No. 1 bugbear with doing events: organisers who send you absolutely endless pointless and unnecessary emails, or late night/early morning text messages. Unpaid gigs are the worst for this, men (always men) acting like you should be spending an hour a day prepping for a 1hr panel
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Bombarding speakers with requests, misusing their phone numbers, texting them at night: it just means they’ll dread your event, never come back and recommend colleagues say no to you. Make a clear plan, stick to it, relax.
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I do lots of events, mostly unpaid (if you’re making a profit, I’ll want paying, if you’re a charity/campaign I’ll do it free as long as I’m not out of pocket) but you don’t need to send people dozens of messages/tweets/emails!
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I wonder how Noam Chomsky feels ooo wait he's never invited
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I sometimes find that with weddings. People send long lists of every photo, groom looking at bride as she walks down the aisle at the same time as bride looking at groom while walking down the aisle. Tbh it's because they lack experience. Maybe same with your event coordinators?
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Some of it is inexperience, some of it macho grandstanding, or the excitement of interacting with someone “important”.
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I know, but it creates even more work for everyone involved and makes things even more difficult. Panellists and speakers shouldn’t be dragged into the planning process, as it confuses things even more and makes everything harder, just sent essential info.
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