Steve O'Grady

very very large events like reinvent you know there's everybody uh is sort of from the industry is there so you get that but it's a small like thousand people two thousand people three thousand people um you know there are definitely events that pull that off but i think it's much harder um you know these days because it's it's travel budgets are tight um you know a lot of you know once you have the option of like hey these things are gonna be online anyway

very very large events like reinvent you know there's everybody uh is sort of from the industry is there so you get that but it's a small like thousand people two thousand people three thousand people um you know there are definitely events that pull that off but i think it's much harder um you know these days because it's it's travel budgets are tight um you know a lot of you know once you have the option of like hey these things are gonna be online anyway

right? You know, that, that can be a tough sell, you know, for people to get travel budget to go to events. Yeah.

right? You know, that, that can be a tough sell, you know, for people to get travel budget to go to events. Yeah.

Um, yeah, I mean, yeah, the burnout is a real thing. Um, the thing that's helped the most is just that, um, you know, we've, we've brought on people to sort of offload, um,

Um, yeah, I mean, yeah, the burnout is a real thing. Um, the thing that's helped the most is just that, um, you know, we've, we've brought on people to sort of offload, um,

in a bunch of the heavy lifting um so i'm not dealing you know so like i said that first year i did like way too much of it and slept for 14 hours or whatever um and these days you know there's entire portions of it where people will come up and say hey this was great and whatever i'm like i had no idea that was a thing literally nothing to do with it so yeah you try to offload as much as you can but you know there's still pieces that are just sort of highly

in a bunch of the heavy lifting um so i'm not dealing you know so like i said that first year i did like way too much of it and slept for 14 hours or whatever um and these days you know there's entire portions of it where people will come up and say hey this was great and whatever i'm like i had no idea that was a thing literally nothing to do with it so yeah you try to offload as much as you can but you know there's still pieces that are just sort of highly

I just take a ton of time, right? So, you know, speaker selection is all me. And, you know, there's a lot of communication. There's back and forth. Like this year in particular, because of the macroeconomic, we had a ton of people who couldn't make it because they lost their job or changed jobs or whatever. And so...

I just take a ton of time, right? So, you know, speaker selection is all me. And, you know, there's a lot of communication. There's back and forth. Like this year in particular, because of the macroeconomic, we had a ton of people who couldn't make it because they lost their job or changed jobs or whatever. And so...

you know, you're trying to juggle all these talks and, you know, sort of make sure that you are, um, you know, sort of hitting the marks that you want to sort of make, you know, with respect to diversity of speakers. And so, yeah, there's a, it's a lot of overhead. Um,

you know, you're trying to juggle all these talks and, you know, sort of make sure that you are, um, you know, sort of hitting the marks that you want to sort of make, you know, with respect to diversity of speakers. And so, yeah, there's a, it's a lot of overhead. Um,

And I frequently say that my favorite time of the event is like two hours in, because at that point, anything that hasn't been done yet, it just isn't going to get done. It's a lost cause. It's like, yep, we had one year where it was like, you know, I, I shouldn't say we, I forgot all the power cables. It was like, okay, we don't have power.

And I frequently say that my favorite time of the event is like two hours in, because at that point, anything that hasn't been done yet, it just isn't going to get done. It's a lost cause. It's like, yep, we had one year where it was like, you know, I, I shouldn't say we, I forgot all the power cables. It was like, okay, we don't have power.

But yeah, sort of organizer burnout is definitely a real thing.

But yeah, sort of organizer burnout is definitely a real thing.

Yeah. Well, and, and sort of, we, we do the opposite almost in the sense that, I mean, we probably have one or two speakers every year who have never given a talk before. Right. And it's like, you know, maybe there'll be good, you know, sort of, maybe they'll, they'll, you know, sort of, you know, struggle, but they got to learn.

Yeah. Well, and, and sort of, we, we do the opposite almost in the sense that, I mean, we probably have one or two speakers every year who have never given a talk before. Right. And it's like, you know, maybe there'll be good, you know, sort of, maybe they'll, they'll, you know, sort of, you know, struggle, but they got to learn.

And, you know, when, when we give people that opportunity and as I've told people, you know, first time speakers before, I'm like, look, you're, you're here. We picked you because of, you know, this, this, it's important that, you know, sort of we hear whatever the subject is. Right. And, you know, we, we care about the delivery.

And, you know, when, when we give people that opportunity and as I've told people, you know, first time speakers before, I'm like, look, you're, you're here. We picked you because of, you know, this, this, it's important that, you know, sort of we hear whatever the subject is. Right. And, you know, we, we care about the delivery.