Bobby Hobgood's blog

I might as well have shown up naked.   In front of everyone, I revealed my true identify today during Dr. Bryan Setser’s session “E-leadership for E-Learning,” a session that took place at the North Carolina Virtual Public School's Second Life Island.   I didn’t mean to do it.  Honest.  It just happened.

Do you know that feeling of relief when the tension and anxiety has been building for months, and then it is finally released?  This was my experience yesterday as I listened to Pam Birtolo deliver the opening keynote address.  I was engaged and smiling from ear to ear with the realization that it works.  A virtual conference works.  Now, I’m not so proud to think that I’m the first to ever do anything like this.  NCDLA conducted a virtual conference a number of years ago.  My realization was that the way that we conceived this virtual conference was indeed going to work.

When life gives you lemons . . . I didn’t count on planning two conferences this year.  With contracts in hand for hotel, convention center, and catering, I was set to work with a wonderful group of folks to plan and implement this year’s conference in New Bern, N.C.   I’m still working with a great group, but one of my favorite sayings came into play yet again:  “Life happens.”