Category: Confab

Conference Speaking and Defining Success

A lot of praise for Karen McGrane’s recent column, a little notice about a post I wrote about speaking, and a whole bunch of excitement for our gradual shift toward audience-centered talks.

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On Attending Conferences

Confab was a big deal for me in 2011. I reinforced a lot of assumed friendships and started dozens more, all while basking in the glow of being among my people. So it was my pleasure to write a blog post for the Confab Events blog about how important the conference experience is.

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Confab 2012

We’re finally crawling out from under several major deadlines here at Eating Elephant headquarters, and figured it was about time to pass on the great news: Confab is back! Early bird sign-up for Confab 2012 is currently underway. I’d jump on this while you still can – last year’s conference filled up fast, with a […]

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Extravert vs. introvert: the 50/50 nature of content strategists

In a month, I’m going to a conference: Confab 2011, a full three days of content strategy nerds milling around downtown Minneapolis. I’m excited, to say the least. But, I’m also sort of nervous. Meeting people isn’t my strong suit. I kind of hate it. I overcompensate. Then I brood. Then I cry a little […]

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