Sunday 13th - Day before conferenceHad
lunch with Paul and Tuula, Hanah and Sammy O'Rear. Tuula had made one
of my favorite meals. Grilled Chicken on a bed of baby spinache and
salad. Yum. We had a good catch up. I gave them some Australian Ginger
products and 2 bags of our favorite Aus Organic popcorn.
Dana, Dana and Char arrived later
and checked in. We went over to the Washington Convention Center and
registered for the conference.
Paul arrived and I took everyone to the Dragon
restaurant opposite the Hyatt where we had a scrumptious shared Asian
meal. Paul shouted (hope you get MS to cough up Paul). Rob, Dana Worley, Dana Cline (no beard!!)
Later Paul and I had a muck around on YouTube (old band clips etc) and I showed him my new traveling guitar.
Monday 13thMS Sessions Started today
11:30-12:30 -- Lunch for 2000 MVPs.
12:30 -2.00pm - Welcome and KeyNote was Sean Driscoll
Opened by the new MVP boss; Colleen (works under Sean)
said some nice thing about Sean and how we will all miss him. Sean was
the Keynote speaking on Web 2.0 (which is basically about collaboration
on the web).
A big hall (at Washing State Conference Center). 4 enormous screens (2 either side of the speaker)
Toby Richards (new General Manager Community Support Services) opened - Rattled on about the events for the week.
The Colleen pays tribute to Sean (the out going GM)
Then finally Sean does his Keynote titled: "Web 2.0: Conversations" "if you could only know what your customers know"
This has been Seans little hobby for a while. It was very interesting. Collaboration on the web is obviously in its early
days but getting more sophisticated every day.
Web 2.0 is all around us now.
Categories of conversations
Open Space Sessions
Next the MVPs
broke into small groups to discuss all sorts of things (previously
worked out via some submission process I hadn't seen).
The sessions
are run by MVPs and the discussion will be published.. somewhere so
that discussions can continue beyond this time if you want.
This is a
bigger Open Space discussion on NewsGroup experience and how can we
improve it. I though the sessions didn't work too well - however I'm
very tied and jet lagged.
So then Bill
and I went out in the rain to "Office Depot" to buy a switch so we can
both plug into the single wire network. Then we headed back - There was
1hr for catchup/drinks with your group. And then on to dinner.
Lead Brian Boston (see Green card) is where the US Help MVPs meet in the large room
Asian area - Our Australian Lead is Rose Stamell (Orange card)
Aus & NZ: Nick?, Rose (Lead), Darren, Bill,
The drinks and dinner area is on the arch over the road.
Rob, Paul, Bill, Char, Paul O'Rear, Rick Stone, Dana
USA MVP Lead Brian Boston.
Help MVPs and Brian Boston.
Dinner - Deep in discussions Back to the hotel. Hey where is floor 13?
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