Planning MangoCon
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I think that sessions need to be kept to a minimum at a time, meaning not five or ten but more like three max. Maybe one track for MSPs that is always in the same room and then two technical tracks at once. Don't want to split people up too much and don't want people having to skip things that they want to see. Or maybe just two tracks. Having lots and lots only works when they are wildly different and you'd never expect people to be interested in both.
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Topics need to be on the general side, can't get overly specific or else you end up with no one finding them valuable to attend.
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I agree. We will be putting them up to a vote to see what is the most wanted. And go from there.
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Big Windows topics like PowerShell and GPO are always needed.
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On a serious note, I've found that conferences that have an "unconference" section or session are really valuable. Those are ones where the participants select topics on the spot and break out into small discussion groups.
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I like that. And I really enjoyed the open Q&A that I did, I feel like that is great for organically taking topics of interest right there and then and running with it.
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@Nic said:
On a serious note, I've found that conferences that have an "unconference" section or session are really valuable. Those are ones where the participants select topics on the spot and break out into small discussion groups.
That is a good idea.
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Might be great for a keynote to do Q & A for a few of your more technical people (no not me).
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I think some career sessions would be good. Sessions on helping people get to the next level, understanding what the field has to offer, etc.
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Powershell by it's self as a topic, has so many possible target points, that I'd think it would be very difficult to have a discussion on what it can do, without having some pre-designed scripts to show off.
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AD Permission Auditing
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Bulk User Creation
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Security enhancements (things that can be improved on by using power shell)
Sorry for such the short list.
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I think that big "shared talks" like keynotes and stuff should be minimized. They are great for getting people together at kick off each day, but if they take any amount of time they become a huge waste.
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Virtualization and how-to get-going with changing over from a all Physical, or hybrid environment to a complete cut-over.
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Virtualization platform backup and recovery / redundancy solutions
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Unitrends?
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VoIP inception to completion
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I think a small Linux lab would be cool. Well a lab of any type, bit that would be the easiest and most cost effective.
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@johnhooks said:
I think a small Linux lab would be cool. Well a lab of any type, bit that would be the easiest and most cost effective.
A lab to do what? What would a live lab be like at a conference?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@johnhooks said:
I think a small Linux lab would be cool. Well a lab of any type, bit that would be the easiest and most cost effective.
A lab to do what? What would a live lab be like at a conference?
Well a couple machines to do tutorials on. If people have questions on how to do something they could get some help.
Just for example, setting up a jump box (trivial but just an example) or more advanced like two systems using heartbeat for HA. Just something to play around on with some instructions and the ability to get help.
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Would people really be looking for arbitrary labs like that at a conference? Maybe they would, this isn't something that I would be looking to do in this setting.
