I found a virtual conference today at Blogging Conference.
The definition they give for themselves is a good summation of why they are doing this and what they want you to get out of it.
BlogOnExpo is a free digital conference covering the topic of blogging. For many bloggers, attending a real world conference can be far too expensive and time consuming; so, we have attempted to bring the conference experience online. According to the latest State of the Blogosphere from Blog Tracking Search Engine Technorati, there are over 70,000,000 blogs on the web with 120,000 new blogs being added each day. With those kind of numbers, its no surprise that many blogs fail. Our conference will help bloggers improve their chances for success.
I spent some time looking at some of the sessions, and there was a lot of good information to be had. A lot of the information is geared towards how to make money with your blog and not 100% about WordPress or Findability, but there is still a nugget or two you can get out of it if you take the time to look and read the sessions.
The sessions run from the Jan 15th to the 18th and will stay up until the next BlogOnExpo happens in May
Do we like the idea of all online conferences? Can there be the same (or any) level of networking like a face to face one? Drop me a comment and let me know what you think.
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Online conferences could be a great idea, although I suspect that one of the most important things that you get from physical conferences is probably personal networking. If someone can come up with a way to buy a round of drinks at an online conference they’ll really have something.
On the other hand I just can’t justify the cost of one of the big conferences, and since I’m self employed I can’t sell it to the boss either.
I’d like to hear more.
I agree that the idea of all of that information being available to me at any time is very appealing. One of the big reasons we go to a conference is for the networking opportunities.
Without those opportunities, it is a lot like the information that comes out of SXSW after the conference is over.
And like you I am the boss, and he says no to a conference budget.