vote for my panel

I'm leading a panel discussion at an event in a few weeks, and I was asked if I would need anything above and beyond the usual (projector, mics, etc.). And since I'm regularly asked to lead panel discussions, I thought I'd share my rider in the spirit of making your panels better...and easier to organize in the future!

Here's the list of what I ask for every time I appear at an industry conference.

• An old school overhead projector with seven clear transparencies and four colored markers (green, red, black and blue)
• A supersized post-it note flipboard, with six colored markers, preferably the ones that have nice smells (strawberry, lime, blueberry, licorice and cherry)
• A bullhorn, with a spare set of batteries
• Three stick-on clown noses
• One pair of groucho marx glasses with attached nose and moustache
• Juggling pins
• Three quarts of flourescent paint. Seven 2" and five 1" paintbrushes.
• Black lights to fill the room
• Eight cases of bottled water
• One hunting knife, preferably serrated
• 2 x 50ft lengths of braided polypropylene general purpose rope
• 11 flourescent green glow sticks, at least 6" in length
• Six rolls of 1.87" wide silver duct tape
• 24 10x10 clear plastic sheets / drop cloths
• 2 body bags
• Three sheets of CIA-grade blotter acid

Oh, and SxSW is going to be awesome this year. You should definitely vote for the panel Ted Rheingold and I are organizing: On the Internet, Everyone Knows You're a Dog.

Comments

[Abe Hassan]

I'm dying to know one thing: what's the sixth scent???

[Michael Sippey]

You win, Abe.

[Ezra]

It smells of dead people?

+1 sippey's panel.

[Bobbygw]

i loved, loved, LOVED this - put a big smile on my chompers this morning. I'm only surprised you didn't add:

1 x paddling pool
1 x 12 calling birds and 3 french hens

all best, bobbygw

[Kevin G.]

I knew there was a reason Sippey always reminded me of Van Halen.