(I’m contracting for CEA’s events team to work on EAGxNYC)
I like this idea—It’d be nice to hear from a wider range of people in the community, and away to give more people a platform—which would be good for defusing fame in the community.
We’re doing a non-blinded version of this for EAGxNYC—I think ~30% of applicants were people who we wouldn’t have thought to ask to present—which is good I think. BUT it is riskier or more costly as an event organiser to select them (you don’t know if they’re good speakers, you have to vet them and their work before deciding etc).
(I’m contracting for CEA’s events team to work on EAGxNYC)
I like this idea—It’d be nice to hear from a wider range of people in the community, and away to give more people a platform—which would be good for defusing fame in the community.
We’re doing a non-blinded version of this for EAGxNYC—I think ~30% of applicants were people who we wouldn’t have thought to ask to present—which is good I think. BUT it is riskier or more costly as an event organiser to select them (you don’t know if they’re good speakers, you have to vet them and their work before deciding etc).