This week, I attended the “Lotusphere Comes To You” (LCTY) event in Minneapolis. I really like that Lotus does this type of an event. Even though I attend the “You Come To Lotusphere” (YCTL) event, I find the LCTY version is a great way to bring others from your organization to the event to get a quick sneak peek at the highlights from that year’s Lotusphere.
I’m also always impressed at how well they manage to focus on the true high points of what’s going on in the world of IBM/Lotus. Quickr, Connections and Notes 8 – its all in the agenda!
The only suggestion I have for the event (which I have given to Lotus) is that these events really miss out on the hype that exists at Lotusphere. You leave Lotusphere completely excited about Lotus products, energized and ready to get back to work applying what you learned. You leave LCTY a bit more informed but also feeling like something was missing (the hype).
You also miss out (at the LCTY events) on the polished, cohesive presentations. When you’re at Lotusphere, you feel like every detail has been thought of; everyone rehearsed their part of the “show;” and someone was keeping tabs on the entire event to make sure that overlapping content appeared to be intentional (example: slides at the end that say “Other sessions you might want to see are…”).
At the Minneapolis event, it was clear that a few of the presenters didn’t review what they were going to talk about with each other ahead of time (which, honestly shocked me). The result sends a disconnected message to the audience and feels like a waste of time.
So there you go… the good, the bad and the acronym of this event in MPLS.
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