Not everyone has the chance to attend Gel — it’s pricey and not directly related to the work we do so it can be hard to justify to managers who control your professional development budget. It’s billed as an “inspirational” conference similar to TED, but with a specific focus: creating good experiences (Gel stands for Good Experience Live after all).
I was lucky to attend Gel 2008, their first at TheTimesCenter. I honestly was moved by the two-day experience and wrote about it in detail.
Finally videos from the event have been posted online. I’ve embedded the 2008 talks below, but feel free to check out the whole batch from past events.
Alex Lee at Gel 2008 from Gel Conference on Vimeo.
Sam Brown at Gel 2008 from Gel Conference on Vimeo.
Phoebe Damrosch at Gel 2008 from Gel Conference on Vimeo.
Kelly Dobson at Gel 2008 from Gel Conference on Vimeo.
Marissa Mayer at Gel 2008 from Gel Conference on Vimeo.
Bobby C. Martin Jr. at Gel 2008 from Gel Conference on Vimeo.
Garrett Oliver at Gel 2008 from Gel Conference on Vimeo.
Terry Border at Gel 2008 from Gel Conference on Vimeo.
George Vaillant at Gel 2008 from Gel Conference on Vimeo.
Hope you enjoy! Unfortunately do to the cost and the fact that I’m now an independent consultant, I don’t think I’ll be able to attend this year’s Gel 2009. Seems like there will be a great lineup though. Too bad Gel doesn’t offer media passes. Boo.
Related Posts:
- GEL 2008: Day 2, Session 1 “Connect”
- GEL 2008: Day 2, Session 4 “Success”
- GEL 2008: Day 2, Session 3 “Make”
- Hanging out at IxDA’s Interaction09
- I’ll be speaking at An Event Apart 2009
I was interested in something like this and I tried a conference call trial which was very satisfying. Great post though.