I thoroughly enjoyed the 2008 New Media Marketing Conference, even though I never attended!

What the conference attendees did was put into practise exactly what they preach. There are twitter updates, live blogging of each presentation, pics of the speakers, shared slideshows and videos!

So instead of trekking up to Joburg and having to pay around R9000 to attend, I’m getting the cheap seats for free! Granted, I am missing out on the networking opportunities, the entire presentations and lunch, but having a summary of the event and all the talks is also pretty cool. (It makes me want to attend next year, so I guess it’s working hey!?)

Free Conference Pass

Well, I do have 1 free conference pass available. All you have to do is click through all the links below, and you’ll have a spot right next to mine, all the way in the back row. ;-)

Twitter:
Mike Stopforth twittered most of the conference.
Read all the tweets that were hashtagged with #newmedia08

Social Media Coverage:
Zoopy have done a stellar job of covering the event. Check out their mini-site on the event - http://www.zoopy.com/newmedia

Blog posts:
2nd Annual New Media Marketing Conference, Gallagher Estate, Day One
2nd Annual New Media Marketing Conference, Gallagher Estate, Day Two
Vincent Maher’s coverage - Quite a number of posts!
Justin Hartman’s New Media Marketing Presentation
Colin Daniel’s Mobilising the Web Presentation
Tyler Reed’s NMMC 08 - Engaging The Youth Through Social Media

Photos:
Feisty Female’s Flickr stream

Cristism

One thing that seems to me missing from the event is a decent website. The event details are up on the IQPC website, but not all the speakers are listed, and there isn’t very much information regarding the event on the site. This event is all about new media, so why no portal / social media site like Zoopy have got going?

If there are some links I missed, please post them in the comments, and if you attended the conference, what did you think of it?