Quality of this years conference

alonebfg · 13-01-2007, 09:30 PM

This being the first time i have been to bett i would like to know what people thought of it. i have my own opinion. but i have to look at it from two perspectives. I thought it was good except all the walking. and i found there were two types of stands the ones that attract naturaly (eather due to name or reputation) and then there were what i would like to call the beggers. they basicly pulled you by the short and curleys for you to look at there product. had a few of these one of which i let happen and after i got a drink and a sit down for bout five mins i then told them i was a ict tech not a teacher and we were in a primary not secondry school which is what they were aimed at. lol should have seen the look on there faces as i walked away with bottle of water and sweet lol.

Dos_Box · 13-01-2007, 11:53 PM

Try walking around with an 'exhibitor' badge. You might as well have leprosy.

russdev · 14-01-2007, 12:17 AM

Try it with a press badge

they throw rotting fruit at you..

GrumbleDook · 14-01-2007, 01:43 AM

Try it with a 'consultant' badge ... you become a person they cannot sell to directly but still has a lot of power to tell schools what to buy ...

They don't know whether to get out the special chocolates or the cattle-prod.

eejit · 14-01-2007, 10:25 AM

Overall I thought it was great. Nice to put faces to the edugeek top bods, but I made some good contacts within Symantec, Microsoft, smoothwall and a few others. One day is probably not enough to see everything properly though, next year I may try to go twice.

alonebfg · 14-01-2007, 04:43 PM

i thought that as well thats why i have told my boss if i am doing it next years i get 3 days you want to try it with bad knees i have been dead on my feet all week end

john · 14-01-2007, 04:58 PM

I think you need at least 2 days to get round it fully if you want to do more than rushed browsing of the stands you know.

Grommit · 14-01-2007, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrumbleDook

Try it with a 'consultant' badge ... you become a person they cannot sell to directly but still has a lot of power to tell schools what to buy ...

They don't know whether to get out the special chocolates or the cattle-prod.

Try it with a Network / System Manager's badge... they harrass you :-)

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13-01-2007, 09:30 PM	#1
alonebfg Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: south west some of the time Posts: 786 Thanks: 9 Thanked 28 Times in 15 Posts Blog Entries: 4 Rep Power: 10	Quality of this years conference This being the first time i have been to bett i would like to know what people thought of it. i have my own opinion. but i have to look at it from two perspectives. I thought it was good except all the walking. and i found there were two types of stands the ones that attract naturaly (eather due to name or reputation) and then there were what i would like to call the beggers. they basicly pulled you by the short and curleys for you to look at there product. had a few of these one of which i let happen and after i got a drink and a sit down for bout five mins i then told them i was a ict tech not a teacher and we were in a primary not secondry school which is what they were aimed at. lol should have seen the look on there faces as i walked away with bottle of water and sweet lol.

13-01-2007, 11:53 PM	#2
Dos_Box Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Preston, Lancashire Posts: 3,694 Thanks: 7 Thanked 126 Times in 59 Posts Blog Entries: 6 Rep Power: 40	Re: Quality of this years conference Try walking around with an 'exhibitor' badge. You might as well have leprosy.

14-01-2007, 12:17 AM	#3
russdev Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 5,215 Thanks: 34 Thanked 85 Times in 60 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 33	Re: Quality of this years conference Try it with a press badge they throw rotting fruit at you..

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14-01-2007, 01:43 AM	#4
GrumbleDook Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Kettering, Northants Posts: 5,110 Thanks: 53 Thanked 205 Times in 109 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 54	Re: Quality of this years conference Try it with a 'consultant' badge ... you become a person they cannot sell to directly but still has a lot of power to tell schools what to buy ... They don't know whether to get out the special chocolates or the cattle-prod.

14-01-2007, 10:25 AM	#5
eejit Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 460 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Rep Power: 0	Re: Quality of this years conference Overall I thought it was great. Nice to put faces to the edugeek top bods, but I made some good contacts within Symantec, Microsoft, smoothwall and a few others. One day is probably not enough to see everything properly though, next year I may try to go twice.

14-01-2007, 04:43 PM	#6
alonebfg Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: south west some of the time Posts: 786 Thanks: 9 Thanked 28 Times in 15 Posts Blog Entries: 4 Rep Power: 10	Re: Quality of this years conference i thought that as well thats why i have told my boss if i am doing it next years i get 3 days you want to try it with bad knees i have been dead on my feet all week end

14-01-2007, 04:58 PM	#7
john Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern England Posts: 4,379 Thanks: 92 Thanked 51 Times in 46 Posts Rep Power: 24	Re: Quality of this years conference I think you need at least 2 days to get round it fully if you want to do more than rushed browsing of the stands you know.

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