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Say thanks to the steering committee
As I mentioned in yesterday's posting, I just returned from the Honeywell User Group. While I was out there, something really impressed me that merits mention. (Actually there were many things that merit mention, and those are filtering out in a number of ways through Control Engineering's news channels.) User groups, like this one, have steering committees that determine what goes on the program. The committee members are customers of the sponsoring organization and represent industries that are important to the sponsor. For all the user groups I've attended, I have never made an effort to talk to any of the committee members until this one. My advice to you if you enjoy user groups, is to shake the hand of any committee member you meet and express heartfelt gratitude if you think they have put together a good program.
These committees evaluate completed programs, sift through attendee surveys, look at session attendance patterns, and discuss customer purchase trends with sponsors. From that mountain of data, they lay out the next year's program. That is only the start as they have to find interested presenters and get them to produce presentations. Making that happen requires a lot of followup and hand holding.
Committee members do this for free, simply because they want to be a benefit to their respective industries and out of gratitude to the sponsor. Given this day and age of terribly crowded schedules and very little free time, the fact that it happens at all is nothing short of amazing.
Thanks, members. We appreciate it.
Say thanks to the steering committee
June 14, 2007
As I mentioned in yesterday's posting, I just returned from the Honeywell User Group. While I was out there, something really impressed me that merits mention. (Actually there were many things that merit mention, and those are filtering out in a number of ways through Control Engineering's news channels.) User groups, like this one, have steering committees that determine what goes on the program. The committee members are customers of the sponsoring organization and represent industries that are important to the sponsor. For all the user groups I've attended, I have never made an effort to talk to any of the committee members until this one. My advice to you if you enjoy user groups, is to shake the hand of any committee member you meet and express heartfelt gratitude if you think they have put together a good program.These committees evaluate completed programs, sift through attendee surveys, look at session attendance patterns, and discuss customer purchase trends with sponsors. From that mountain of data, they lay out the next year's program. That is only the start as they have to find interested presenters and get them to produce presentations. Making that happen requires a lot of followup and hand holding.
Committee members do this for free, simply because they want to be a benefit to their respective industries and out of gratitude to the sponsor. Given this day and age of terribly crowded schedules and very little free time, the fact that it happens at all is nothing short of amazing.
Thanks, members. We appreciate it.
Posted by Peter Welander on June 14, 2007 | Comments (0)
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