Yesterday, I attended Fashion140 conference at Alice Tully Hall. What drew me to the conference was the location-Lincoln Center and the subject matter-fashion.  I am not a fashion blogger but I love clothes and I love to shop.  Single topic conferences can be really enlightening because speakers can hone in on their expertise without explaining the basics. However, this was not the case for all the speakers at Fashion140.  Given that the most in the audience were experienced in blogging and social media, it is boring to tell people how to tweet, use Facebook or Tumblr.  Some speakers were too pitchy by doing little more than reciting their bio and explaining how their site works.  I would have liked to hear more examples of “social media serendipity”, advanced social media advice and what is coming next.   The excitement came from engaging speakers like Tom Guarriello, Yuli Ziv, Joe Zee, Robert Verdi, Josh Kilmer Purcell, Brent Ridge and Carole Rodie. I think conferences should also encourage speakers do presentations that more like Pecha Kucha or Ignite so that the attendees remember them which makes seek them out online later.  One of the best thing about going conferences is seeing old friends like Sarah and Lauren.

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