alonebfg Posted January 13, 2007 Posted January 13, 2007 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 Posted January 13, 2007 Posted January 13, 2007 Try walking around with an 'exhibitor' badge. You might as well have leprosy.
russdev Posted January 13, 2007 Posted January 13, 2007 Try it with a press badge they throw rotting fruit at you..
GrumbleDook Posted January 14, 2007 Posted January 14, 2007 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 Posted January 14, 2007 Posted January 14, 2007 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 Posted January 14, 2007 Author Posted January 14, 2007 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 Posted January 14, 2007 Posted January 14, 2007 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 Posted January 14, 2007 Posted January 14, 2007 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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