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The Speaking Panels
Am I crazy or do I hear the same speech from the same people year after year at these things? I’m being 100% serious. Topics which are of little interest and while they COULD be enjoyed they are instead bogged down with monotone lectures on basic information even the newbiest of newbs already knows. “Ok this is a panel on adult traffic, instead of giving out useful information I’m going to dumb this down by explaining what CTR stands for.” This is not pointed at anyone directly by the way, just something I merely noticed as of late.
And I’m not blaming the individual(s) personally. It’s quite obvious that they are intelligent and truly know their shit; it’s just hard for anyone to get up and hold an audience’s attention for an entire hour. Most are not good public speakers (and I’m probably the same way, we’ll find that out tomorrow). It’s probably also a case of no one wanting to give out their secrets and hidden gems they’ve worked hard to figure out (and respectfully so) This is why I think…
Every panel should have a moderator capable of handling the flow and pace of the discussion. This is especially true for panels which only feature one person talking. Make it more of an interview rather than relying on someone to talk for an entire hour in jumbled thoughts. Just noticed this evening that the woman from ASACP (forgot her name) is a wonderful moderator! There needs to be more people like her overseeing these sessions. She was great.
To be fair, I’m not sure if I could carry an interesting panel off either, I’m sure it is incredibly tough to get up there and have every word carry value and to keep wandering eyes and ears on you at all times. In fact, I’m doing a panel tomorrow and I’m nervous as shit that I don’t fall down the path of others who would do quite well if there would have just been a moderator.
Also, I think we need to see a drastic change in the broadness in topics for these panels. If people aren’t willing to share valuable information (like I said, I totally understand that, I wouldn’t want to either) then we need to get rid of those topics in the first place. Bring on more creative, niche specific subjects for panels, more companies demoing their software, products and soon to be released sites etc. Bring on an auction for people looking to sell not only domains, but already existing sites! Hell even a simple case study featuring statistics on aspects of the adult industry dealing with trends would be fascinating.
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Amen toe dat shit BRO.
After a few years, it was almost always the same names talking about the same bullshit. Little more than a sales pitch on the forum. Not really a lot of information. If you go to a couple of shows a year, you no longer need to attend most of the seminars. Which is why you could fire a cannon through them and not hit anyone.
Also, most panels never get into any real topics. I have seen Kelly Shibari on three panels in the past two years. Other than her talking ABOUT social networking, she never gets into more details about it. There are too many fucking people on these panels.
If you want to get into any issue with some substance, you need to have real experts giving a presentation on it. Not just giving you a sales pitch. I can't count the number of times some panelists never get a chance to talk, other than their name and a sentence or two in an hour plus. Its fucking ridiculous and waste of their time.
Sin2.0 has done a great job recording them, and broadcasting those I do not attend. Which is awesome. But there could still be more coverage and advertising opportunities in this.
Also, the conferences should let talent in for free. I enjoy seeing some of the talent running around in their panties for my amusement. They are trying to network and make contacts to get into the business or whatever. Throw in some fresh meat.
