Audio of the Third User Groups 2.0 Leadership Conference Available

The audio of the third User Groups 2.0 Leadership Conference, held on February 19th, 2008, features keynote speaker Russ Conte of The Rest of Us in Chicago. Russ discusses in depth how his group operates, sharing their philosophy of servicing their members, how their membership has changed and how the group has evolved to address their capabilities, interests and needs. The use of Web 2.0 technologies, share work, and an approach that leaves nothing sacred, even their name are all part of Russ’s presentation and the interaction with the other attendees that followed.

Russ also provided samples of many of the resources he mentioned during the conference, and they can be downloaded for your group’s use.

A global panel of user group leaders and activists participated in the conference, and included:

Russ Conte (Keynote Speaker) The Rest of Us	Allen Emory Triangle Macintosh Users Group	Pat Fauquet (co-host) Washington Apple Pi
Peter Fitchett Apple User Group of Canterbury	Yvonne Fried Macintosh Asheville Computer Society	Dave Greenbaum Lawrence Apple Users’ Group 2.0
Bill Medlow Long Island Macintosh Users Group	Michael Potter Thumb Macintosh Users Goup	Nicholas Pyers Australian User Group Activist
Warren Williams AppleWorks Users Group and iWork Users Group	Chuck Joiner (host) Editor The MUG Center

The User Groups 2.0 Virtual Conferences, created by The MUG Center, are a series of online/virtual gatherings of individuals who are ambitious about taking the Mac User Group community into the future, addressing the needs of today’s Mac enthusiast and continuing the tradition of being an important channel of information and influence for Mac users.