XChange ’09
Recently got back from the XChange’09 Conference hosted by Everything Channel. This year it was held in National Harbor , MD …what a beautiful venue for the conference.
I landed at Reagan Airport and took what turned out to be a great ‘tour guide cab’. We drove by the church that Geroge Washington attended… among other things, and was, as I usually am, taken a back by the history.
The area around the hotel was very quaint, and included shops, restaurants and a marina /harbour – unfortunately(or fortunately), I spent the majority of my time indoors soaking up all of the latest and greatest in the various sessions, and mingling with resellers and fellow technology manufacturers – including the Canadian contingency that was present there. I stayed at the Gaylord National, and if you’ve ever stayed at a Gaylord property, this was no different in scale or level of service.
Three take aways from this conference:
It is still a great venue to connect with resellers and solution providers, if for nothing else, to get a pulse of what is going on in the trrenches
The industry is a very tight knit group and connections made here will remain, and it was good to see old colleagues and friends alike
The key to good boardroom presentations is knowing your audience and delivering the message with high energy and passion
Whether you are a solution provider or a manufacturer, I would suggest attending this event next year. It is one of my annual favourites.
