Yup. As per previous posts (1, 2, 3, 4) it has sold out fast.
Tech Ed is a couple of weeks later than last year (September 1-3) and we sold out in three weeks! That is one month earlier than last year!
If we had no size restriction I wonder how many tickets we’d sell…
What can you do if you don’t want to miss out next year? Here is my guide:
1) Subscribe to our blogs to make sure that you know when registration opens next year. We always blog things first (there are no hoops for us to jump through). This year the first news letter went out when early bird was already sold out and over a third of the normal tickets were also sold.
2) Get pre-approval from your manager as early as February so that this isn’t a problem for you when you find registration has opened
3) If you are not sure if you need a ticket or not, buy one anyway – you can always ask for a refund later.
What do you think we can do next year? Don’t say "use a bigger venue" – while we could hold it at a stadium we can’t do multiple concurrent breakouts of any size in a stadium.
We have some ideas of our own, but if you have a serious suggestion we are keen to hear about it!
I think there should be more events throughout the year. Apart from the occasional Unplugged event, there aren’t many events for IT Pros to attend during the year. So when Tech-Ed comes around, it’s a big cram to get in.
Maybe 2 Tech Ed events one for north island and one for south? Or even 3 one for each of the main cities or something like that?
Maybe attend Tech Ed online? If physical venues are a problem…
I don’t know you well Jo, but something tells me you like sitting in front of your computer