Nevertheless, some topics should be spotted.
IMHO, it's necessary make some changes to WSE organization
to make it function in never-ending cycle (create conditions to make it grow).
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Q-1: What is the purpose of the conference?
A-1: Present new products, exchange the knowledge.
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Q-2: What is the reason to visit the conference (for users)?
A-2: Get the knowledge, make questions to the developers and specialists.
Buy the apps with the discount.
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Q-3: What is the reason to visit the conference (for companies / shareware developers)?
A-3: Sell software, answer to the questions of the users.
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4) Every Warpstock conference should attract new people from IT world.
It's not enough to promote the event inside the community, it's necessary
post the *sequence* of the announcements to large IT sites. [REQUIREMENT-4]
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5) Promotion of the conference.
The promotion should start in advance, in 5 monthes.
- Rotate banners with the faces of speakers and topics of presentation
- Publish information about the city of the conference
[REQUIREMENT-5]
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6) There should be exhibition room with 20 developers / companies.
How to fill the room?
a) Stimulate the developers.
b) Put 20 monitors with cables.
[REQUIREMENT-6]
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7) It's necessary raise N topics on the conference (force the discussion),
in other words order the research / presentation preparation
from some developers / specialists.
One presentation may be prepared by 3-5 specialists (1 speaker + theses from
the developers).
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8) Promotion of the conference.
The only real method to promote
the conference - make the photos, make the reports from previous conference.
And remind about the results of the previous conference *before the next one*.
[REQUIREMENT-8]
We offered make a wallpaper with WSE20xx logo (look at TV press-conferences) so all visitors
get the photos with WSE logo at home/facebook photo album. [REQUIREMENT-8-x]
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9) Invite non-eCS presenters.
There should be 2-3 presentation not related to eCS directly.
[REQUIREMENT-9]
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10) Discounts
What is the reason for people spend 50 EURO .. 1000 EURO to visit the
conference?! It's necessary sell Software pack
(10 popular apps with discount 70%), sell Thinkpad laptops with eCS pre-installed
(with discount). [REQUIREMENT-10]
So the users can compensate the expenses and get profit.
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11) Souvenirs.
There should be free souvenirs.
More users return to the Warpstock if they have useful souvenirs at home.
[REQUIREMENT-11]
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Q-12: What happens if Warpstock Europe conference is dismissed?
A-12:
The D-day (the conference week-end) makes the developers finish all projects
in short terms, find the targets and correct the plans.
The conference it's like an examination. The year may be closed
if the examination (conference) was organized and
the students (users) made the presentations, demonstrated the annual report.
No examination - no switch to the next year.
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