Thanks Ozzie—we didn’t invest that much effort into badges this year but I totally agree there’s an opportunity to do something better. Organizer-wise it can be hard to line up all the required info before printing, but having a few sections where people can sharpie things in or pick stickers, seems like low hanging fruit.
This could also extend beyond badges—for example, one could pick different colored swag t-shirts to signal eg (academia vs lab vs funder) at a conference.
I’ll also send this to Rachel for the Curve, which I expect she might enjoy this as a visual and event design challenge.
I’m sure there are tons of things to optimize. Overall happy to see these events, just thinking of more things to improve :)
I’m unsure of shirts, but like the idea of more experimentation. It might be awkward to wear the same shirt for 2-3 consecutive days, and also some people will want more professional options.
I liked the pins this year (there were some for “pDoom”). I could also see having hats, lanyards, bracelets.
Thanks Ozzie—we didn’t invest that much effort into badges this year but I totally agree there’s an opportunity to do something better. Organizer-wise it can be hard to line up all the required info before printing, but having a few sections where people can sharpie things in or pick stickers, seems like low hanging fruit.
This could also extend beyond badges—for example, one could pick different colored swag t-shirts to signal eg (academia vs lab vs funder) at a conference.
I’ll also send this to Rachel for the Curve, which I expect she might enjoy this as a visual and event design challenge.
I’m sure there are tons of things to optimize. Overall happy to see these events, just thinking of more things to improve :)
I’m unsure of shirts, but like the idea of more experimentation. It might be awkward to wear the same shirt for 2-3 consecutive days, and also some people will want more professional options.
I liked the pins this year (there were some for “pDoom”). I could also see having hats, lanyards, bracelets.