Comments on: THANK YOU EVERYONE!

By: jamescraigmtts

jamescraigmtts — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:21:10 +0000

Thank you for including us on your mission and I’m pleased both personally and professionally to be a part of it.

By: Rick Calvert

Rick Calvert — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:21:13 +0000

Steve,

You are absolutely right. We completely failed you. I really don’t have any excuse other than we have a million things happening at once and once in a while somethings fall through the cracks. Beyond that once in a very great while every mistake you could possibly make seems to happen all at once to the same person and that is exactly what happened to you at BlogWorld.

You did an amazing job at the party. You filled in when other people were late. Lots of people complimented the music at the party and you really set the tone for a great night.

You were really cool to me when I apologized at the party, and then I failed you yet again in this Thank You Post. (I am updating it right now).

I know thats far too little too late. If there is something I can do to make it up to you please let me know. If there isn’t anyway to make it up to you, I understand that too.

Sincerely,
Rick Calvert
CEO & Co-founder
BlogWorld & New Media Expo

By: Jame Guske

Jame Guske — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:59:19 +0000

For someone who is a beginner at Blogging, I found going to the BWE to be a great experience. I certainly want to go to the next one! I met a lot of great people and I wish there were more of these type of events.

By: Steve Boyett

Steve Boyett — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:13:53 +0000

Rick: I DJ’d your opening night party for free on the assurance that I would receive promotion on your website, blog, and at the event. I paid for my own travel and room. Not only was there absolutely no promotional material of any kind before, during, or after the event, there wasn’t even an announcement during the party of who I was, not even slides on the giant screens beside the stage while I was playing.

There was no organization of any kind; I’d been soundchecking at the Hard Rock for half an hour before I ever met any Blogworld official, and their first words to me were, “We’ve been looking for you for two hours.” There was no agenda at the event. I was told to play for the first hour and give up the floor to an awards ceremony. At 8:19:58 when I stopped, there was dead air on an empty stage for the next 20 minutes. After the abrupt end to the awards ceremony there was dead air for another 15 minutes and I jumped up and played a set until the band (shamefully ignored) showed up.

And now you post this. Perhaps the people who attended event are happy with it. As someone who went well out of his way (and pocket) to try to make that event more fun for your attendees, after the way I and others were ignored, I wouldn’t do a gig for you now if I were offered a villa in Tahiti.

–Steve Boyett

By: Des Walsh

Des Walsh — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:58:28 +0000

For a venture like this to succeed in 12 months, there always has to be someone with a compelling, inclusive vision, someone who can inspire others to buy into that vision and then step out in front to lead the way. You were/are that guy and I can only guess at the challenges you and your team met and overcame. Congratulations to you and your amazing, always cheerful team for whom nothing seemed to be a problem. See you in ’08!

By: Shana

Shana — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:51:01 +0000

I really picked up lots of info and made some amazing connections. I would really like to help with connecting the dots as far as bringing in some Vegas sponsors and giving everyone the Vegas experience. With Vegas undergoing a multi-billion-dollar-building-spree…the ability to secure blog positioning/youtube/facebook contacts {blah,blah,blah} in Vegas is a huge opportunity.

By: GM Roper

GM Roper — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:32:20 +0000

Rick, from everything I’ve read, this was an absolutely amazing expo. Everyone who has posted on it has raved about the show and I’m so sorry my health kept me from attending. Next year (and I can only assume that there will be one,) I will be there if I have to come by air ambulance

I’m so very proud of you and what you pulled off. I suspect that there may have been some that didn’t believe it could be done with only a year’s planning, but you and your team did it and you deserve all the accolades you get.

Way to go!

By: marc

marc — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:35:31 +0000

Privately (and now publicly) I’ve told you how wonderful it was to see your dream become a reality in the Vegas desert. I don’t think anyone else could have done what you were able to pull off in such a short time-period.

Mozel Tov on your accomplishments and I wish you many more years of “Blogging Bliss.”

Thank you for including us on your mission and I’m pleased both personally and professionally to be a part of it.