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Munich Chambers Of Commerce - Some Expensive Talks
(There are several Chambers, This
does Not apply to all, eg IHK is OK.)
Some, (not all,) Chambers Of Commerce
charge expensive fees to attend Evening Lectures bundled with
surplus Socials, despite:
- Speakers usually promote their company, government,
etc.
- They should bait their own hooks !
-
Vernisages in Art galleries in Munich do Not charge for
their advertising evenings.
- Viewers don't pay to watch adverts on TV.
Why pay to attend a lecture with Suits, rather than a free
lecture or stammtisch with
professional technical associates ?
-
Professional associations in Computer industry offer many
evening lectures Free
& technical stammtisches too, where one can meet
professional associates - All Free.
- With only so many hours available to attend events, &
a lot of events per month, why pay for expensive events
?
Business Model Of Some Chambers Unattractive ?
- Bill companies annual membership.
- Subsidise drinking & eating of employees of member
companies.
- Deny free access to associated business lectures.
- Pay PR/ad agencies &/or restaurant staff for hot air
&/or alcohol etc ;-).
Why pay to meet Business Suits when you can meet other
professionals in your field at Free events ?
- It was greedy bankers & similar etc who triggered the
2008 financial melt down, big investors have been jailed for
fraud, & a US lawyer at 13 May 2009 jailed for massive
fraud, etc.
- Yet business Suits charge fees to pre lubricate their
events. - Why ? Are their lectures less interesting/
substanial, than those of other professionals ? Where
audiences willingly adjourn after, to nearest nominated bar/
restaurant & Pay direct for what they consume ?
- Those that most consider Social bloat essential, might
join advertising account executives & telephone
sanitisers, etc in the first rocket of the Hitch Hikers Guide
to the Galaxy ;-)
What To Do ? Tell Your Chambers Of Commerce:
- Unbundle the business lecture from the Bloat !
- Free access to the lecture.
- Optional charge to enter reception room, Or
Cash Bar, just like a British Pub
people get more chance to make contacts, circulating to
& from the bar, than standing like dummies at small round
tables, with no reason to talk to adjacent unknown
tables.
- In an era of financial stringency, business needs easier
access to business lectures, without wasting time & money
on payment & registration forms,
- The bloated Reception/Social: The cocktail circuit Suits
& Dresses alcohol & nibbles, possible smoking,
jewellery, perfume, high heels, & abundance of PR &
marketing droids, vacuous social chat, is Optional, Not
Billed As Essential !
- Publish talks after as .pdf, like conference proceedings;
( Or didn't that last business speaker actually have anything
Worth noting ? ;-) Technical speakers usually Do have notes
worth publishing. )
PS Environment:
Alcohol, Shaking hands, breathing air in common with hundreds
? Tired metabolisms ate end of day, lower resistance ? In
time of increasing frequency of international pandemic risks
( Bird Flu, Swine Flu, etc) ? Flying in guest speakers ?
(esp. in times of global warming) ? Perhaps not absolutely
ideal ?
... & those Chambers Of Commerce still want us to pay
?
... Rather than go to Free Lectures elsewhere ?
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