Interesting points. My wife would agree with you, but I still feel uneasy about using the platform for me.

If others ask me to speak at events, great. But my voice for Like MInds is upon the way we run it. I don’t need to say it, because you can see it all around you when you are there!

S

Im sure i have seen you say somewhere that you are looking to take on speaking engagements elsewhere and in turn you will fulfil the role akin to a guest blogger. Taking your thoughts and hosting them elsewhere to raise the profile and to engage with people who have a different perspective.

Anyway, the first one was great, no knocking of it. The second one was outstanding and as a live blog addict, the perfect opportunity to satiate my on-the-go content creation habit.

Of course, the people at that conference would be very interested in his views and opinions which are likely to be very insightful and valuable; and I would encourage him to present them through as many channels as possible. But for him to present his views at the event that he has organised would set up an awkward relationship with other keynote speakers. It would risk the event being about “what Scott thinks now”, which is evidently not what he wants it to be.

That is not to see that he should not present at LikeMinds at all. The event would certainly be enhanced by Scott presenting for longer at various points during the proceedings. Imagine an editorial in a magazine, in which the editor is explaining the theme of the edition and the ways in which the various pieces fit with one another to provide different perspectives on the theme. It could be done as one presentation, or as two (perhaps at the beginning and end) or as multiple connecting pieces of a few minutes between each main presentation. This kind of coordinating presentation could enhance the value of each presentation and of the whole event.

John

Thank you *so* much for your kind words. Last time you threw down the gauntlet and challenged me – “why bother” – and it looks like we did our job in proving that being there on the day was well worth it.

I’m sure one day I’ll get around to saying a few words – it’s just that it seems self-serving to speak at your own event, and there are so many other people with things to say that need to be heard first.

Will keep in touch!

Scott