Wrapping Up Blog Business Summit ‘06

This year’s conference–my first with the BBS crew–was a whirlwind of bloggy goodness. I can’t believe it’s over. Of course, too much longer and I would have collapsed from sheer exhaustion.

I’m happy to say that about 95% of the feedback we got from our attendees was positive. I’ve had a couple people tell me it was the most valuable conference they’ve attended in years. That felt really good. I was also gratified to learn that one of our attendees decided to skip watching his beloved Cardinals win the World Series in order to attend.

I’ve already posted some of the constructive criticism we recieved. Here are a few more points that came up:

• Some of our speakers needed to focus more on giving basic information and less on the 30,000 foot view. Anecdotes are useful, but only when they illustrate a larger point.
• The best sessions were those that focused on heart and passion while delivering great content. The conference wasn’t as heart-based as some of the other gatherings in this space.
• We need to serve less food next year. There was some concern that we were being wasteful and not keeping an eye toward sustainability.

We always appreciate feedback like this, so please keep it coming. As long as it’s constructive and delivered within tolerable snarkiness parameters, we’ll take your thoughts into account for next year’s conference.

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank my teammates, Steve Broback, Kim Larsen, Eric Anderson and Jason Preston for a great conference. I feel like we’re all old war buddies now.

In the coming days, I’ll be posting presentations from speakers, bits of video and audio, and linking to more conference coverage. If you’re a speaker and you have your presentation handy, please e-mail it to me. My e-mail is teresa [at] blogbusinesssummit [dot] com. Otherwise, I will hound you until you send it in!

Also, if you think I’ve missed linking to your post, or anyone else’s post about the BBS, please leave a link in the comments or e-mail me. We want to be as comprehensive as possible.

Thanks again, everyone! And now on to Blog Business Summit 2007. Stay tuned for details!