Leland writes:
 >>Anyway, it would be wonderful if
there was the time, and pre-planning for conferences that would allow for
peer comment prior to the presentation, <<

I have been doing pre-planning with my conference sessions and workshops 
for 5 or 6 years now. Here is an example over at my discussion Forum 
that worked particularly well:

http://historichomeworks.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=27

6 discussions, 70 responses, 23,000 viewers

I call this Open Planning. The event organizers and co-presenters 
involved have ready access day or night. Any of the web-browsing public 
has access, and often gives input that is used. Participants signing up 
can review the planning and ask questions or leave comments to assure 
their particular interests are covered. A big benefit is the Google 
Effect. The planning promotes the event and the session because the 
planning is available to the internet search engines.

I use this same "open development" at my discussion Forum for my print 
articles and publications. The editors and readers love it because all 
the reader questions are answered in the original publication.

All this takes zero additional time, in fact, it takes less time to do 
the planning because there are far fewer phone calls and private emails.

Some say, "well, we can't do planning in public, people would know what 
we are thinking and planning."  I say, "?????!!!!!!??????!!!!!!"

The workshop planned in the discussion above was sold out weeks in 
advance of all the other workshops at that conference, and the session 
was all seats taken standing room only--when people are willing to do 
Open Planning it really works.



John
hammer and hand
pen and thought
share the art

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