Ten Do's and Don'ts for Conference, Workshop, and Program Organizers

Last week the Liminal Librarian posted her Ten Do's and Don'ts for Conference, Workshop, and Program Organizers. As someone who has been doing presentations and workshops for the past ten years I can say that some hosts are better than others. (I am also not picking on anyone in particular!) To share one recent story, I was at a conference and there was a technology issue in which the security folks didn't want to allow me to hook up my laptop to their Internet connection. The on-site coordinator (someone who wasn't actually part of the conference but worked for the institution where the conference was being held) finally asked me "What do you need?" and was able to get me exactly what I needed to make my presentation not only easier for me, but better for the attendees. Now that's service!