How to Run a Conference with Benjamin Dunphy

In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk with Benjamin Dunphy about running conferences — what to do, what not to do, and what makes a good online conference in a post-Covid world! Sanity - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get a Sanity powered site up and running in minutes at sanity.io/create. Get an awesome supercharged free developer plan on sanity.io/syntax. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax and put SYNTAX in the “How did you hear about us?” section. Guests Benjamin Dunphy

Show Notes 03:48 - How do you get started running a conference? 10:05 - Which conferences have you run? 18:05 - How do you get speakers? 23:21 - What about paying speakers? 28:26 - Speaker goody bags? 32:40 - You started your own catering company? 35:32 - How has Coronavirus affected the conference space? 43:06 - Should online conferences try to replicate live conferences? Links Reactathon

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