Step Right Up Folks, Greatest Show on Earth

Personally I love doing public speaking gigs. Its really the best place to meet folks and share ideas. So when the big guy, Chris Brogan himself, asked me to speak at the upcoming ITEC show I was glad to ablige. Tradionally a show for IT professionals (which I was in a former life), they are now starting to integrate the new social technologies out there. Being the first time ITEC has come to Los Angeles I imagined the attendance to be light. A little bird told me the previous days keynote with Chris had about 30 people. So doing some quick social currency math, I sarcastically figured I would get about 3 audience members. Turns out that was just about what I got, plus 5 or so exhibitors.In all fairness, at 9am on a weekday I can't fault anyone for not showing up. Have you ever tried to drive in downtime during this time? Conferences seems to love to torture us by making us keep normal work hours. Don't they know there are parties the night before and of course room service?As we left some more folks did eventually start showing up. I'm also told that the other regional stops on the ITEC tour are much busier. Please, for the love of god people go to these shows! They are all free however my Moon river performance is available only in Los Angeles.For now.ITEC 2008 TourITEC St. LouisOct. 1 - 2 , 2008ITEC South FloridaOct. 7 - 8, 2008ITEC Kansas CityOct. 15 - 16, 2008ITEC ChicagoOct. 22 - 23, 2008ITEC Washington DCNov. 5 - 6, 2008ITEC AtlantaNov. 12 - 13, 2008ITEC PhiladelphiaNov. 19 - 20, 2008ITEC New JerseyDec. 3 - 4, 2008ITEC PortlandDec. 10 - 11, 2008NDC AtlantaMarch 19, 2009NDC DallasJune 25, 2009NDC ChicagoOctober 8, 2009NDC MilanOctober 21, 2009ITEC HoustonMay 7 - 8, 2008ITEC DetroitMay 21 - 22, 2008ITEC DallasJune 4 - 5, 2008ITEC SeattleJune 10 - 11, 2008ITEC IndianapolisJune 17 - 18, 2008ITEC CharlotteJune 25 - 26, 2008