Participation is indeed everything. We encourage those in attendance at Stream 2007 to extend the participation even further by blogging – or vlogging – from the event on your personal and company blogs.
If you choose to do so, however, we would like to ask that you follow some simple guidelines. Some of these are specific to Stream 2007, while others are just good guidelines for participating in social media in general.
- Be respectful of everyone’s privacy. If you want to share a conversation you had or information you learned in a conversation with another participant, ASK FIRST. Do not presume. See also Confidentiality policy below.
- Play nice. No personal attacks. Counterpoints should be supported with facts. Constructive criticism is more valuable than finger-pointing. Your goal should always be to provide insight.
- Refrain from any communications that could potentially threaten relationships with clients or co-workers, or provide access to proprietary information. When in doubt, leave it out.
- Don’t let it get away of your participation in the events. (Yes, occasionally you will need to put down the laptop.)
- Always be upfront about who you are and what you know. Transparency is imperative.
- If you don’t want your commentary published elsewhere, do not post it to a blog,
- Comment on each others’ posts to extend the conversation – and the benefits of Stream 2007 – even further.
- Please tag your posts with “Stream 2007” so we can find and aggregate the content during and after the event
At Stream, we want to balance between sharing what happens here with the outside world, and making everyone feel comfortable, relaxed, and that they are free to speak their minds. Therefore, our confidentiality policy is:
- Comments made in Discussion and Workshop sessions can be directly attributed with the consent of the person who made them; otherwise, they are assumed to be non-directly attributable to the person and organisation (e.g., say "a planner at an advertising agency" rather than that person's name and actual organisation). This will encourage the free flow of ideas and debate.
- Discussion leaders have the option of declaring a session "off the record" if they choose to do so before the discussion starts
- Casual discussions that occur in the main bar and/or restaurant areas are strictly assumed to be "off the record" unless otherwise agreed
