Interpride - Vancouver - Oct 23-25, 2008

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This was my first Interpride convention I'd attended thus far, and I can definitely say I'm looking forward to the 2009 Interpride Convention in St. Petersburg, Florida next year.

I had the opportunity to present a full hour of Web 2.0 and Social Network marketing tips to the conference attendees, and it went over very well. Getting that out of the way on a nice Thursday morning allowed me to relax for the rest of the conference and hang out with all of my new Interpride friends, where we had one of our first evening events at Celebrity's Nightclub in downtown Vancouver. Somehow the night just took us away, and the next thing I know we're off dancing with more new Interpride friends at the neighboring club, Odyssey. Good times!



The wine tasting event on Friday night was another winner, and on Saturday the Gala Dinner brought us all together for one final evening of great food and fun entertainment. Of course we all wandered off to Celebrity's again (after a pit stop for a hotel room party with 10 of our Interpride friends), where we had an incredible grande finale with both conference folks and the locals!!!!

Overall, well worth the time... great networking, educational workshops and people! And the presentations for Worldpride 2012 by Stockholm and London were over the top and well done by both teams... with the 2012 winning city being London!

Photo Link: http://picasaweb.google.com/mattskal/InterprideVancouverOct23252008?authkey=Xyr_vu3AO9c

Links:
- http://www.interpride.org
- http://www.pridelondon.org

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