58: How do you run a remote conference?

How do convert an in-person event into a 100% remote one (with hardly any time to prepare)?

Show Notes

We've talked about organising conferences before (in episode #46). And we've talked about pivoting before as well (way back in episode #31). This week we're covering the mother of all pivots; converting a fully-booked in-person conference into a 100% remote event.

So what needs to change when an event moves online? And what do the speakers have to do to adapt? And, perhaps most importantly, how can an event recreate all the "extra curricular" experiences that make attending a conference so valuable? Find out all this and more in this week's indoor instalment of A Question of Code.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Tony Edwards on Twitter
• Future Sync conference
• Total Fandom podcast
• Our show from last year's Future Sync, Episode #20: What is it like to attend a tech conference?
• Episode #46: How do you apply to speak at a conference?
• Episode #31: Should you pivot?

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