REPLY Separate Professional Conference (SD6288)

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Posted by  "John Gunkler" <jgunkler at sprintmail.com>

I would like to echo the sentiments of Paul Holmström.  I stopped attending
most "professional" conferences just because they were filled with people
who did nothing but shill for their products and services.  Very little
content, a lot of sales.

As for the Systems Thinking conference run by Pegasus, they've priced
themselves out of my market.  Most conferences that are run for profit get
awfully expensive for those of us who must pay our own way -- i.e., the
"professionals" in the field.

The SD Society conference is just about right -- perhaps with the addition
of a professional track, as Paul Holmström suggests.  I want to hear what's
being worked on and thought about by "academics" that hasn't hit print yet,
I want new solutions to technical problems that I can adopt in my practice,
and, yes, I also want to hear stories ("principles of practice") from the
trenches where SD has been applied to help clients.


John Gunkler
Posted by  "John Gunkler" <jgunkler at sprintmail.com>
posting date  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:02:14 -0500