The surveys are in…

Published on March 31st, 2008 by christian

Last week, we sent out a survey to everyone who attended SNAP Summit 2.0. Now, the results are in, and you can see them for yourself. We love hearing how people enjoy our events, and we especially pay attention to the ways we can improve.

Here are some of the highlights from the survey:

90% of attendees rated our conference favorably, either as “Good” or “Great.”
Our venue, the Commonwealth Club, got less flattering remarks. 51% rated it positively, with the rest viewing it in an average or negative light.
Biggest gripe: overcrowding. Most talks and workshops were standing room only, due to a limited number of seats for an overflow audience.
Second biggest gripe: small nametags. The size of the nametags made it harder for people to network.
Josh Porter and BJ Fogg split the award for best speaker. Josh spoke on Social Interface Design, while BJ talked about Mass Interpersonal Persuasion, a new field he’s researching at his Stanford lab.
Many people enjoyed the workshops, while others complained that they couldn’t be two places at once. We will continue offering workshops, since we feel they give attendees a better choice of topics and interests.

We learned a couple things from the survey. First, make sure that everyone gets a seat. Second, we’ll focus on finding more independent speakers like BJ and Josh, who people really enjoyed hearing. Third, we’ll buy bigger nametags

If you have any other feedback or suggestions, please comment!

Thanks for a great event!

Published on March 30th, 2008 by cassiph

Thank you all for making SNAP Summit 2.0 our best conference yet. We would love it if you would take a moment to fill out a survey, so we know how to make it better next time:

https://sfbeta.wufoo.com/forms/snap-summit-20-event-survey/

We are reading your thoughts and taking them into consideration. Christian and I will be making larger, double-sided badges, for one. We will also make sure there is better internet (we did work on it for this event, but complications continued to arise.) We will look into other venues, but they are hard to come by affordably in this town. We also hope to get a better media arm for the company, complete with a regular blog and recordings of our events, but at least for this one we will be getting all the slides we can up online.

So thank you all for your feedback already; we look forward to seeing you all at our future events.

Announcing the After Party!

Published on March 18th, 2008 by cassiph

To celebrate MySQL joining Sun, they are hosting an open bar immediately after SNAP Summit 2.0, and have invited our attendees to come! So following an inspiring day of talks, continue the conversation with the wider Bay Area tech scene. We hope to see you there.

Time: 5:00-8:00 p.m.

Location:
Jillian’s at Metreon, 101 Fourth Street (between Howard St & Minna St), San
Francisco, CA 94103 (around the corner from Moscone Center)

Save on Hotel Fare with AirBed & Breakfast

Published on March 18th, 2008 by christian

If you’re coming to SNAP Summit 2.0 from out of town, and looking to save money on hotel fare, check out our page on AirBed & Breakfast. It’s a cool new site that lets you find people who are heading to the conference, and who’ve agreed to let people crash with them while the event is in town.

If you’re local, you can volunteer your space and connect with someone really cool in the process. Check it out!

Last Change for Cheap(er) Tickets!

Published on March 14th, 2008 by cassiph

Due to the high demand and purchase rate we have already seen today, we will be extending our low rate tickets to SNAP Summit 2.0 until Tuesday the 18th. At that time, all ticket prices will go up $100, so be sure to get your ticket today!

Carpools for Jason Alba on the 18th.

Published on February 8th, 2008 by cassiph

Need a ride? Have a car? Post your neighborhood/city and whether you are willing to drive, have a car, or need a ride for Monday the 18th.

Carpools for the 21st

Published on February 8th, 2008 by cassiph

Need a ride? Have a car? Post where you are and what you can do or need, and hopefully we can get everyone up to the city who wants to come to the panel “Opening up the Social Platform” on the 21st.

SNAP Summit welcomes GigaOM

Published on February 4th, 2008 by christian

We’re really happy to announce GigaOM as our newest blogger partner. As one of the biggest tech blogs on the web, their endorsement gives us a big boost right as we start promoting the conference.

GigaOM will be writing several posts prior to the event, and may cover the event live as well. In turn, we’ll be helping them promote Structure 08, their new big upcoming conference. (No link yet — coming soon!)

We’re really thrilled to be working with GigaOM as our newest partner, and welcome them into the SNAP Summit family.

How was SNAP Chat - Valuation and Funding?

Published on January 29th, 2008 by cassiph

So we just had our first SNAP Chat in Palo Alto. We had about 50 attendees, with great food provided by Wilson Sonsini. What did you guys think? What questions did you not get to ask? I always feel I am ending these events long before discussion has died down, so feel free to continue it here.