Hi all -- each conference we have a small number of
talks that are sent in NOT by the speaker, but by
someone who is working for the speaker -- often
someone working for a marketing firm hired by the
speaker's company.
Our submission system isn't set up for this,
and it causes a number of problems that are a PITA
to sort out. But the worse issue IMHO is that
these speakers tend to be unengaged with the
conference. They don't care if they get emails
from us, they don't read what we send out, they
take a long time to sign their speaker agreements,
and sometimes their company will ask to send a
substitute speaker after the talk has been
accepted.
Ian and I once discussed adding some text to
the submissions info saying something like "having
your talk submitted by a third party is a
detriment to its being accepted; our community
values speakers who are involved and active
participants."
What do you think? Good idea? Bad idea? Thanks.
Anne Jacko
Eclipse
Foundation
503-784-3788
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