Comments on: Dallas TechFest 2010 http://chriskoenig.net/2010/02/17/dallas-techfest-2010/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dallas-techfest-2010 Microsoft Developer Evangelist Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:35:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mark Watson http://chriskoenig.net/2010/02/17/dallas-techfest-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Mark Watson Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:38:39 +0000 http://chriskoenig.net/index.php/2010/02/17/dallas-techfest-2010/#comment-132 Yes, charging an attendee event fee does usually keep the dropoff rate to a minimum. It just sounded like Tim had some other expectations. $25 for a full day community event is still a great price. :) Yes, charging an attendee event fee does usually keep the dropoff rate to a minimum. It just sounded like Tim had some other expectations. $25 for a full day community event is still a great price. :)

]]> By: Chris Koenig http://chriskoenig.net/2010/02/17/dallas-techfest-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Chris Koenig Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:29:39 +0000 http://chriskoenig.net/index.php/2010/02/17/dallas-techfest-2010/#comment-131 We have not yet decided whether or not we're going to charge for the event. We probably will, based on the great experience we had with that last year (only a 1% dropoff rate with over 400 attendees) but I doubt it will be as expensive as other similar conferences. Last year, most people only paid $25 to attend. I'm pretty sure we'll do something similar this year. We have not yet decided whether or not we're going to charge for the event. We probably will, based on the great experience we had with that last year (only a 1% dropoff rate with over 400 attendees) but I doubt it will be as expensive as other similar conferences. Last year, most people only paid $25 to attend. I'm pretty sure we'll do something similar this year.

]]> By: Mark Watson http://chriskoenig.net/2010/02/17/dallas-techfest-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Mark Watson Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:38:39 +0000 http://chriskoenig.net/index.php/2010/02/17/dallas-techfest-2010/#comment-55 Yes, charging an attendee event fee does usually keep the dropoff rate to a minimum. It just sounded like Tim had some other expectations. $25 for a full day community event is still a great price. :) Yes, charging an attendee event fee does usually keep the dropoff rate to a minimum. It just sounded like Tim had some other expectations. $25 for a full day community event is still a great price. :)

]]> By: Chris Koenig http://chriskoenig.net/2010/02/17/dallas-techfest-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Chris Koenig Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:29:39 +0000 http://chriskoenig.net/index.php/2010/02/17/dallas-techfest-2010/#comment-54 We have not yet decided whether or not we're going to charge for the event. We probably will, based on the great experience we had with that last year (only a 1% dropoff rate with over 400 attendees) but I doubt it will be as expensive as other similar conferences. Last year, most people only paid $25 to attend. I'm pretty sure we'll do something similar this year. We have not yet decided whether or not we're going to charge for the event. We probably will, based on the great experience we had with that last year (only a 1% dropoff rate with over 400 attendees) but I doubt it will be as expensive as other similar conferences. Last year, most people only paid $25 to attend. I'm pretty sure we'll do something similar this year.

]]> By: Mark Watson http://chriskoenig.net/2010/02/17/dallas-techfest-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Mark Watson Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:58:54 +0000 http://chriskoenig.net/index.php/2010/02/17/dallas-techfest-2010/#comment-53 Tim, Don't count on it being free either ;) Tim, Don't count on it being free either ;)

]]> By: Chris Koenig http://chriskoenig.net/2010/02/17/dallas-techfest-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Chris Koenig Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:12:00 +0000 http://chriskoenig.net/index.php/2010/02/17/dallas-techfest-2010/#comment-280 Thank you very much for your email. I am currently out of the office at the annual MVP summit. During this time I will have limited access to email. If your need is urgent, feel free to call me on my cell phone at 214-385-5616, and I will get to your email as soon as I can. Thanks! Chris Thank you very much for your email. I am currently out of the office at the annual MVP summit. During this time I will have limited access to email. If your need is urgent, feel free to call me on my cell phone at 214-385-5616, and I will get to your email as soon as I can.
Thanks!
Chris

]]> By: nickcoombs http://chriskoenig.net/2010/02/17/dallas-techfest-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-50 nickcoombs Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:11:07 +0000 http://chriskoenig.net/index.php/2010/02/17/dallas-techfest-2010/#comment-50 Thanks I'll have to go this year Thanks I'll have to go this year

]]> By: Chris Koenig http://chriskoenig.net/2010/02/17/dallas-techfest-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Chris Koenig Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:26:00 +0000 http://chriskoenig.net/index.php/2010/02/17/dallas-techfest-2010/#comment-277 Thank you very much for your email. I am currently out of the office at the annual MVP summit. During this time I will have limited access to email. If your need is urgent, feel free to call me on my cell phone at 214-385-5616, and I will get to your email as soon as I can. Thanks! Chris Thank you very much for your email. I am currently out of the office at the annual MVP summit. During this time I will have limited access to email. If your need is urgent, feel free to call me on my cell phone at 214-385-5616, and I will get to your email as soon as I can.
Thanks!
Chris

]]> By: Chris Koenig http://chriskoenig.net/2010/02/17/dallas-techfest-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Chris Koenig Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:28:18 +0000 http://chriskoenig.net/index.php/2010/02/17/dallas-techfest-2010/#comment-45 I plan to be submitting a WP7 session myself :) I plan to be submitting a WP7 session myself :)

]]> By: Kevin http://chriskoenig.net/2010/02/17/dallas-techfest-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Kevin Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:24:46 +0000 http://chriskoenig.net/index.php/2010/02/17/dallas-techfest-2010/#comment-43 That's great news - sounds like fun. Thank you for organizing it again. And it's on my birthday, what a nice bday present. :)<br><br>I'm hoping there will be a session on Silverlight or Windows Phone 7. ASP.NET MVC/Spark and NoSQL technologies like MongoDB would be cool too! That's great news – sounds like fun. Thank you for organizing it again. And it's on my birthday, what a nice bday present. :)

I'm hoping there will be a session on Silverlight or Windows Phone 7. ASP.NET MVC/Spark and NoSQL technologies like MongoDB would be cool too!

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