Discussion-Group-E

Benefits of IWMW

· Meeting peers – social context Top 5
· Share information
· Human interaction/building relationships
· Inspiring and motivating Top 5
· Travel, new place, campuses
· Hearing about problems, developing solutions Top 5
· Long-term relationships/continuity
· See what others are doing, new ideas Top 5
· Best practice
· Not alone
· Mix with peers
· Dedicated time Top 5

IWMW of the Future

· Good that others who cannot come can see what is going on
· Essentially like this at the moment
· Getting away and face-to-face important

b) live audience and remote audience

Opportunities for amplification:
· Have outsiders stream in
· Regional hubs
· Enable others that cannot/do not want to travel so far
· Alternate
· Have main event move around as it does now
· Tailored content
· Paid service to make managers take it more seriously
· Continuous resource for IWMW, not just yearly
· Record parallel sessions
· Have also one day attendance

Achieving the future

· Hubs
· Continuous resource
· Keep main conference
· Irc
· Bar camp type whiteboards
· Moderator feeding in external questions/comments
· Video presentations from hubs