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May 17, 2007

Tid-bits from SOBCon ‘07 - An Insider’s Perspective

Chris Cree wrote this at 10:42 am

I know many of you might be SOBConned out at this point but I thought I’d share a bit about what the conference looked like from my perspective. Call it an insider’s view of the conference.

So here are a few tid-bits from what I saw at the conference that you might not have seen:

One final tip for everyone who attends next year. Some of the best conversation and connections happen outside of the formal sessions. You will completely miss out if you don’t





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14 Comments to “Tid-bits from SOBCon ‘07 - An Insider’s Perspective”

  1. May 17th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
    Mike said

    Chris,

    Re: Bullet 4 - too much information

    Thanks for sharing the rest, though! ;-)

    Mike

  2. May 17th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
    Chris Cree said

    Mike, Sorry about that. The good news is there weren’t any actual, um…, messes, over dinner. So all was well. :)

  3. May 17th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
    Easton Ellsworth said

    Love the tidbits, Chris.

  4. May 17th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
    Jesse Petersen said

    Nice word pictures. I can vouch for Liz’s predicament Thursday. It was crazy. I was 1,000 miles away thinking, “poor Liz,” so I’m glad they came through in the end, even if they were late.

    Note to self: order them in March next year. :)

  5. May 17th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
    Tony D. Clark said

    Great recap, Chris. In a weekend full of highlights, that dinner what in the top 3 ;)

  6. May 17th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
    Chris Cree said

    Thanks, Easton.

    Jesse, I think we’ve got a bunch of lessons learned. :)

    Tony, if you ever get in a jam on your day job, you might be able to make it on the road. I’m just saying. ;)

  7. May 17th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hey Chris,
    The stressful part was the ride out in a cab during rush hour when I planned to be their so much earlier and so wanted to be having fun.

    The whipping the bag folks into shape was sport. :) I was defending the conference. :)

    We needed something to go wrong. :)

  8. May 17th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
    Lorelle said

    Great summary and much thanks to all, including you, Chris, and Gorgeous, for all of your hard work to pull this off. It was an amazing experience and I’m SO looking forward to next year.

  9. May 17th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
    SOBCon 2007 Remembered and Recommended « Lorelle on WordPress said

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  10. May 18th, 2007 at 3:06 am
    Rory said

    I appreciate this write-up, Chris.

    “SOBConned out”? I don’t think so! Frankly, I would like to see a bit more about what went on - who gave the talks and what points they made. I feel a bit left out over here in the UK. But, I’m keeping a sharp eye on the various attendees, and I’m sure stuff will gradually come out.

    And apparently it was recorded…maybe that will surface, too.

  11. May 18th, 2007 at 6:22 am
    Dawud Miracle said

    Hey Chris.

    What I remember about dinner out on Saturday night was whenever I would bend an ear to Chistine’s end of the table, I’d end up rolling on the floor.

    Thanks for the summary…and the kinds words about me. I still can’t put into clear words what I experienced at SOBCon. I’ve been to plenty of conferences and have taught in large groups…so that’s not it. No, something more happened for me. Some deep synergy with everyone there. I blame you, Liz, Mike, Terry and Gorgeous for that…in a good way. Something you all set with intention subtlely happened.

    Blessings…

  12. May 18th, 2007 at 9:05 am
    Joe said

    Hey Chris,
    Even something so boring as stuffing bags can be great fun with the right people involved. :-)

    You’re right, the best part of the whole thing was getting a chance to talk to everyone outside the conference. Quite an experience, I had a Great Time… :-)

  13. May 18th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
    Chris Cree said

    Liz, I’m with you. I felt like a little kid not wanting to go to bed even thought I couldn’t keep my eyes open. I didn’t want to miss any fun.

    Lorelle, we really enjoyed getting to know you. It was funny watching Lisa interact with folks because, as a non-blogger, she had no pre-conceived ideas about them.

    Rory, there are tons of recap posts out there. Lorelle has a great collection of links to posts at her place.

    Dawud, you had the advantage of being at the middle of the table. That way you could catch all the conversation!

    Joe, your help was invaluable. Knowing those things were taken care of really helped out! That much less to worry about.

  14. May 19th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
    Dawud Miracle said

    Yeah, I know. I tend to always start a bit slow and then end up in the middle of it all.

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