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ASTD TK: 2010 : First Impressions

01/27/10

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I'm proud to say that I've witnessed a couple changes in the conference this year...all for the best.

1) Free Wireless - FINALLY, after 10 years of squawking, ASTD heard the masses and are providing free wireless throughout the conference center. As you may or may not know, many of us were tweeting non-stop about this last year. Its good to hear that someone was listening.

2) Expo is PACKED with vendors - 61 to be exact. That's the largest Expo we've ever had. In 2003 and 2004, we were struggling to get 20. So nice to see.

3) Seeing lots of people from previous conferences - does this mean that TK 2010 is turning into a repeatable conference? Data showed that for most folks attending this conference, it was their FIRST educational technology conference. Maybe not anymore! This is my 10th conference as a speaker, 11 total. I feel so old...someone called me an old timer yesterday...Hmm....

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Comment from: Dick Carlson [Visitor] Email · http://www.techherding.com
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My compliments on the wireless. A great step forward. Next, I want some stand-up tables with power strips for my laptop.

I'm currently sitting on the hard marble floor next to an outlet.

Looking forward to seeing the expo.
01/27/10 @ 11:48

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