Feel like I've been repeatedly kicked in the face.... for the past week and half my life has revolved around getting our webpage up and running for this big industry conference that my boss and I are hosting. Conference is a big deal for our company and has the potential to generate a lot of revenue in multiple parts of the firm.... My boss is located in a different office and not a big "detail-person", so it has landed on me and our junior to get this running smoothly.... I'm fortunate that our newbie (I guess after 6 months I can't really call him that anymore) and I get along so well.
It's been a trying experience coordinating with the other departments at our firm that have zero sense of urgency - namely marketing (for the logo) and IT (web designers to upload the webpage). This thing was supposed to be done early last week. Today, finally, it's done. I'm too frazzled to go into details other to say - IT geeks have ZERO communication skills.
Yesterday, we were sitting on our hands waiting to hear that it was completed. While we were waiting, a competing industry conference email (for an event two weeks after ours) went out. Damn - not good. We had sent out "Save the Dates" previously, but the last one was back in early December.... our conference has a better lineup of speakers, but the lack of visibility is still not good.
Today, we learn that the webpage had been ready all day yesterday, they just never told us. This is AFTER we learn of a big bulge bracket competitor (investment bank) is hosting a similar conference 1.5 WEEKS before ours and INVITING THE SAME COMPANIES. Since then, life has been nothing but a blur. We've sent probably 10 different emails versions (catering to the different groups we've invited) out to over 1,000 people.... and are working on recognesance to figure out what this competing conference entails....
Brace yourself - I'll be complaining about this event until its over.....
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