I think my point was two fold: 1) after about 3pm, *any* conference experiences “audience fatigue” which means that people just stop attending sessions and want to mingle, meet, go to the exhibit hall. 2) LeadsCon is particularly well-suited for networking because of the caliber of attendees and the nature of the lead gen industry.

So I think you could have the show run 9-3 every day and then make 3-6 a massive networking/beer fest in the exhibit hall. This is not to say that the session content wasn’t valuable – because it was – it’s more an observation of how attendees weigh content and networking at LeadsCon, and I suspect that having 6 hours of sessions a day is about the right amount of content, which leaves another 6 hours for meetings and networking (longer for night owls).

In any event, it was a great show as usual!

What type of networking events would you find most valuable? In my biased view, we had two networking receptions as well as the closing party.

Thanks,

Jay

This was my first LeadsCon. I agree that the sessions had great content, but I didn’t feel like their were enough networking opportunities. As a veteran of many Affiliate Summit’s, one of the many things they do well is provide networking events EVERY night. I was very surprised at the lack of networking events in the evenings as this is typically where we find the most opportunity to get deals done.

That being said, I said in on the session you moderated and thought you did a great job with it. I felt bad for you and the panelists as your session was the last of the day and you were competing with the open bar on the Exhibit Hall.

Overall, this was a great conference and I came away with a lot of good knowledge about lead gen and where it is heading in 2010.