From 6c86ff5577fdca7be5efc571244297d592be235c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Don Goodman-Wilson Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:26:37 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Episode 2! --- ep_02.md | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+) create mode 100644 ep_02.md diff --git a/ep_02.md b/ep_02.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7a947c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/ep_02.md @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +# Live Show Notes, 28 Jan 2021 + +Present: Valériane Venance (@valeriane_IT), Dan Maher (@phrawzty), Joe Nash (@jna_sh) + +Notes: Ramón Huidobro (@hola_soy_milk) + +Recording: TBD + +## Events in the Time Of COVID +- New formats being created +- How the difference in terms of event-feel makes it tricky to apply the same terms to events + +## Stage fright +- Nobody likes to feel foolish, like they're letting folks down +- By worrying about this, you're letting yourself down + +## Running hackathons remotely +- Sponsor promotions at virtual hackathons have shown to be more popular than in physical ones + +## Events in a post-COVID world +- Virtual events cannot recreate the feeling of offline ones +- Once we stop pretending they can, we can get more value out of them +- Being able to reach for people is a huge benefit +- Prediction: Hyper-local events are going to be huge again like in the past +- Hyper-local events might risk a fragmentation in experience organising these +- Local events will need sponsoring, too +- This could be trickier with slower financing systems, a riskier coin toss +- It's easier to get a goodwill going with a smaller group +- Maybe this is part of a cycle, and conferences will be gone/less present for a while before coming back again +- What can we do/are we doing to get the cycle back (safely) + +## Online speaking engagements +- Spending less time on talks, less spent on logistics, travel +- Sometimes, the shorter the talk, the more prep is needed +- Affecting folks differently +- Spending more time on engagement +- Being able to hop quickly between speaking and back to in-work meetings is easier remotely +- More opportunities for folks to do public speaking +- There may be a split in folks who can do online speaking but would for example prefer not to travel + +## Dynamics of virtual events +- How has events being online affected speakers sticking around and engaging after their talk? +- Being at home leading up to the event feels different from being there in person +- Creating relationships at online events is impacted +- Events like [All Day Devops](https://www.alldaydevops.com/) have for several years been virtual +- Events like [re:invent](https://reinvent.awsevents.com/) would have a different purpose +- Experiences are much easier: Relationships are a lot harder +- Sponsorship outcomes are impacted + +## Platforms +- Each have their tradeoffs +- Some have their purpose, others are more generic +- At offline events, fundamentals are the same: Attention will be on a person, slides will be involved, then attention will move onto someone else +- Virtual ones are heavily affected by the platform, dependent on the goal +- Trying things out, like [April fools day in the Riot Games API](https://www.riotgames.com/en/DevRel/af-recap#author) can have big effects +- +