In thinking about the upcoming SHRM conference and looking at creative ways to generate participation from attendees and vendors, the first thing that came to mind was leveraging the Cheezhead Wiki.
In the process of pontification, I was not-so-surprised that the community had already begun the process of using this platform to create content around the show and a page entitled SHRM Las Vegas had already been started by Recruiting Fly’s C.M. Russell. Like me, he’ll be blogging at the show and created the page to say so.
Taking it a step further, NAS has created a page entitled “Ryan Estis at SHRM,” (a Top Ten result on Google for “Ryan Estis,” BTW) and even includes a video previewing his session:
So, people and organizations are utilizing this platform already. Good. Now just need to leverage this blog for some more traction. Therefore, at the footer of every post, now through the end of the conference, I’ll be highlighting various Web 2.0 technologies to allow a little more community, pre- and post-show, starting with the wiki. Next up, pics and video.
If you’re attending, speaking, exhibiting, partying or whatever, I invite you to add content before, during and after the show. Remember, it’s free. Just click here to start. Need more of a reason, click here.
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June 19th, 2007 at 11:46 am
I really think its time for these events to start creating their own wikis surrounding their events. ERE had a good start with its expo blog and I attended Podcamp NYC in April. They actually had a registration page as part of their wiki (podcampnyc.org) and I was able to see each and every persons name who was attending. Registrants were asked to enter their name on the wiki in order to register. As an attendee its very important and enticing if I can see the names of people who are attending.
June 19th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
Agreed. Time will tell if our industry, en mass, will embrace this platform or not. No doubt heads of the conferences we attend are (or at least should be) watching.