Web Theologian

the sessions are huge rooms but mostly empty. the speakers who were excited and prepared are only sharing with a chosen few. but when you walk through the bar of the hotel it is packed. in the evening the network event is packed. 

is the content not so engaging or is human connection that valuable. at E3 it is the JW, here at Casual Connect it is another Marriott. 

important to keep in mind especially when you are a manager investing in this for your employees. 

Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come those frequent absences, so observable in conversation; for whilst the body is confined to present company, the mind is flown to that which it delights in. 
-Mary Astill