
Following on from FOWD London it was announced that Carsonified were taking FOWD on the road! This year the tour bus is stopping at Belfast, Glasgow, Bristol and Leeds.
I decided to grab a ticket straight away for the stop in Leeds and I know the early bird tickets are no sold out. If you’re thinking of going then stop dawdling and grab a ticket before they sell out!
The day is split in two, a morning of tutorials and an afternoon of presentations. To top it off they offer a chance to meet 15 potential clients during a speed networking session. I’ll definitely make sure I take my new business cards along with me!
The Leeds stop hosts some great speakers including Simon Collison. The days presentations will include talks on:
* Unnatural Experiments in Web Design
* Developing Your Ultimate Package
* Top 50 Rookie Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
If you are popping along then let me know so I can come say hi!
I can’t attend the FOWD tour but I think the speed networking thing is a really interesting idea. It can be hard to make those contacts at these type of events - even though that’s a major factor in why we go to them in the first place - so effectively forcing people to network is a good concept.
I would love to be going to FOWD, but its a bit of a journey so I wont be going, but a future event I will definately be going to.
Good luck with the speed networking. :)
Phil Thompson
15th June 2009