5. A really good party with a charity poker game
It’s interesting to consider the possibility that the party is the most important part of the conference. The design of Recruitfest allowed all participants to have roughly the same grounding so that the talk at the party could easily move through the content from the day.
Imagine a conference where everyone in attendance liked each other. Imagine that they got to know each other better in the process. Imagine that having fun is the foundation of great work and real effectiveness.
Imagine that people will talk about this one for a long time.
My takeaways?
- Less is more. Learning depends on negative space, not fullness.
- Busy is not better. Limited input and simple choices build big results.
- Size is not everything. You better believe that the sponsors of this event got their money’s worth.
