CMX Summit 2022 Review with Jenny, Ilker, and Todd
The gang is back! Join Jenny Weigle, Ilker Akansel, and Todd Nilson to review the CMX Summit 2022.
Hosted from September 14-15, the event brings together the world's largest group of community builders for two days of speakers, workshops, and networking opportunities. With Jenny attending in-person and Todd and Ilker both presenting virtually, they will be discussing:
Highlights from the summit overall CMX’s hybrid format
Their favorite sessions
Top takeaways within the community space
This isn’t a CMX supported stream but if you’ve attended or want to hear about the take-aways, you will definitely want to attend!
About Jenny Weigle
Jenny Weigle (she/her) has been creating, executing, and reviewing strategies for online communities for more than 10 years. She's worked with more than 100 brands on various aspects of their community strategy and implementations, including launch, migration, programming, and planning.
About Ilker Akansel
Having managed projects and programs, and led volunteers and communities at Google, Cisco and London Olympic Games, Ilker is one of Turkey's first Community Management and Strategy experts providing consultancy on contributions that communities can make to organizations. He is also the founder and one of the co-hosts of the Istanbul Chapter of CMX Connect network, which is the leading global network of Community Professionals.
Show Notes
5:00: Jenny gives her recap of the in-person event, attending workshop day, which was a smaller group of 50-60 people. Then on Wednesday, she speaks to the full impact of attending an event that hasn’t been held in 3 years.
9:00: Ilker gives his own review of emceeing the event virtually. He speaks to the virtual platform holding up well, noting a small discrepancy for time differences around the world yet over 2,000 people on the virtual track at one point.
13:31: Jenny mentions moments she loved, including the workshop day, Priya Parker’s presentation among many other panels, and wanting more overall!
18:30: Ilker’s standout moments and sessions include Yuri Lazarus, Todd Nilson himself, Sumeru Chatterjee, and more!
25:52: Jenny highlights a few things that could have been improved including a separate room for in-person attendees to watch the virtual stage and more time for camaraderie in general.
31:00: Ilker suggests improvements could be made in regards to closing the gap of in-person and virtual attendees. One idea could be giving headphones as swag a-la silent disco to hear the virtual presentations.
34:15: Todd chimes in with his own suggestions. One was the limits of the virtual streaming platform to be able to better connect with the audience. Ample networking opportunities are also always appreciated at large, impactful events. The group ends on general takeaways.
