Future of the Desktop Tour Registration is Now Open!!

Future of the Desktop Tour Starts Soon!!

Canadian IT Pro Data Base — Wed, 03 May 2006 01:04:32 GMT

I know I said earlier that I would not have too many technical posts or tour info on this blog, but since...

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Clayton Hardman — Wed, 03 May 2006 23:26:14 GMT

Another National Tour That stops in Montreal. A Atlantic Canada.

Why no Halifax Stop?re you sure you guys aren't the National PC Party? Its unfortunate that you are alienating

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Bob Bellec — Mon, 15 May 2006 22:15:29 GMT

hmmm... a "national" tour that includes only four provinces..... how NHL-like.... hmmmm.... I wonder,,, did the possible NHL playoff cities have anything to do with this tour's rollout (that's why Halifax, Winnipeg and even Toronto (initially) was left out (haha))?...

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damirb — Fri, 19 May 2006 07:24:22 GMT

Thanks for your comments. It’s true, our in person event reach is constrained by several factors, only one of which is budget. We are also limited by amount of content we need to deliver, advisor capacity and our ability to plan and execute the number activities we do per year.
If we had no constraints with people, money, content and time then we would go everywhere yet that is not our reality. I love your passion and I am excited as well as frustrated and by emails and comments like yours. We get them from Regina, Saskatoon, St John’s, Moncton, Halifax, Winnipeg, and from many more locations from individuals equally as passionate! We would like to do a lot more and while we have almost doubled our reach across the country, Canada is not a simple county to work with given its geography and spread out population. Today, we try to hit the main areas twice a year and the larger populated locations at least one more time in the year. Other than that we have to rely on webcasts, live meetings, support other speakers and sharing the content where we can.
In fact, for the Future of the Desktop Tour we are streaming the Toronto event on June 15 live to anyone who has internet access. Register for the stream and you will get the exact same content as those attending the event live. Give that a try and let us know how it works and what you think of it. Live video streaming is one way we are looking to extend our reach when we can't be in your city.

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Tom Bielecki — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 07:37:21 GMT

i went to SAIT in calgary on the posted day, and tried to look for the event and couldn't. the next day, i found that my (16 year old) friend found his way because he had the room number on his ticket. I printed my ticket off a week or two in advance, with no such room number. It really sucks. That was the event i was looking forward to more than the on the next day (at chinook mall), even though it was good. anyways... next time could you post room numbers earlier? and give an INCENTIVE to early-birdds, rather than giving them the finger? i know it probly wasn't YOUR fault... just try to get that stuff figured out. i'm at tom.bielecki@gmail.com