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Announcing Gel and euroGel 2006
At long last, several announcements I've been waiting to make:
1. Gel 2006 in New York in May
2. NEW: First-ever euroGel in Copenhagen, Denmark on September 1, 2006
3. Complete redesign of the Gel website
4. All Gel attendees can now upload photos and meet each other on the new Gel Community site
5. Need help convincing the boss? Request a Gel 2005 DVD
Details below.
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This is a special Good Experience post, announcing the launch of two Gel conferences next year - one in New York in May, and the first-ever euroGel in Copenhagen, Denmark in September!
The Gel conference is the annual - now biannual - gathering of our community: people across the world who are interested in exploring the idea of "good experience" in many contexts.
Gel (short for "Good Experience Live") focuses on good experience in all its forms: how it's created and what it means in art, business, media, community, society, and technology. A few speakers are Internet-related, but most are outside the tech world.
Gel is a thought-starter; a meeting place for the community of people who are interested in good experience in their work and life; Gel is an experience in itself.
Past attendees have said Gel is "amazing", "life-changing", and that they "can't wait to go again". Others have said that Gel is the best event they have ever attended. See more past attendee comments.
There are two Gel events in 2006:
- Gel 2006 in New York (May 4-5, 2006)
- euroGel 2006 in Copenhagen, Denmark (September 1, 2006)
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Official announcement: Gel 2006 conference
Gel 2006: The fourth annual gathering of the Good Experience community
When: Thursday-Friday, May 4-5, 2006 (a two-day event)
Where: The Equitable Theater
787 7th Avenue (51st/52nd Street)
New York City
Price: $900 through December 12; bulk discount available.
Why Buy Now:
1. Each order by Dec. 12 gets a Gel 2005 DVD included.
2. Upload your photo and start meeting other attendees as soon as you buy the ticket.
3. Day 1 experience-choices are assigned in the order that you buy your ticket. (Buy earlier = easier to get your 1st choice.)
Buy your ticket or see initial speaker list: Link
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Official announcement: euroGel 2006 conference
euroGel 2006: The first gathering of the Gel community in Europe. euroGel will be a pan-European conversation about "good experience" led by speakers from across the continent.
When: Friday, September 1, 2006
Where: The Theater at the Black Diamond
The Royal Library
Copenhagen, Denmark
Price: €400 (US$480) through December 12; bulk discount available.
Why Buy Now:
1. Each order by Dec. 12 gets a Gel 2005 DVD included.
2. Upload your photo and start meeting other attendees as soon as you buy the ticket.
Buy your ticket or see initial speaker list: Link
(To pay in Euros, order here via PayPal.)
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New community site, and requesting DVDs
All Gel attendees can now upload photos and meet each other on the new Gel Community site.
To get your login data, just buy a ticket. (If you have come to Gel in the past, your old login data will also log you in right now.)
And as soon as you do so (by December 12), we'll send a Gel 2005 DVD right out to you.
For those of who you have not attended before: need help convincing the boss? Then request a Gel 2005 DVD.
If you're likely to attend a Gel event next year - Gel 2006 or euroGel 2006 - but haven't bought your ticket yet (perhaps you need the boss's approval?), then this may be for you.
Here's the deal: you have to promise to organize a group viewing of the Gel 2005 DVD, to spread the word to coworkers or friends who also want to learn about Gel.
The DVD contains over four hours of footage, showing every speaker presentation from Gel 2005. It's a great introduction to Gel, especially for people who have never attended a Gel event.
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More Involvement
If your company wants to get more involved in the Gel community, here are two ideas:
PRIZES:
If your company would be interested in donating a prize for a prize drawing during the day, contact us.
Prizes from past years (from IcelandAir, A&E TV, HBO, Crayola, NBC, Six Apart, Discovery Channel, Sam Brown, and other generous people and companies) each ranged in value from US$200 to US$1,000 (from €170 to €850).
SPONSORSHIP:
If your company would like to be a major sponsor, or to sponsor one of the five Friday breaks (breakfast, lunch, cocktails, or either coffee break), at either Gel or euroGel, contact us.
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Next Steps
1. Log in to the new Gel Community site and upload your photo.
2. Reserve your seat NOW for Gel 2006 (which will get you a login)...
3. ...and for euroGel 2006.
Remember that the price jumps, for both events, after December 12...
