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Really Secret Scoble

Source: Scobleizer

Jul 02, 2009

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After we had our Building43 launch party I wanted to explore more why small groups of people are so much better for actually learning something. By the way, Michael Sean Wright put together a neat little video of our launch party. He’s the one who produces Peter Himmelman’s awesome show on Tuesday nights.

Anyway, we’ve found that if you are throwing a party, somewhere around 200 people is the right number (or fewer). I’ve been to quite a few TechCrunch parties with 800 or so, and they just aren’t as satisfying. This holds true for weddings, too. I’ve been to weddings with 100 people and they are really fun. 300? Not so fun, they seem impersonal and more like a conference event.

Why are large numbers not conducive to learning and having a great experience? One reason is sheer noise. I remember meeting Del.icio.us’s founder, Joshua Schachter, at one of the large TechCrunch events with 700 or so and I was literally inches away from him and we both were yelling at each other but I still couldn’t hear him.

Another is distraction. In large groups you feel impelled to

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Comments (2)

Robdiana,

Jul 02, 2009

One thing I would like to see from people like scoble is creating a small group for those "z-listers". They might have a blog or are a developer, but they have not "hit it big" yet. The idea being, you get to interact with people in the trenches.

Albertrevette,

Jul 02, 2009

social structure of smaller groups allows for much fast way of communication by and between the members, understanding and assessing the needed change, this is obvious, but I think in a smaller groups there is more respect to each member whereas in large networks everything just another number, the message stay small stay effective