damn hippies On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 6:30 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < [email protected]> wrote:
> I have mixed feelings about Animal Farm. > > On one side it would be nice to remove a show from the schedule - I seem > to be at shows more than I'm here anymore, which plays havoc with the R&D > time. > > On the other, Animal Farm isn't the show I'd like to remove.... > > I know that for me, the purpose of Animal Farm has shifted from sales to > customer research. Because of the technical nature of those who show up, I > can interact differently and with more time with the attendees. At the > wispa shows, it's sell sell sell, and little time to engage with customers. > > One though I've had for quite a while is that I feel that it would be > interesting to try an "unconference". Every event organized this way I've > been to I've been very happy with. These events have no preset agenda. > Instead the attendees show up and suggest topics they want to talk about > and those go onto a schedule board, pretty much randomly. People then can > choose what sessions they want to go to. There's a nice article at forbes > about these at > http://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccabagley/2014/08/18/how-unconferences-unleash-innovative-ideas/ > .... There's also a lot of other information around the web. > > -forrest > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 11:57 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Debating on whether or not to do AnimalFarm again. >> >> My moral dilemma is that I have this nice ecommerce website now but none >> of the ecommerce stuff is turned on. Easy to do. But then that starts to >> erode dealer sales. And also erode the relationship with the dealers. >> >> But it may capture sales that would otherwise be lost. >> >> In any event, if I am planning to do some direct sales, it is not fair to >> ask our dealers to sponsor AnimalFarm - if I am serious about doing this >> that is. >> >> I am half serious. Perhaps 60% serious. As time passes, that >> percentage may grow. >> And the majority of the sponsorship comes from manufacturers, not >> dealers... >> >> And AF is a bunch of work. It breaks even. Not what we would call a >> significant profit center in any way. >> >> But as time has gone on, all of you have been great at crowdsourcing the >> setup.... >> > > > > -- > *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* > Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 > [email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> > <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> > > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
