Being able to make good contacts always attracts me. It makes a difference to be able to 'press the flesh' with people I've only met electronically before, to renew old acquaintances, and make new ones. Content is useful but comes after networking for me. The promise of lively and intelligent discussion and pointers to new directions that I have not considered before is probably the king of content for me. I like taking new views at old problems (an example: getting a good landscape gardener in to talk about their design principles and processes).
The alternative is to make a conference compelling to employers: if they're paying for me to attend, then I'll be even happier, but that may take convincing in some cases. The easier you can show value to my work, the easier a job I'll have. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46899 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
