Mike Clark

I'm gearing up for the No Fluff Just Stuff symposium tour this year. We had a grand time last year on the tour, and this year I predict it will go over the top. If it's coming to your neck of the woods, let's hook up!

On that topic, Duncan scores a bulls-eye with his timely blog entry On Working for Free. In it he shares his candid thoughts:

If all the speakers at a conference aren't payed, then they are either pushing product (or themselves) or inexperienced. Just the two things that attendees of a conference don't want. They want to get access to the good stuff. The good presentations. The good speakers. The people that will help them have the thoughts that will help them with their careers.

I couldn't agree more. That's exactly why I've paid to attend conferences. Settle for nothing less.