t the healthiest option anyway. I personally would be fine with doing my bulletproof fasting all day and then springing for my own dinner at night. To pay extra for a ticket for food is not an economical choice for me.We aren't, at least at a rate commensurate of the time invested. The payback is seeing everyone rejoice in their new knowledge, their new relationships, and their experience.
I'm yet to get the casino's bill so I'm holding my breath and hoping to be in the black. We should be OK if our estimates and budgets are within 10% of expected.
There's a great benefit to having it at the TSR casino, it's lively, lots of places to socialize, it's a destination, not a dive.
But the drawback of going here is the cost: Everything is terribly expensive (the A/V setup cost twice as much as if we actually bought the equipment ourselves) and the food is ungodly expensive, especially for the quality. Coffee was $60 a gallon. Anyone get sushi? Each tiny piece of sushi was $6 bucks, and 20 people into the line it was all gone. Lesson learned. Not complaining, just trying to relay how expensive the casino charges to have events here, so it is very difficult to keep the ticket cost under $500 bucks when every other conference charges $1K, and they don't even try to feed you.
Ultimately if I could have it my way, I'd opt for the huge buffet option for everyone for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, which in itself, would cost more than 2X the cost of the ticket , and that's not even accounting for the other costs.
In years to come, this will by our (my) challenge, to keep a high standard of execution, but to keep the ticket from becoming a bro-marketing price ($1297!)
I feel like the food at these places usually isn’t the healthiest option anyway. I personally would be fine with doing my bulletproof fasting all day and then springing for my own dinner at night. To pay extra for a ticket for food is not an economical choice for me.
Is it still healthy if you eat as many of them like some people eat donuts?Were you there? The food was excellent and super healthy.
Is it still healthy if you eat as many of them like some people eat donuts?
@JAJT,If nothing else we should strive to "one person, one question, one answer". There was one question posed to the entire group of presenters that killed 30-40 minutes and effectively ended the post-summit Q&A session. I'm sure this person didn't mean for this to happen (it was a good question, and genuine) but it was a great example of something we can do better next time.
I wasn't and I meant no disrespect.Were you there? The food was excellent and super healthy.
That was probably me! My bad!
I am glad that resonated and stuck for you . What I was referring is how splitting people up into two generalised camps in terms of their preference : TASK focused people or Relationship focused people. No right or wrong ..just what their preference is .... In Asia/ Middle East / Latin Cultures from my experience of doing business with them they need the relationship first in order to work with you or do business ( in the West) . They are about the "WE" rather than the "I ".I think even when we know it - it can be a struggle at times.
Reminds me of @Arrabista 's talk between the difference of East and West. It's hard for one side to truly relate to the other side at times because it's just not their way of life. You can understand it and acknowledge it but the guy who wants to get the task done is always going to want to get that task done. The guy who wants to talk about his family is always going to want to talk about his family. You can make efforts to accommodate each other but it's never the path of least mental resistance.
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